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1. Configuration Setup Presets Calibrate Brightness Contrast Degauss Alignment O Luminance Uniformity Correction Full Screen Calibration From the drop down menu that appears select Brightness Contrast The Brightness Contrast control panel appears 99 Brightness Contrast Contrast Brightness Automatic Contrast Brightness If checked this function uses the Ambient Light Compensation option to control Contrast and Brightness automatically In that case the Contrast and Brightness will be set depending on the ambient light around the display This function is grayed if the Ambient Light Compensation option is not installed in the display Contrast amp Brightness sliders If Automatic Contrast Brightness is not checked you can control Contrast amp Brightness manually by moving the sliders Brightness control affects all the luminance levels of the image from the dark background to the peak white parts of the image Contrast control does not change the background and darkest parts It changes the difference in luminance between the background and the lighter parts of the image Clicking on the Contrast Brightness icon left of the sliders puts the Contrast Brightness control in calibrated position This is the preferred position Luminance Uniformity Correction on off AI This function is available for BARCO displays only In the
2. Connect the DVI cable of each display to a different imaging board head inside the viewing station s computer The leftmost display must be connected to head A the second leftmost display to head B etc You do not need to set the addresses of the flat panel displays Barco CRT display installation 1 Address setting Each Barco display you wish to include in the configuration for Q A checks must get a different remote address It is logical to assign address 1 to the leftmost display 2 to the second leftmost display etc Remote Out COM port Remote In Remote In First installation 21 2 Video connection Connect the video and sync inputs of each display to a different imaging board head inside the viewing station s computer The leftmost display must be connected to head A the second leftmost display to head B etc Note An imaging board can be a single head or multi head board A multi head board is as if several imaging boards were located on one single board each with separate video and sync outputs Each part of such a board is called a head E g a dual head board contains two separate heads and thus two separate video and sync outputs 3 Data connection You can control the Barco CRT displays through the USB bus or through serial connection Serial connection Connect the displays Remote connectors in a loop through daisy chain configuration to the viewing station s computer Connect Remote I
3. Measure on next calibration Absolute value Measure Now Luminance 1 cd m2 SUI Black target setup on grayscale displays First installation 55 Target setup x Luminance Measure on next calibration k O Absolute value Chroma Measure on next calibration Measure Now Same as white chroma Absolute value Cancel chroma Kelvin 6500 K oO Xy X y Black target setup on color displays Measure on next calibration Luminance Select this option if you do not wish to enter a target value now Instead the target value will be determined by measuring during the next calibration Absolute value Luminance Select this option if you wish to enter a numeric target value This option is preferred for Barco displays Luminance In this field enter the required target value The field will be grayed if the Measure on next calibration option is selected Measure on next calibration Chroma color displays only Select this option if you do not wish to enter a target value now Instead the target value will be determined by measuring during the next calibration Select this option if you wish to use the native LCD panel black chroma as chroma setting for black Same as white chroma Chroma color displays only Select this option in case you wish the black and white chroma values to be the same First installation 56 Absolute value
4. When switched on the Per Pixel Uniformity sys tem is activated adjusting the luminance output at pixel level and eliminating screen noise See also Special functions for displays in mam mography systems on page 102 This option is available for Barco displays of type MFGD 5621 HD only This function indicates the location of the defect pixels on the LCD panel See also Special functions for displays in mam mography systems on page 102 i Miscellaneous LU Powersave Remote Address 1 Remote Timeout 30 ok Reset Cancel Using MediCal Pro 97 Info Display Number The order number of the display Software Number The order number of the displays internal software BARCO displays only Software version The version of the display s internal software BARCO displays only Lifetime The time in hours the display has been operating so far BARCO displays only Scan Mode The scan mode internally selected from the displays memory BARCO displays only Miscellaneous Orbiter Check this option to switch on the Orbiter The option is grayed if not applicable to the selected display Powersave Check this option to switch on the Power Saving util ity DPMS The option is grayed if not applicable to the selected display Remote Address The internal address of the selected display BARCO displays only Each display connected to the same computer must have a different addr
5. Procedure 52 Preset parameters 53 Calibrating displays 58 Setting up the Q A schedule 58 Defining the Q A task trigger settings 59 When will a task start 62 Running the due tasks 63 Using MediCal Pro 66 Starting up 66 Entering Advanced user mode 67 Changing passwords 68 Calibrating displays 68 Calibrating Barco displays with built in I Guard sensor 69 Calibrating Barco displays with external sensor 69 Full screen calibration 71 Calibrating non Barco displays 71 Setting up a Q A task schedule 74 Adding tasks 76 Enabling or disabling tasks 76 Scheduling a task 77 Checking and changing task properties 78 Description of the tasks 79 Performing Q A checks 79 Running Q A tasks 79 Checking task results 81 Using test patterns for a quick Q A check 85 Changing an existing configuration 88 Adding a display 88 Removing a display 90 Connecting to MediCal Administrator 91 Registering the operations in a log file 91 Selecting Luminance units 93 Selecting units of length 93 Setting up optical sensor list and priority 93 Additional display functions 94 Viewing display and imaging board properties 94 Controlling Contrast amp Brightness 99 Luminance Uniformity Correction on off 100 Full Screen Calibration 101 Degaussing displays 101 Special functions for displays in mammography systems 102 Per Pixel Uniformity 102 Show Pixel Defects 102 List Pixel Defects 103 Changing the program s appearance 103 Getting help 103 Glossary 106 Index 109
6. Show Pixel Defects Click this button to get a graphical overview of pixel artifacts and microblemishes on the LCD panel Using MediCal Pro 102 When clicking on Show Pixel Defects a map with all pixel artifacts appears on the screen Each artifact is indicated by a symbol A black circle indicates a partly bright subpixel A white square indicates a dark or partly dark subpixel To get more information about a single pixel artifact move your mouse over the corresponding symbol Additional pixel information appears as tooltip To show the map of microblemishes right click on the pixel defects map and select Show microblemishes from the menu As a result a map with all microblemishes appears PS Information An LCD screen consists of many liquid crystal pixels Each pixel contains 3 subpixels and each subpixel is made up of multiple domains It is inevitable that an LCD panel may exhibit a number of pixel artifacts one or more domains may be dark or bright This is clearly defined in the LCD panel specification MediCal Pro can clearly show where the artifacts are located so that the user can distinguish the difference between a pixel artifact and an important issue in the diagnostic image A microblemish is smaller than a defect subpixel Most likely microblemishes are dust particles within the LCD panel List Pixel Defects When clicking on List Pixel Defects a report in PDF format appears The PDF file gi
7. button Read the License agreement on the screen very carefully Scroll down to read the complete text Click on Yes if you agree with the License agreement and wish to continue with the installation In the Customer information window fill in the user name company name and serial number of MediCal Pro You can find the serial number on the CD ROM jewel case Click on Next gt A window appears indicating the directory where MediCal Pro is going to be installed First installation 23 Click on the Browse button if you want to change this directory Click on the Next gt button to continue 10 Choose the setup type that corresponds to the viewing station on which MediCal Pro is installed A system with CRT displays or with flat panel displays 11 Select the program folder where you wish to add the program icons Click on Next gt to continue 12 The installer program now starts to install the files at the appropriate place The application MediCal Pro Startup is also installed It is installed in the Startup folder This application ensures the gamma is set properly when starting the system 13 Please register the version of MediCal Pro Therefore click on Yes in the Register window If you have an Internet connection you will be redirected automatically to a web page for registration Please fill in the requested data and register 14 Select Yes want to restart my computer now and click on Finish to complete th
8. Chroma color displays only Select this option if you wish to enter a numeric target value This option is preferred for Barco displays Chroma color displays only Enter the color temperature or chroma value for black in the Kelvin or xy fields These fields are available only if the Absolute value option for chroma is selected Measure Now Click on this button if you wish to measure the actual luminance and chroma color displays only values for black You will be asked to calibrate the sensor if necessary and apply it to the screen Tips for setting the White and Black parameters for color displays This paragraph describes what parameters values you have to select for certain settings Constant chroma If you wish to have a constant chroma setting select the following parameter values White Luminance As desired White Chroma As desired Black Luminance Measure on next calibration Black Chroma Same as white chroma Constant chroma with maximized contrast ratio If you wish to have a constant chroma with maximized contrast ratio setting select the following parameter values White Luminance As desired White Chroma As desired Black Luminance Measure on next calibration Black Chroma Measure on next calibration Constant chroma means that all gray levels in the image will have the same chroma or color temperature Constant chroma with maximized contrast ratio means that nearly all gray levels
9. Display 5208934 is connected on head B 3 Display 5209165 is connected on head C 4 Display 5209167 is connected on head D Back Next Ss Cancel There are two possibilities 4a The number of found Barco displays equals the number of imaging board heads in the viewing station Click on Next to continue Please continue with step 5 4b The number of found Barco displays does not equal the number of imaging board heads in the viewing station ti Configuration Setup x Search Barco displays One Barco display has been found Is this the correct number of Barco displays you want to control 7 Back Next M Cancel The Wizard asks if the number of found Barco displays really equals the number of Barco displays you want to add to the configuration First installation 33 Yes You can proceed with the Wizard adding Barco and or non Barco displays Continue with step 5 No The Wizard gives a search error Refer to Solving Configuration Setup Wizard search errors on page 40 for more information about what to do in case of a search error Click on Next to continue 5 Define Heads Note This step is skipped if only Barco flat panel displays have been found Define Heads A Barco display with serial number 5179989 has been detected Select the head ofthe imaging board it belongs to Select Show this display to see if you have a good match between the Barco display and the hea
10. Do you want to specify one particular white and black luminance value for all displays e g 85 fL 4 D Yes You can choose to specify one particular white luminance and black luminance value for all the displays x Back Next M Cancel Select Yes only if all displays are the same type and if you are sure about the value to specify If you proceed in that case the Define Luminance page appears First installation 38 Define Luminance Specity the particular luminance value for all displays Black luminance must be at most 50 of white luminance White Luminance cd m2 Black Luminance cd m Enter the desired white and black luminance expressed in cd m or fl depending on the application settings 11 Calibration Idh Configuration Setup Calibration Do you want to Calibrate all displays now 7 Back Next M Cancel You can choose to calibrate the displays and possibly run a QA check on the displays after finishing the Wizard The Q A check option can be checked only if the Calibrate option is checked We advise not to check either of these options at this time because the displays have to be aligned CRT displays only after the configuration setup and the presets still have to be defined or edited If you check one or both options they will be executed after completion of the Wizard First installation 39 12 C
11. Next M Cancel This page indicates the start of the Wizard At the same time a character appears on the screen of each display It refers to the imaging board head the display is connected to It will be visible during the complete setup process Click on Next to continue 2 Barco displays ti Configuration Setup Barco displays This wizard will search for Barco displays through serial connections this can take several seconds Select Next to start the search 7 Back Next Cancel This page indicates the Wizard will start looking for connected Barco displays Click on the Next button to proceed First installation 31 3 Searching for Barco displays tf Configuration Setup Search Barco displays Searching Barco displays The Wizard looks if there are Barco displays connected to the workstation computer via serial data connection After a few seconds it returns the number of found Barco displays Search Barco displays One Barco display has been found 7 Back Next M Cancel Note In case Barco flat panel displays are connected to the workstation the Wizard can identify the display serial numbers and the heads they are connected to First installation 32 ET Configuration Setup Search Barco displays 4 Barco displays have been found containing 4 Barco MFGD 3220 D display s 1 Display 5205384 is connected on head A 2
12. Select frequency window select the time and when appropriate day and month you wish the task to be executed Using MediCal Pro 77 x Month januari x Day ofthe month 1 v Time of the day 00 00 Gee Notes After enabling and scheduling a task it may still not appear as a due task The cause of this may be that the display s in the configuration are not calibrated Some tasks can be executed on calibrated displays only The moment that the task will be executed automatically depends on a the moment it becomes due b the trigger settings for this category of tasks c if a user is logged in on the workstation Checking and changing task properties You can display the task properties and change some of them There is a difference in properties between some of the tasks Some of them even have no properties To display the task properties 1 Inthe Q A setup window right click on the name of the task of which you wish to view the properties A drop down menu appears Q A Tasks Task Name Measure Display White Mea Run Now Mea Last Result Log Properties History Status gt Schedule bb Info 2 Select Properties The task properties appear The fields displayed in white can be edited by double clicking on them Using MediCal Pro 78 Description of the tasks To display a task description 1 In the Q A setup window right click
