 (Running time: 1 hour 37 minutes) This module discusses the many aspects of image quality related to the presentation of medical diagnostic images on workstations. It shows the impact of the several components of the overall imaging chain in a PACS system and spends a lot of time to show in detail the pixel pipeline, i.e. all steps that are involved with the proper display of the images on a softcopy display. This pipeline contains methods to achieve grayscale and presentation consistency over multiple viewing platforms. Monitors and calibration are explained and interviews with several experts from the user community are included to provide first-hand experience about how calibration works, what is inside a flat panel, what type of test patterns are good to use, why a video board, can I use a commercial monitor, the 3 vs 5 MPixel discussion and why flat panels might be preferred. The course also provides a series of standard test images and guidelines that can be used to asses the monitor and display subsection performance, with regard to image quality.This course is beneficial for anyone who is involved with image quality of a PACS system, especially the support people such as PACS system administrators, service, biomedical engineering and medical physicists. Minimum Requirements: Windows 98, 233MHz Intel Pentium II processor, 64MB of RAM, 800x600 video display, IE 5.0, 16-bit sound card, and Windows Media Player |