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1. is not used for a specified period of time By default DPMS is enabled on your display but it also needs to be activated on your workstation To do this go to Power Options Properties in the Control Panel Barco recommends setting DPMS activation after 20 minutes of non usage 2 Use a screen saver to avoid image retention Prolonged operation of an LCD with the same content on the same screen area may result in a form of image retention You can avoid or significantly reduce the occurrence of this phenomenon by using a screen saver You can activate a screen saver in the Display properties window of your workstation Barco recommends setting screen saver activation after 5 minutes of non usage A good screen saver displays moving content In case you are working with the same image or an application with static image elements for several hours continuously so that the screen saver is not activated change the image content regularly to avoid image retention of the static elements 3 Understand pixel technology LCD displays use technology based on pixels As a normal tolerance in the manufacturing of the LCD a limited number of these pixels may remain either dark or permanently lit without affecting the 44 Switching DPMS on off diagnostic performance of the product To ensure optimal product quality Barco applies strict selection criteria for its LCD panels To learn more about LCD technology and mi2. play the OSD until the user controls key code is entered On screen display OSD Name Description Sound Allows to switch the sound on off When switched on a short beep sounds each time you touch a soft touch key Language Allows you to change the menu lan guage Auto menu exit Allows to switch the automatic menu exit on off When switched on the OSD is closed automatically when left idle for a certain time Preferred input Select the video resolution you wish the connected graphic board s to reproduce After changing this setting you must reboot the PC This function takes effect with plug and play graphic boards only Note q pP The DPMS system will power down the display when the connected computer is left idle for a certain time Barco recommends to switch DPMS on to prevent image burn in image retention on the LCD panel To enter the user controls keycode the OSD must not be visible Touch any of the soft touch keys to switch on the front illumination While the illumination is on touch the following keys in successive order Enter Down lt Up gt Down lt Enter 39 On screen display OSD 40 Information menu Information Name Description Product The display type Serial No Indicates the display serial number SW Version Displays the current internal software version Display runtime Indicates the total time th
3. OSD 2 Right Up To move up or increase values in the OSD 3 Enter 28 uP Display controls To display the OSD on screen display In the OSD this button acts as Enter button to make selections Standby To put the display in standby mode Ambient light sensor Senses the ambient light around the display The ambient light measurement can be taken into account in the DICOM display function calibration Power LED Indicates the display s power status Green Display is on when enabled in the OSD Orange Display is in Standby power saving mode Off Display is disconnected from the power or the LED s on state is disabled in the OSD Note When the LED is disabled in the OSD it will still be activated green when the display is on but does not receive any video signal I Guard sensor Constantly measures and stabilizes the display light output and on a color display only color temperature How to use the controls When the OSD is not on the screen touch any of the soft touch keys The front illumination is switched on for about 10 seconds 2 While the illumination is on touch the Enter touch key to display the main menu It contains several submenus 29 Display controls ce 3 To open a submenu use the Up gt or Down lt touch keys to select the submenu Next press the Enter touch key to open the submenu To exit from a submenu use Up gt or Down lt to select E
4. Properties for BarcoMed Coronis or BarcoMed Nio Palette modes From the Barco Drawing Modes tab you can select one of four palette modes Color to Gray compatibility e User Modifiable Color Palette e Static Gray Palette including standard system colors Static Gray Palette with NO system colors User Modifiable Color Palette This option allows applications to modify the palette contents dynamically As indicated in figure 2 this mode reserves the first 10 and last 10 entries in the palette for the Windows operating system but applications can manipulate the middle 236 entries This is the standard palette mode as configured by Windows Barco Controller Control Panel Settings 0 9 246 255 loiter colors remaining palette values system colors palette entry 6 has RGB value of 0 128 128 Figure 2 User Modifiable Palette Note If you are unsure whether or not your application requires this User Modifiable Color mode contact your application provider Static Gray Palette including standard system colors This option sets the palette to be a static set of 256 gray values Applications are denied the ability to dynamically change or allocate palette entries This prevents palette conflicts between applications which can cause image color values to appear distorted in the background application As shown in figure 3 the 20 standard system colors are converted from RGB to gray values The rest of the 236 e
5. a slider bar which allows the user to adjust the OpenGL or Direct3D settings for optimum performance optimum quality or for a point in between There is also a checkbox provided for enabling Custom Settings Custom Settings Note Barco recommends that you use the default settings unless your viewing application vendor provides detailed information on custom settings In the Custom Settings section the user can fine tune the following options e Anisotropic filtering SMOOTHVISION e Wait for Vertical Sync Antisotropic filtering Anisotropic filtering is a technique that preserves detail on surfaces that have three dimensional perspective and fade away into the background It works best when used in conjunction with Mipmapping Anisotropic filtering can be set to favor either an increase in system processing performance or improved image quality Note Ifyou are unsure how to configure anisotropic filtering es use the Application Preference option Your display will automatically adjust to the application s requirements Barco Controller Control Panel Settings Please refer to the on line help click on the in the control panel s openGL tab for more information on using advanced features such as Anisotropic Filtering SMOOTHVISION The Advanced Settings tab enables you to apply ATI s SMOOTHVISION technology for full scene anti aliasing SMOOTHVISION improves image quality by removing jagged edges an