13. Warranty and License Agreement Software License Agreement This is a legal Agreement between you the end user and BARCO NV a Belgian corporation BARCO NV By accepting this package you agree to be bound by the terms of this Agreement If you do not agree with the terms of this Agreement return the unopened disk package and the accompanying manuals containers and hardware Product Materials to the person or place from which you obtained them for a full refund Your product is a single user version unless your product s packaging indicates otherwise or unless you have a separate written Agreement with BARCO NV BARCO NV grants to you a nonexclusive license to install and use one copy of the software included in this package Software on a single terminal connected to a single computer The Software is in use when it is loaded into temporary memory i e RAM or installed into permanent memory i e hard disk CD ROM or other storage device of that computer Installation on a computer that may be concurrently accessed by more than one user shall not constitute a permitted use and a separate license is required for each active user connected to a computer on which the Software is being used If the Software package contains more than one type of disk i e floppy and CD ROM then you may use only one set of the disks provided You may not use the disks on another computer or loan rent lease or transfer them to an
14. a perfect result White uniformity settings on color displays only The white uniformity adjustments compensate for the effect of disturbing magnetic fields on color displays These magnetic fields cause color purity or white uniformity errors The most common is distortion due to the earth magnetic field First installation 49 A Vertical uniformity This adjustment is especially necessary when the display is operating in the southern hemisphere or near the equator Adjust to remove purity or uniformity errors especially in the center of the image Note After each change of vertical uniformity you might notice the image gets a slight shiver This is due to the degauss which is done after each change in this setting Axial uniformity This adjustment compensates mostly around the edges of the image As a side effect the image rotates because of the adjustment You can compensate this by means of the Rotation deviation adjustment Horizontal geometry Special settings PPS SJ Astigmatism Astigmatism adjustment influences the shape of the electron spot where it hits the phosphors on the picture tube Remark that an improper setting of astigmatism is interpreted by our eyes as bad focus Astigmatism must be adjusted separately in 25 zones on the screen You must start with the center zone followed by the zones around the center The corners should be the last zones you adjust We suggest the following sequ
15. least one of the Q A tasks has not been run yet or the configuration has changed since the last Q A check Today s Q A tasks The number of Q A tasks that are due for today and not have been executed yet Q A Check button Click to execute the due Q A tasks immediately Introduction 12 Test Patterns button Click to open the Test Patterns dialog From this dialog you can select to display test patterns Q A Setup button Click to open the Q A Setup dialog From this dialog you can see which tasks are scheduled To modify the task schedule you must log in as Advanced user As Standard user you can also check the result of the individual Q A tasks View menu Select the style you desire from the Select Style drop down list The selected style applies to the height of texts icons and windows To activate the selected style exit MediCal Pro and open it again Tools menu As standard user there is only one option Options gt User Login Use this dialog to enter the Advanced user mode see Using MediCal Pro on page 66 Help menu Via this menu you can consult the online help pages send a feedback e mail and view information about the application 1 5 The main window in Advanced user mode In Advanced user mode the main window consists of the Q A Check section and the Configuration section Introduction 13 I MediCal Pro 2 03 BE ES File View Tools Help O A Check Last Q A check on J3 meet 200
16. on the name of the task of which you wish to view the description A drop down menu appears see above 2 Select Info The task description appears 3 6 Performing Q A checks Running Q A tasks MediCal Communicator service During installation of MediCal Pro a Windows service is installed as well This service called MediCal Communicator will run the due tasks taking the Q A task time schedule and the task trigger settings into account The time schedule can be entered in the Q A Setup window See Setting up a Q A task schedule on page 74 The task trigger settings can be entered in the Application Settings menu See Defining the Q A task trigger settings on page 59 Before the tasks can be executed MediCal Pro must be closed When an intervention free or a non intervention free task starts MediCal Communicator will display a message saying a task is ready to be executed 4 To improve your system quality some Q A tasks will now be executed without any user interaction 5 Press Cancel to abort the action mong conca When you wish the task s to be executed click on OK When you do not wish the task s to be executed click on Cancel When the user does not respond to the message after some time the task will be executed automatically Running tasks from within MediCal Pro Running all due tasks To run all today s due tasks from within MediCal Pro first start up MediCal Pr
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18. right with respect to any subsequent breach or a continuance of an existing breach If any provision of this Agreement shall be held to be unenforceable that provision will be enforced to the maximum extent possible and the remaining provisions of this Agreement will remain in full force and effect Should you have any questions concerning this Agreement write to BARCO NV Th Sevenslaan 106 B 8500 Kortrijk Belgium Trademark information MediCal BarcoMed and MeDis are registered trademarks of BARCO NV Windows NT Windows 2000 Windows XP are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation The Java based logos are registered trademarks of SUN Microsystems Inc All other products and company names are trademarks of their respective owners INTRODUCTION Introduction 9 1 Introduction 1 1 About this manual This manual describes how to install and use the MediCal Pro software Some of the functions in MediCal Pro are accessible in Advanced user mode only In the manual these functions are indicated by this symbol Al 1 2 About MediCal Pro MediCal Pro is the complete tool for obtaining conformance or conformity and maintaining consistency on medical viewing stations It is designed to set up schedules and perform automated checks for Quality Assurance Q A With MediCal Pro you can set up and align the displays of the viewing station including the definition of a display function and conformance calibration
19. run only when a user is logged in on the workstation Once the QA task schedule is completed the tasks will be executed at the scheduled moments thanks to a service MediCal Communicator installed together with MediCal Pro However you can also run the tasks manually at any time when this would be necessary Introduction 11 1 4 The main window at start up MediCal Pro always starts in Standard user mode In Standard user mode the main window consists of the Q A Check section allowing you to run and check Q A tasks E MediCal Pro 2 03 File View Tools Help O A Check Last QA check on J3 pei 2002 Pari a23 OA Check Result QE Test Patterns Today s Q A Tasks 0 CVA Setup The Q A Check section in the main window contains the following items Last Q A check on Here you find the date and time the last Q A check was run If no Q A check was run yet e g after installation this will be listed as Unknown Result Here you find the evaluated result of the last Q A check i Sometimes the Info symbol P is visible next to the result When you move the mouse pointer over the symbol a tooltip with more information pops up The following results are possible OK All Q A tasks were OK so the system is OK Not OK At least one of the Q A tasks failed To see which task s failed click on the Q A Setup button Skipped The user decided not to run the Q A check Unknown At
20. sensor inside BARCO flat panel displays is supported 1 3 About QA tasks With MediCal Pro you can set up a schedule of QA tasks that have to run at certain moments to check the conformance and consistency of the viewing station displays When MediCal Pro is installed a number of standard tasks are available to be included in the QA schedule A variety of other tasks is available as plug ins The tasks can be categorized in three groups depending on the impact they have on the user and the applications running on the viewing station The task categories are Transparent inter The task runs completely in background It does not vention free require any action from the user and does not change the image on the display E g an Automatic I Guard Check on a BARCO Coronis display is such a task These tasks can run also when no user is logged in on the workstation Intervention free The task does not require any action from the user but does change the image on the display E g the Mea sure Quality Level of a BARCO Coronis display runs completely automatic but during the execution of the task the current application image is replaced by test images necessary for the measurement These tasks can run only when a user is logged in on the workstation Non intervention The task requires a user action E g a visual check on free a test pattern requires the user to confirm that the pattern was displayed correctly These tasks can
21. the display can reach This luminance will decrease in time and calibration will be needed more frequently On systems with multiple Color Coronis displays connected MediCal Pro will ask to calibrate the other displays to maximized luminance as well taking into account that the luminance on all these displays must be equal Maximized lifetime Barco Color Coronis displays only Select this option if you wish to obtain the highest luminance setting that still guarantees the maximum lifetime of the display backlight This luminance value also depends on the current color temperature Chroma color displays only For displays in a Color Coronis system you can select a predefined chroma from a drop down list If you select User from the drop down list you can enter the color temperature or chroma value for white in the Kelvin or xy fields On other types of color displays the drop down list is not present You can enter the required color temperature or chroma value for white in the Kelvin or xy fields Measure Now Click on this button if you wish to measure the actual luminance and chroma color displays only values for white You will be asked to calibrate the sensor if necessary and apply it to the screen Black These are the target values for the black luminance and chroma color display only Click the button to edit the values The parameters for Black are different for grayscale and color displays
22. the test image approximately in the center This is a course adjustment You will get the opportunity to fine tune later in the procedure A Screen height Adjust the height of the white frame on the test image following the display s specifications Tip It is a good idea to use a flexible plastic or paper ruler to measure the size Vertical linearity Adjust until the distance between the horizontal lines on the top of the test image is the same as between those at the bottom These lines are marked by arrows gt Vertical S correction Adjust until the distance between the horizontal lines in the center of the test image is the same as between those at the top and the bottom Top blanking AKB shift and AKB removal Proceed as follows 1 Select the Top blanking adjustment Adjust until the blanking on the top of the test image ends just above the top line of the white frame This line must be completely visible Select the AKB removal adjustment Drag the slider in the adjustment dialog completely to the left 0 adjustment Select the AKB shift adjustment Drag the slider completely to the right maximum adjustment On the test image you can now see the so called AKB and AWS lines These are test lines for the internal circuits that guarantee the stability of the display s white and black point You should be able to see a bright ascending line joined by two parts of gray lines and two dim ascending lin
23. to restore the gamma defined in MediCal Pro In that case however your display system will be no longer calibrated because it was calibrated according to the gamma defined in MediCal Pro During start up MediCal Pro may notice a change in the configuration e g it cannot establish communication with one of the Barco displays in the configuration Here is an example of a message that may appear when MediCal Pro has detected additional displays in the system iNew display detected x G The following Barco displays have been detected Seral Number 5208934 Connected to DDC Serial Number 5209167 Connected to DDC Cancel Select Cancel to stop MediCal Pro Select Add now to continue with the start up Here is an example of a message that may appear when MediCal Pro has detected a display has been removed from the system Using MediCal Pro 66 amp Configuration Change Ed One Barco display is no longer connected Quit the application to check your serial cable then try again Select Remove display to proceed and change the configuration Quit Application Remove Select Quit application to stop MediCal Pro Then you can try to restore the hardware connection to the display that was missing and restart MediCal Pro Select Remove to continue with the start up 5 Also during startup the following message may appear A The automated QA control is currently active Wait a moment before r
24. window oe eae When ready click on OK W For sensors that have an ambient light shielding only If you have specified an absolute value for black and white luminance in the Preset and the Ambient Light Compensation option is checked the software asks you to remove the sensor from the screen and put it back without Ambient Light Shield i Remove the shield from the sensor and put the sensor on the screen When ready click on OK After a few measurements the software asks to remove the sensor once more and put it back with the Ambient Light Shield i Add the shield to the sensor and put the sensor on the screen When ready click on OK Using MediCal Pro 72 4 The black luminance target value is determined now The sensor measures a black patch The result of the measurement is shown in a small Measure window in the corner Measure xe a If you have specified an absolute value for black luminance in the Preset MediCal Pro displays this value in the message You must control the display brightness manually until the measured value is equal or lower than the target value E Adjust Black Luminance our target black luminance is 5 cd m2 Manually adjust the brightness of your display until the measurement window shows a Y value that equals or is lower than the target value Then you can click Ok to continue OK Quit When this is the case the OK button be
25. 10 3 01 jadministrator _ OK 10 3 01 administrator WARNING 10 3 01 administrator To see more older results in the history list click on the double arrow under the scroll bar at the right of the list To define the number of results you want to see in the history list click on the small square under the scroll bar at the right of the list and select the number of results by moving the slider in the Select number of results dialog box To display details about one of the results To display details about one of the results select a result in the Task History window see above and click on the Details button Using test patterns for a quick Q A check You can perform a quick Q A check by displaying a test pattern on the viewing station displays and checking the picture quality To display a test pattern 1 In the Configuration section in the main window select the display on which you wish to see the test pattern You can do this by clicking on its icon If you have logged on as Guest user you cannot select a display The test pattern will be shown on the first display 2 Click on the Test Patterns button The Test Patterns dialog appears Using MediCal Pro 85 Select a test pattern Bands with text dd When a pattern is shown a left mouse click will close the pattern and a right mouse click will show extra options Load Cancel 3 Select a pattern from the drop down list If yo
