Auto Processing SW Manual
Auto Processing SW Manual
AUTOPROCESSING
SOFTWARE
USER MANUAL
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Disk management 18
Input queue management 19
Output queue management 21
Setup 23
Queues 27
Devices 28
TROUBLESHOOTING
Automatic anticipation 29
General procedures in case of malfunctions 29
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Switching the processing station on and
getting the system main screen
Normally, the processing station may be left on day and night. The
processing station is equipped with a screen saver to prevent the screen from
burning in when it is not used for a long period of time. However, if you need
to move the processing station to a different location or if it has to be
disconnected from the mains, proceed as follows when switching the
processing station on or off.
1 Put the main switch in the ON position. The main switch is located on the
back of the processing station close to the power supply cable.
The processing station performs its initialization procedure and asks your
login name.
MIMOSA
Welcome MIMOSA
Common Desktop Environment
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Switching the processing station off
Caution Never switch the processing station off while the application is running.
If you want to switch off the processing station, always proceed as follows:
3 Click the Power Off button for a complete shut-down of the processing
station.
If you click the Log-out button, the system returns to the Log-in prompt.
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The System Main screen
You can select an image by just clicking on it. A selected image appears on a
white background.
You can deselect an image by clicking it again, or you can click ‘Deselect’ to
de-select the currently selected image.
Selecting by criteria
You can also use selection criteria. The following criteria are available:
■ by identification date
■ by patient ID
■ by patient name
■ by patient last name
■ by radiologist
■ by examination type
■ by examination subtype
■ by RIS ID
■ by Digitizer ID
■ by User Info (i.e. four user configurable data fields).
You can configure four criteria from this list. For an explanation on how to
configure the selection criteria, we refer to the section ‘Setup’ on page 23.
Each of the selected criteria has a matching button in the upper left corner of
the screen.
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When no selection is entered, all images appear on the screen (on several
successive pages).
Example: If you click ‘Patient name’ then select a given patient from the
menu, the screen will display images of this patient only. You can also
combine selection criteria: e.g. you may want to select the images of one
examination type from a given date. The images that appear on the screen all
fulfil those four conditions. If a button is marked with an asterisk ‘*’ it means
that this selection criterion is inactive.
Sorting images
The default sort algorithm puts the most recently identified images at the
head of the list. However, you can change this order by clicking the ‘Sort on:’
button.
■ identification date
■ patient name
■ radiologist
■ examination
■ patient ID
■ RIS ID
■ Digitizer ID
You can also use the ‘Sort on:’ button in combination with the selection
criteria mentioned in the previous sub-section.
2 Click ‘Print’.
3 Click a button from the top row to select the size of film you want to print onto.
Depending on the configuration of the printer destination and the printer, you
have the choice between 3 sizes:
■ 8 x 10 inch
■ 11 x 14 inch
■ 14 x 17 inch
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The button of the film size and layout as selected by the ADC Compact ID
Software is pressed automatically by default. The printer destination as
configured in the ID Station determines which size buttons can be selected.
The Scopix laser printers print on all three sizes, Drystar 2000 only on 8 x 10
inch film size and the Drystar 3000 printer on 11 x 14 inch and 14 x 17 inch.
As a result only the size selection buttons that are relevant are selectable. In
the illustration below, for example, only the 8 x 10 “ film size button can be
activated, as the printer destination was initially configured to the Drystar
2000 (Di 2000) printer.
4 Click a button from the next row to select the basic orientation of the image or
image boxes.
or
5 The next set of buttons determines which part of the actual film surface is
used when a 1 on 1 reproduction needs to be printed.
■ Full size, i.e. the full film surface is printed on (while preserving the aspect
ratio)
or
■ True size, i.e. any cassette size is printed “true size” (=100%) on all film sizes
(See standard film division table on pages 22 and following of the ADC
Compact System Overview Manual). In a number of cases, for example,
when a 35 x 45 cm cassette size is printed on a 8 x 10 inch film size, parts of
the image will be clipped at all sides of the image.
6 In case you wish to assign the image to be printed the highest priority in the
printing queue, click the Emergency button.
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7 Select Printer
8 Click ‘Print’.
The IMPAX product line provides gateways, transmit, archive and review
stations (DICOM STORE = optional) and hard copy printing (DICOM PRINT =
standard)for digital imaging. The processing station features an interface
software module to integrate ADC Compact and IMPAX. You can interactively
send 8 or 12-bit images to IMPAX modules using the DICOM protocol. 8-bit
images already have a Look-up Table, whereas 12-bit images are
MUSICA-processed with separate Look-up Table. To allow for fully-fledged
CR functionality also private elements have been defined. Refer to the
DICOM Conformance Statement. For more information on the IMPAX product
line, consult your local Agfa sales organisation.