6. definition submenu Name Measured ambient light Description Indicates the ambient light actually measured by the ambient light sensor on the front of the display This is a read only value Averaged ambient light Shows the average of the measured ambient light since the display was switched on This is a read only value Reading room Indicates the reading room type you are editing You can select another room to edit by using the Up gt or Down lt touch keys On screen display OSD Name Max ambient light Description This indicates the maximum ambient light that corresponds to the selected reading room If the measured ambient light is higher than the value entered here you should take measures to darken the room or select another reading room type Preset corr value This value is taken into account in the calculation of the DICOM DF if Continu ous DICOM ALC is switched off and DICOM Offset is set to Preset To each reading room type corresponds another preset value Measure ALC value The value shown here is taken into account in the calculation of the DICOM DF if Continuous DICOM ALC is switched off and DICOM Offset is set to Mea sured ALC When you select this line and press Enter the actual averaged ambient light value is stored here overwriting the former value However if the averaged ambient light value is higher than th
7. rooms for computed radi ology digital radiology or mammography This setting has the lowest maximum ambient light CT MR NM Corresponds to light conditions in diag nostic reading rooms for computed tomography magnetic resonance or nuclear medicine scans 49 Ch 50 anging Display Functions Name Description Office Corresponds to light conditions in office rooms Clinical Corresponds to light conditions in diag nostic reading rooms for clinical view ing Emergency Corresponds to light conditions in emer gency rooms Operating Corresponds to light conditions in oper ating rooms This setting has the high est maximum ambient light Reading room definition This function is available only when the DICOM display function is selected and Continuous DICOM ALC is off To modify a reading room definition 1 Select the DICOM display function See To select a display function DF on page 46 2 Inthe ALC amp DICOM Options menu use Up gt or Down lt to select Reading Room Def Use Enter to open the submenu 3 Select the reading room definition you wish to modify Thereto use Up gt or Down lt to select Reading Room Use Enter to go into edit mode Use Up gt or Down lt to select the reading room Use Enter to confirm the selection 4 To modify the maximum ambient light for this reading room use Up gt or Down lt to select Max Ambient Light Use Ent
8. to reach the target This can be seen in the Measured luminance line IP When the luminance target cannot be reached e g due to aging of the backlight the Measured luminance line changes to Minimum value reached or Maximum value reached Color definition submenu Available only on color displays A color target is defined by its luminance target and color temperature The color definition submenu allows to edit these values Name Description Color name Indicates the color target you are edit ing You can select another color target to edit by using the Up gt and Down lt touch keys Luminance target Allows to select the luminance target that corresponds to the color target Defined in Indicates how the color temperature is defined in x y co ordinates or Kelvin K You can switch between both by using the Up gt and Down lt touch keys This function is available only when the User color target is selected X Allows to define the x co ordinate of the color temperature that corresponds to the color target This function is available only when the color target is defined in x y co ordi nates This function is not available when the Native White color target is selected 33 On screen display OSD 34 Name Description Allows to define the y co ordinate of the color temperature that corresponds to the color target This function is available only w
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11. XIT Next press Enter If you exit from the Main Menu you exit the OSD To change an adjustment value or setting use Up gt or Down lt to select the adjustment or setting Next press Enter to go into edit mode This is indicated by the scroll bar becoming longer SETTINGS DPMS On Power LED On User Controls On EXIT Figure 6 Setting is selected SETTINGS DPMS On Power LED On User Controls On EXIT Figure 7 Edit mode is active Use Up gt or Down lt to change the value Use Enter to confirm the change Changes are saved automatically after confirming Some items in the menus cannot be changed They are read only values displayed in light gray Tip While you are adjusting a value 30 Touching Up and Down at the same time resets to the last stored value Display controls Touching Up and Enter at the same time selects the maximum value Touching Down and Enter at the same time selects the minimum value While the OSD is not on the screen Touching Up and Down at the same time switches the display in text editing mode In this mode the luminance is reduced so that the display can be used for office applications other than diagnostic applications To switch text mode off again touch Up and Down again Stand by switching To switch from on state to stand by 1 Touch the Stand by amp touch key 2 A warning message appears Press the Stand by touch key
12. again to switch the display into stand by or press any other key to keep the display in on state To switch from stand by to on state 1 Touch any of the soft touch keys The front illumination is switched on for about 10 seconds 2 While the illumination is switched on touch the Stand by touch key to switch the display on 31 On screen display OSD On screen display OSD 32 Luminance and color menu Luminance and color menu Name Measured luminance Description Indicates the actual luminance mea sured by the I Guard sensor This is a read only value Luminance target Allows to manually adjust the lumi nance target See note below Viewing mode Allows to select the viewing mode Diagnostic or Text In text mode the luminance is approximately half of the luminance in diagnostic mode This is intended for use with office applications such as word processing You can also switch between both modes by touch ing the up gt and down lt keys at the same time while the OSD is not on the screen Color target Allows to select from a list of factory defined and user defined color targets Color definition Jumps to the color definition submenu which allows to change the definition of the user defined color targets Available only on color displays On screen display OSD Note When you change the luminance target the display will adjust its backlight