26. 2 Pari 23 NA Check Result OF Test Patterns Today s O A Tasks 0 CVA Setup Configuration DEE Ei Ceontouration Setup The Q A Check section is the same as described above The Configuration section in the main window gives an overview of the imaging boards and displays attached to the workstation Moreover it allows to setup or change the configuration and perform several actions to the displays in the configuration The Configuration section contains the following items The number of rectangles in the Configuration section reflects the number of imaging board heads in the computer E g if the computer contains one dual head imaging board you will notice two squares in the Configuration section one for each head For each display that you wish to control and check with MediCal Pro a display icon should appear in the rectangles These icons reflect the displays connected to the imaging board heads If one or some of the displays you wish to control does not appear as display icon you need to run the configuration setup Wizard This is also the case after something has changed to the viewing station e g a display was removed or added Running the configuration setup Wizard can be done by clicking on the Configuration Setup button Introduction 14 If an optical sensor has been used for executing a certain task the last used sensor is depicted in the Configuration section Yo
27. 84 Display TypeName MFGD3220D Question 1 Question Is the displayed pattern shown correctly No Additiona comment 10 white unclear Problem The SMPTE pattern is very versatile It can be used to judge geometry and calibration Solution nee here how to solve this problem e To get hints for a possible solution click on the sentence See here how to solve this problem As a result an html page with problem solving hints appears Visual check with the SMPTE pattern Geometry problem Position size parabola skewing Description linearization focus If you use a Barco Display start MediCal Pro login as Advanced user and do a right click on the display and select Alignment You will have to go through a wizard where you can adjust all these controls If you are not using a Barco display you have to look for similar adjustments on the display or contact the vendor To display all tasks last results To display all tasks last results click on the Last Result Logs in the Q A Setup window The overview of all tasks last results appears Using MediCal Pro 82 ib MUC ISETGESTT x Task Calibration Settings Check Result OK Executed Mon May 13 15 33 11 CEST by MediCal on 2002 Communicator Frequency DAILY Calibration Settings Check QUA Task performed by MediCal Communicator QUA Task performed on Mon May 13 15 33 11 CEST 2002 Display BrandNa
28. Configuration section in the main window right click on the icon of the display of which you wish to switch LUC on or off Using MediCal Pro 100 n a Properties Add Display Remove display Identify Configuration Setup Presets Calibrate Brightness Contrast Degauss Alignment O Luminance Uniformity Correction Full Screen Calibration From the drop down menu that appears select Luminance Uniformity Correction The Luminance Uniformity Correction system if calibrated by means of Full Screen Calibration see below ensures a uniform luminance even in the corners of the picture tube This function is grayed if the function is not available on the display Full Screen Calibration Al this function starts with a normal calibration in the center of the screen It proceeds with calibration in a number of zones over the picture tube Please refer to Full screen calibration on page 71 for more information The function is grayed if not available on the display Degaussing displays Al this function is available for color CRT BARCO displays only In the Configuration section in the main window right click on the icon of the display you wish to degauss E E Properties Add Display Remove display Identify Configuration Setup Presets Calibrate Brightness Contrast Degauss Alignment O Lu
29. Display from the drop down menu Using MediCal Pro 88 n E Properties Add Display Remove display Identify Configuration Setup Presets Calibrate Brightness Contrast Degauss Alignment O Luminance Uniformity Correction Full Screen Calibration 2 Barco flat panel displays are added immediately For all other display types the Display Connection Setup dialog appears a Select the USB tab if you want to add a Barco display flat panel or CRT connected to the USB bus Display Connection Setup USB Serial Port No Link USB Select USB display attached to head A use Show Display to identify the selected display USB Display SN 5179989 SN5179989 SN 5173176 OK Identify Show Display Cancel From the drop down list select the serial number of the display connected to this head Click on Identify to see which display is connected to which head For a few seconds you will see the letter of the heads on the displays They automatically disappear after a few seconds Click on Show display to see which display corresponds to the serial number chosen from the drop down list The image of the selected display will blink for a few times b Select the Serial port tab if you want to add a Barco CRT display connected to the serial Remote bus Using MediCal Pro 89 Display Connection Setup USB Serial Port
30. Measure Quality Level of a BARCO Coronis display runs completely automatic but during the execution of the task the current application image is replaced by test images necessary for the measurement These tasks can run only when a user is logged in on the workstation The task requires a user action E g a visual check on a test pattern requires the user to confirm that the pattern was displayed correctly These tasks can run only when a user is logged in on the workstation To open the Q A task setup window In the main window click on the Q A Setup button The Q A Setup window appears Q A Tasks Task Name Status Schedule Last Executed Current Status Due View Pattern SMPTE Disabled YEARLY 23 10 02 OK E Full I Guard Check Disabled QUARTERLY Unknown E Measure Quality Level Disabled MONTHLY Unknown E Automatic I Guard Check Disabled WEEKLY 19 10 02 Skipped E Measure Display White Disabled WEEKLY 23 10 02 OK E Calibration Settings Check Enabled WEEKLY 21 10 02 OK E Start All Due Tasks Last Result Logs Task Selector When MediCal Pro is installed a default task schedule is filled in The Q A Setup window gives the following information Task Name The task s name or description Status Whether the task is enabled or disabled Schedule The frequency with which you wish the task to be exe cuted Using MediCal Pro 75 Last Executed The date in MM DD YY format
31. MediCal Pro E MediCal Pro ES File Edit View Tools Help QUA Check Last Q A check on November 21 2003 9 49 33 AM Q A Check Result OX Test Patterns Today s Q A Tasks 0 Q A Setup Configuration Configuration Setup Installation amp User Manual B4100131 05 July 2006 www barco com Contents Introduction 10 About this manual 10 About MediCal Pro 10 About QA tasks 11 The main window at start up 12 The main window in Advanced user mode 13 First Installation 18 Overview 18 Installation of the hardware 21 Barco flat panel display installation 21 Barco CRT display installation 21 Non Barco display installation 22 Optical sensor connection 22 MediCal Pro installation 23 Minimum System requirements 23 Before installing MediCal Pro 23 Installing MediCal Pro 23 Uninstalling MediCal Pro 24 Starting up for the first time 24 MediCal Pro start up 24 Connection to MediCal Administrator 26 Setting up the configuration 29 Introduction 29 Running the Configuration Setup Wizard 30 Solving Configuration Setup Wizard search errors 40 Aligning the displays 44 The possible display alignment families are 45 The Alignment dialog contains the following elements 46 Horizontal geometry settings 47 Vertical geometry settings 48 Fast West geometry settings 49 White uniformity settings on color displays only 49 Special settings 50 Defining Presets 52 Introduction 52
32. No Link Serial Port Select Serial Port and Remote Address of display attached to head A use Show Display to identify the selected display COMI COM2 Remote Address Le OK Identify Show Display Cancel Check the communication port to which the display is connected Select the Remote Address number corresponding to the display s remote address Click on Identify to see which display is connected to which head For a few seconds you will see the letter of the heads on the displays They automatically disappear after a few seconds Click on Show display to see which display corresponds to the Remote Address chosen from the drop down list The image of the selected display will blink for a few times c Select the No Link tab if you want to add a non Barco display Display Connection Setup Ee x USB Serial Port No Link Display Info Brand Type Serial number L Grayscale CRT Flat panel Identi Cancel Identify Enter the brand name type and serial number Also you have to indicate whether the display is a grayscale display or not and a CRT or flat panel display Note It is important to enter the correct data here so that the display can be found quickly should a task on this display generate an error in MediCal Administrator Removing a display To remove a display right click on the display icon and select Remove Display from th
33. Screen width Adjust the width of the white frame on the test image following the displays specifications You will get the opportunity to fine tune later in the procedure Tip It is a good idea to use a flexible plastic or paper ruler to measure the size EE Horizontal linearity Adjust until the distance between the vertical lines on the left side of the test image is the same as between those at the right These lines are marked by arrows Horizontal S correction Adjust until the distance between the vertical lines in the center of the test image is the same as between those at the left and the right Horizontal blanking left The background of the test image is highlighted gray and a white frame appears around the test image When you drag the slider in the adjustment dialog to the right a black vertical border appears at the left side of the test image This is the blanking Adjust now until this blanking stops at 0 5 cm 0 2 inch before the left edge of the white frame The frame must be completely visible Horizontal blanking right Now do the same at the right side of the test image Adjust until the blanking starts at 0 5 cm 0 2 inch after the right edge of the white frame The frame must be completely visible Q Rotation Adjust until the white frame on the test image is perfectly upright First installation 47 Vertical geometry settings E Vertical position course Position the middle horizontal line of
34. You can set up a Q A check schedule consisting of different tasks that can be scheduled with a different frequency You can verify the results of the Q A tasks and get hints how to regain consistency should a Q A task turn out not to be OK Any necessary measures for regaining consistency can be taken from MediCal Pro or sometimes from MediCal Administrator the server application to which MediCal Pro can be connected MediCal Pro distinguishes two user modes The Standard user mode and the Advanced user mode The Standard user mode is meant for running the Q A tasks and checking their results In Advanced mode the user has full control over MediCal Pro with the possibility to set up the system and change schedules and settings The Advanced user mode is secured by a password The Q A check results are stored in a history log which you can consult per task and per display If the viewing station is connected to a network on which the server application MediCal Administrator runs all data from MediCal Pro is transferred to a database that can be consulted remotely by MediCal Administrator Introduction 10 MediCal Pro supports BARCO displays as well as displays from other brands It allows the connection of the following optical sensors Barco LCD sensor Barco Serial sensor X Rite DTP92 serial and USB Wellhofer Luxor LXPlus Solar PMA2200 Minolta LS100 Verilum CPOD serial and USB and Tektronix TJ17 Also the BARCO I Guard
35. aging board properties 98 Invert LUT 86 L Last Q A check 12 Linearize LUT 86 List Pixel Defects 103 Logging 91 Luminance Uniformity Correction 71 M Main window 12 Mammography systems 102 MediCal Administrator 25 Medical viewing station 29 107 Microblemish 102 103 Monthly 77 N Not OK 12 O OK 12 Optical sensor 11 69 71 Orbiter 98 P Parabola deformation 49 Password 10 25 67 111 Per Pixel Uniformity 97 102 Pixel defects 97 102 103 Powersave 97 98 PPU 97 102 Presets 16 Properties 15 78 79 94 102 Q Q A Check 12 63 Q A Setup 13 75 Q A task Running All due tasks 79 Single task 80 Q A tasks 106 Quarterly 77 R Remote address 21 42 98 Remote Timeout 98 Remove Display 16 90 Result 12 Rotation 47 S Screen height 48 Screen width 47 Select Style 103 Send Feedback 104 Sensor 69 71 Show Pixel Defects 97 102 Skewing 49 Skipped 12 Standard user mode 10 12 112 T Task frequency Daily 77 Monthly 77 Quarterly 77 Twice a Year 77 Weekly 77 Yearly 77 Task history 84 Test Patterns 13 Todays Q A tasks 12 Tools menu 13 Trapezoid deformation 49 trigger settings 59 Twice a Year 77 U Unknown 12 User Login 67 User mode 10 y Vertical linearity 48 Vertical position 48 Vertical S correction 48 Vertical uniformity 50 Video connection 22 View menu 13 Viewing station 29 W Weekly 77 White chroma 56 White luminance 38 52 53 73 White
36. ave become due and at the moment someone logs in on the workstation In that way you are sure a user is present to respond to the task s interactions When the screen saver is activated Tasks that have become due will be executed at the moment the screen saver is activated This is a good setting for tasks that can run automatically but are not allowed to run while the workstation is occupied by a user intervention free The tasks are executed after they have become due and at the moment the screensaver pops up on the workstation In that way you are sure no user is busy on the workstation when the task starts When the task becomes due The tasks will be executed at the time they become due This is the time entered in the Q A Setup schedule However intervention free and non intervention free tasks cannot run when no user is logged in So when no user is logged in at that moment the task will not start It will start the first moment someone logs in after the task has become due When you wish the tasks to start at the moment they become due you have to select this trigger setting only Multiple trigger settings When you check more than one trigger setting the trigger conditions are handled in an OR function Example Let us suppose you have checked the settings When the user logs in and When the screen saver is activated for the category of intervention free tasks In that situation the intervention free task
37. ay curve Therefore check the patches with the 5 gray square on black and the 95 white square on white The gray squares should be visible if the system is calibrated according to the DICOM display function 87 Select image Browse and select your own test pattern MediCal Pro supports bmp jpg and gif files TG18QC This pattern is a universal pattern with which you can check geometry focus white luminance bandwidth and display curve according to the AAPM qualifica tions Uniformity This pattern can be used to check if the white and black levels are uniform all over the screen There fore put the sensor on the different patches on the screen and check the Measure window to see if the measured value is approximately the same all over the screen Wedge This pattern shows three different white to black gra dients You can use it to check the grayscale perfor mance and bandwidth 3 7 Changing an existing configuration AI When a configuration is set up you can add or remove displays without running the Configuration Setup Wizard Note After changing anything to the configuration you need to run the Q A tasks again If not the task results will appear Unknown Adding a display If the main window displays an imaging board head without an added display represented by a square without display icon you can add a display to the head To add a display 1 Right click on the imaging board head icon and select Add