Only images that have been given a default destination on the ADC Compact
ID Station can be sent to an IMPAX review station.
1 Select the image that you want to send to the review station.
Note You can select an image by just clicking on it. A selected image appears on a
white background.
Note You can deselect an image by clicking on it again, or you can click ‘Deselect’
to deselect the currently selected image.
2 Click ‘Send’.
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Archiving images
Only images that have been assigned a default destination on the ADC
Compact ID Station can be archived to an Impax archive station.
1 Select the image that you want to archive. In case the selected image was
previously assigned a default archiving station destination, the ‘Archive’
button becomes active.
Note You can select an image by just clicking on it. A selected image appears on a
white background.
The following picture shows the system main screen with one image
selected.
Note You can deselect an image by clicking on it again, or you can click ‘Deselect’
to deselect the currently selected image.
2 Click ‘Archive’.
With the dynamic bar graph in the upper right corner of the browser screen
you can monitor the status of the processing station.
These three meters indicate the activity of the processor and of the incoming
and outgoing images. The input rate and output rate indicators show between
zero and four jobs. If there are more than four jobs, the meter turns white.
Managing messages
Messages can have different priorities: this is reflected in the status of the
message. The status of a message can be one of the following:
■ message
A message with a ‘message’ status is intended to notify the user of certain
events.
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■ warning
A ‘Warning’ status informs the user about abnormal conditions.
■ panic message
These messages inform the operator about failed operations.
1 From any screen, click the button labelled ‘message’ in the upper right corner.
Clicking this button opens a window with information about the oldest
message with the highest priority. An example of this window is shown below:
■ a possible solution
■ frequency
If the problem persists and you contact your Agfa service engineer, be sure
that you have this information at hand.
■ Click ‘Previous’ to view the message that comes before the currently selected
message in the queue.
■ Click ‘Next’ to view the message that comes after the currently selected
message in the queue.
■ Click ‘View’ to pop up a window that lists all messages in the queue. This
window looks similar to the following one:
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4 If you have solved the problem and you want to delete the currently selected
message from the queue, click the ‘Delete’ button.
Locking Screen
The screen can also be locked interactively. In order to lock the screen,
proceed as follows:
Disk management
From the general System Monitoring screen, click the button labelled ‘Disk’ in
the upper left corner.
Clicking this button opens a window with information about the disk structure.
The system gives you the number of stored images on your system and the
amount (in Megabytes) used. Since, as an option, you can install more than
one disk, the window shows the name of the disk.
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You can also see the number of images that you can add without overwriting
older images.
Note The number of images is an approximation since different images can have
different sizes.
Click the ‘Cancel’ button to return to the general System Monitoring screen.
From the general System Monitoring screen, click the button labelled ‘Input’ in
the upper left corner. Clicking this button opens a window with information
about the incoming images. An example of this window is shown below:
The screen shows the patient demographics and the examination data of the
images that are currently queued for the processing station.
Clicking the ‘Cancel’ button returns you to the general System Monitoring
screen.
Normally, every job has a priority of 5. The processing station reads jobs
according to the first-in-first-out rule. However, you can change the sequence.
1 From the general System Monitoring screen, select the button labelled ‘Input’.
The job moves to the first place in the queue and its priority changes from 5
to 0.
Holding jobs
If you select a job and click the ‘Hold’ button, the job status becomes ‘hold’.
The processing station will not read the image unless you select it again and
click the ‘Unhold’ button.
Cancel jobs
1 From the general System Monitoring screen, select the button labelled ‘Input’.
2 Select the job that you want to remove from the queue.
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The background of the job becomes white.
Caution If a job status is ‘Cancelled’, you can, by no means, retrieve the job.
From the general System Monitoring screen, click the button labelled ‘Output’
in the upper left corner. Clicking this button opens a window with information
about the images in the output queue. An example of this window is shown
below:
The screen shows the patient demographics of the images that are currently
queued for the different output devices such as printers, archive stations and
review stations.
Clicking the ‘Cancel’ button returns you to the general System Monitoring
screen.
1 From the general System Monitoring screen, select the button labelled
‘Output’.
The job moves to the first place in the queue and its priority changes from 5
to 0.
