Barco MediCal Pro Manual do Utilizador

Installation & User ManualMediCal Pro

Introduction 101 Introduction1.1 About this manualThis manual describes how to install and use the MediCal® Pro software.Some of the functions in Medi

100From the drop-down menu that appears, select Brightness/Contrast...The Brightness/Contrast control panel appears.Automatic Contrast / BrightnessIf

101Clicking on the Contrast (Brightness) icon left of the sliders, puts the Contrast (Brightness) control in calibrated position. This is the preferre

102From the drop-down menu that appears, select Degauss.As a result, possible purity errors in the image (so-called hot spots) are removed. The displa

1033.14 Changing the program’s appearanceIt is possible to change the appearance of MediCal Pro somehow. The change in appearance affects the size of

104About:Displays the details of this version of MediCal Pro.

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106GLOSSARY

1074 Glossary 4.1 Q/A checkIn softcopy diagnostic systems, displays are used to judge medical images and to take conclusions about patients’ physical

108 4.5 Viewing stationThe medical viewing station consists of a computer, a number of imaging boards (containing one or more heads), an optical senso

109This 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

Introduction 11MediCal Pro supports BARCO displays as well as displays from other brands. It allows the connection of the following optical sensors: X

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111IndexSymbols(Advanced user symbol) 10AAdd Barco display 48, 89Add Display 16, 48, 88Address 23, 46, 98Advanced user 27Advanced user mode 10, 13AKB

112Corner deformation 54DDaily 78Data connection 24, 45Degauss 16Display alignment 50Display Details 96, 98Display device 108Display function 41, 56,

113IIdentify 16Imaging board properties 99Invert LUT 86LLast Q/A check 12Linearize LUT 86Logging 92Luminance Uniformity Correction 71MMain window 12Me

114Q/A taskRunningAll due tasks 80Single task 81Q/A tasks 107Quarterly 78RRemote address 23, 46, 98Remote Timeout 98Remove Display 16, 90Result 12Rota

115Tools menu 13Trapezoid deformation 54trigger settings 60Twice a Year 78UUnknown 12User Login 67User mode 10VVertical linearity 53Vertical position

Introduction 121.4 The main window at start-upMediCal Pro always starts in Standard user mode.In Standard user mode, the main window consists of the Q

Introduction 13• Test Patterns... button: Click to open the Test Patterns dialog. From this dialog you can select to display test patterns.• Q/A Setup

Introduction 14The Q/A Check section is the same as described above.The Configuration section in the main window gives an overview of the imaging boar

Introduction 15• 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. T

Introduction 16The menu contains the following items:PropertiesShow the display and imaging board head properties and activate / deactivate some of th

Introduction 17Full Screen Calibration This function starts with a luminance measure-ment in the center of the screen. It proceeds with calibration in

Introduction 18

First installation 19FIRST INSTALLATION

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First installation 202 First Installation2.1 OverviewIf you install MediCal Pro on a medical viewing station for the first time, you should go through

First installation 214Set up the configurationSee § Setting up the configuration : Setting up the configuration5Align the displays, if necessarySee §

First installation 227Calibrate the displaysSee § Calibrating displays : Calibrating displays8Define the Q/A task scheduleSee § Setting up the Q/A sch

First installation 2310Run the due tasksSee § Running the due tasks : Running the due tasks2.2 Installation of the hardwareMediCal Pro can be used on

First installation 242 Video connection: Connect the video and sync inputs of each display to a different imaging board head inside the viewing statio

First installation 25- On Barco displays:You can connect a serial sensor to the Sensor connector (front or rear). A USB sensor can be connected to one

First installation 26Click on the Browse... button if you want to change this directory. Click on the Next> button to continue.10 Choose the setup

First installation 273 If no license key was entered during installation, MediCal Pro prompts to enter the license key now. Enter a valid license numb

First installation 28Note:Prior to connecting the viewing station to the MediCal Administrator server, the medical facility to which the viewing stati

First installation 293 The Wizard will start searching for the server on the network. Click on Next to start the search.If the Wizard does not find th

ContentsContents 3Introduction 10About this manual 10About MediCal® Pro 10About QA tasks 11The main window at start-up 12The main window in Advanced u

First installation 305 The drop-down list shows all medical facilities connected to MediCal Administrator on the server.If the facility to which this

First installation 317 The entered information is added to MediCal Administrator. Click on Next.

