PARIS GC for

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Version 1.5

User's Guide

HEALTH IMAGING
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY
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Chapter 1: Getting Started. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2
Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2
Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3
STANDALONE MODE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3
STANDARD MODE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3
EXTENSION MODE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3
Login and Logoff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4
Log into the system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4
Change Password and Privilege . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5
Log off the system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5

Chapter 2: Worklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1
Interface Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2
The Radiologist Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2
The Technician Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3
Function Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4
Query Shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6
Create Query . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6
Editing Query-keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-8
Deleting Query-keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-8
Using Query-keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-8
Quick Search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-9
Study and Series Lists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-11
Study List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-11
Series List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-11
Loading Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-12
Online/Nearline Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-12
Offline Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-12

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Chapter 3: The Technician Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1
Interface Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2
Loading Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3
Image Preview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4
Loading Single or Multiple Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4
Loading a Whole Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5
Loading a Whole Series . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5
Loading All Series . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5
Unloading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5
Print Layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6
Layout Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6
Image Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7
Paging Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7
Page Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7
Page Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7
Removing Images. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7
Adding & Deleting Pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-8
Clearing the Job . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-8
Nesting an Image Frame . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-8
Print Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-9
Print Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-10
Filtering Print Jobs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-11
Job Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-11
Job Priority. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-12
Job Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-12
Relationship among Job Control,
Priority and Print Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-13
Job Queue Self-maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-13
Archive Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-14
System Buffer List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-15
List Info . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-15
Burning Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-15
Forced Archive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-16
CD-reading Job List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-16
List Info . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-16
Job Processing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-16
Export Management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-17
Local Export List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-17
List Info . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-18
Export Workflow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-19

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Server Export List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-20

List Info . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-20
Export Workflow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-21
Infobar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-22

Chapter 4: The Radiologist Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1
Interface Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2
Hanging Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3
Viewing Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-5
Layout Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-5
Image Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-6
Splitting Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-6
Page Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-6
Linking Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-7
Print Layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-8
Print Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-9
Archive Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-10
Export Management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-11

Chapter 5: Image Toolbar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1
Toolbar Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2
Image Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3
Selecting Single Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3
Selecting Multiple Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3
Selection Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3
Adjusting Window/Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-4
Adjusting Window/Level Manually . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-4
Using Window/Level Presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-5
Reset Window/Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-5
Image Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-6
Image Processing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-7
Showing/Hiding Info . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-8
Image Annotation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-10
Add an Annotation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-10
Delete an Annotation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-12

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Slideshow. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-13
Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-14

Chapter 6: System Management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1
Launching the Management Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2
User Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3
Add a User. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3
Edit a User . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-4
Delete a User. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-5
Advanced Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-5
System Configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6
System Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7
Auto Logout. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7
Hospital Info . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7
Log Level. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-8
Hotkeys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-9
Image Compression . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-10
Assigned Synonyms for Body Parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-11
Add a Synonym . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-11
Editing a Synonym . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-12
Deleting a Synonym . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-12
Display Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-13
Hanging Protocol. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-13
Overlay Info. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-14
W/L Presets. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-15
Add/Edit a W/L Prest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-16
Delete a W/L Preset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-16
Worklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-17
Print Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-18
Rule Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-19
Data Routing Rule. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-19
Data Conformity Rule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-22
Monitor System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-23

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 1 Getting Started

Introduction

It's necessary to have a brief idea about this PARIS GC software

before you get it into full swing. The knowledge offered here will
help you better understand and operate this system.

In this chapter

„ Overview............................................................................ 1-2

„ Modes ................................................................................ 1-2

„ Configuration ..................................................................... 1-3

„ Login and Logoff ................................................................ 1-4

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Overview

PARIS GC provides a low-cost platform for health imaging

management and patient/study data administration in the hospital.

The design of this software platform makes it possible to be an

open interface between health imaging applications and easy
access to other modalities made by KODAK or third parties.

The platform runs on a Microsoft® Windows® operation system.

Depending on the product configuration, it can run under either
Windows 2000 Server system or Windows 2000 Professional
system.

Modes

PARIS GC is composed of 3 main working environments: the

Technician Mode, the Radiologist Mode and the Administrator
Mode.

