5. Advanced operation
DICOM
DICOM (Digital Imaging and Communications
in Medicine) is an international standard that
was developed to improve the quality and
communication of digital images in radiology.
In short, the DICOM display function results in
more visible grayscales in the images. Barco
recommends selecting the DICOM display function
for most medical viewing applications.
User
This display function will be automatically selected
when display functions are de
fi
ned by MediCal
QAWeb.
Gamma 1.8
Gamma 2.2
Select one of these display functions in case the
display is to replace a CRT display with a gamma
of 1.8 or 2.2 respectively.
To select a display function:
1. Bring up the OSD main menu.
2. Navigate to the
Con
fi
guration > Calibration
menu.
3. Enter the
Display Function
submenu.
4. Select one of the available display functions and con
fi
rm.
5.16 Ambient Light Compensation (ALC)
About ALC
Ambient Light Compensation (ALC) can only be enabled on your display when the DI-
COM display function is selected. Therefore, please refer to "Display functions", page
28 to correctly set the display function.
When ALC is enabled, the DICOM display function will be recalculated taking a preset ambient light cor-
rection value into account. This value is determined by the selected reading room. Therefore, it is also
important to select a realistic reading room when enabling ALC. This can be done by following the instruc-
tions in "Reading rooms", page 29.
To enable/disable ALC:
1. Bring up the OSD main menu.
2. Navigate to the
Con
fi
guration > Calibration > Ambient Light
menu.
3. Enter the
Ambient Light Compensation
submenu.
4. Select
Enabled/Disabled
as desired and con
fi
rm.
5.17 Reading rooms
About reading rooms
Reading rooms can only be selected when the DICOM display function is selected.
Therefore, please refer to "Display functions", page 28 to correctly set the display
function.
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