NEC P212 PA Series Medical Applications

NEC MultiSync

®

P & PA Series:

Usage in

Medical Applications

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About the MultiSync PA Series

NEC MultiSync P & PA Series professional displays include a number of industry-leading features that

make them ideal for a clinical review environment. Features includes a selectable factory preset DICOM

GSDF setting for medical imaging and image uniformity compensation for optimum image quality. The

built-in backlight sensor provides a feedback loop for brightness stability and consistency. Calibration is

accomplished using 14-bit lookup tables (LUTs) that give you incredibly precise control over grayscale and

color spaces.

The MultiSync P & PA Series is not shipped from the factory in the clinical review mode, however, through

the use of NEC’s MultiProfiler™ software, the display can easily be set up for clinical imaging.

About Picture Mode Presets

MultiSync PA Series displays have five built-in Picture Mode presets that are available using the vertical hotkeys on the

bezel, giving one-button access to up to five different display settings. The Picture Mode presets include customized color

gamut, gamma, brightness, black level and white point settings. Any of the default picture modes on a MultiSync P &

PA

Series display can be easily customized using the free MultiProfiler tool.

Creating a DICOM Preset

The Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM) standard defines a Grayscale Definition Function (GSDF)

gamma curve optimized for diagnostic image viewing. The MultiSync PA Series includes a DICOM configuration preset that

can be easily set in MultiProfiler.

Before creating the preset, the uniformity should be adjusted to the desired level. The Digital Uniformity

Correction control adjusts the screen uniformity correction applied to the display in order to improve the

screen luminance and color uniformity. This compensation is done at the expense of some screen

brightness. A higher level of correction will give a more uniform screen, but the maximum brightness that

can be achieved will be lower. Start the MultiProfiler tool and choose the Settings panel from the icons

on the left. Using the slider, change the Digital Uniformity Correction to the desired level.

Next, select the Picture Mode panel. The Picture Mode

panel controls the settings for the various Picture Modes

that the monitor supports, as well as adjusting the

Brightness and Black Level. The monitor supports five

different configurable Picture Modes that can be quickly

selected by clicking on the relevant buttons. Any picture mode can be customized by selecting the Picture

Mode preset button (the display may flash while adjusting to the new picture mode) and click the “Edit…”

button.

The Picture Mode Panel

Adjusting the

Digital Uniformity Correction