13. e bottom or the top of the gray ramp Note Ifyou are unsure whether or not your application requires this Static Gray Palette with NO System colors mode contact your application provider More information about Palette Modes is available through the on line help Drawing Modes In the Drawing Mode section you can choose from the following Drawing Modes If any of the options in this section are grayed out then they are not available for the model controller with which you are working Enable DirectDraw This option allows the user to enable or disable DirectDraw DirectDraw is a software interface that provides direct access to 20 Barco Controller Control Panel Settings display devices while maintaining compatibility with the Windows graphics device interface GDI DirectDraw is enabled by default More information about DirectDraw is available through the on line help Enable Dithering This option allows the user to enable or disable dithering Dithering is a technique for increasing the perceived range of colors in an image at the cost of spatial resolution Z5 Note This option is only available when the User Modifiable palette mode is selected If either the Static Gray Palette including Standard System Colors mode or the Static Gray Palette with NO System colors mode is selected the Enable Dithering check box will be grayed out and dithering will be automatically disabled Disable 10 bi
14. e display has been operating including the time in stand by Backlight runtime Indicates the total time the display has been operating excluding the time in stand by Changing the viewing mode Changing the viewing mode About viewing modes The display contains two viewing modes Diagnostic viewing mode provides the full calibrated luminance This mode is intended for using the display in diagnostic applications In Text mode the luminance is approximately half of the luminance in Diagnostic mode This is intended for using the display with office applications such as word processing Switching viewing modes by means of the keys While the OSD is not on the screen touch the Up gt and Down lt touch keys at the same time As a result the display switches to another viewing mode The viewing mode is indicated by a message that appears for a few seconds after switching the viewing mode Switching viewing modes by means of the OSD menus You can also switch viewing modes in the Luminance and color menu 41 Enabling disabling User Controls Enabling disabling User Controls To disable the user controls 6 fh ok WN SB Open the OSD main menu Open the Settings menu Select User Controls Select Off Return to the Settings menu Exit the OSD Now the user cannot display the OSD again until the user controls keycode is entered see below To enable the user controls again 1 2 To enter
15. e maximum ambient light value that corresponds to the selected reading room a warning is displayed prompting you to dim the light in the room and the value will be limited to the maximum ambient light value If you dim the light in the room you can execute the Measure ALC Value function again to enter the new lower value 37 On screen display OSD 38 Calibration Information submenu Name Preset ambient value Measured ALC ambient value Average ambient value Description Shows the ambient light correction value taken into account to calculate the DICOM DF expressed in lux Bright luminance Shows the bright luminance value taken into account to calculate the DICOM DF Dark luminance Shows the dark luminance value taken into account to calculate the DICOM DF Ambient correction Shows the ambient light correction value taken into account to calculate the DICOM DF expressed in cd m2 Settings menu Name Description DPMS Allows to switch the display power management system on off See note below Power LED Allows to switch the power LED s on state on off The LED s orange DPMS state is not influenced by this setting So when the display goes into power saving mode the LED will turn orange even if it was switched off by this set ting User controls Allows to disable the touch keys on the front When switched off the user cannot dis
16. er to go into edit mode Use Up gt or Down lt to change the value Use Enter to save the changes You can change this value within certain limits determined by the selected reading room Changing Display Functions 5 To modify the Preset correction value for this reading room use Up gt or Down lt to select Preset Corr Value Use Enter amp to go into edit mode Use Up gt or Down lt to change the value Use Enter to save the changes You can change this value within certain limits determined by the selected reading room 6 To modify the Measured ALC Value for this reading room use Up gt or Down lt to select Measure ALC Value Use Enter to execute the function If the Averaged Ambient Light at that moment is lower than the defined Maximum Ambient Light the averaged ambient light value is copied as Measured ALC value Use Enter to store the value If the Averaged Ambient Light at that moment is higher than the defined Maximum Ambient Light the display will prompt a warning for the user to take measures to adapt the ambient light in the room to the selected reading room Proceed as follows Use Enter As a result the Measured ALC value will be limited to the maximum ambient light value Use Enter again to store the value However if you wish to adapt the ambient light conditions to the definition of the selected reading room dim the light in the room so t
