P500D Images on PACS sometimes or always appear different than same images on system.

P500D Images on PACS sometimes or always appear different than same images on system. See long description: Typically, the Radiologist or Technologist will complain that the image quality is bad on the PACS or review workstation. The images may display darker or brighter and/or with more or less contrast. Any combination of different brightness or contrast is possible. Several possible root causes may exist. · PACS monitor(s) is not calibrated · Precision 500d monitor(s) is not calibrated · PACS does not support unprocessed (raw) images from Precision 500d that contain the value-of-interest look-up-table, VOI-LUT (DICOM tag 0028x3010). Some PACS systems do not support the VOI-LUT tag module. · PACS applies a different look-up-table (LUT) than expected · PACS applies an automatic calculation of WW and WL · PACS displays images with WW of 512 instead of 1024 Issues with image display on PACS are frequent (>50% of all systems). The problems can differ depending on the PACS system, PACS software version, etc."