38. b Special settings The Alignment dialog contains the following elements The icons at the top of the dialog indicate the different alignment families e g horizontal geometry vertical geometry etc The second row of icons represents the different alignments that belong to the selected alignment family The names of alignment families and alignments appear as screen tips when you move the mouse pointer over their icons The slider under the icons allows you to perform the alignment Drag the slider or click inside the slider bar Click on the Reset button to undo the alignment The text box under the slider indicates how to perform the alignment properly Follow the instructions in this text box carefully The Next gt gt button selects the following alignment If you are not experienced in aligning the display it is best to follow the sequence of alignments by using the Next gt gt button until you have performed all the alignments The lt lt Back button selects the previous alignment By clicking on the OK button you exit the alignments All changes are saved By clicking on the Cancel button you exit the alignments without saving any changes First installation 46 Horizontal geometry settings Horizontal position course Position the middle vertical line of the test image approximately in the center This is a course adjustment You will get the opportunity to fine tune later in the procedure ha
39. cember 28 2606 3 18 55 PM 5176836 Luminance uniformity correction is set off Administrator December 28 2666 3 18 58 PM 5176836 Ambient Light Compensation is set off Administrator December 28 2666 3 18 58 PM 5176836 Ambient Light Compensation is set off Example of a Log file Using MediCal Pro 92 3 10 Selecting Luminance units AI The results and values of luminance measurements can be expressed in Candela per square meter Cd mz2 or Footlambert fL To select the luminance units 1 From the Tools menu select Options gt Application Settings see above 2 Select the General tab see above 3 Select the desired luminance unit 3 11 Selecting units of length Al In the Display properties you can enter the screen size of the displays You can do this in inches or millimeters You can select this unit of length in the Application Settings dialog To select the units of length 1 From the Tools menu select Options gt Application Settings see above 2 Select the General tab see above 3 Select the desired unit of length 3 12 Setting up optical sensor list and priority AI MediCal Pro supports a list of possible optical sensors To speed up the search for connected optical sensors it is best to indicate which sensor types are used and which ones are not used Moreover you can set up a priority of sensors This may be necessary when using Barco flat panel displays with built in I Guard sensor When you wish t
40. comes active so that you can continue b If you selected Measure on next calibration in the Preset you must adjust display brightness manually until a desired level of black luminance is attained When you click on OK the measured value will be taken as black luminance target 5 The white luminance target value is determined now The sensor measures a white patch The result of the measurement is shown in the Measure window a Using MediCal Pro If you have specified an absolute value for white luminance in the Preset MediCal Pro displays this value in the message You must control the display contrast manually until the measured value is equal or higher than the target value When this is the case the OK button becomes active so that you can continue If you selected Measure on next calibration in the Preset you must adjust display contrast manually until a desired level of white luminance is attained When you click on OK the measured value will be taken as white luminance target 73 6 The black luminance and white luminance measurements may influence each other so that the value of the first step changes when the second step is done Therefore you have to repeat both steps steps 3 and 4 until both values remain stable Do you want to go back to the black adjustment Yes No 7 Click on Yes to repeat the measurements Click on No if the values remain stable and you wish to proceed wi
41. d The head will be indicated with its number and the Barco display will blink you should see both effects on the same screen Show this display Head A HeadB 7 Back Next Cancel If the Wizard has found one or more Barco displays it identifies the first one by communicating its serial number and by dimming the displays screen a few times Add the display to the configuration by selecting the imaging board head it is connected to This is the character in the white square in the lower right corner If you are not sure which head to select click on Show this display As a result the display screen will be dimmed again Select the head of which the character appears on the dimmed display Click on the Next button to add the next display Repeat this until all Barco displays are added If you add Barco displays only please continue with step 9 First installation 34 If you are adding non Barco displays as well please continue with the following step 6 Control non Barco displays EH Configuration Setup Control non barco displays Do you want to control non Barco displays If there are more heads in the computer than found Barco displays or if no Barco displays were found at all the Wizard asks if you want to add non Barco displays to the configuration Yes You can proceed with the Wizard defining the non Barco displays Continue with step 7 NO The Wi
42. d Floor Click on Next _ Workstation Information Administrator Enter the following information about this workstation Workstation name WS1 Department Radiology Room nr 50 Floor 2 7 The entered information is added to MediCal Administrator Click on Next First installation 28 Sending to server Administrator Your workstation info is now saved into MediCal Administrator MediCal Pro Maintenance 1 N Next M Cancel 8 Click on Finish to go to the MediCal Pro main window MediCal Administrator Connection Complete Administrator You have now completed the connection with MediCal Administrator Every time you close this application all local data will be sent to MediCal Administrator Finish Cancel 2 5 Setting up the configuration Introduction The medical viewing station consists of a computer a number of imaging boards containing one or more heads an optical sensor and one or more displays They are all connected physically by means of cables and connectors First installation 29 An example of a medical viewing station consisting of one PC with four imaging board heads and four Barco flat panels connected Those panels have an internal optical sensor The configuration is the logical representation of the viewing station s components in MediCal Pro A complete configuration contains
43. e so that the display can be found quickly should a task on this display generate an error in MediCal Administrator Click on Next to continue 9 Display function Display Function Select the display function you want to use on all displays 7 Back Next M Cancel Select the display function you want to use for all the displays First installation 37 Display function Select the required display function from the drop down list For most medical viewing applications we recommend you select the DICOM display function as this function results in the most visible grayscales If you select Gamma you can enter a display gamma value if the imaging board head to which the display is connected has an editable gamma table If you select Uncorrected the program fills the imaging board gamma table with a linear function Ambient light compensation Check this option if you want to compensate for the influence of the ambient light on the image Especially when you have selected a DICOM or CIE display function we advise to switch on this compensation to obtain a better display performance Glare compensation Check Glare Compensation if you want to compensate for the influence of the bright parts on the dark parts of the image This option is always on and grayed if a DICOM display function is selected When finished click on Next 10 White and black luminance xl White and Black Luminance
44. e drop down menu The display is removed immediately Using MediCal Pro 90 Note When a display is removed from the configuration the task histories related to that display will no longer be visible in MediCal Pro However the histories are not deleted When you connect the same display again the histories will be visible as well 3 8 Connecting to MediCal Administrator AI When MediCal Pro starts up for the very first time it provides the opportunity to connect to a server on which MediCal Administrator is installed If MediCal Pro is not yet connected to a MediCal Administrator server it is still possible to do this in the program Note Prior to connecting the viewing station to the MediCal Administrator server the medical facility to which the viewing station belongs must be added already to MediCal Administrator For more information please consult your system administrator To connect to MediCal Administrator 1 From the Tools menu select Administrator Connection 2 The MediCal Administrator Connection Wizard starts Please refer to the chapter First Installation for a detailed description of this Wizard 3 9 Registering the operations in a log file AI MediCal Pro stores the results of the Q A checks in a log file and if it is connected to a MediCal Administrator server it sends the result data to MediCal Administrator Apart from these methods of logging MediCal Pro can keep track of all the opera
45. e setup Uninstalling MediCal Pro To remove MediCal Pro from your system proceed as follows 1 You must have Administrator privileges to uninstall the software Exit MediCal Pro From the Start menu select Settings gt Control Panel Double click on the Add Remove Programs icon Select MediCal Pro from the list box at the bottom of the Add Remove Program Properties dialog Click on the Change Remove button 7 Follow the instructions on the screen VU As WU N 2 4 Starting up for the first time MediCal Pro start up To start MediCal Pro proceed as follows 1 If the viewing station contains Barco displays make sure there is no on screen display OSD on the screen of the displays Please refer to the display s user manual to know how to do this 2 Start MediCal Pro from the Start gt Programs gt MediCal Pro menu in Windows 3 If no license key was entered during installation MediCal Pro prompts to enter the license key now Enter a valid license number and click on OK First installation 24 License Key eS Please enter a valid license key cecco 4 If the system contains no Barco flat panel displays nor Barco CRT displays connected to the USB bus MediCal Pro will notice that there is no configuration set up in the program yet It will ask if you want to log in as Advanced user to set up the configuration Note Barco Nio Fusion and Color Nio displays are not automatically detected at start up You sh
46. ear on the selected display Define targets for white level black level and display function and store them in a preset Start display calibration immediately Control Contrast and Brightness manually or automatically by means of Ambient Light Com pensation if present The function is grayed if not available on the display Remove remaining magnetism from the dis play s metal parts Is only applicable to BARCO color CRT displays Align display geometry white uniformity focus etc Is applicable to BARCO CRT displays only Check this option to activate the Luminance Uniformity Correction This system if calibrated by means of Full Screen Calibration see below ensures a uni form luminance even in the corners of the pic ture tube This function is applicable to some BARCO dis plays only This function is grayed if the function is not available on the display This function starts with a luminance measure ment in the center of the screen It proceeds with calibration in a number of zones over the picture tube to obtain the same luminance in each of the zones The function is applicable to some BARCO dis plays only The function is grayed if not available on the display 16 First installation FIRST INSTALLATION 2 First Installation 2 1 Overview If you install MediCal Pro on a medical viewing station for the first time you should go through the steps listed below These steps are jus
47. edefine RS232 remote ID s if you have more than 1 Barco display Back Next Cancel The most common causes of failures in finding Barco displays are Data cables not or wrongly connected Some of the displays have equal remote addresses The remote addresses can be set by means of the displays OSD menus The Wizard provides two ways to solve a search problem taking the above mentioned possible causes into account Note The search error solving methods can work only for Barco CRT displays connected through a serial connection For flat panel or non Barco displays these methods are not applicable To solve a search error proceed as follows a The problem is probably caused by the data cables This is the most common cause and the easiest one to examine Therefore we suggest you consider this option first Proceed as follows 1 Check the hardware connection of data cables Please refer to the Installation chapter to find out how the data cables should be connected 2 Select Check the cables and search again Click on Next to continue 3 The Wizard displays the Barco Displays page again Click on Next to start a new search for Barco displays First installation 41 ti Configuration Setup Barco displays This wizard will search for Barco displays through serial connections this can take several seconds Select Next to start the search Back Next Cancel The Wizard no
48. en Calibration n Properties Add Display Remove display Identify Configuration Setup Presets Calibrate Brightness Contrast Degauss Alignment D Luminance Uniformity Correction Full Screen Calibration 2 Put the sensor without Ambient Light Shield for convenience on the image and follow the instructions on the screen The full screen calibration starts with a measurement of luminance in the center of the screen It proceeds with calibration in a number of zones over the picture tube so that the luminance in all of the zones equals the center luminance The zone where you have to put the sensor is indicated by a white blinking square Calibrating non Barco displays 1 If you use an X Rite DTP92 sensor you may be asked to calibrate the sensor first Using MediCal Pro 71 Q The sensor is not calibrated Place the sensor on a flat completely opaque surface such as the top of a desk Cancel Make sure the sensor is completely covered so that no light can enter the sensor and click on OK 2 Put the sensor with Ambient Light Shield if appropriate on the image on the screen Important Make sure there are no application windows or other items e g the cursor displayed under the sensor They would cause the calibration to fail Put the sensor on the screen During the measurements do not switch to any other application or
49. ence 13 12 11 14 15 18 17 16 19 20 23 22 21 24 25 8 7 6 9 10 3 2 1 4 5 see illustration Display Alignment Family it a Lae Special settings Zone selection Reset Axial Astigmatism Reset Diagonal Astigmatism N Reset Static Focus Defocus the display move lower scrollbar to the right select a zone row per row start in the middle and work to the edges and adjust the axial astigmatism until the horizontal and vertical lines have the same thickness Do the same for diagonal astigmatism with the diagonal lines Move the focus scrollbar slightly to the left and repeat the astigmatism adjustment Iterate until focus is correct again use reset Focus as a last step Caj se ses cer First installation 50 To adjust the astigmatism 1 In the adjustment dialog select the zone you want to adjust by clicking on the corresponding number in the Zone selection area The corresponding zone of the test image is highlighted Gently drag the Static Focus slider completely to the right maximum adjustment The highlighted zone of the test image is completely out of focus As a result the lines of the test pattern have diverged so that they now look like thick gray lines Adjust Axial Astigmatism until the horizontal and vertical lines of the tes
