ABSTRACT
The Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM) grayscale standard display function (GSDF) is compared with other functions used in color displays. The DICOM GSDF is a successful standard that has been widely used in monochrome medical displays. Most medical displays are two-dimensional, while some stereoscopic medical displays are used to present volumetric data acquired from imaging systems such as magnetic resonance and computed tomography. Color medical displays are required to view images acquired via visible light such as pathology, dermatology, and endoscopy. In a desktop computer-based medical display system, each of the computer hardware, computer software, display interface, and display device is an individual unit that is interchangeable and can be swapped by the user after shipment from the manufacturer. The main objective of a medical display is to stimulate the user to evoke a visual sensation that is linearly correlated with the source data.