The Technician Mode is designed for technicians to query for

patient/study records, enhance the digital health images, perform
printing layout and management and archiving.

The Radiologist Mode is designed for radiologists to diagnose on

the digital health images, make various graphical annotations and
image enhancements.

The Administrator Mode is the same as the Radiologist Mode

except it has an extra function: System Admin.

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Configuration

PARIS GC system has three basic collaboration modes:

STANDALONE MODE

Under this simplest system configuration mode, the server and the
client work on one machine. So only one user can have access to
this system at any given time. The standalone mode provides the
radiologist Department with a simple and easy-to-use digital
health imaging management platform.

STANDARD MODE

Under this mode, the server application runs on a separate server

PC while the Client applications can run on several other PCs with
data shared through effective network for multiple users.
Modalities, output devices and various systems can be connected
as one working environment. As a recommended running mode,
the standard mode provides a workgroup-level digital health
imaging management platform that can suffice for the daily needs
of a hospital with such scale.

EXTENSION MODE

An extension to the standard mode. Under this mode, the server

application can run on several server PCs and the client
applications can run on more PCs through complicated network
connection. Much more users can access to the system at the
same time and much more modalities, output devices and other
systems can be integrated. The extension mode entitles the
system the flexibility to expand with the scale and volume
development of the radiologist department.

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Login and Logoff

The accessible features and modes vary with users’ roles and
responsibilities in the hospital. So the first step into the system is
login. For that end you need a user account which the
administrator would set up for you.

Log into the system

To log into PARIS GC system, follow the instructions below::

1. The PARIS GC system will automatically initialize when the

host machine is powered on. The login screen appears.

2. Select a server to connect from the Server list.

3. Input your username and password.

4. Select a login mode from the Mode list (Tech, Rad, or Admin).

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5. Click the Login button. (the right arrow button on the bottom
right of screen.)

Change Password and Privilege

To change your password or access levels, contact your system

administrator for the update. You cannot change by yourself if you
are not an administrative user. For details please see "User
Management" on page 6-3.

Log off the system

The safe way to leave the system without closing for some time is
locking the system with its logoff feature.

You have two ways to log off the system:

„ Manual Logoff:
Click the Exit button in the bottom-right systray and select
Logoff from the popup menu.

„ Automatic Logoff:
The system will automatically logoff if no work is running in a
set period. This waiting time is set by administrator in system
settings.

To get back into the system, input your user name and password
and click Login button again.

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Introduction

The Worklist consists of two parts: the Patients List and the
Studies List. From the patient record to final image files there
exists such a hierarchy: Patient-->Study-->Series-->images. Each
level can be followed by several sub-levels.

As one of the operation panels, the Worklist can be opened or

closed. Click the Worlist button on the Panel Launch Bar to popup
it.

In this chapter

„ Interface Overview............................................................. 2-2

„ Function Buttons................................................................ 2-4

„ Quick Search ..................................................................... 2-9

„ Study and Series Lists ......................................................2-11

„ Loading Images ............................................................... 2-12

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Interface Overview

The Radiologist Mode

Toolbar Study List

Query
Shortcuts
List

Quick Search Series List

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The Technician Mode

Query Shortcuts

Function Buttons

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Function Buttons

The function buttons display as icons in the Radiologist Mode, as

shown below. In the Technician Mode they function the same but
display in text. (Replace/Append Switch button is only available in
the Radiologist Mode.)
Load Edit Delete Unreserve Split
Image Query Study Study Study Refresh

Load Key Export Reserve Merge Edit Replace/

Image Study Study Study Study Append

Button Function

Load Image Load the images of selected series.

Load Key Only key images (with key mark) in the selected series
Image will be loaded.

Edit Query Enter into Query Shortcuts dialog and create or edit
query shortcuts list to your need.

Export Study Export images of the selected study to the disgnated

server.

Delete Study Remove all iamges of the selected study. (Unreversible

for normal users. Can be restored with the help of sys-
tem administrator.)

Reserve Study Set a “Reserved” a mark for the selected study so as to

protect it from removal.

Unreserve Remove the “Reserved” mark for the selected study and
Study unlock the protection.

