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displays/printers RadBook 2014 144 Saving patient lives, time & money Doing it Right. A different kind of diagnostic monitoring company, Dome, has been in the market place since 1989. When founding the company, one of the founding fathers has asked himself a fundamental question: Who should be responsible for image quality? The end-user (resulting in frequent adjustments and system monitoring) or the manufacturer? This simple question has led to a very special monitor principal many radiologists are in large effect unaware of. That by itself is surprising: Radiologists are held personally responsible for their reading capabilities. In other words, we think they should be knowledgeable and critical on their main working tools and the right working circumstances: their diagnostic monitor, the maintenance and the ambient conditions. Any carpenter would choose professional hi-quality tools; because it’s their main daily working tool. Radiologists are no different. Question is: What are the main parameters for the 'ideal' monitor for diagnostic use and good working conditions? Such an ideal monitor could have the following parameters: • Optimal image quality over time • Zero maintenance (costs) • Highly accurate wrt the Just Noticeable Differences • Silent and • Made with the radiologists in mind. Not at all easy, but not impossible. The Image Quality (IQ) for any diagnostic monitor (intended use diagnostics) is defined by the DICOM part 14 workgroup: the Grey Scales Display Function (DICOM GSDF, more info: