Barco K5902007 - 00 User Manual

MediCal Pro

Installation & User Manual

K5902007 - 00

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
East-West geometry settings 49
White uniformity settings (on color displays only) 49
Special settings 50

3

Defining Presets 52

Introduction 52
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

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Setting up optical sensor list and priority 93
Additional display functions 94

Viewing display and imaging board properties 94

Controlling Contrast & 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

5

Warranty and License Agreement

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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:

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. 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.

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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 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 inter­vention-free

Intervention-free The task does not require any action from the user but

Non-intervention­free

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.

does change the image on the display. E.g., the 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.

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.

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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.

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.

• Sometimes the Info symbol 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 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.

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• 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 drop­down 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 > 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.

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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.

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• If an optical sensor has been used for executing a certain task, the last
used sensor is depicted in the Configuration section.

• You 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.

The menu contains the following items:

Properties

Add Display

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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 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.

Remove Display

Identify

Presets

Calibrate

Brightness/Contrast

Degauss

Alignment

Luminance Uniformity
Correction

Full Screen Calibration This function starts with a luminance measure-

Remove a display icon from the configuration.

Check which imaging board head is connected
to the selected display. The number of the head
will appear 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 Com­pensation if present. The function is grayed if
not available on the display.

Remove remaining magnetism from the dis­play’s metal parts. Is only applicable to BARCO

CRT displays.

color

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 uni­form luminance, even in the corners of the pic­ture tube.
This function is applicable to some BARCO dis­plays only.
This function is grayed if the function is not
available on the display.

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 dis­plays only.
The function is grayed if not available on the
display.

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FIRST INSTALLATION

First installation 17

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 just listed here, as an overview of the complete
installation. They are described in detail further in this chapter.

1

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.

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4

Set up the configuration
See § Setting up the configuration on page 29.

5

Align the displays, if necessary
See § Aligning the displays on page 44.

6

Define the presets
See § Defining Presets on page 52.

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7

Calibrate the displays. See § Calibrating displays on page 58.

8

Define the Q/A task schedule
See § Setting up the Q/A schedule on page 58.

9

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.

10

Run the due tasks
See § Running the due tasks on page 63.

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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:

Vid1

Vid2

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.

COM port

Remote In Remote In

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Remote Out

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
through (daisy-chain) configuration to the viewing station’s computer.
Connect Remote In 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
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.

: Connect the displays’ Remote connectors in a loop-

: Connect the USB upstream connector of the first

:

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2.3 MediCal Pro installation

Minimum System requirements

• 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 You must have Administrator privileges to install the software.
2 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 Exit all open programs.
2 Insert the CD-ROM containing the MediCal Pro installer program in the

CD-ROM drive.

3 The CD-ROM starts automatically. After a few seconds, the MediCal Pro

welcome window appears.

4Click on Install. The Setup application starts.
5 Click on the Next> button.
6 Read the License agreement on the screen very carefully. Scroll down

to read the complete text.

7Click on Yes if you agree with the License agreement and wish to

continue with the installation.

8 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>.

9 A window appears, indicating the directory where MediCal Pro is

going to be installed.

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Click on the Browse... button if you want to change this directory. Click
on the Next> 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> 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, I want to restart my computer now and click on Finish to

complete the setup.

Uninstalling MediCal Pro

To remove MediCal Pro from your system, proceed as follows:
1 You must have Administrator privileges to uninstall the software.
2 Exit MediCal Pro.
3From the Start menu, select Settings > Control Panel.
4 Double-click on the Add/Remove Programs icon.
5 Select MediCal Pro from the list box at the bottom of the Add/Remove

Program Properties dialog.

6 Click on the Change/Remove... button.
7 Follow the instructions on the screen.

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 > Programs > 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.

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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 should also add them by following the
procedure described further.

5If you select Yes, MediCal Pro opens the Log in window because you

have to be advanced user to set up the configuration.

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.

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.

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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 continue. 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.

2 Enter the name of the network server on which MediCal Administrator

runs. Click on Next.

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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 there are problems to
register to the server, you will have to exit the Wizard. Contact the
system administrator to solve the problem.

4 If the server is found, the Wizard displays the following message:

Click on Next.

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.

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6 Enter the viewing station details: Workstation name, Department

name, Room number and Floor.
Click on Next.

7 The entered information is added to MediCal Administrator. Click on

Next.

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8Click on Finish to go to the MediCal Pro main window.

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.

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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 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

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:

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