50. es at a distance of a few cm The bright line is the AWS line and the dim lines are AKB lines Step by step decrease the AKB shift adjustment As a result the AWS and AKB lines in the test image move up Adjust until the lowest AKB line has completely disappeared under the bezel and a bright First installation 48 horizontal line appears under the bezel This is the AWS line that is coming down again Note If you are unable to shift the AKB lines high enough until they have completely disappeared repeat the adjustment with a somewhat higher AKB removal value 6 Select the AKB removal adjustment Increase the adjustment until the line on top of the test image has completely disappeared East West geometry settings II Skewing Adjust until the vertical lines in the middle of the test image are perfectly upright MD ny Trapezoid deformation Adjust until the vertical lines at the sides of the test image are upright as well o my Parabola deformation Adjust until the vertical lines at the sides of the test image are as straight as possible Corner deformation Adjust until the vertical lines in the corners of the test image are straight As a result the corners of the test image should be 90 degrees exactly Bowing deformation Adjust until the vertical lines in the middle and at the sides of the test image are straight Note You might have to repeat the east west settings a couple of times to obtain
51. ess The addresses must be set with the display s internal controls Remote Timeout The time after which the display interrupts communi cation with the computer should the computer not respond anymore e g is crashed Applicable to BARCO displays only Imaging board properties Display Imaging board Type BarcoMed 3MP2FH Serial Number N A Resolution 1536 x 2048 Gamma table yes Colour depth 10 bits Nr of entries 1024 Firmware Versioni N A Driver Version N A came Using MediCal Pro 98 Select the Imaging board tab in the display device properties dialog Type Serial number Resolution Gamma table Color depth No of entries Firmware version Driver version The type or brand of the board The imaging board serial number The resolution of the imaging board head Whether the board contains an editable gamma table or not The gamma table s color depth This number deter mines the number of grayscales or colors that can be reproduced The number of entries in the gamma table The on board firmware version The driver version controlling the board Controlling Contrast amp Brightness Using MediCal Pro AI This function is available for BARCO CRT displays only In the Configuration section in the main window right click on the icon of the display you wish to control contrast or brightness of n n Properties Add Display Remove display Identify
52. etrying to startup MediCal Pro This means a Q A task is currently being performed Please retry starting up a little later 6 The MediCal Pro main window appears 3 2 Entering Advanced user mode To log in as advanced user 1 Press Alt A on the keyboard or select Tools Options User Login from the menus The User Login dialog appears User name Administrator User password ox Cancel 2 Infield User name fill in your user name maximum 20 characters 3 In field User password fill in advanced This is the default password 4 Click on OK To log out as advanced user and log in as standard user 1 In the Login dialog fill in a user name different from the advanced user account maximum 20 characters 2 Do not fill in any user password 3 Click on OK Using MediCal Pro 67 3 3 Changing passwords Alwhen you have logged in as advanced user you can change the advanced user password To change the advanced user password 1 From the main window press Alt A on the keyboard or select Tools Options User Login from the menus Your user name is still filled out in the User name field 2 Click on Change Password 3 In field Old password fill in the current password In fields New password and Re enter new password fill in the new password 5 Click on OK The password is changed The Login dialog appears again Click on Cancel to continue as advanced user or log in as s
53. from system to system In addition Supplement 28 Part 14 specifies a function that relates pixel values to displayed Luminance levels and is called Grayscale Display Function Standard 108 Index Symbols Advanced user symbol 10 A Add Barco display 89 Add Display 15 88 Address 21 42 98 Advanced user 25 Advanced user mode 10 13 AKB removal 48 AKB shift 48 Alignment 16 44 Ambient Light Compensation 38 58 70 72 100 Ambient Light Shield 69 71 72 Automatic Contrast Brightness 100 Axial uniformity 50 B Black chroma 56 Black luminance 52 73 Black point 48 Bowing deformation 49 Brightness 16 C Calibration 16 39 Candela 93 Cd m 93 Chroma 55 56 Configuration 14 25 Has changed 66 Configuration Setup 14 Conformance 10 109 Consistency 10 Contrast 16 Corner deformation 49 D Daily 77 Data connection 22 41 Defect pixel 102 Degauss 16 Display alignment 44 Display Details 96 97 Display device 107 Display function 37 38 52 58 Display Properties 95 E Every Screen 86 F FL 93 Flat panel display 11 24 25 32 34 40 44 68 90 93 96 Footlambert 93 Full Screen 86 Full screen calibration 16 101 G Gamma 24 Has changed 66 Gamma Initializer 23 66 Glare compensation 38 58 H Help 104 Horizontal blanking left 47 Horizontal blanking right 47 110 Horizontal linearity 47 Horizontal position 47 Horizontal S correction 47 I Identify 16 Im
54. have the same chroma Only the darkest gray levels will be darker to achieve a higher contrast ratio First installation 57 Display function Select the required display function from the drop down list For most medical viewing applications we recommend you select the DICOM display function as this function results in the most visible grayscales If you select Gamma you can enter a display gamma value if the imaging board head to which the display is connected has an editable gamma table Dynamic Gamma is a gamma function that is shifted to take into account the non zero luminance of an LCD panel when driven with a black signal It results in more contrast in the darker image areas It is especially useful in CT applications to improve the perception of low Haunsfield values If you select Uncorrected the program fills the imaging board gamma table with a linear function Ambient light compensation Check this option if you want to compensate for the influence of the ambient light on the image Especially when you have selected a DICOM or CIE display function we advise to switch on this compensation to obtain a better display performance Glare compensation Check Glare Compensation if you want to compensate for the influence of the bright parts on the dark parts of the image This option is always on and grayed if a DICOM display function is selected 2 8 Calibrating displays After defining the display s Pre
55. here are problems to register to the server you will have to exit the Wizard Contact the system administrator to solve the problem Search Computer Name Administrator rc NI Select Next to start the search for the MediCal Administrator Lt O server MediCal Pro Maintenance E 4 a Back Next M Cancel 4 If the server is found the Wizard displays the following message Click on Next Searching Administrator Search OK Select Next to choose the medical facility Next M Cancel 5 The drop down list shows all medical facilities connected to MediCal Administrator on the server If the facility to which this viewing station belongs is not in the list you should exit the Wizard by clicking on Cancel The medical facility should be added from within MediCal Administrator If the facility is in the list select it and click on Next First installation 27 MediCal Administrator Server found Administrator Select the medical facility where you want to add this workstation from the list If you can t find the right one exit this wizard It should be added with the Administration tools of MediCal Administrator MediCal Pro Maintenance A Memorial Hospital KLINI orial Hospital KLINI Civil Hospital hkjh a lt Back Next M Cancel 6 Enter the viewing station details Workstation name Department name Room number an
56. king task results Checking the results of executed tasks can be done with the MediCal Administrator application if installed However also in MediCal Pro you can check the task results To check the task results click on the Q A Setup button in the main window M MediCal Pro 2 03 File View Tools Help Q A Check i Last Q A check on 23 mei 2002 23 25 25 Q A Check Result OX Test Patterns Today s Q A Tasks 0 QIA Setup To troubleshoot tasks that are Not OK Tasks that were Not OK the last time they were executed are indicated i with a question mark P in the Current Status field in the Q A Setup window db Q A Setup xi O A Tasks Task Name Status Schedule Last Executed Current Status Due Measure Display White Enabled DAILY 13 05 02 OK m Measure Display Black Enabled DAILY 13 05 02 OK G Measure Quality Level Disabled MONTHLY Unknown E Automatic I Guard Check Enabled DAILY 13 05 02 OK E Full I Guard Check Enabled DAILY 13 05 02 OK m Calibration Settings Check Enabled DAILY 13 05 02 OK m View Pattern SMPTE Enabled DAILY 13 05 02 NOT OK e m Start All Due Tasks Last Result Logs Task Selector Using MediCal Pro 81 To see a description of the problem s click on the question mark The problem description appears ET Current problems x Problem 1 of 1 Display BrandName Barco Display S N 52053
57. lat panel displays Barco display information CE Display Number 1890006986 Software number V2 05 Display Lifetime 115 0 hours Backlight Lifetime 27 0 hours vi DPMS Ml Power LED vi Per Pixel Uniformity Show Pixel Defects List Pixel Defects Reset Cancel Display Number The order number of the display Software Number The order number of the display s internal soft ware BARCO displays only Lifetime The time in hours the display has been operat ing so far including the time the display was switched in power saving mode BARCO displays only Runtime The time in hours the display has been operat ing so far excluding the time the display was switched in power saving mode BARCO displays only Using MediCal Pro 96 Stabilizer DPMS Power LED Per Pixel Uniformity Show Pixel Defects Display Details CRT displays Barco display information Info Display Number 9507101 T Orbiter Software Number V568701 04 Software Version 2 04 Lifetime 2274 Scan Mode 3 Check this option to switch on the backlight sta bilizer The option is grayed if not applicable to the selected display Check this option to switch on the Power Saving utility DPMS The option is grayed if not appli cable to the selected display Check this option to switch on or off the func tionality of the power LED This option is available for Barco displays of type MFGD 5621 HD only
58. lat panel displays do not require any image alignment Non Barco displays must be aligned using their own controls Please refer to that display s user documentation To start display alignment for Barco displays right click on the icon of the display you want to align Select Alignment from the drop down menu First installation 44 Properties Add Display Remove display Identify Configuration Setup Presets Calibrate Brightness Contrast Degauss Alignment O Luminance Uniformity Correction Full Screen Calibration After a few seconds the selected display shows a test pattern At the same time the display alignment dialog appears a Display Installation Display Alignment Family Position the middle vertical line in the center of the screen roughly Back Next gt gt Cancel The adjustments in the Alignment window are combined in a number of groups display alignment families Note The number of alignment families and alignments depends on the type of display you are about to install On some display types some of the above described alignments will not be present The possible display alignment families are su Horizontal geometry settings Vertical geometry settings First installation 45 East West geometry settings nali White uniformity settings on color displays only
59. ly automatic but during the execution of the task the current application image is replaced by test images necessary for the measurement These tasks can run only when a user is logged in on the workstation The task requires a user action E g a visual check on a test pattern requires the user to confirm that the pattern was displayed correctly These tasks can run only when a user is logged in on the workstation However they will not run when a screen saver or DPMS is activated The trigger settings determine when the tasks will be executed after they have become due You can define trigger settings for intervention free and non intervention free tasks It is not necessary to define trigger settings for transparent intervention free tasks because they do not hinder the user when they are executed So these tasks can always start when they become due They will start even when no user is logged in To define the task trigger settings 1 From the Tools menu select Options gt Application Settings First installation 59 2 Select the Trigger Settings tab 3 Set the trigger settings The possible trigger settings are fei Es First installation 60 When the user logs in Tasks that have become due will be executed at the moment a user logs in on the workstation This is a good setting for tasks that require a user interaction non intervention free The tasks are executed after they h
60. me Barco Display S N 5205384 Display TypeName MFGD3220D NULL 96 43 Task View Pattern SMPTE Fa Result NOT OK Executed on Mon May 13 15 36 49 CEST 2002 by Administrator Frequency DAILY View Pattern SMPTE QUA Task performed by Administrator QUA Task performed on Mon May 13 15 36 49 CEST 2002 4 To see the history log of a task click the task name in the All Results window e For tasks that were Not OK To see a problem description and a hint to i solve the problem click on the question mark P next to the task in the All Results window To display a particular task s last result To display a particular task s last result right click on the task name and select Last Result Log from the drop down menu The tasks last result appears Task View Pattern SMPTE Result NOT OK Executed on Mon May 13 15 36 49 CEST 2002 by Administrator Frequency DAILY View Pattern SMPTE OJA Task performed by Administrator QUA Task performed on Mon May 13 15 36 49 CEST 2002 Display BrandName Barco Display S N 5205384 Display TypeName MFGD3220D To see the history log of a task click the task name in the Last Result window Using MediCal Pro 83 e For tasks that were Not OK To see a problem description and a hint to solve the problem click on the question mark P next to the task in the Last Result window To display a
61. minance Uniformity Correction Full Screen Calibration From the drop down menu that appears select Degauss Using MediCal Pro 101 As a result possible purity errors in the image so called hot spots are removed The display automatically degausses at switch on 3 14 Special functions for displays in mammography systems Al These functions are available for Barco displays of type MFGD 5621 HD only To get access to the special functions 1 Inthe Configuration section in the main window right click on the icon of the display you wish to view the properties of From the drop down menu that appears select Properties Select the Display tab in the display device properties dialog Click on Details The display details window appears U Ss WU N Barco display information Info Display Number 1890006986 Software number V2 05 Display Lifetime 115 0 hours Backlight Lifetime 27 0 hours DPMS vi Power LED vi Per Pixel Uniformity Show Pixel Defects List Pixel Defects Reset Cancel Per Pixel Uniformity For mammography viewing applications we recommend switching Per Pixel Uniformity PPU on When switched on the Per Pixel Uniformity system is activated adjusting the luminance output at the pixel level and eliminating screen noise If you wish to activate PPU check the Per Pixel Uniformity check box To de activate PPU uncheck the Per Pixel Uniformity check box
62. n free tasks and non intervention free tasks see task categories will not start when no user is logged in even if they are due and the trigger settings are true 2 12 Running the due tasks To complete the installation it is important to run the due Q A tasks for the first time Therefore click on the Q A Check button in the main window For more information please refer to Description of the tasks on page 79 First installation 63 First installation 64 Using MediCal Pro USING MEDICAL PRO 3 Using MediCal Pro 3 1 Starting up To start MediCal Pro proceed as follows 1 If the viewing station contains Barco displays make sure there is no on screen display OSD on the screen of the displays Please refer to the display s user manual to know how to do this Start MediCal Pro from the Start gt Programs gt MediCal menu in Windows During start up the MediCal Pro Startup application may display the following message Another application has changed the gamma table of head A Do you want to reload the saved gamma table reno This means that another application has changed an imaging board s Look Up Tables since you have last used MediCal Pro Select Yes if you want to restore the gamma to the value defined in MediCal Pro This is the preferred choice if you were satisfied with the appearance of the images on the displays when you last closed MediCal Pro Select No if you do not want