17. hat the measured ambient light becomes lower that the maximum ambient light Then use Enter again to execute the Measure ALC Value function once more As a result the actually measured ambient light value will be copied as Measured ALC Value Finally use Enter again to store the value 51 Adjusting Luminance and Color Adjusting Luminance and Color 52 Concepts Ona grayscale display you can adjust the luminance target On a color display you can adjust the color target The color target combines the luminance target and color temperature The color temperature can be defined in Kelvin units or x y co ordinates e After changing the target the display s backlight and color amplifiers color displays only will be adjusted until the target is reached The I Guard sensor constantly measures the luminance and color temperature color displays only These measurements are used to adjust and stabilize the luminance and color temperature color displays only Luminance target grayscale displays To change the luminance target 1 Touch any of the soft touch keys The front illumination is switched on While the illumination is on touch the Enter touch key to display the main menu Use the Up gt or Down lt touch keys to select the Luminance menu Use Enter to open the menu Use Up gt or Down lt to select Luminance Target Use Enter to go into edit mode Use Up gt or Do
18. hen the color target is defined in x y co ordi nates This function is not available when the Native White color target is selected Color temperature Allows to define the color temperature that corresponds to the color target in Kelvin units This function is available only when the color target is defined in Kelvin units This function is available only when the User color target is selected Restore factory x y values Allows to reset the x y co ordinates of the color temperature to the factory val ues This function is not available when the Native White color target is selected Display Function menu Display function menu Name Display function Description Allows to select from a list of pre defined display functions If the DICOM DF is selected a number of additional settings is available ALC amp DICOM options Jumps to the ALC amp DICOM Options sub menu which allows to edit the settings for the DICOM display function This function is available only when the DICOM DF is selected ALC amp DICOM Options submenu On screen display OSD Name Measured ambient light Description Indicates the ambient light actually measured by the ambient light sensor on the front of the display This is a read only value Averaged ambient light Shows the average of the measured ambient light since the display was switched on When you exec
19. iguration page allows you to switch between the following monitor configurations for the displays connected to a BarcoMed controller gt SingleView A single large desktop spans across both displays DualView Both displays are enabled independent of each other Graphics Board Update Firmware Button Clicking this button will launch the BarcoMed Hardware Configuration utility This program allows the user to flash update the firmware stored in the ROM of the currently selected BarcoMed display controller The BarcoMed Hardware Configuration utility is implemented in a Wizard format which guides the user through the flash update procedure The user will be prompted to select a firmware update file to use for the update process This file will be provided by Barco Medical Imaging Systems if and when a firmware update is required Device Details From the Device Details tab you can access the Device Details page which provides detailed information about the display controller Barco Controller Control Panel Settings connected to the active display This information is useful in debugging issues that may occur when using your Barco Coronis Display s 23 Configuring the Windows desktop Configuring the Windows desktop 24 ZS Note If you are using a color display in conjunction with your Barco grayscale display s you should configure your desktop before setting the resolution of your Barco grayscale display s You
20. ion about the graphics controller and allows access to the graphics controller advanced configuration pages The second section provides information about the display The bottom section allows access to two Barco tools Barco System Report and MediCal QAWeb Also there is a active link to the Barco Medical Imaging Systems web site Barco Controller Control Panel Settings 12 Barco MFGD 5421 and Barco MXRT 5100 Properties PR EEE General Adapter Monitor Troubleshoot Color Management Barco Graphics Device Information Device Type Barco MXAT 5100 Driver Version 8 543 BARCO 20 Firmware Version 009 012 004 003 Resolution 2048 x 2560 at 50Hz Color Depth 24 bpp Slot Type PCI Express x16 Gent Display Information Display Name MFGD 5421 Serial Number 5225287 7340 Hours Backlight Lifetime Barco System Report eee Figure 1 Ex Barco Tab Display Information Name Displays the model name of the display Serial Number Displays the serial number of the display Backlight LifeTime This is the amount of time in hours that the backlight has been on The backlight will typically last a very long time but will only be able to hold the recommended calibrated luminance for a certain amount of time after which time it will become slowly dimmer Barco system report The Barco System Report also known as BarcoMed SelfExam is a wizard based tool which collects data about the components
21. llumination is on touch the Enter touch key to display the main menu Use the Up gt or Down lt touch keys to select the Luminance and Color menu Use Enter to open the menu Use Up gt or Down lt to select Color Definition Use Enter amp to open the submenu Select the color target you wish to modify Thereto use Up gt or Down lt to select Color Name Use Enter to go into edit mode Use Up gt or Down lt to select the color target Use Enter to confirm the selection To modify the luminance target use Up gt or Down lt to select Luminance Target Use Enter to go into edit mode Use Up gt or Down lt to change the value Use Enter to save the changes To modify the units in which the color temperature is defined only for User color target use Up gt or Down lt to select Defined in Use Enter to go into edit mode Use Up gt or Down lt to change the units Kelvin units or x y co ordinates Use Enter to save the changes To modify the color temperature in Kelvin units first make sure the color target is defined in Kelvin units see step 5 Use Up gt or Down lt to select Color Temperature Use Enter to go into Adjusting Luminance and Color edit mode Use Up gt or Down lt to change the value Use Enter to save the changes To modify the color temperature in x y co ordinates first make sure the color target is defined in x y co ordinates see step 5 Use Up g
