Abstract
BACKGROUND: The purpose of this study was to compare diagnostic accuracy by using two types of monitors. METHODS: Four radiologists with 10 years experience twice interpreted the films of 77 fracture cases by using the ViewSonic P75f+ and BARCO MGD221 monitors, with a time interval of 3 weeks. Each time the radiologists used one type of monitor to interpret the images. The image browser used was the Unisight software provided by Atlastiger Company (Shanghai, China), and interpretation result was analyzed via the LABMRMC software. RESULTS: In studies of receiver operating characteristics to score the presence or absence of fracture, the results of images interpreted through monochromic monitors showed significant statistical difference compared to those interpreted using the color monitors. CONCLUSION: A significant difference was observed in the results obtained by using two kinds of monitors. Color monitors cannot serve as substitutes for monochromatic monitors in the process of interpreting computed radiography (CR) images with fractures.