[optimal] Re: Monitor calibration
- From: Cynthia VandenHoven <cynthia.vandenhoven@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: optimal@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 5 Sep 2013 14:42:06 -0400
One of my findings is that the images look great on the capture monitor but
then look underexposed on the review stations and when exported out the
EMR. I needed to reduce the brightness of some of the capture monitors but
using a proper calibration tool would be a better approach.
The colour on RetCam is not related to the monitor. That is another
discussion altogether.
thanks for your feedback.
Cynthia
On Thu, Sep 5, 2013 at 7:45 AM, Sandor Ferenczy <sandorferenczy@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> When i first started, i called OIS and got an "OK" from them very easily
> when i broached it from a service-request point of view. It was perhaps
> even easier because we had multiple OIS-backed fundus cameras, and the same
> fundus looked quite different on each camera.
>
> Then i just went ahead and installed it everywhere else - the software has
> a small footprint, and it creates a conventional ICC profile to replace the
> default Windows/Macintosh profile. I figured if a problem arose, i would
> uninstall the software first to see if it fixed the problem, then call the
> vendor. I had far more problems when a vendor shipped a CPU to us with
> Windows auto update on, and the second day we had it the camera was
> non-working - turns out Windows auto installed an XP service pack and broke
> the system.
>
> I couldn't get it to work properly on the RetCam :)
>
> But, in workflow terms, color balancing the review computers/emr
> workstations was the biggest concern - color images would look different on
> all the doctors monitors, all the clinic monitors, etc. We wanted to match
> all of these monitors so that our PACS system (Axis) looks identical for
> review. In light of that, our IT made it easy and put the Data Color
> software into their package thingy that rolled out to all the workstations.
> An hour or two walking through the hospital with the USB color sensor and
> we had the calibration done.
>
> Theoretically, if you are not doing image review on the capture stations &
> the vendors are giving you grief about trying to provide doctors with
> matching color, you could simply color correct the review workstations and
> leave it at that.
>
> i could go on, but ill try to stop here...
>
> sandor
>
>
> On Wed, Sep 4, 2013 at 10:25 PM, Cynthia VandenHoven <
> cynthia.vandenhoven@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Thanks Sandor,
>>
>> Did you have issues with installing the software on your systems? We have
>> issues with our vendors saying installing this or any software can void
>> warranties.
>>
>> Is there any getting around this?
>> cynthia
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Sep 4, 2013 at 7:03 PM, sandor ferenczy <sandorferenczy@xxxxxxxxx
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> Cynthia,
>>> http://spyder.datacolor.com/portfolio-view/spyder4pro/
>>>
>>> I use this for 17 exam rooms and all of our photography suite monitors.
>>>
>>> easy to use, relatively cheap and all the monitors now match (after all,
>>> what is "right" color?)
>>>
>>> the downside was that we had to replace handful of monitors because they
>>> were not physically able to be color corrected, mostly older models with
>>> very dim backlights.
>>>
>>> -sandor
>>>
>>> On Sep 4, 2013, at 5:24 PM, Cynthia VandenHoven <
>>> cynthia.vandenhoven@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi All,
>>>
>>> What monitor calibration device and software would you recommend to
>>> calibrate your imaging systems and monitors within your clinic network?
>>>
>>> If price were no object and you wanted the best most reliable, what
>>> would you order?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Cynthia
>>>
>>> --
>>> Cynthia VandenHoven
>>> Hospital for Sick Children
>>> Department of Ophthalmology and Vision Sciences
>>> 416-813-6523
>>> cynthia.vandenhoven@xxxxxxxxxxx
>>> cynthia.vandenhoven@xxxxxxxxx
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Cynthia VandenHoven
>> Hospital for Sick Children
>> Department of Ophthalmology and Vision Sciences
>> 416-813-6523
>> cynthia.vandenhoven@xxxxxxxxxxx
>> cynthia.vandenhoven@xxxxxxxxx
>>
>
>
--
Cynthia VandenHoven
Hospital for Sick Children
Department of Ophthalmology and Vision Sciences
416-813-6523
cynthia.vandenhoven@xxxxxxxxxxx
cynthia.vandenhoven@xxxxxxxxx
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