63. n of the leftmost display to one of the computer s COM ports Connect Remote Out of the leftmost display to Remote In of the second leftmost display etc USB connection Connect the USB upstream connector of the first display to the USB downstream connector on the PC Connect the second display to the USB downstream connector on the first display etc Non Barco display installation Follow the Video connection guidelines described in the Barco display installation above There is no Data connection nor address setting for non Barco displays Optical sensor connection Barco Coronis flat panel displays have a built in optical sensor I Guard for which no additional connection is required For other Barco displays e g Nio and non Barco displays you need to connect an external optical sensor The external optical sensor can be connected in two ways On Barco displays A USB sensor can be connected to one of the downstream USB ports on the display In that case however the display must be connected to the PC USB bus as well A serial sensor must be connected to the Sensor connector front or rear This is possible only on Barco CRT displays Non Barco displays don t have a direct connection for the sensor So if the viewing station contains non Barco displays connect the sensor to the viewing station s computer Connect it to a free COM or USB port First installation 22 2 3 MediCal Pro installation Minimum System requi
64. name of the preset selected from the left column White These are the target values for the white luminance and chroma color display only Click the button to edit the values The parameters for White are different for grayscale and color displays First installation 53 Measure on next calibration Absolute value Measure Now Luminance 220 cd m2 Cancel White target setup on grayscale displays Target setup w Maximized luminance O Maximized lifetime Measure on next calibration Absolute value Luminance 100 ed m2 Chroma Measure Now Clearbase Cancel C Kelvin 9343 axy k 1 280 White target setup on color displays screenshot taken from Barco Color Coronis displays Measure on next calibration Select this option if you do not wish to enter a target value now Instead the target value will be determined by measuring during the next calibration Absolute value Select this option if you wish to enter a numeric target value This option is preferred for Barco displays Luminance In this field enter the required target value The field will be grayed if the Measure on next calibration option is selected Maximized luminance Barco Color Coronis displays only Select this option if you wish to obtain the highest possible luminance As a result the display will always be calibrated to the maximum luminance First installation 54
65. ness Contrast Degauss Alignment Luminance Uniformity Correction Full Screen Calibration Calibrate the displays See Calibrating displays on page 58 8 Q A Setup Define the Q A task schedule See Setting up the Q A schedule on page 58 9 Properties Add Display Remove display Identify Presets Calibrate Brightness Contrast Degauss Alignment Luminance Uniformity Correction Full Screen Calibration Options User Login Application Settings Administrator Connection Alt C Check the trigger settings for the different categories of Q A tasks and change them if necessary See Defining the Q A task trigger settings on page 59 I QIA Check Run the due tasks See Running the due tasks on page 63 First installation 20 2 2 Installation of the hardware MediCal Pro can be used on any viewing station that runs on Windows NT4 Windows 2000 Professional or Windows XP Professional The viewing station can contain any number of displays Barco and non Barco displays It is impossible to describe the installation on all these systems in this manual but we can give some important hints and rules to follow during the installation of the hardware For a detailed description of the installation please refer to the system manual or display user manual Barco flat panel display installation In case of a DVI connection
66. nue Should Administrator be installed later you can still connect to it from within MediCal Pro Please proceed with Setting up the configuration on page 29 If you have MediCal Administrator installed select Yes to continue MediCal Pro will start a Wizard to set up the server Please proceed with Connection to MediCal Administrator on page 26 Connection to MediCal Administrator 1 The Wizard starts with the Welcome page To proceed with the connection select Yes and click on Next MediCal Administrator Connection Administrator aT Welcome This wizard will lead you through the automatic connection setup of MediCal Pro Maintenance to MediCal Administrator Do you want to enable the connection with MediCal Administrator requires MediCal Administrator installed and running on your network Next M Cancel 2 Enter the name of the network server on which MediCal Administrator runs Click on Next Enter Computer Name Administrator eee ari Enter the network name of the computer where MediCal Administrator is running e g barcoserver or 212 190 81 131 If you don t know the right name please contact your system administrator MediCal Pro Maintenance Name of server Mp SN Back gt Cancel First installation 26 3 The Wizard will start searching for the server on the network Click on Next to start the search If the Wizard does not find the server or if t
67. o see Starting up for the first time on page 24 Using MediCal Pro 79 ie MediCal Pro 2 03 ile es File View Tools Help O A Check Last Q A check on 23 mei 2002 23225225 Q A Check Result OX Test Patterns Today s Q A Tasks 0 Q A Setup To run the due tasks click on the Q A Check button in the main window A window appears displaying the due tasks for today az MediCal Pro Maintenance Q A Tasks Today s Q A Tasks Measure Display White Measure Quality Level View Pattern SMPTE Do you want to perform these tasks now Fa no Click on Yes to run the tasks immediately All due tasks will be executed in the order they appear in MediCal Pro s Q A Setup window Click on No to skip the execution of the tasks The tasks result will be indicated as Skipped but the tasks remain due They will be run the next time you perform a Q A Check Running a single task At any time you can run any task even if it is disabled or not due To run a single task 1 Inthe main window click on Q A Setup 2 Inthe Q A setup window right click on the name of the task you wish to run A drop down menu appears Using MediCal Pro 80 Q A Tasks Task Name Measure Display White Mea Run Now Mea Last Result Log Properties History Status gt Schedule bt Info 3 Select Run Now The task will start immediately Chec
68. o use an external sensor for measurements on the flat panel you should assign it a higher priority than the I Guard sensor In that case MediCal Pro will automatically select the external sensor for the measurements To set up the list and priority of used sensors 1 From the Tools menu select Options gt Application Settings see above 2 Select the Sensor Setup tab Using MediCal Pro 93 E Application Settings General Sensor Setup Trigger Settings All possible sensors are listed below The sensors are used in the presented order You can change the order by selecting a sensor and moving it up or down the list with the arrow buttons Sensor Status Barco I Guard Mi XRite DTP92 m Wellhofer LXPlus i Tektronix J17 E Solar PMLA E Minolta LS100 x 3 Check the types of sensors used on the viewing station Do not check the types that are not used 4 Select a sensor type and use the and buttons left of the sensor list to change the priority of sensors 3 13 Additional display functions Viewing display and imaging board properties AI In the Configuration section in the main window right click on the icon of the display you wish to view the properties of From the drop down menu that appears select Properties Using MediCal Pro 94 Properties Add Display Remove display Identify Configuration Setup Presets Calibrate B
69. of a medical viewing station a display device is the combination of imaging board and display The display function is a graph that shows how the light from the picture tube evolves from minimum to maximum luminance while the data levels at the input of the imaging board go from 0 to maximum Gamma The Gamma function is a kind of display function characterizing an apparatus that converts voltages into light or ink or vice versa Displays printers scanners all have their own unique Gamma function In a display this function is exponential The Gamma value is the exponent that determines the shape of the function Imaging board head Glossary An imaging board or graphics board converts the digital data from the computer into analog video voltages Most of the common imaging boards contain just one set of video and sync outputs However some high end boards like some of the BarcoMed boards contain two sets of video and sync outputs 107 DICOM Glossary This is called a dual head imaging board It is like two complete imaging boards implemented on one single unit A dual head board in the computer behaves exactly as if two separate boards were installed DICOM stands for Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine It is a standard developed by the American College of Radiology ACR and the National Electrical Manufacturers Association NEMA The standard specifies how digital image data can be moved
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71. onfiguration setup complete idp Configuration Setup Configuration Setup Complete You have now completed the configuration setup 7 Back Finish Cancel The Wizard is completed Select Finish to return to the main window The display icons are now filled in in the main window s Configuration section Note If MediCal Pro was installed for CRT displays and the Wizard has now detected only Barco flat panel displays a message appears asking you to disable the Uniformity task for the flat panel displays We advise to select Yes because the uniformity task is not needed for flat panels This message appears only if the Measure Uniformity task is loaded into the QA check schedule E The Measure Uniformity Task is not a recommended task for flat panels Would you like to disable this task rea o Now the Barco CRT displays must be aligned if necessary the presets must be defined and the displays must be calibrated Please proceed with the next chapter Aligning the displays Solving Configuration Setup Wizard search errors The Wizard returns a search error in case you make clear that the Wizard has not found all Barco displays that should be connected First installation 40 ta Configuration Setup Search error Not all Barco displays have been found Tn order to solve the problem you can do the following things Would you like to Check the cables and search again O R
72. ote If you don t know the exact data to fill out the Send Feedback dialog you can always look for the MedicalLogs zip file in the MediCal application direc tory and just mail them to mis support barco com without using the Send Feedback function Displays the details of this version of MediCal Pro 104 GLOSSARY 105 4 Glossary Q A check In softcopy diagnostic systems displays are used to judge medical images and to take conclusions about patients physical condition It is obvious that the image quality is of the utmost importance Therefore it is necessary to check the quality of the system and especially the displays image quality on a regular basis A Q A check tests the image quality of all the displays on a medical viewing station It consists of a number of Q A tasks Some Q A tasks have target values and tolerances that can be set to generate a warning or an error For other tasks the user must judge if the result is OK or not When an error occurs measures must be taken immediately to restore the image quality In the intervention free concept of MediCal tasks can be scheduled to start automatically running in background Some of the tasks do not require any user interaction at all The tasks are executed and the results are immediately sent to MediCal Administrator if installed Conformance conformity When the system is installed a Preset is defined for each display in the viewing s
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74. ould also add them by following the procedure described further TJ No configuration x There are no displays in Q your current configuration Do you want to login as advanced user to add displays 5 Ifyou select Yes MediCal Pro opens the Log in window because you have to be advanced user to set up the configuration User name Administrator User password OK Cancel In the User Password box enter advanced 6 Select OK 7 If the system contains Barco flat panel displays the detected displays are mentioned in a message box New display detected x il The following Barco displays have been detected Serial Number 5208934 Connected to DDC Serial Number 5209167 Connected to DDC Cancel Click on Add Now to proceed and add the displays to the configuration Click on Cancel to proceed without adding the displays 8 Choose whether or not you wish to connect to MediCal Administrator El Medical Administrator Connection j x 12 Do you want to connect to MediCal Administrator now Tres xo First installation 25 Note Prior to connecting the viewing station to the MediCal Administrator server the medical facility to which the viewing station belongs must be added already to MediCal Administrator For more information please consult your system administrator If you do not have MediCal Administrator installed on the network select No and conti
75. part from a white text being displayed In most cases when you set up the task schedule you cannot predict that the workstation will always be free when the task becomes due Suppose that the Measure Quality Level task starts to run while a doctor is examining medical images In that case the doctor would not be able to continue viewing the images as long as the task is running To prevent situations like described above you can set trigger settings By setting trigger settings you can prevent tasks to be executed at the time that they become due They will be executed when they are due AND a certain condition trigger setting is true First installation 62 Example Let us again suppose that the Measure Quality Level task is scheduled weekly on Thursday at 10 PM Let us also suppose the trigger settings for this task are set to When the screen saver is activated On Thursday at 10 00 PM a doctor is working on the workstation viewing medical images The task becomes due because it was scheduled that way However the task does not start to run yet because the screen saver is not activated At 10 45 the doctor stops does not log off and leaves the workstation The workstation s screen saver is set to wait 15 minutes So at 11 00 PM the screen saver is activated At that time the task will start You cannot set trigger settings per task but per category of tasks Third condition If a user is logged in Interventio
76. particular task s history of results In the Last Result window see above click on the underlined name of the task The history is displayed in table or graph form and can be printed out Exception For Test pattern tasks graph form nor printing can be selected U Measure Display White History Measure Display White History Display Brand Name Eizo Display Type Name R21 Display Serial Number 1234567 Measure Display White History Luminance cd m2 10 11 30 Buy 10 11 50 10 12 00 10 12 10 10 12 20 10 12 30 10 12 40 10 12 50 10 13 00 Time h f Graph form Measurement White Print Display Brand Name SomeBrand Display Type Name DisplayType Display Serial Number 123456789 Reference value Table 240 29 cd m2 Graph White Date Sensor Serial Number Account 240 99 12 28 00 009410 Administrator 240 66 12 21 00 009410 Administrator 240 29 12 7 00 009410 Administrator Table form Alternatively in the Q A Setup window right click on the task name and select History from the drop down menu The history is shown as table only and cannot be printed Using MediCal Pro 84 Task Name Measure Display White This gives an overview of the total history of the task for all your displays Select one entry and click Details to see more information about that particular task result Result Date By WARNING 10 3 01 administrator OK 10 3 01 administrator OK