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Button Function

Merge Study Search for a right patient so as the wrongly assigned

study can be merged into the right patient’s study
records.

Split Study Used when a wrongly assigned study is found and the
right owner hasn’t been set yet.

Edit Study Edit the patient and study info of selected study.

Refresh Reload the query results from the server.

Replace/ Mode switch button to toggle between Replace and

Append Append modes:
Replace Mode: The current study shown in Navigator
will be replaced with the loaded study.
Append Mode: Newly loaded study will be added after
the current study shown in Navigator.

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Query Shortcuts

The buttons located on the left of the Worklist are called query
keys, used to perform quick queries with preset criteria. You can
combine some set standards for regular search into one query
button which enables you a one-click easy search in the future.
The number of query keys is limited at 12.

Create Query

1. Click Edit Query.

The Edit Query dialog box pops up.

Sorting
Butons
Query Keys
List

New Delete Save Back

2. Click New.

3. Input the name (length<=24 bytes) for the new query-key in

the Query-key Name field.

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For example: CR/One Month

NOTE: For two-byte Chinese characters, length is not more

than 12. The length limits below should be half cut in the case
of Chinese characters.

4. By selection from the drop-down lists, you can set up the

following 5 query standards:

„ Study Date (choose a query period, such as “within one

month”)

„ Modality Type (choose the modality used for the study,

such as “CR”)

„ Body Part (choose the body part to query, such as

“Chest”)

„ Study Status (choose the status of studies to query, such

as “Not printed yet”)

„ Data Source (choose the study source, such as “local” or

servers)

5. Click Save.

The newly-created quick query button named “CR/One

Month” is listed in the left Query-key Name List as the last
button to appear.

6. Click Back to return to the main screen.

NOTE: The query-keys appear in the Query-key Bar in the order

of Query-key Name List. Due to limited space in the bar, only 4
buttons are visible. If the new query key is not shown, change its
order in name list as instructed in Step 4 of “Editing Query-keys”
or click arrow buttons to roll back or forth so as the new query-key
appears.

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Editing Query-keys

1. Click Edit Query.

2. In the Edit Query dialog box, highlight the desired query-key

name in the Query-key Name List.

3. Make changes to the query criteria as you want.

4. To change the list order of the query-key, click the Up or Down

Sorting buttons to make it in the right position.

5. Click Save.

6. Click Back.

Deleting Query-keys

1. Click Edit Query.

2. In the Edit Query dialog box, highlight the query-key name that
you want to delete in the Query-key Name List.

3. Click Delete.

4. Click Back.

Using Query-keys

1. Click the left or right arrow button (query-key browse button)

to find the desired query, say “CR/One Month”.

2. Click the query key (the button labeled “CR/One Month”).

The query results will soon appear in the Patients List.

NOTE: You cannot view over 20,000 records in one query. If

the query results has records more than the limit , the system
will prompt you which section of records to view (20,000
records as one section).

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Quick Search

In case you already get some information of a patient, such as ID,

name, etc., you can perform your query in another way called
Quick Search, instead of creating query-keys.

1. In the Radiologist mode, the Quick Search is located at the

bottom-right of the worklist.

In the Technician mode, click Quick Search to popup the

Quick Search panel. To hide this panel, click Back.

2. Fill search keywords in one or more of the following fields:

„ Patient ID (length<=64 bytes)

„ Patient Name (length<=64 bytes)

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„ Access No. (length<=16 bytes)

„ Start Date and End Date (to limit the query time range)

NOTE: The following characters are not allowed:

single quotation mark (‘), double quotation mark ("), back
slash (\) and percentage mark (%).

3. The query is on the exact match basis by default. The

radiologist mode supports fuzzy search. Click Advanced
Search button, and check the "Fuzzy Search" option box. And
you will find 4 advanced search options: Modality, Body Parts,
Status, and Data Source.

4. Click Search. The search results appear in the Patients List.

5. To start a new search, click Reset to clear fields and repeat

Step 2 and 3.

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Study and Series Lists

Study List

As illustrated in the main interface, the Study List lists all the study
records in compliance with the search criteria, showing the
information of Patient ID, Patient Name, Sex, Date of Birth, etc.
The system admin decides what to show at the System Settings.