Holding jobs
If you select a job and click the ‘Hold’ button, the job status becomes ‘hold’.
The output device will not process the image unless you select it again and
click the ‘Unhold’ button.
Cancel jobs
1 Select the job that you want to remove from the queue.
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2 Click the ‘Delete’ button.
Setup
From the general System Monitoring screen, click the button labelled ‘Setup’.
Clicking this button opens a window that allows you to configure the system.
An example of this window is shown below:
Clicking the ‘Save’ button stores the currently configured settings whereas
clicking ‘Cancel’ returns to the general System Monitoring screen.
The selection criteria that you configure are used by default to select the
images in the main screen. Select four different criteria from the following list:
■ by identification date
■ by patient ID
■ by patient name
■ by radiologist
■ by examination type
■ by examination subtype
■ by RIS ID
■ by Digitizer ID
■ by “Sent”
sent/not sent
archived/not archived
printed/not printed
The “sent” and “archived” options only comprise images that have been sent
respectively archived manually, whereas the “printed” option also includes the
autorouted images.
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Wait-message Icons
You are offered a choice between ‘Simple’ and ‘Fancy’ wait-message icons.
The panic message levels can be set by clicking the ‘More’ respectively
‘Fewer’ buttons in the Panic message level field of the Set-up menu, as
shown in the screen below.
■ Level 1
When the system is set to level 1, any warning or error message irrespective
of its importance is displayed and highlighted on the screen.
■ Level 2
When panic message level 2 is selected, the system displays warnings or
error messages, whenever errors of a somewhat higher priority than in level 1
occur.
■ Level 3
When level 3 is selected in the Set-up menu, the system only displays and
highlights messages of the highest priority.
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Queues
Using the Queues option in the Set-up menu, you can define periods for
transmitting both the Archive and Review/Softcopy queues. In case the
queues are not set by the user, the system sends the images to the archive
and/or review stations continuously, by default.
For both queues you can pre-set three different off-peak periods during which
you want images to be archived or sent to a review station.
2 Click and drag the pointer across the period you want the images to be sent
to the Archive respectively Review destinations.
The period can also be indicated by keyboarding the time of day in the
appropriate boxes.
The system displays the indicated off-peak period(s) on a black background.
Using the Devices option in the Set-up menu, you can consult a table
showing the last known status of all devices in the system, as displayed in
the following sample screen.
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Troubleshooting
Automatic anticipation
Always try to reset the user interface first. If this does not solve the problem,
reset the background. Rebooting the system is the ultimate action you can
undertake. If this does not solve the problem, contact a service engineer.
If the software performs slower than normal or faces a deadlock, resetting the
user interface is the most appropriate action. To reset the user interface,
proceed as follows:
If not, click ‘Select’ in the upper right corner of the current screen.
2 Click ‘Controller’.
If the previous actions did not solve the problem, then continue with step 4.
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6 Click either the Log-out button or Power Off button.
If you click the Log-out button and then the OK-button, the system
asks you for confirmation and then returns to the Log-in prompt.
If you click the Power Off button and then the OK-button, the
system returns the following screen:
The system informs you that the Shut-down procedure has started and then
returns the OK prompt. Switch off the computer, or type “boot” to start up the
system again.
If not, click ‘Select’ in the upper right corner of the current screen.
2 Click ‘Controller’ in the right corner of the screen and select ‘Reset
Background’ to reset the software.
This function clears the system of corrupt data, if any. To check the system,
proceed as follows:
If not, click ‘Select’ in the upper right corner of the current screen.
2 Click ‘Controller’ in the right corner of the screen and select ‘Check System’.
Software Version
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Performance Requirements of the
processing station
Hardware
■ 128 MB RAM
■ 1 mouse + mousepad
Software
■ Motif
■ Chest
■ Abdomen
■ Skeleton
■ Uro / Tomo
■ Angiography
■ Mammography
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Performance Requirements - Monitors
Synchronization
Input Signals
CRT
Display Area
Video
User Controls
Dimensions
Power Supply
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High Brightness Monitor
Power requirements
CRT specifications
General performance
Display performance
Operating conditions
Temperature
- Operating + 10 °C...+ 35 °C
- Storage - 25 °C...+ 70 °C
Humidity
- Operating 20% - 80% rel. humidity
- Storage 20% - 80% rel. humidity
Mechanical specifications
Approvals
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Printed in Belgium
Published by Agfa-Gevaert N.V., B-2640 Mortsel-Belgium
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