77. rements Operating system Windows 2000 Professional Windows XP Professional Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition 32 bit Memory 128 MByte Free disk space 50 MByte Internet Explorer 4 0 Before installing MediCal Pro 1 2 You must have Administrator privileges to install the software Read the Release Note for the most recent information What if an earlier version of MediCal Pro is installed If MediCal Pro 2 02 or lower is installed remove it before installing the new version Please refer to the Uninstalling MediCal Pro further in this chapter If MediCal Pro 2 03 or higher is installed there is no need to uninstall it Simply follow the guidelines below Note MediCal Pro 2 05 contains a new task for Barco Coronis displays Auto Calibration If you install V 2 05 while a lower version is installed you must manually add the new task See Adding tasks on page 76 After this make sure to check if the trigger settings for transparent intervention free Q A tasks are properly set See Defining the Q A task trigger settings on page 59 Installing MediCal Pro To install MediCal Pro enter Windows and follow these steps 1 2 Exit all open programs Insert the CD ROM containing the MediCal Pro installer program in the CD ROM drive The CD ROM starts automatically After a few seconds the MediCal Pro welcome window appears Click on Install The Setup application starts Click on the Next gt
78. rightness Contrast Degauss Alignment O Luminance Uniformity Correction Full Screen Calibration The display device properties dialog appears Display Properties Select the Display tab in the display device properties dialog Display Imaging board Brand name Barco Display type MFGD 1318 Serial number 5230824 Software number v1 04T2 Screen Height 294 mm Screen Width 368 mm Grayscale OCRT Flat panel Details Brand name The display brand name Display type The display type or description Serial number The display s serial number Software number The order number of the display s internal software BARCO displays only Screen height The height of the visible display screen The unit of length can be selected in the Application Settings dialog Using MediCal Pro 95 Screen width The width of the visible display screen The unit of length can be selected in the Application Settings dialog Gray scale This option is checked if the software has detected the display is a grayscale display BARCO displays only or if the user has defined the display as a gray scale display during the configuration setup CRT Flat panel Whether the display is a CRT or flat panel type Details BARCO displays only Click to get additional informa tion about the display and activate deactivate some additional features see below Display Details F
79. ring calibration Note For Barco Nio Fusion and Color Nio displays you cannot select a chroma setting To change the display s target chroma you must select a color temperature in the display s built in on screen display OSD This function can be found in the Settings menu To define the preset right click on the icon of the display of which you want to define the Preset First installation 52 Properties Add Display Remove display Identify Configuration Setup Presets Calibrate Brightness Contrast Degauss Alignment O Luminance Uniformity Correction Full Screen Calibration Select Presets from the drop down menu The Presets dialog appears gt Flatpanel NIE Flatpanel White Luminance 500 cd m2 Black Luminance 0 423 cd m2 iz Display function DICOM vi glare compensation ambient light compensation Copy Remove er j det O com The left column shows the installed presets The right window pane shows the properties of the preset selected in the left column You can select an installed preset and if necessary modify its properties Alternatively you can first copy the selected preset by clicking on the Copy button and then modify its properties to create a new preset without overwriting one of the others Preset parameters Name Enter or edit the
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81. s that have become due will be executed at the moment someone logs in on the workstation or at the moment the screen saver pops up on that workstation whichever occurs first First installation 61 No trigger settings defined If you do not check any of the trigger settings the task will not start automatically even when it has become due The task can be run manually only 2 11 When will a task start First condition Task is due The first condition for a task to start is that it is or becomes due In other words a task will never start as long as it is not due The time that the task becomes due is determined by defining the Q A schedule Therefore in the Q A Setup select frequency time and if appropriate date you wish the task to become due Example Let us suppose today is Wednesday and the Automatic I Guard Check task is scheduled weekly on Thursday at 10 PM This means that tomorrow at 10 PM the task will become due Will it also be executed at that time That depends on the trigger settings Second condition Trigger settings Once a task is due its execution depends on the Trigger settings In that way you can prevent that certain tasks would be executed while the workstation is occupied by a user Some tasks require a user interaction or temporarily replace the image by a test pattern E g while the Measure Quality Level task is executed the displays on which the task runs are completely dimmed a
82. set the display is calibrated This is described in detail in Calibrating displays on page 68 2 9 Setting up the Q A schedule When every display in the configuration has the correct Preset values and is calibrated successfully you need to set up the schedule of Q A tasks that is appropriate for this viewing station To access MediCal Pro s default Q A schedule click on the Q A Setup button in the main window You can also add additional tasks if needed For more information please refer to Setting up a Q A task schedule on page 74 Note Do not forget to check and if necessary change the trigger settings for the different Q A task categories see below First installation 58 2 10 Defining the Q A task trigger settings The tasks can be categorized in three groups depending on the impact they have on the user and the applications running on the viewing station The task categories are Transparent inter vention free Intervention free Non intervention free The task runs completely in background It does not require any action from the user and does not change the image on the display E g an Automatic I Guard Check on a BARCO Coronis display is such a task These tasks can run also when no user is logged in on the workstation The task does not require any action from the user but does change the image on the display E g the Measure Quality Level of a BARCO Coronis display runs complete
83. splay curve This is the case if the text in all of the bands is legi ble This pattern can be used to check if the display func tion is perceptually linear calibrated according to the DICOM display curve The pattern consists of rectan gles including small squares that are 5 darker The small squares in each of the rectangles should be visible if the system is calibrated according to the DICOM display function This pattern can be used to check the white lumi nance Put the optical sensor on the white square and check the measured luminance displayed in the measure ment window This pattern can be used to check the image focus Check that the characters are sharp This pattern can be used to check the video signal Check that there is no ghosting or smearing near the white squares Just like the Characters pattern this pattern can be used to check the image focus Check that the characters are sharp This pattern can be used to check the image geome try size position linearity and focus Check if the lines of the pattern are straight at an equal distance apart sharp Horizontal gradientThis pattern displays a horizontal gradient from black SMPTE Using MediCal Pro to white You can use this pattern to check the gray scale performance The SMPTE pattern is a universal pattern with which you can check geometry focus white luminance bandwidth and display curve We suggest to check on displ
84. t Light Shield i Remove the shield from the sensor and put the sensor on the screen When ready click on OK After a few measurements the software asks to remove the sensor once more and put it back with the Ambient Light Shield i Add the shield to the sensor and put the sensor on the screen 4 When ready click on OK 5 When the calibration is finished successfully it displays the following message i Display calibration was successful Click on OK to close the window Using MediCal Pro 70 Full screen calibration Full screen calibration is possible on Barco CRT displays only The optical sensor must be connected to the display to be able to perform full screen calibration The function is grayed if not available on the display The purpose of full screen calibration is to obtain a uniform luminance all over the screen When full screen calibration is done AND the option Luminance Uniformity Correction see Luminance Uniformity Correction on off on page 100 is switched ON the luminance will be uniform all over the screen If the option Luminance Uniformity Correction is off the result of the full screen calibration will not be visible on the screen To perform a full screen calibration 1 In the Configuration section in the main window right click on the icon of the display on which you wish to perform full screen calibration From the drop down menu select Full Scre
85. t listed here as an overview of the complete installation They are described in detail further in this chapter Install the hardware components or check the installation of the hardware Video connection Address setting Barco CRT displays only Data connection Barco CRT displays only Optical sensor connection if applicable See Installation of the hardware on page 21 2 Install the MediCal Pro software On Windows 2000 Professional and XP Professional Restart the computer after installation See MediCal Pro installation on page 23 3 Start MediCal Pro If appropriate connect to MediCal Administrator See Starting up for the first time on page 24 First installation 18 Set up the configuration See Setting up the configuration on page 29 Properties A400 Display Remove display Identify Bresciani Calibrate Brightness Contrast Degauss Luminance Uniformity Correction Full Screen Calibration Options Align the displays if necessary See Aligning the displays on page 44 Properties Ad Display Remove display Identify Calibrate Brightness Contrast Degauss Alignment Luminance Uniformity Correction Full Screen Calibration Options Define the presets See Defining Presets on page 52 First installation 19 Properties Add Display Remove display Identify Presets Bright
86. t pattern have the same width Adjust Diagonal Astigmatism until the ascending and descending diagonal lines have the same width Pick the Static Focus slider and drag it approximately 1 3 of the slider bar length to the left The lines of the pattern become narrower Now repeat the Axial and Diagonal astigmatism adjustments Repeat step no 5 two times more The lines in the test pattern become smaller with each step In this way the adjustments become more and more accurate Click on the Reset button next to the Static Focus adjustment to bring the focus back again Proceed to the following zone until all 25 zones are completed Focus Focus can be adjusted separately in 9 zones You must start with the center zone followed by the zones around the center The corners should be the last zones you adjust During focus adjustment a text test pattern is displayed on the display you are adjusting The pattern contains white text on a black background and black text on a white background The best focus setting in each zone will be a compromise between the appearance of the white text and the appearance of the black text To adjust the focus 1 XX XX In the adjustment dialog select the zone you want to adjust by clicking on the corresponding number in the Zone selection area The test image appears in the corresponding zone One of both Focus adjustment sliders is active Adjust until the focus is good for both
87. tandard user 3 4 Calibrating displays Al The calibration of the displays is a very important issue Calibration is necessary to obtain conformance and to maintain consistency It is inevitable during Configuration setup and may be necessary as intervention when a Q A check turns out to be Not OK You can calibrate Barco displays and non Barco displays but the procedure for both categories is different MediCal Pro supports the following sensors for calibration Barco LCD sensor Barco Serial Sensor X Rite DTP92 serial and USB Wellhofer Luxor LXPlus Solar PMA2200 Minolta LS100 Verilum CPOD serial and USB and Tektronix TJ17 Also the BARCO I Guard sensor inside BARCO flat panel displays is supported Important The displays must be warmed up for at least 5 minutes before starting calibration To start calibration Calibration starts automatically after defining a new uncalibrated Preset or after modifying a Preset Using MediCal Pro 68 You can also calibrate a display by right clicking on its icon in the main window and selecting Calibrate from the drop down menu a a Properties Add Display Remove display Identify Configuration Setup Presets Calibrate Brightness Contrast Degauss Alignment O Luminance Uniformity Correction Full Screen Calibration Calibrating Barco displays with built in I Guard sensor The Barco Coronis flat panel displa
88. tation This Preset is the reference for the display s visual behavior When the display image quality is good the display is conform to the defined Preset Consistency Due to aging and other external conditions the display image quality is not constant If the change in image quality is still within the tolerances defined in the task properties the display is still consistent Calibration Glossary In many cases calibration is the remedy for a display that is no longer conform to its Preset The calibration routine restores the black luminance the white luminance and the display function 106 Viewing station The medical viewing station consists of a computer a number of imaging boards containing one or more heads an optical sensor and one or more displays They are all connected physically by means of cables and connectors Configuration The configuration in MediCal Pro is the software representation of the viewing stations hardware components A complete configuration contains the following information The number of imaging board heads inside the computer The imaging board properties The number of displays connected to the heads The properties of connected displays Whether or not a sensor is connected or built in The properties of the sensor if present Display Function A Display Function describes how a display device converts the voltages at the inputs into light In the context
89. text styles white on black and black on white Proceed to the next zone until all 9 zones are completed Astigmatism fine adjustment As final step in the alignment fine tune the astigmatism in the 25 zones of the screen using the black on white and white on black text pattern First installation 51 2 7 Defining Presets Introduction Procedure For each display in the configuration you must define a Preset The Preset is very important in the Q A concept In a preset you define the display s reference for visual behavior With this reference we want the display to be conform The Q A tasks will use this reference to determine whether or not the displays are still performing OK A preset completely defines the displays required visual behavior based on essential parameters see below For each parameter you can enter a target value These parameters are White luminance The required luminance for white parts of the image Black luminance The required luminance for black parts of the image Display function The function that defines how the luminance evolves when the video signal goes from black to white For a color display you must additionally define White chroma The chroma or color temperature for a white image Black chroma The chroma or color temperature for a black image Moreover you can define in the Preset if glare compensation and ambient light compensation must be taken into account du