Each field can be sorted by its corresponding header. Take

“Patient ID” as example. Click the “Patient ID” header to switch
between Sort Ascending and Sort Descending.

Right-click on a record to popup a context menu with all shortcuts

of toolbar functions.

NOTE: By default, the records are sorted descendingly by the last

exam date and time.

Series List

Click on one study record to show its related series records in the
Series List with the following information:

„ Number „ Series ID

„ Modality „ Images

„ Body Parts „ Series Date

„ Description „ Series Time

„ Data Range

Each field can be sorted by its corresponding header. Take “Series

Date” as example. Click the “Series Date” header to switch
between Sort Ascending and Sort Descending.

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Loading Images

All digital health images are grouped in Study.

NOTE: Before loading images into the Image Preview Area, you
need to check the status of the study. If the status is "Offline",
make it "Online" by restoring images from the backup CDR. If an
image is at “Nearline” status, this image is stored on hard disc in
compressed format. So it will take some time to extract it out for
loading.

Online/Nearline Images

You have three ways to load images:

„ Find the patient and select one study, and then click Load
Image or Load Key Image; or
„ Double-click the study record; or
„ Double-click one of the related series records (to load images
in that series only.)
NOTE: Press CTRL or SHIFT key when clicking to select multiple
studies or series.

Offline Images

Since offline images are stored in CDs, the worklist will notify you
about this and send a CD-reading request to the system. And the
archive administrator needs to open System Operation Panel on
the archiving workstation to extract requested images from CD
(For details please see "CD-reading Job List" on page 3-16). Then
continue as onine images.

For the jobs in the wake of that, please see Chapter 3, "The
Technician Mode" or Chapter 4, "The Radiologist Mode".

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Introduction

As a technician or radiologist you need to put all digital health

images under efficient control and systematic archiving. In the
meantime high-quality and diagnosis-ready image printing is also
your daily duty. This chapter will tell you how to make this system
to be your best work assistant.

In this chapter

„ Interface Overview............................................................. 3-2

„ Loading Images ................................................................. 3-3

„ Print Layout ....................................................................... 3-6

„ Print Management ........................................................... 3-10

„ Archive Management....................................................... 3-14

„ Export Management ........................................................ 3-17

„ Infobar ............................................................................. 3-22

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Interface Overview

The first time you login to the sytem as a Technican you will only
see the system control bar at the bottom. The control bars consists
of 3 parts: panel launch bar, taskbar, and systray.

Panel Launch Bar

Infobar
Export Panel
System Operation Panel
Print Panel
Image Toolbar
Navigator
Worklist

Taskbar

Each opened panel will show its title button on the taskbar. Right-
click on the button will get 2 functions: Center and Close. You can
also close the panel by clicking X button on the upper-right corner.

Systray

System Time
Quit (Options: Logoff/Close, only
admin can exit to desktop)
Help/About
Change Skin (Select other skins
from dropdown list)
Lock/Unlock Panels
Autohide/Always Show (Toggle
the display status of system
control bar)

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Loading Images

Before you layout images for final printing, you need to import
images from Navigator to blank layout frames on the Print Panel.

NOTE: To know how to show images in Navigator, please see

"Loading Images" on page 2-12.

Click the Navigator button on the Panel Launch Bar to show the
Navigator panel, which displays all images of the first series as
thumbnails and provides such control buttons as below:

All Series Select Series/Load

Series (Single-click/
Select/Load Double-click)
Page(Single-
click/Double-
click)

Thumbnails List

Cancel/ Unload All

Ready

Progress Bar

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Image Preview

First click the Patient or Study button to select a patient or a study.

The dropdown menu shows the following options:

Patient Menu Study Menu

Once a patient or a study selected, the Thumbnails List shows all

the images of the first series.

If thumbnails exceeds the preview capacity, click the Page

Selection buttons to switch between pages. Click Back or Forward
arrow buttons to show more than 4 pages.

To switch to another series, click its Select Series button. The

Series Bar can show 3 buttons only. Click Back or Forward arrow
buttons to show more.