First installation 328Click on Finish to go to the MediCal Pro main window.2.5 Setting up the configurationIntroductionThe medical viewing station con

First installation 33This is the MediCal Pro configuration corresponding to the medical viewing station shown above.To run Q/A tasks on the viewing s

First installation 341 Configuration setupThis page indicates the start of the Wizard.At the same time, a character appears on the screen of each disp

First installation 353 Searching for Barco displaysThe Wizard looks if there are Barco displays or projectors connected to the workstation computer vi

First installation 36There are two possibilities:4a The number of found Barco displays equals the number of imaging board heads in the viewing station

First installation 37Yes You can proceed with the Wizard, adding Barco- and / or non-Barco displays. Continue with step 5.No The Wizard gives a search

First installation 386 Position sensor patchThis screen appears only in case of a Dicom Theater application.After a projector is found to add to the c

First installation 397 Control non-Barco displaysIf there are more heads in the computer than found Barco displays or if no Barco displays were found

Vertical geometry settings 53East-West geometry settings 54White uniformity settings (on color displays only) 55Defining Presets 55Introduction 55Proc

First installation 40The Wizard allows to logically link a non-Barco display to each remaining imaging board head.The Wizard makes a suggestion of the

First installation 4110 Display functionSelect the display function you want to use for all the displays. This screen does not appear for Dicom Theate

First installation 4211 White and black luminanceYou can choose to specify one particular white luminance and black luminance value for all the displa

First installation 4312 CalibrationYou can choose to calibrate the displays and possibly run a QA check on the displays after finishing the Wizard.The

First installation 44The Wizard is completed. Select Finish to return to the main window.The display icons are now filled in in the main window’s Conf

First installation 45• Some of the displays have equal remote addresses.The remote addresses can be set by means of the display’s OSD menus.The Wizard

First installation 46b) The problem is probably caused by the remote ID’sProceed as follows:1 In the Search error page, select Redefine the remote ID’

First installation 474 Unplug the Remote Out connection of the first display. When ready, click on Next.5 Plug in the remote cable into the Remote Out

First installation 489 The Wizard makes a new search for Barco displays and continues with the normal configuration setup procedure as described above

First installation 49- Check the communication port to which the display is connected.- Click on Identify to see which display is connected to which

Connecting to MediCal Administrator 90Registering the operations in a log file 91Selecting Luminance units 93Selecting units of length 93Setting up op

First installation 50Non-Barco displays must be aligned using their own controls. Please refer to that display’s user documentation.To start display a

First installation 51The possible display alignment families are:Horizontal geometry settingsVertical geometry settingsEast-West geometry settingsWhit

First installation 52Horizontal geometry settings Horizontal position (course)Position the middle vertical line of the test image approximately in the

First installation 53 RotationAdjust until the white frame on the test image is perfectly upright.Vertical geometry settings Vertical position (course

First installation 54bright ascending line (joined by two parts of gray lines) and two dim ascending lines, at a distance of a few cm. The bright line

First installation 55White uniformity settings (on color displays only)The white uniformity adjustments compensate for the effect of disturbing magnet

First installation 56• Display function:The function that defines how the luminance evolves when the video signal goes from black to white.For a color

First installation 57The left column shows the installed presets. The right window pane shows the properties of the preset selected in the left column

First installation 58 On color displays and projectorsMeasure on next calibration:Select this option if you do not wish to enter a target value now. I

First installation 59Measure NowClick on this button if you wish to measure the actual luminance value. You will be asked to calibrate the sensor (if

Warranty and License AgreementSoftware License AgreementThis is a legal Agreement between you, the end user, and BARCO NV., a Belgian corporation (“BA

First installation 60To access MediCal Pro’s default Q/A schedule, click on the Q/A Setup... button in the main window. For more information, please r

