Global Care Solutions introduced
Barco’s softcopy imaging technology to
Bumrungrad. Additionally, the company
helped Barco understand the support
and service requirements of the hospital.
Together Global Care Solutions and Barco
worked out the perfect combination of
state-of-the-art technology and first-
class support, which eventually led to the
selection of Barco as preferred medical
display vendor to Bumrungrad. “In our
discussion with Barco, the company was
able to provide in-house training to our
engineering staff and guaranteed timely
delivery of parts when needed,” Dr.
Chuapetcharasopon explained.
Leading technology
Today, Bumrungrad International has
eight sets of dual-head Coronis 3MP
portrait monitors for diagnostic reading.
By the end of 2006, Bumrungrad will
acquire up to four more sets of dual-
head portrait monitors as the number
of procedures continues to increase. In
addition, the facility has a pair of 5MP
monitors for use with Full-Field Digital
Mammography.
“We are able to treat more
patients more effectively than
before.”
An important benefit of the Coronis
monitors is the automated and
intervention-free quality assurance
(QA) and I-Guard technology. I-Guard
is
Barco’s
front-mounted
sensor
that ensures luminance output and
continuous DICOM compliance without
interrupting
radiology
procedures,
further guaranteeing consistent image
quality over time and across displays.
Coronis offers fully automated image
QA without the need for human
intervention by tracking, maintaining and
logging display viewing performance,
automating QA tasks, initiating display
system calibration and setting up a
precise DICOM Look-Up-Table calibration
using 1024 shades of gray. According
to Dr. Chuapetcharasopon, “It is easy
to perform calibration and schedule QA
tasks with Coronis, which is particularly
valuable with multiple workstation
configurations.”
“The display automatically adjusts the
brightness according to the ambient
light level of the room,” added Dr.
Chuapetcharasopon. Many institutions
have simply substituted view boxes for
LCD monitors without considering the
room setting. “For hardcopy reading,
the brightness of the view box and
quality of film affect the accuracy of the