Loading Single or Multiple Images

1. In Thumbnail List, click to select the image to load.

NOTE: To select more than one image, press CTRL key and
click each image.

2. Double-click the image. Then the image is loaded into the

blank frame of Layout Area.

NOTE: With multiple images selected, double-click with CTRL

key is a must to load all of them.

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Loading a Whole Page

1. Click the corresponding Select & Load Page button to select
the page to load.

2. Double-click the Select & Load Page button.

All images in that page are loaded into layout frames. If one
layout page is not enough, the system will add pages
automatically.

Loading a Whole Series

1. Click the corresponding Select Series button to select the
series to load.

NOTE: Move your mouse over the Select Series buttons to

show the associated series ID numbers.

2. Double-click the Load Series button.

All images in that series are loaded into layout frames. If one
layout page is not enough, the system will add pages
automatically.

Loading All Series

To load all images, double-click All Series button. If one layout
page is not enough, the system will add pages automatically.

Unloading
„ To unload all images, click Unload All.
„ To unload one patient's images, select Unload Selected
Patient from the Patient dropdown menu.
„ To unload one study's images, select Unload Selected Study
from the Study dropdown menu.

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Print Layout

Click Print Panel on the Panel Launch Bar to open the Print
Panel.

Image Frame

Paging Toolbar Print Control Bar

Layout Selection

The first job of printing is to select a proper layout which

determines how many images should be in one page so as to save
media while meeting the diagnostic request in the meantime.

1. Click Layout button on the Paging Toolbar.

2. Select a layout from the dropdown list, such as 2x2. The panel
will rearrange all loaded images using the new layout.

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Image Tools

The Image Toolbar provides various tools for viewing and

enhancing images. Click the Image Toolbar button on the Panel
Lauch Bar to show it. For details, Please see Chapter 5: "Image
Toolbar".

Paging Tools

Page Navigation

Layout type decides image numbers a page can hold. If using a

2x2 layout, the system will print 4 images on one page. In case of
multi-page preview, use the Navigation buttons.

To navigate throuch pages:

Click corresponding page buttons. For example, click the page

button numbered 1 will show the fist page; button 2, the second
page.

Six navigation buttons are shown at one time. To show more, click
Bark or Forward arrows to scroll.

Page Controls

Removing Images

To remove image(s) from the layout, click to select and press

Delete.

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NOTE: For information on image selection please see "Image

Selection" on page 5-3.

Adding & Deleting Pages

1. To add a page manually, click Add.

2. To delete a page, click the Navigation button with its number

to select it. Then click Delete.

NOTE: Deleting a page will remove images on that page, too.

Clearing the Job

To cancel the whole Job, click Clear button to remove all pages.

NOTE: If "Auto Clear" option is checked by system admin, the

system will clear the job after it's delivered.

Nesting an Image Frame

Each image frame can be split into sub-frames, which is called

“Frame Nesting” here.

1. Click one image frame.

2. Click Nest Frame.

3. Select a nesting method from the dropdown list.

NOTE: To get rid of nesting, select “Cancel nesting” option.

The frame is split into several sub-frames as your choice.

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Print Controls

1. When layouting is finished, printing will be the next step. First

set up some printing controls (select one option respectively):

„ Printer Type
„ Print Size
„ Copies
„ Priority
2. Having finished settings, click Print.

NOTE: To print in full size, check the "True Size Print" option
box.

The print job will be added into Print Queue as a “new” job which
can be managed in Printing Management screen.

NOTE: If the system admin set print default as printing the current
job, all pages will produce one print job for delivery; if set as
printing the current page, only the selected page will be
delivered as a print job.

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Print Management

This feature is similar to the Print Queue Management in

Windows. Click Print Management on Print Control Bar to access
to Print Manager.

By default Printing Manager will show all print jobs including the
information listed below:

„ Status (functions available to each status vary)

„ Priority
„ Patient Name
„ Patient ID
„ Printer Type
„ Pages
„ Copies
„ Time Created (when you created a print job)
„ Time Submitted (when the print server submitted the print job)
„ Username (the login name of the user submitting the job)

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Filtering Print Jobs

You can show only the jobs of your interest by the following 4
filters:

1. Set up the search standards:

„ Printer Type (Select one from the dropdown list)

„ Time Created (Select one from the dropdown list)
„ Job Status (Select one from the dropdown list)
„ Patient ID (Input directly)
NOTE: You can search with one filter or combination of filters.

