User guide

Changing Display Functions

Reading room selection

This function is available only when the DICOM display function is

selected and Continuous DICOM ALC is off.

To select a reading room setting:

1. Select the DICOM display function. See To select a display

function (DF):, on page 46.

2. In the ALC & DICOM Options menu, use Up

or Down to

select Reading Room. Use Enter

to go into edit mode.

3. Use Up

or Down to select the reading room that

corresponds to the room type the display is installed in.

4. Use Enter

to confirm the selection.

You can select the following reading room types::

Measured ALC The DICOM DF will be recalculated tak-

ing the averaged measured ambient

light value into account that is deter-

mined by the selected Reading Room.

This value can be changed by executing

the “Measure ALC Value” function in the

Reading Room Definition submenu.

Value Description

Name Description

CR/DR/MAMMO Corresponds to light conditions in diag-

nostic reading rooms for computed radi-

ology, digital radiology or

mammography. This setting has the

lowest maximum ambient light.

CT/MR/NM Corresponds to light conditions in diag-

nostic reading rooms for computed

tomography, magnetic resonance or

nuclear medicine scans.