22. monitor of the Windows desktop Display information Precautions Precautions 1 Optimize the lifetime of your display Enabling the Display Power Management System DPMS of your display in the display s Settings menu will optimize its diagnostic lifetime by automatically switching off the backlight when the display is not used for a specified period of time By default DPMS is enabled on your display but it also needs to be activated on your workstation To do this go to Power Options Properties in the Control Panel Barco recommends setting DPMS activation after 20 minutes of non usage 2 Use a screen saver to avoid image retention Prolonged operation of an LCD with the same content on the same screen area may result in a form of image retention You can avoid or significantly reduce the occurrence of this phenomenon by using a screen saver You can activate a screen saver in the Display properties window of your workstation Barco recommends setting screen saver activation after 5 minutes of non usage A good screen saver displays moving content In case you are working with the same image or an application with static image elements for several hours continuously so that the screen saver is not activated change the image content regularly to avoid image retention of the static elements 3 Understand pixel technology LCD displays use technology based on pixels As a normal tolerance in the ma
23. must have logged on to Windows using an account with administrator privileges in order to use the Barco portions of the Windows Display Control Panel to change any display settings The recommended configuration for best grayscale image quality when using a color display in conjunction with your high resolution grayscale display s is to set the color display as the primary monitor of the Windows desktop Then set the colors setting on the Settings tab of the Windows Display Control Panel to the highest possible color depth e g 32 bits per pixel true color supported by the color display s controller The colors setting for your high resolution grayscale displays should be set to 256 colors 8 bits per pixel You should set the palette mode for the your high resolution grayscale displays to Static Gray palette with NO system colors This guarantees that all of the 256 gray levels available for GDI graphics will be present This also eliminates the danger that colors will change when focus moves among different applications However if you are using the Color to Gray Compatibility palette mode the color setting for your high resolution grayscale displays should default to True Color 32 bits per pixel Even though this palette mode supports 32 bit True Color Barco recommends that when using a using a color display in conjunction with your high resolution grayscale display s that you still set the color display as the primary
24. n can be based on an illuminance of 0 lux Dark Room or a preset value Preset In the case of Preset you must select a reading room that corresponds to the type of room the display is installed in E g if the display is installed in a room where CT scans are observed the CT MR NM reading room is the preferred selection The reading room is defined by Maximum Ambient Light defines the maximum light allowed in this type of room This value can be adjusted within certain limits determined by the selected reading room Preset Correction Value is the predefined correction value for this reading room This value can be adjusted within certain limits determined by the selected reading room The reading room parameters are pre defined in the display according to the AAPM American Association of Physicists in Medicine However they can be changed within certain limits Display function selection To select a display function DF 1 Touch any of the soft touch keys The front illumination is switched on 5 6 Changing Display Functions While the illumination is on touch the Enter touch key to display the main menu Use the Up gt or Down lt touch keys to select the Display Function menu Use Enter to open the menu Use Up gt or Down lt to select Display Function Use Enter amp to go into edit mode Use Up gt or Down lt to select the desired DF Use Ente
25. ntries from index 10 to 245 contain the missing gray values so that the palette has the full 256 gray values within it 0 9 246 255 system colors Pe colors P palette entry 6 has RGB value of 89 89 89 remaining 236 gray values Figure 3 Static Gray Palette with system colors Z5 Note Ifyou are unsure whether or not your application requires this Static Gray Palette with System colors mode contact your application provider Static Gray Palette with NO system colors This option sets the palette to be a static linear ramp of 256 shades of gray Therefore applications are denied the ability to dynamically change or allocate palette entries This prevents palette conflicts Barco Controller Control Panel Settings between applications which can cause image color values to appear distorted in the background application As shown in figure 4 each of the 256 entries in the palette has an RGB value of i i i where i is the index from 0 to 255 palette entry 110 has RGB value of 110 110 110 Figure 4 Static Gray Palette with NO system colors If you wish to use a static gray palette we recommend using the Static Gray Palette including Standard System Colors option instead of this one This is due to the fact that some applications assume that the first and last 10 entries of the palette are the standard system colors In this palette mode these entries are made up from entries in th
26. ntroller you are using Languages supported The BarcoMed tabs support the following languages English U S default Dutch French German Italian Japanese Korean Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Spanish Note To change between the languages select the correct region via the Regional Settings Control Panel in your machine s Start gt Settings gt Control Panel Barco Controller Control Panel Settings Barco Driver Properties Accessing the Barco tab Note You must have logged on to Windows using an account SE e with administrator privileges in order to use the Barco portions of the Windows Display Control Panel to change any display settings 1 Open the Windows Display Control Panel by one of the methods below a Start gt Settings gt Control Panel gt Display b Open the Display Properties Control Panel by right clicking in an empty area on the desktop then select Properties c Windows Vista Right click in an empty area on the desktop select Personalization then click on Display Settings 2 Click on the Settings tab The Settings tab is not present in Vista 3 Select the rectangle that represents the Barco Coronis Display whose settings you wish to change Click on the Advanced Settings button Select the Barco tab from the Properties screen Using the Barco tab The Barco tab is divided into three sections The first section provides informat