2. Click Search.

Now only those jobs meeting your requests will be shown.

Job Status

The job status has 6 possible status:

„ New — The job is just added into print queue and hasn’t been
sent to printer yet.
„ Pending — The job is being sent to printer.
„ Paused — The job is paused and will not be sent to printer
until the user restores it manually.
„ Failed — The job cannot be sent to printer due to some error.
„ Not Delivered — The printer specified in the job cannot be
connected (the most possible cause is network failure.)
„ Successful — The job has been sent to printer successfully.

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Job Priority

You can change the priority you set when page layouting.

To assign a priority to a job:

1. Click to select the job form the job list.

2. Click one of the following Priority radio buttons:

„ Urgent
„ Normal
„ Later
The priority of this job will be changed right after your
selection.

NOTE: Not all jobs can change priority setting. It depends on

job status. For details see next page.

Job Controls

You have access to some of the following 4 controls on a print job

(the availability depends its status):

„ Pause
„ Restore
„ Delete
„ Resubmit

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Relationship among Job Control, Priority and Print

Status

The relationship between the 4 controls and job status are

described as below:

„ New jobs can be Paused, Deleted and Prioritized.

„ Pending jobs are not open to any action.
„ Paused jobs can be Restored.
„ Failed jobs can be Deleted, Resubmitted and Prioritized.
„ Not Delivered jobs can be Deleted, Resubmitted and
Prioritized.
„ Successful jobs can be Deleted and Resubmitted.

Job Queue Self-maintenance

PARIS GC system has the function to maintain print job queue

automatically by deleting specific jobs within a set time range or
capacity range. Deletion will start from the oldest job.

Currently the system supports two-day job retension.

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Archive Management

Click Archive Management on Panel Launch Bar to access to

Archive Manager.

Forced Archive

Burn

Read
Refresh Delete

The Archive Manager is composed of two parts: System Buffer

List and CD-reading Job List, used for regular archiving and offline
image-reading respectively.

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System Buffer List

To save space of hard disk, all the images on the host machine
should be transferred to CDR at regular interval for archiving
backup. For that end the system divide its storage into several
CDR buffers to prompt warning for archiving when they are full.

List Info

System Buffer List shows the following information:

„ Buffer Number
„ CDR Label (automatically generated)
„ Buffer Status
„ Space Used (the percentage of space already used)
„ Study Total
„ Time Started of Study
„ Time Ended of Study
„ Patient Numbers
„ Image Numbers

Burning Controls

1. Click to select the full buffer.

2. In the Burning Options field, make the following selections:

„ Collation (if checked, the system will compare the CDR

files with source after burning to see if there exist errors)
„ Print CD Labels (checked by default if the label printer is
connected to host machine. The printed label sticker is
used on CD cover as CDR archiving number. If no label
printer, please write down the label number on CD cover.)
„ Copies (<=5)
3. Click Burn.

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Forced Archive

By this function the user can manually backup images from server
to local drive of workstation when the automatic archiving fails.

NOTE: This function is not available in Standalone Mode.

CD-reading Job List

The Archive Manager has another function: extract offline images.

The so-called “Offline Images” refer to those images stored in CDs
and the sytem must extract them from backup first.

List Info

The job list provides the following information:

„ Job ID
„ CD number
„ Patient ID
„ Patient Name
„ Gender
„ Study Date
„ Study Time
„ Status

Job Processing

1. Click Refresh to get the latest job list.

2. Double-click one of the jobs and the system will prompt you to
insert the CD with specified number.

3. Insert the CD and click Read.

4. You may also click Delete to remove this job.

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Export Management

Apart from printing and archving, images have other two output
methods: Transfer to Server or Export to Local. Click the Export
Panel button on the Panel Launch Bar to popup the Export Panel.
The local export list displays by default.

