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Table of Contents
1 Introduction ............................................................................................5
1.1 CT Brilliance Series .............................................................................................. 5
1.2 DRYSTAR............................................................................................................ 5
1.3 Summary of connectivity key-points: ..................................................................... 5
4 Functional Description..........................................................................11
4.1 Proposed Presentation Context ...........................................................................11
4.1.1 CT Brilliance Series ........................................................................................11
4.1.2 DRYSTAR......................................................................................................11
4.2 Applicable Dicom Conformance Statements ........................................................12
4.2.1 Philips Medical Systems .................................................................................12
4.2.2 Agfa HealthCare.............................................................................................12
5 Application............................................................................................13
5.1 Dicom attributes supported by CT Brilliance Series..............................................13
5.2 Image and Pixel Matrices.....................................................................................14
5.3 True size printing.................................................................................................15
5.4 Image quality.......................................................................................................15
5.4.1 Perception LUT OEM001................................................................................15
8 Glossary ...............................................................................................19
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1 I NTRODUCTION
This document describes various aspects of the connection (interfacing) of the Philips CT
Brilliance Series (Scanners and EBW workstations) to an Agfa DRYSTAR 4500, 5500/5503,
AXYS, 5300 and 5302 (hereafter referred to simply as CT Brilliance Series and DRYSTAR)
via DICOM 3.0 Print Management Service Class.
The CT Brilliance Series is the successor of the Mx8000 series and MxView workstation.
It is a PC based application using Windows XP as operating system. The new and old
applications are using the same Dicom interface for printing.
The majority of Philips modalities are using the Vequion common imaging platform, CT
Extended Brilliance Workspace as well.
1.2 DRYSTAR
The embedded software of the new generation Agfa Drystar printers is based on an
operating system consisting of Portex-DOS and Portex-Java. The new generation
DRYSTAR’s are all using the same Dicom Interface.
The digital images will be printed on the dedicated high quality DT2 media.
This film medium is available in 5 film sizes, i.e. 8INX10IN, 10INX12IN, 11INX14IN,
14INX14IN and 14INX17IN. Drystar 4500 only supports 8INX10IN and 10INX12IN.
2 I NSTALLATION D RAWING
This section lists all parts and cables necessary for performing a complete installation of this
interface.
Note:
The Philips CT Brilliance Series establishes a connection to the Drystar via a standard
10-Base, 100-Base or 1000-Base Ethernet interface.
2.2 DRYSTAR
No special parts or cables are required.
IMPORTANT:
Both Philips and Agfa trained service engineers should be present to perform the installation
and configuration of the equipment. This chapter is not intended to provide systematic
instructions on the configuration of each device. Its intent is to point out the device-specific
connection and configuration requirements. Consult each device’s service manual for
detailed instructions and procedures.
If the network settings are not correctly configured, you might have slow image transmission
as well as image transmission failure (association aborted or modality lock up).
For more information about recommended network settings for Hardcopy Devices, refer to
Field Service Bulletin number DD+DIS160.04E.
The Philips engineer is also able to create a new printer driver himself.
Note:
In case you are not able to print using the new created driver, check line ‘StringP1-
printerprotocolid’. Replace the ‘M952P’ with ‘Dicom’.
Example of a Drystar file for CT EBW on contents can be found in chapter Error! Reference
source not found. Error! Reference source not found..
To integrate the new printer driver into the CT Extended Brilliance Workspace:
1. Close the CT EBW viewer application.
2. Start the network configuration program by double clicking the desktop icon
LANConfig. File ‘lanconfig.exe’ can also be found in folder c:\Pms\System.
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5. Fill in all Network and Dicom connection values of the Drystar and then click on Next.
2. The Printers tab enables to select an Active Printer and additional Settings.
3.3 DRYSTAR
Refer to the Drystar Reference Manual for entering the printers AE Title, the IP
Address, netmask and the router address. This is done via the printer’s front panel in
either ‘key-operator’ or 'service' menu.
If more than 2 different film sizes are required to be printed from the CT Brilliance
Series, then the parameter ‘Print even if Film Size ID/Medium type not supported’
must be set to NO in the dicom host profile created in the Drystar. This will prevent the
Drystar to print on an incorrect film size when the requested film size is not loaded in
the printer.
A Dicom Host Profile must be created for next parameters and values:
4 F UNCTIONAL D ESCRIPTION
This section identifies the functions acceptable to CT Brilliance Series and DRYSTAR.