27. nufacturing of the LCD a limited number of these pixels may remain either dark or permanently lit without affecting the 26 Precautions diagnostic performance of the product To ensure optimal product quality Barco applies strict selection criteria for its LCD panels To learn more about LCD technology and missing pixels consult the dedicated white paper available at www barcomedical com 4 Enhance user comfort Every Barco multi head display system is color matched with the highest specification in the market O Barco recommends keeping color matched displays together Furthermore it is important to use all displays of a multi head configuration at the same rate to preserve color matching throughout the economic lifetime of the system 5 Maximize Quality Assurance The MediCal QAWeb system offers online service for high grade Quality Assurance providing maximum diagnostic confidence and uptime Learn more and sign up for the free MediCal QAWeb Essential level at www barcomedical com qa 27 Display controls Display controls Overview of controls The front controls are soft touch keys When you touch any of them while no on screen display OSD is on the screen the front illumination is switched on for a few seconds When you touch a key again while the illumination is on the function of the key is executed Figure 5 Front view 1 Left Down To move down or decrease values in the
28. r to save the changes You can select the following DFs Name DICOM Description Select a DICOM display function for most medical viewing applications The DICOM function results in more visi ble grayscales in the images Dyn Gamma 2 2 Dyn Gamma 1 8 These are gamma functions that are shifted to take into account the non zero luminance of an LCD panel when driven with a black signal They are especially useful in CT applica tions to improve the perception of low Haunsfield values Native If you select Native the native panel behavior will not be corrected Test This is identical to the Native DF Gamma 2 2 Select one of these display functions in Gamma 1 8 case the display is to replace a CRT dis play with a gamma of 1 8 or 2 2 respec tively User This is a user definable DF 47 Changing Display Functions ALC amp DICOM Options DICOM offset Introduction DICOM DF will be recalculated only when another DICOM Offset is selected The DICOM DF will be recalculated based on the new offset setting To select a DICOM offset 1 Select the DICOM display function See To select a display function DF on page 46 2 Inthe ALC amp DICOM Options menu use Up gt or Down lt to select DICOM Offset Use Enter amp to go into edit mode 3 Use Up gt or Down lt to select an offset 4 Use Enter to save the changes You can select the following offse
29. s in this Control Panel page must be used The main Windows Control Panel cannot be used Depending on your system certain configurations can be disabled Note Clone Mode is supported for two color displays or projectors in 32bpp Clone mode is not supported on grayscale displays Also HDR is not supported while in Clone Mode When choosing Clone Mode under the Barco Adapter Configuration page if two displays are enabled then the larger of the two current resolutions will be used If only one of the two displays is enabled the enabled displayis current resolution will be used When the resolution set for clone mode is larger then the maximum supported on a display the resolution set on the Master will automatically be scaled to maximum resolution of the Cloned display If the Scale to Display Preferred Mode is checked the maximum resolution will be the EDID preferred mode If it is unchecked then it will be the largest mode in the Cloned displays mode list Clone mode can only be exited through the Barco Adapter Configuration page in the Barco Advanced Control Panel Note Not all options are available at all times Please select the help tips in the driver software for more information Barco Controller Control Panel Settings OpenGL and Direct3D The OpenGL and Direct3D pages of the Advanced Properties page are divided into two sections Main Settings and Custom Settings Main Settings In the Main Settings section there is
30. ssing pixels consult the dedicated white paper available at www barcomedical com 4 Enhance user comfort Every Barco multi head display system is color matched with the highest specification in the market O Barco recommends keeping color matched displays together Furthermore it is important to use all displays of a multi head configuration at the same rate to preserve color matching throughout the economic lifetime of the system 5 Maximize Quality Assurance The MediCal QAWeb system offers online service for high grade Quality Assurance providing maximum diagnostic confidence and uptime Learn more and sign up for the free MediCal QAWeb Essential level at www barcomedical com qa To switch DPMS on off 1 Touch any of the soft touch keys The front illumination is switched on 2 While the illumination is on touch the Enter touch key to display the main menu 3 Use the Up gt or Down lt touch keys to select the Settings menu Use Enter to open the menu 4 Use Up gt or Down lt to select DPMS Use Enter to go into edit mode 5 Use Up gt or Down lt to select On or Off Use Enter to save the changes 45 Changing Display Functions Changing Display Functions 46 Concepts The Display Function menu lets you select a display function DF When you select the DICOM DF you can define the DICOM DF to be recalculated taking the ambient light into account The recalculatio
31. t or Down lt to select x or y Use Enter to go into edit mode Use Up gt or Down lt to change the value Use Enter amp to save the changes Tips e If you only need to change the luminance target it is not necessary to open the Color Definition submenu You can change the luminance target in the Luminance and Color menu The new value will automatically be saved in the color definition as well You can restore the x y values to factory defaults by selecting Restore Factory x y values 55 Adjusting Luminance and Color This page intentionally left blank 56 Barco web sites Visit Barco at http www barco com Visit Medical Imaging at http www barco com medical 57 0120 B4100533 02 September 2009 Barco nv Medical Imaging President Kennedypark 35 B 8500 Kortrijk Belgium www barco com