Local Export List

Server

Format Erase Refresh

Refresh Detail
Export Clear List

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List Info

The local export list provides the following information:

„ Export Name „ Include Patient Info or Not

„ Export Time „ Total Images

„ Total Subitems „ MB (Total size of study images)

„ Export Format

You may select one export item and click Clear to remove it form
the export list.

Or click Detail to get more information about this item.

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Export Workflow

1. Click the Patient or Study button on the Navigator.

2. Select Export Selected Patient or Export Selected Study

from the dropdown menu.

3. Input the Export Name in the popup Export Options dialog.

4. Select one of the three export formats (DICOM, JPEG and

BMP. If you choose DICOM, you may determine whether
patient info should be included.)

5. Click OK.

6. In the Export Options on Export Panel, make the following

decisions:

„ Export Device: CD, Flash Disc or Floppy Disc. If you

choose CD or Floppy, you may format it by clicking
Format; if you choose Flash Disc, click Erase to empty it.)
„ Collation (if checked, the system will compare the CDR
files with source after burning to see if there exist errors)
„ Copies (<=5)
„ Print CD Labels (In the “Label” textbox to the right, input
the CD label name, length<=16 bytes)

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Checked by default if the label printer is connected to host

machine. The printed label sticker is used on CD cover as
CDR archiving number. If no label printer, please write down
the label number on CD cover.

7. Click Export.

Server Export List

Local

Delete Refresh Details

List Info

The server export list provides the following information

„ Export Name „ Status „ Successful

„ Destination „ Created „ Compression Ratio

„ Total Items „ Executed

Click Delete to remove the selected item from the list. Click
Refresh to get the latest list. Click Details to get more information
of the selected item.

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Export Workflow

1. Click Deliver Study on the Worklist, or select Export

Selected Patient to ... or Export Selected Study to ...from
the context menu of worklist.

2. In the popup the Export Options dialog, select a destination

server.

3. Input Export Name.

4. Click OK.

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Infobar

The Infobar shows the hospital name and login user name at the
top of screen. If you don’t want to show it, right-click Infobar icon
on the taskbar and select Close.

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Introduction

The radiologist Mode is designed for radiologists to view,

diagnose, print and make reports on digital health images.

In this chapter

„ Interface Overview............................................................. 4-2

„ Hanging Navigation ........................................................... 4-3

„ Viewing Images ................................................................. 4-5

„ Print Layout ....................................................................... 4-8

„ Print Management ............................................................. 4-9

„ Archive Management....................................................... 4-10

„ Export Management .........................................................4-11

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Interface Overview

The first time you login to the sytem as a Radiologist or

Administrator you will only see the system control bar at the
bottom. The control bars consists of 3 parts: panel launch bar,
taskbar, and systray.

Panel Launch Bar

Navigator Infobar
System Settings Worklist
(only as Admin) Image Viewer
Archive Panel Export Panel
Print Panel Image Toolbar

Taskbar

Each opened panel will show its title button on the taskbar. Right-
click on the button will get 2 functions: Center and Close. You can
also close the panel by clicking X button on the upper-right corner.

Systray

System Time
Quit (Options: Logoff/Close, only
admin can exit to desktop)
Help/About
Change Skin (Select other skins
from dropdown list)
Lock/Unlock Panels
Autohide/Always Show (Toggle
the display status of system
control bar)

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Hanging Navigation

Before viewing images, you need to load images from study

record into blank frames of Image Viewer. For details please see
"Loading Images" on page 2-12. After loading you may change the
hanging content and way for Image Viewer.

All Series Select Series

Select Page

Thumbnail
List

Cancel/ Unload
Ready All

Hanging Replace/
Protocol Append
Progress Bar

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First click the Patient or Study button to show the following

dropdown menu:

Patient Study

The images shown in Image Viewer will change upon the following
operation on Navigator:

„ Click the Patient button to select a patient from the Patient ID

List.
„ Click the Study button to select a study from the Study ID List.
„ To view another series, click Select Series buttons to switch.
If more than 4 series, click Forward or Back arrow buttons to
scroll through buttoons.
„ If more than one page, click Select Page buttons to switch. If
more than 4 pages, click Forward or Back arrow buttons to
scroll through buttoons.
„ Click Hanging Protocol to change the hanging way:
– Hang Freely (Allow users to split Image Viewer window
freely)

– Hang by Series (the system will split window by series

automatically so as each series in one separate window)

– Hang by Study(the system will split window by study

automatically so as each study in one separate window)

– Hang by Patient(the system will split window by patient

automatically so as each patient in one separate window)

„ Replace/Append button is used to decide whether to replace

the current images or add after the current images when
hanging new images.

