Development of a new resolution enhancement technology for medical liquid crystal displays

Katsuhiro Ichikawa; Yoshie Kodera; Yoshikazu Nishi; Sigeo Hayashi; Mikio Hasegawa

doi:10.1117/12.708899

21 March 2007 Development of a new resolution enhancement technology for medical liquid crystal displays

Katsuhiro Ichikawa, Yoshie Kodera, Yoshikazu Nishi, Sigeo Hayashi, Mikio Hasegawa

Proceedings Volume 6516, Medical Imaging 2007: PACS and Imaging Informatics; 65160W (2007) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.708899
Event: Medical Imaging, 2007, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

A new resolution enhancement technology that used independent sub-pixel driving method was developed for medical monochrome liquid crystal displays (LCDs). Each pixel of monochrome LCDs, which employ color liquid crystal panels with color filters removed, consists of three sub-pixels. In the new LCD system implemented with this technology, sub-pixel intensities were modulated according to detailed image information, and consequently resolution was enhanced three times. In addition, combined with adequate resolution improvement by image data processing, horizontal and vertical resolution properties were balanced. Thus the new technology realized 9 mega-pixels (MP) ultra-high resolution out of 3MP LCD. Physical measurements and perceptual evaluations proved that the achieved 9MP (through our new technology) was appropriate and efficient to depict finer anatomical structures such as micro calcifications in mammography.

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Katsuhiro Ichikawa, Yoshie Kodera, Yoshikazu Nishi, Sigeo Hayashi, and Mikio Hasegawa "Development of a new resolution enhancement technology for medical liquid crystal displays", Proc. SPIE 6516, Medical Imaging 2007: PACS and Imaging Informatics, 65160W (21 March 2007); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.708899

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