32. t grayscale Use this option for standard Windows based applications that require 8 bit color support 256 colors such as Internet Explorer Excel etc Do not use this option for applications that require 10 bit pixel support 1024 simultaneous shades of gray and use extended depth graphic libraries such as WinBarco Description of 10 bit grayscale To show 1024 simultaneous shades of gray all BarcoMed H series display controllers such as the BarcoMed 5MP2FH BarcoMed Coronis or BarcoMed Coronis 5MP for example run in extended depth 10 bit mode by default Implications When turned on the Disable Extended Depth option causes a BarcoMed Coronis display controller to run in 8 bit mode which results in increased performance since the frame buffer is set to run with 8 bit pixels While this option may be used with applications that normally require 10 bit support 21 Barco Controller Control Panel Settings 22 there will be a loss of pixel depth i e 256 shades of gray instead of 1024 simultaneous shades of gray Disable RGB To Static Gray Color Translation Select Disable RGB To Static Gray Color Translation if you wish to have RGB values equally weighted with 1 3 each When not selected then the International Commission on Illumination CIE Commission Internationale de Eclairage model will be adapted which weights the colors as 59 Green 30 Red 11 Blue Monitor Configuration The Monitor conf
33. that are Barco Controller Control Panel Settings installed in your system This information is used by the Barco MIS Support team when trying to resolve customer issues MediCal QAWeb Clicking on the QA Web button will launch the MediCal QAWeb application Please refer to the Medical QAWeb manual for information about this application Advanced properties for MXRT controller To access the advanced properties configuration pages for the display controller s for your Barco Coronis Display System click on the Advanced button in the Graphics Device Information section There are several pages accessible from the advanced configuration button They are Barco Adapter Configuration gt OpenGL Direct3D Rotation when supported Details OpenGL Profiles Barco Adapter Configuration The Barco Adapter Configuration page allows you to switch between the following monitor configurations and display options for the displays connected to a Barco MXRT controller Display Layout DualView Both displays are enabled independent of each other gt SingleView A single large desktop spans across both displays Barco Controller Control Panel Settings Clone The primary display is cloned to the secondary display Color Format 24 Bit TrueColor Mode 30 Bit TrueColor Mode HDR Display Resolution e Sets display resolution for 1 or 2 displays Note To switch out of SingleView or Clone mode the button
34. the user controls keycode the OSD must not be visible Touch any of the soft touch keys to switch on the front illumination While the illumination is on touch the following keys in successive order Enter Down lt Up gt Down lt Enter As a result the User Controls setting in the Settings menu is switched on again 42 Switching Power LED on off Switching Power LED on off To switch the power LED on off 1 Touch any of the soft touch keys The front illumination is switched on 2 While the illumination is on touch the Enter touch key to display the main menu 3 Use the Up gt or Down lt touch keys to select the Settings menu Use Enter amp to open the menu 4 Use Up gt or Down lt to select Power LED Use Enter to go into edit mode 5 Use Up gt or Down lt to select On or Off 6 Use Enter to save the changes Note UP e When the display is switched in stand by the power LED will turn orange even if the power LED setting is switched off e When the power LED setting is switched off the LED will still turn on green when the display is on but receives no video signal 43 Switching DPMS on off Switching DPMS on off 1 Optimize the lifetime of your display Enabling the Display Power Management System DPMS of your display in the display s Settings menu will optimize its diagnostic lifetime by automatically switching off the backlight when the display
35. ti aliasing from 3D images resulting in smoother more natural looking objects Please refer to the on line help for more information on using advanced features such as SMOOTHVISION Wait for Vertical Sync For OpenGL the default setting is Default Off For Direct3D the default setting is Application Preference Please refer to the on line help for more information on using advanced features such as Wait for Vertical Sync Rotation The Rotation page is visible only when the display connected to the current active head of your Barco MXRT display controller does not support rotation internally The Rotation feature allows the user to rotate the Windows desktop to match the physical orientation of the display Device Details The Details page provides detailed information about the display controller connected to the active display This information is useful in debugging issues that may occur when using your BARCO CORONIS Display s Barco Controller Control Panel Settings OpenGL Profiles The Configuration page enables you to customize display profiles for individual applications Typically you would change these settings for one or more of the following reasons Diagnostic purposes Fine tuning a specific application system configuration e Specific settings recommended by your hardware or software documentation Tuning your application system environment for best performance and memory usage Activa
36. ting a configuration profile The Configuration Profiles list box displays a number of common applications whose optimal configuration profile are factory set by default To activate a particular profile select the application name from the list and click Apply This will add the information to the necessary Windows registry settings If prompted restart Windows If you subsequently experience problems with your application or if you want to try to optimize the performance of your system on specific applications modify your configuration settings accordingly Adding a new application profile Click the Add button in the Configuration Profiles section and enter the name of the new application for which you want to set the configuration parameters Modifying the configuration parameters To change the configuration settings of a specific application select the name of that application from the Configuration Profiles list box Click the Modify button Now select or clear the rest of the Barco Controller Control Panel Settings configuration controls on this tabbed dialog to obtain the desired display parameters for the selected application To remove the selected configuration profile completely select the name of the application from the Configuration Profiles list box and click Delete Note You cannot delete the factory set configuration profiles Click the Apply or OK button to enable your Configuration settings Advanced