90. th the calibration 00 For sensors that have an ambient light shielding only If you selected Measure on next calibration in the Preset and the Ambient Light Compensation option is checked the software asks you now to remove the sensor from the screen and put it back without Ambient Light Shield When ready click on OK El Sensor On Screen i Remove the shield from the sensor and put the sensor on the screen 9 After a few measurements the software asks to remove the sensor once more and put it back with the Ambient Light Shield When ready click on OK 10 When the calibration is finished successfully it displays the following Message i Display calibration was successful 11 Click on OK to close the window 3 5 Setting up a Q A task schedule AI The tasks can be categorized in three groups depending on the impact they have on the user and the applications running on the viewing station The task categories are Using MediCal Pro 74 Transparent inter The task runs completely in background It does not vention free Intervention free Non intervention free require any action from the user and does not change the image on the display E g an Automatic I Guard Check on a BARCO Coronis display is such a task These tasks can run also when no user is logged in on the workstation The task does not require any action from the user but does change the image on the display E g the
91. the following information The number of imaging board heads inside the computer The imaging board properties The number of displays connected to the heads The properties of connected displays Whether or not a sensor is connected or built in The properties of the sensor if connected Configuration Ei This is the MediCal Pro configuration corresponding to the medical viewing station shown above To run Q A tasks on the viewing station or to perform actions on the viewing station displays MediCal Pro must know the exact and complete configuration The first time MediCal Pro is run the user must put the configuration into the program if the displays were not added to the configuration during startup Setting up the configuration can be done easily using the Configuration Setup Wizard which will guide you through the setup process An optical sensor built in or connected to the displays or viewing station will be added to the configuration automatically when you start a task that requires a sensor Running the Configuration Setup Wizard To start the Configuration Setup Wizard click on the Configuration Setup button in the main window As a result the Wizard starts The Wizard will guide you through the following steps First installation 30 1 Configuration setup h Configuration Setup Configuration Setup This wizard will lead you through an automatic configuration of your whole display system
92. the task is last executed Current status The result of the task s last execution Due Whether the task is due or not This is determined by the task s schedule and the moment it last has been exe cuted E g a task that is scheduled daily and that has been executed today already will not be due until the next day When you move the mouse cursor over the schedule screen tips pop up to give you some detailed information about the schedule Adding tasks By default the task schedule contains a number of tasks Other tasks are installed as plug in You can add them to the schedule in the following Way 1 From the Q A task setup window click on the Task Selector button The Add New Task window appears EA Add a new task l x Select a task you want to add Task Name Short description of the task This task is the acceptance test according to the DIN 6868 57 standard Din Acceptance This task measures the uniformity of displaydevice It can be used y to see if the corners are just as bright as the center y This task shows the visual check according to the AAPM standard Measure Uniformity AAPM Visual Check 2 To get more information about a specific task click on the name of the task and then click on the More Info button 3 To add a task click on the name of the task you wish to add and then click on the Add button 4 When finished click on the Close button Note There is no way to remo
93. tions the users perform in the program This file called log is stored on the hard disk in the MediCal Pro program folder It can be opened with any text editor This registration can be switched on or off To select deselect logging 1 From the Tools menu select Options gt Application Settings Using MediCal Pro 91 db MediCal Pro 2 03 lei ES File Edi View Tools Help OLA Check Properties abe Last Q A che Remove display Q A Check Identify Test Patterns Presets ERE RIA Calibrate Bright Q A Setup IL Configuration User Login ALA Application Settings Alt S Administrator Connection Altc ee E 2 Select the General tab General Sensor Setup Trigger Settings Luminance Uni Length Uni 3 If Logging is checked the manipulations are registered in the log file If Extended Logging is checked more data are registered in the log file However selecting this option will slow down MediCal Pro Ej log Notepad File Edit Search Help Administrator December 28 2990 3 18 23 PM 5170836 Consistency check is added Administrator December 28 2000 3 18 31 PM 123456789 Consistency check is added Administrator December 28 2990 3 18 31 PH A new result for the Measure Display White task is added Administrator December 28 2099 3 18 45 PM A new result for the View Pattern SMPTE task is added Administrator De
94. u can perform a number of actions to the displays when they are listed in the Configuration section Therefore click with the right mouse button on the icon of the display you want to perform an action to A menu with possible actions will pop up MediCal Pro 2 03 _ Op x File Edi View Tools Help Of Check Last OFA check on J3 meat 2002 Parl 3025 OA Check Result CE Test Patterns Today s QUA Tasks CA Setup Configuration Properties Add Display Remove display Identify Configuration Setup Fresets Calibrate Brightness Contrast Degauss Alienment O Luminance Uniformity Correction Full Screen Calibration The menu contains the following items Properties Show the display and imaging board head properties and activate deactivate some of the display s features In case of a sensor show the sensor properties Add Display Add a display icon to the configuration This action does not use the Configuration Setup Wizard but allows you to directly add a Barco or non Barco display Introduction 15 Remove Display Identify Presets Calibrate Brightness Contrast Degauss Alignment Luminance Uniformity Correction Full Screen Calibration Introduction Remove a display icon from the configuration Check which imaging board head is connected to the selected display The number of the head will app
95. u select Select Image a dialog box will appear when the pattern is loaded allowing you to select any jpg bmp or gif image file on the computer 4 Click on the Load button After a few seconds the test pattern will appear 5 The following patterns provide a Measure window allowing you to measure certain areas from the test pattern with the optical sensor a Centered square b Select Image c Uniformity 6 Right click on the test pattern to display a menu with the following options depending on the configuration and pattern some of them may not be available Invert LUT Invert the values in the imaging board s LUTs white becomes black black becomes white etc Linearize LUT The LUT entries are filled with a linear function a gamma of 1 Full Screen Expand the test pattern over the connected displays covering the full virtual desktop Every Screen Repeat the test pattern on every connected display Quit Close the test pattern Test pattern description The default test patterns are Pattern name Description Astigmatism This pattern can be used to check the astigmatism and overall focus of the display Check that the pat tern is displayed sharp all over the screen Using MediCal Pro 86 Bands with text Briggs Centered Square Characters Contrast amp noise FOCUS Grid This pattern can be used to check if the display func tion is perceptually linear calibrated according to the DICOM di
96. ut connection of the first display When ready click on Next 5 Plug in the remote cable into the Remote Out connector of the first display again 6 Unplug the Remote Out connection of the second last Barco display E g if 4 Barco displays are connected you need to unplug the Remote Out connection of the 3rd one When ready click on Next ti Configuration Setup x Define Remote Number Remove the cable at the Remote Out connector of the 3 d Barco display Start to count from the serial port connection of the computer and follow the chain of displays 7 Back Next M Cancel First installation 43 7 Youhave to repeat the previous step on the other Barco displays in descending order towards the computer Read and follow the instructions of the Wizard carefully 8 After having disconnected each display one by one reconnect all data cables Make sure they are connected properly Click on Next Configuration Setup Reconnect Reconnect all cables now Back Next M Cancel 9 The Wizard makes a new search for Barco displays and continues with the normal configuration setup procedure as described above 2 6 Aligning the displays When the complete configuration is entered in MediCal Pro you can align the displays if necessary Barco CRT displays can be aligned from within MediCal Pro You can align image geometry and only for color displays white uniformity Barco f
97. ve the tasks from the schedule If you do not want a task to be executed you have to disable it see below Enabling or disabling tasks To enable or disable a task 1 Inthe Q A setup window right click on the name of the task you wish to enable or disable A drop down menu appears Using MediCal Pro 76 Q A Tasks Task Name Measure Display White Mea Mea Run Now Last Result Log Properties History Status gt Schedule bt Info 2 Select Status gt Disabled to disable the task As a result the task will not be executed until it is manually enabled again Select Status gt Enabled to enable the task to be executed The task will be executed according to the entered schedule This is indicated by the check mark in the Due column Scheduling a task To schedule a task 1 In the Q A setup window right click on the name of the task you wish to schedule A drop down menu appears see above 2 Select the desired frequency from the Schedule gt menu Daily The task becomes due every day at the scheduled time Weekly The task becomes due every week at the scheduled time Monthly The task becomes due every month at the scheduled time Quarterly The task becomes due every 3 months starting with the scheduled time Twice a Year The task becomes due every 6 months starting with the scheduled time Yearly The task becomes due every year at the scheduled time 3 In the
98. ves an overview of the pixel artifacts and microblemishes You can print this file 3 15 Changing the program s appearance It is possible to change the appearance of MediCal Pro somewhat The change in appearance affects the size of characters and icons used in the program Changing the appearance might be necessary to improve the legibility when the displays are switched to a different resolution To change the appearance 1 From the View menu select Select Style 2 Select the desired style from Smallest to Extra Large Using MediCal Pro 103 The change in appearance is activated after restarting MediCal Pro 3 16 Getting help Context sensitive help MediCal Pro contains context sensitive help To get help about a particular view or window press F1 on the computer keyboard As a result the online help pages will open at the desired help page Help menu The Help menu contains the following items Help Send Feedback About Using MediCal Pro Open the online help pages After selecting this option you can enter your e mail address and mail server name if you have not entered them before MediCal Pro now creates the file MedicalLogs zip in the application directory and attaches it to the e mail If the automatic e mail creation fails please try send ing the MedicalLogs zip file together with a detailed problem description to mis support barco com using your standard mail application N
99. w continues with step 3 of the normal previously described sequence If the connection problem persists the Wizard will arrive at the search error page again If this is the case the problem may be caused by overlapping remote addresses ID s b The problem is probably caused by the remote ID s Proceed as follows 1 In the Search error page select Redefine the remote ID s Click on Next to continue 2 The Wizard indicates the maximum number of Barco displays you can add This is the number of imaging board heads in the computer In the field enter the total number of Barco displays you want to add This number should not exceed the number given by the Wizard dp Configuration Setup Barco displays The maximum number of barco display you can control is2 Enter the number of Barco displays you want to control calibrate and evaluate Make sure they are connected with a serial RS232 connection Bask aa Came First installation 42 3 The Wizard indicates it will start an interactive procedure to set the remote addresses correctly db Configuration Setup Define Remote Number The wizard is now going to set the remote numbers ofthe Barco displays Make sure all the cables are connected Back Next n Cancel First check if the data cables between the computer and all Barco displays are connected correctly When ready click on Next to continue 4 Unplug the Remote O
100. ys have a built in optical sensor that communicates with MediCal Pro The calibration runs completely automatically When the calibration is finished successfully it displays the following Message 4 Display calibration was successful Click on OK to close the window Calibrating Barco displays with external sensor Some Barco flat panel displays like Nio and Nio Fusion do not have an internal sensor and must be calibrated with an external sensor Proceed as follows 1 For certain types of sensors you may be asked to calibrate the sensor first Q The sensor is not calibrated Place the sensor on a flat completely opaque surface such as the top of a desk Cancel Make sure the sensor is completely covered so that no light can enter the sensor and click on OK 2 Put the sensor with Ambient Light Shield if appropriate on the image on the screen Using MediCal Pro 69 Important Make sure there are no application windows or other items e g the cursor displayed under the sensor They would cause the calibration to fail Put the sensor on the screen During the measurements do not switch to any other application or window i cene When ready click on OK UI For sensors that have an ambient light shielding only If the Ambient Light Compensation option in the Preset is checked the software asks you to remove the sensor from the screen and put it back without Ambien
101. zard continues with only the Barco display s added In case no Barco displays were added at all the Wizard exits Continue with step 9 First installation 35 7 Remaining imaging board head 4 Configuration Setup Remaining imaging board head This head does not have a display yet do you want to control the display on this head Name BarcoMed 7 Back Next M Cancel The Wizard allows to logically link a non Barco display to each remaining imaging board head The Wizard makes a suggestion of the head to link the display to by inverting the colors of the character in the displays lower right corner Select Yes if the display is really connected to this head with video cables Click on Next The Wizard proceeds Select No if you do not want to add the display to that head Click on Next The Wizard continues with only the Barco display s added In case no Barco displays were added at all the Wizard exits First installation 36 8 Define display Mi configuration Setup p l x Define Display Enter the following information about the display Brand Name Type Name Serial Number Grayscale CRT O Flat panel Enter the brand name type and serial number Indicate if the display is a flat panel or CRT display Also you have to indicate whether the display is a grayscale display or not Note It is important to enter the correct data her

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