Calibration Software brings color to medical displays.
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SMfit ACT software package calibrates monochrome displays using internal sensor in company's monitor or serial photometer. It also calibrates color CRT monitors and LCD displays via Universal Luminescence Meter. Software can check local and remote displays, automatically adjusting luminance settings and gamma functions, and compensate for geometry and focus. Integral scheduler automatically performs checks at programmable intervals.
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Calibration Software Brings Color to Medical Displays
Siemens Automation and Drives (A&D) has extended the hardware and software of the calibration tools for its high-resolution displays used in medical imaging applications. The new SMfit ACT (automatic calibration tool) software package is available in two versions. In addition to monochrome displays, SMfit ACT Calibration now also calibrates color CRT monitors and color LCD displays (flat screens). For this purpose a universal photometer has been developed. The new SMfit ACT Remote software checks even remotely installed displays without the need for a service engineer on site.
Displays and monitors in medical imaging applications are regularly checked with calibration tools to ensure consistent quality. Quality control is an important prerequisite which facilitates accurate diagnoses by the examining doctor.
The new SMfit Calibration tool uses an internal sensor in the Siemens monitor or a serial photometer, such as the Siemens Spot Meter for monochrome CRT or LCD displays. Using the new Universal Luminescence Meter it is now also possible to calibrate color CRTs and LCDs. The conformance check of SMfit Calibration corresponds to the international DICOM standard (digital imaging and communications in medicine) and the DIN constancy test. In addition, luminance settings and gamma functions are automatically adjusted and the geometry and focus are compensated.
The new SMfit ACT Remote software also activates conformance checks for remotely-installed displays. The main areas of application are hospitals, where medical monitors are distributed among a large number of "reading rooms" and linked by a network. The test results and reports are available not only on the locally installed display, but also on the remote service computer. As the service engineer does not have to visit the individual monitors, valuable time is saved. An integral scheduler automatically performs checks at programmable intervals, clears certain faults in the consistency of the display or notifies the service engineer via e-mail or a pop-up message.
Further information can be found on the Internet at: siemens.com/displays
