Clinical Display Allows Extra Wide Viewing Angles

A new clinical image-review display system has been developed for the rapidly growing medical facilities field.

The Philips Healthcare (Best, The Netherlands) clinical review display comes with light-emitting diode (LED) technology and offers healthcare professionals consistent performance. The monitor with white body and streamlined design is equipped with antimicrobial additive in its housing material to suppress growth of most common microorganisms. It is a suitable system for clinics, hospitals, or even homes of healthcare workers.

Healthcare workers need effective monitors that display medical images with consistently high quality. Available in 24-inch screen size with an IPS (in-plane switching) panel, and 27-inch size with an AMVA (advanced multidomain vertical alignment) panel, the displays use sophisticated screen technologies to provide extremely vivid images.

The Philips clinical review display shows medical images with crystal-clear clarity due to its preset Clinical D-image function. It is a factory-calibrated function that, when activated, enables the monitor to give Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM) part 14 compatible grayscale standard display performance—a global standard that enables the display to reveal the finest details of every medical image, and is used in virtually all hospitals worldwide. The latest clinical review display is customized for viewing medical images. Now specialists can look at X-ray images on the display with the DICOM performance. This function can be selected with a simple-to-use on-screen display, namely SmartImage Clinic, allowing the user a simple transition from DICOM clinical imaging to a customized setting more comfortable for viewing administrative tasks.

Optimized pixel management technologies give a 178/178 degree extra-wide viewing angle, resulting in consistent, crisp images even in 90-degree pivot mode, suitable for clinical settings where clarity is always crucial.

The display reduces safety concerns by employing special medical grade power supplies, complying with the EN/IEC 60601-1 standard that ensures basic safety and essential performance, and the EN/IEC 60601-2 collateral standard for medical grade electromagnetic compatibility. Meeting both global standards means the new display can be utilized in various countries.

Drug-resistant germs are a growing menace for medical professionals worldwide. The new Philips display tackles the challenge by using JIS Z2801-compliant antimicrobial additive in its housing material. It is proven to inhibit growth of most common microorganisms such as Escherichia coli and pneumonia. The display also comes with EPEAT Gold certification, attesting it is good for the environment by using at least 30% post-consumer resin in its casing.

As the Philips clinical review display helps the clinician take care of patients, it also takes care of the user. The SmartErgoBase allows it to be adjusted for maximum viewing comfort by tilting, swiveling, and rotating the screen. The low bezel-to-table height means it can be lowered to almost desk level—a suitable solution for those who use bifocals, trifocals, or progressive lens spectacles.

The display also takes care of the environment with its PowerSensor technology to automatically reduce monitor brightness whenever one walks away, saving up to 80% of energy costs. The display is now available in a full range of sizes.

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