37. ts Value Description Dark Room The DICOM DF will be recalculated tak ing an ambient light value of 0 lux into account This means that the measured ambient light does not influence the DICOM DF Preset The DICOM DF will be recalculated tak ing a preset ambient light value into account This value is determined by the selected Reading Room and can be adjusted manually within certain limits 48 Changing Display Functions Value Description Measured ALC The DICOM DF will be recalculated tak ing the averaged measured ambient light value into account that is deter mined by the selected Reading Room This value can be changed by executing the Measure ALC Value function in the Reading Room Definition submenu Reading room selection This function is available only when the DICOM display function is selected and Continuous DICOM ALC is off To select a reading room setting 1 Select the DICOM display function See To select a display function DF on page 46 2 Inthe ALC amp DICOM Options menu use Up gt or Down lt to select Reading Room Use Enter to go into edit mode 3 Use Up gt or Down lt to select the reading room that corresponds to the room type the display is installed in 4 Use Enter to confirm the selection You can select the following reading room types Name Description CR DR MAMMO Corresponds to light conditions in diag nostic reading
38. ts leven ra aa G 48 Reading room Selection ececcceeesesesescseseeeseseseeeeeees 49 Reading room definition 0 eeceesceeseeeseseseeeeeees 50 Adjusting Luminance and Coll ccccsesesesescscscscseseseseseseseeeeeeees 52 CONCEPTS iiaiai Be ee eB damit 52 Luminance target grayscale displays ccceseeeseeeee 52 Color target Color displays oo cccsescsesesesssesesesesssestseetseees 53 Selecting a color target cccccscsescsesesssssssestetetsseeeeeeees 53 Color target definition eseeseeseseeeeseeeseeeeeeeeees 54 B rco WED SILES oessa eiia 57 Using the online User Guide Sources of information Sources of information Overview of product documentation Document Quick install sheet poster in box Content Gives a short overview of the installa tion of a complete system Getting started guide booklet in box Gives a detailed description of the installation and connection of a com plete system Online user guide html file installed on PC Gives a detailed description of how to operate the display using its local con trols and on screen display OSD This document is to be consulted on screen User manual PDF file on CD ROM Contains the same information as the online user guide but is laid out for printing User interface Items in the navigation frame User interface Item Description Contents Shows the complete content of the help s
39. ute the function Mea sure ALC Value this value will be stored as the Measured ALC correction value for the selected reading room unless this value is higher than the maximum ambient light determined for the selected reading room Correction value Shows the ambient light correction value that is taken into account in the calculation of the display function DICOM offset When Continuous DICOM ALC is switched off the DICOM DF is recalculated at the moment the DICOM Offset is changed taking the new DICOM Offset into account When set to Dark Room the ambient light is not taken into account When set to Preset a preset ambient light value determined by the selected reading room is taken into account When set to Measured ALC the averaged ambient light determined by the selected reading room is taken into account 35 On screen display OSD 36 Name Reading room Description Allows to select from a pre defined list of reading room types You must select a reading room that corresponds to the type of room the dis play is installed in Reading room def Jumps to the reading room definition submenu which allows to edit the reading room condition settings Calibration info Jumps to the calculation information submenu which displays information about the values taken into account to recalculate the DICOM DF Reading room
40. wn lt to adjust the luminance target Adjusting Luminance and Color 6 Use Enter to save the changes Color target color displays Selecting a color target To select a color target 1 5 6 Touch any of the soft touch keys The front illumination is switched on While the illumination is on touch the Enter touch key to display the main menu Use the Up gt or Down lt touch keys to select the Luminance and Color menu Use Enter to open the menu Use Up gt or Down lt to select Color Target Use Enter to go into edit mode Use Up gt or Down lt to select the desired color target Use Enter to save the changes You can select the following color targets Name Description Clearbase Simulation of the clearbase film color temperature Bluebase Simulation of the bluebase film color temperature Native white The native unmodified color tempera ture of the LCD panel User A completely modifiable color target 53 Adjusting Luminance and Color Color target definition UP Note For the Native White color target only the luminance target can be modified For Clearbase and Bluebase the luminance target and color temperature in x y co ordinates can be modified The User color target can be modified completely To modify the color target definition 1 54 Touch any of the soft touch keys The front illumination is switched on While the i
41. ystem Index Shows the available help topic entries in alphabetic order Search Allows to search for a particular entry in the help system Favorites Allows to add and remove help topics to a list of favorites requires cookies Items in the toolbar frame Item oo Synchronize Description Press this button to show the location of the help item in the Contents El pievi Press this button to move to the previ fees ous help topic Press this button to move to the next E Next help topic E Related topics Press this button to display related top ics if available E mail Press this button to e mail the current uel help topic 7 Press this button to print the current E print P help topic User interface Item Description Press this button to bookmark the cur rent help topic This topic will then appear in the web browser s Favorites menu requires cookies Bookmark Graphic board information Barco Controller Control Panel Settings Barco Controller Control Panel Settings This chapter describes how to configure the displays in your BARCO Coronis Display System using the tools available through the Advanced button on the Settings tab of the Windows Display Control Panel ce Note If you purchased Barco Medical Displays only and not a complete Barco Coronis Display System you will need to refer to the user manual for the display co
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