4.1.2 DRYSTAR
Find the accepted Abstract Syntaxes in Table 4.1-3 :
http://www.healthcare.philips.com/dicom
http://www.agfahealthcare.com/dicom
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5 APPLICATION
5.1 Dicom attributes supported by CT Brilliance Series
Here are the DICOM parameters supported by CT Brilliance Series when sending images if
configured according to chapter 3.2 of this document:
Configurable
Tag Name Supported Comments / Default
(Service or User)
(2000,0010) Number of Copies Yes User 1 ... 20
(2000,0020) Print Priority Yes User LOW
BLUE FILM
(2000,0030) Medium Type Yes Service/User
CLEAR FILM
PROCESSOR
BIN_i
(2000,0040) Film Destination Yes User
(where i represents the bin
number)
(2000,0050) Film Session Label No No
(2010,0010) Image Display Format Yes No STANDARD\1,1
Annotation Display
(2010,0030) No No
Format
PORTRAIT
(2010,0040) Film Orientation Yes Service/User
LANDSCAPE
8INX10IN
10INX12IN
(2010,0050) Film Size ID Yes Service/User 11INX14IN
14INX14IN
14INX17IN
(2010,0060) Magnification Type No No
(2010,0080) Smoothing Type No No
(2010,0100) Border Density No No
(2010,0110) Empty Image Density No No
(2010,0120) Minimum Density No No
(2010,0130) Maximum Density No No
(2010,0140) Trim Yes No NO
Configuration
(2010,0150) Yes Service PERCEPTION_LUT=OEM001
Information
(2010,015E) Illumination No No
Reflective Ambient
(2010,0160) No No
Light
(2020,0020) Polarity No No
(2020,0030) Requested Image Size No No
Requested
(2020, 0040) Decimate/Crop No No
behavior
Photometric
(0028,0004) Yes No MONOCHROME2
Interpretation
See chapter 5.2 Image and Pixel
(0028,0010) Rows Yes Service
Matrices.
See chapter 5.2 Image and Pixel
(0028,0011) Columns Yes Service
Matrices.
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Configurable
Tag Name Supported Comments / Default
(Service or User)
(0028, 0034) Pixel Aspect Ratio Yes No 1\1
(0028,0100) Bits Allocated Yes User 8 or 16
(0028,0101) Bits Stored Yes User 8 or 12
(0028,0102) High Bit Yes User 7 or 11
Ref. Presentation LUT
(2050,0500) No No
Seq.
(0028,3002) >LUT Descriptor No No
(0028,3003) >LUT Explanation No No
(0028,3006) >LUT Data No No
Presentation LUT
(2050,0020) No No
Shape
Although image processing is already done by CT Brilliance Series, the sent image matrix
can be smaller than the printer’s Pixel Matrix ((see also chapter 5.4 Image quality).
Following table gives an overview of the supported Pixel Matrices for all new generation
Drystar printers.
When the sent image matrix is smaller than the printer’s pixel matrix, the printer will magnify
the image using default Magnification Type ‘cubicHighRes’ and Smooth Factor ‘-0.7’ (or -2.5
for older sw. versions).
When Film Resolution High is configured at CT EBW, we expect that the printer shall not
perform additional image scaling. Though, an auto switch to Magnification Type ‘cubicBell’
with Smooth Factor ‘0.9’ is activated by default (see printer browser menu ‘Service Tools’-
>‘Scaling setup’ in the ‘Connectivity’ section).
If the images are to crispy/sharp, use Magnification Type ‘cubicBell’ and change Smooth
Factor from 1 to a maximum value of 2. Value 1 means that no smoothing is done.
Here are the expected density values measured on a ‘DSI test pattern’ sent by CT Brilliance
Series when OEM001 LUT is applied on the image by the printer:
7 T ESTED R ELEASES
Note:
The information contained in this document is the result of testing at Philips Medical
Systems, Best – The Netherlands, with the software versions identified below. The
products are subject to changes in software that may not be reflected in this
document. It is important to compare software revisions to ensure that this document
is applicable. In general, it is recommended that the latest software releases are
used.
8 G LOSSARY
AE Application Entity
DICOM Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine
GSO Global Support Organization
IP Internet Protocol
LUT Look-up Table
MAC Medium Access Control
OEM Original Equipment Manufacturer
SCP Service Class Provider
SCU Service Class User
SOP Service-Object Pair
TCP Transfer Control Protocol
UID Unique Identifier
VR Value Representation
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