Contrast sensitivity function in stereoscopic viewing of Gabor patches on a medical polarized three-dimensional stereoscopic display

Johanna Rousson; Jérémy Haar; Sarah Santal; Asli Kumcu; Ljiljana Platiša; Bastian Piepers; Tom R. L. Kimpe; Wilfried Philips

doi:10.1117/1.JEI.25.2.023014

28 March 2016 Contrast sensitivity function in stereoscopic viewing of Gabor patches on a medical polarized three-dimensional stereoscopic display

Johanna Rousson, Jérémy Haar, Sarah Santal, Asli Kumcu, Ljiljana Platiša, Bastian Piepers, Tom R. L. Kimpe, Wilfried Philips

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Journal of Electronic Imaging, Vol. 25, Issue 2, 023014 (March 2016). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JEI.25.2.023014

Abstract

While three-dimensional (3-D) imaging systems are entering hospitals, no study to date has explored the luminance calibration needs of 3-D stereoscopic diagnostic displays and if they differ from two-dimensional (2-D) displays. Since medical display calibration incorporates the human contrast sensitivity function (CSF), we first assessed the 2-D CSF for benchmarking and then examined the impact of two image parameters on the 3-D stereoscopic CSF: (1) five depth plane (DP) positions (between DP: −171 and DP: 2853 mm), and (2) three 3-D inclinations (0 deg, 45 deg, and 60 deg around the horizontal axis of a DP). Stimuli were stereoscopic images of a vertically oriented 2-D Gabor patch at one of seven frequencies ranging from 0.4 to 10 cycles/deg. CSFs were measured for seven to nine human observers with a staircase procedure. The results indicate that the 2-D CSF model remains valid for a 3-D stereoscopic display regardless of the amount of disparity between the stereo images. We also found that the 3-D CSF at DP≠0 does not differ from the 3-D CSF at DP=0 for DPs and disparities which allow effortless binocular fusion. Therefore, the existing 2-D medical luminance calibration algorithm remains an appropriate tool for calibrating polarized stereoscopic medical displays.

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Johanna Rousson, Jérémy Haar, Sarah Santal, Asli Kumcu, Ljiljana Platiša, Bastian Piepers, Tom R. L. Kimpe, and Wilfried Philips "Contrast sensitivity function in stereoscopic viewing of Gabor patches on a medical polarized three-dimensional stereoscopic display," Journal of Electronic Imaging 25(2), 023014 (28 March 2016). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JEI.25.2.023014

Published: 28 March 2016

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