First installation 61To define the task trigger settings:1 From the Tools menu, select Options > Application Settings.2 Select the Trigger Settings

First installation 62When the user logs inTasks that have become due, will be executed at the moment a user logs in on the workstation.This is a good

First installation 63No trigger settings definedIf you do not check any of the trigger settings, the task will not start automatically, even when it h

First installation 64Example:Let us again suppose that the Measure Quality Level task is scheduled weekly, on Thursday at 10 PM.Let us also suppose th

65USING MEDICAL PRO

663 Using MediCal Pro3.1 Starting upTo start MediCal Pro, proceed as follows:1 If the viewing station contains Barco displays, make sure there is no o

67Here is an example of a message that may appear when MediCal Pro has detected a display has been removed from the system:Select Quit application to

68To 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. Y

69Calibrating Barco flat panel displaysBarco flat panel displays, like the Coronis displays, have a built-in optical sensor that communicates with Med

Limited WarrantyBARCO NV does not warrant that the Software will meet your requirements or that the operation of the Software will be uninterrupted or

70Calibrating Barco CRT displays1 If you use an X-Rite DTP92 sensor, you may be asked to calibrate the sensor first.Make sure the sensor is completely

71When ready, click on OK.5 When the calibration is finished successfully, it displays the following message.Click on OK to close the window.Full scre

722 Put the sensor without Ambient Light Shield (for convenience) on the image and follow the instructions on the screen.The full screen calibration s

733 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 th

745 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

759 When the calibration is finished successfully, it displays the following message:Click on OK to close the window.3.5 Setting up a Q/A task schedul

76When MediCal Pro is installed, a default task schedule is filled in.The Q/A Setup window gives the following information:When you move the mouse cur

772 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

78Scheduling a taskTo 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 (s

79To display the task properties1 In the Q/A setup window, right-click on the name of the task of which you wish to view the properties. A drop-down m

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80When 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 respon

81Click 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 t

82To troubleshoot tasks that are Not OKTasks that were Not OK the last time they were executed, are indicated with a question mark in the Current St

83To display all tasks’ last resultsTo display all tasks’ last results, click on the Last Result Logs... in the Q/A Setup window.The overview of all t

84- To see the history log of a task, click the task name in the Last Result window.- For tasks that were Not OK: To see a problem description and a h

85Alternatively, 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 on

863 Select a pattern from the drop-down list.If you select Select Image, a dialog box will appear when the pattern is loaded, allowing you to select a

87Bands with text This pattern can be used to check if the display func-tion is perceptually linear (calibrated according to the DICOM display curve).

883.7 Changing an existing configuration When a configuration is set up, you can add or remove displays without running the Configuration Setup Wizard

89drop-down menu. Head A is reserved for the flat panel display and Head B is reserved for the projector.2 Barco flat panel displays are added immedia

Introduction 9INTRODUCTION

90Enter 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

91To connect to MediCal Administrator:1 From the Tools menu, select Administrator Connection.2 The MediCal Administrator Connection Wizard starts. Ple

92To select / deselect logging:1 From the Tools menu, select Options > Application Settings.2 Select the General tab.3If Logging is checked, the ma

933.10 Selecting Luminance units The results and values of luminance measurements can be expressed in Candela per square meter (Cd/m²) or Footlambert

942 Select the Sensor Setup tab.3 Check the types of sensors used on the viewing station. Do not check the types that are not used.4 Select a sensor t

95The display device properties dialog appears.Display PropertiesSelect the Display tab in the display device properties dialog.Brand name: The displa

96Display Details: Flat panel displaysScreen width The width of the visible display screen. The unit of length can be selected in the Application Sett

97Display Details: ProjectorsDPMSCheck this option to switch on the Power Saving utility (DPMS). The option is grayed if not appli-cable to the select

98Display Details: CRT displaysInfoMiscellaneousDisplay Number The order number of the displaySoftware Number The order number of the display’s intern

99Imaging board propertiesSelect the Imaging board tab in the display device properties dialog.Controlling Contrast & Brightness This function is