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Viewing Images

Image Viewer is the main work area for the Radiologist Mode,
used for viewing and diagnosing on the loaded digital health
images. Click the Image Viewer button on the Panel Launch Bar
to popup it.

Show/Hide Toolbar Patient Info Study Info

Layout Selection

To facilitate image viewing and comparing, you may select

different page layouts to suit your needs.

1. Click Layout button on the Paging Toolbar.

2. Select a layout from the dropdown list, such as 2x2. Image

Viewer will rearrange all loaded images using the new layout.

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Image Tools

The Image Toolbar provides various tools for viewing and

enhancing images. Click the Image Toolbar button on the Panel
Lauch Bar to show it. For details, please see Chapter 5: "Image
Toolbar".

Splitting Window

1. To split the Image View into several windows, click Split.

2. Select a Split Type from the dropdown menu:

„ Horizontal Split (One window above the other)

„ Vertical Split (two windows side by side)

„ Four Split (4 sub-windows)

3. To cancel splitting, choose "No Split" from the dropdown

menu.

Page Navigation

To navigate throuch pages:

Click corresponding page buttons. For example, click the page

button numbered 1 will show the fist page; button 2, the second
page. Three navigation buttons are shown at one time. To show
more, click Bark or Forward arrows to scroll.

You may press PgUp or PgDn to switch among pages.

Cleck X button to delete current page.

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Linking Windows

To link two windows so as they can work as one window, click the
two windows with Shift/Ctrl key pressed to select both. And then
click Link to mark the windows with a “L” label. Click Unlink to
remove the linkage.

NOTE: After linking the paging operations will take effect to both
windows.

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As in the Technician Mode, a radiologist can also output images to

printer.

1. Click Print Panel on the Panel Launch Bar to open the Print
Panel.

Image Frame

Paging Toolbar Print Control Bar

2. For the following detailed procedures please see relative

contents in the Technician Mode.
 The Radiologist Mode

Print Management

This feature is similar to the Print Queue Management in

Windows. Click Print Management on Print Control Bar to access
to Print Manager.

For the following detailed procedures please see relative contents

in the Technician Mode.

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Archive Management

Click Archive Management on Panel Launch Bar to access to

Archive Manager.

For the following detailed procedures please see relative contents

in the Technician Mode.

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Export Management

Apart from printing and archving, images have other two output
methods: Transfer to Server or Export to Local. Click the Export
Panel button on the Panel Launch Bar to popup the Export Panel.
The local export list displays by default.

For the following detailed procedures please see relative contents

in the Technician Mode.

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Introduction

This chapter gives instructions on how to adjust and control

images by using tools on Image Toolbar. Each mode has a toolbar
of its own, on which most tools are the same. So this chapter
includes both toolbars and indicates differences between them
when proper.

In this chapter

„ Toolbar Overview ............................................................... 5-2

„ Image Selection ................................................................. 5-3

„ Adjusting Window/Level .................................................... 5-4

„ Image Operation ................................................................ 5-6

„ Image Processing .............................................................. 5-7

„ Showing/Hiding Info........................................................... 5-8

„ Image Annotation............................................................. 5-10

„ Slideshow ........................................................................ 5-13

„ Notes ............................................................................... 5-14

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Toolbar Overview

Technician Mode Radiologist Mode

Selection
Selection
Rotate 90o CW/
Zoom CCW
ROI Zoom Inverse
Flip Horizontal/
Pan Vertical
Reset W/L Cine
(ROI) W/L
Inverse
W/L Presets
Rotate 90o CW
(ROI) Zoom
Rotate 90o CCW
Magnify x2/x4/x8
Flip Horizontal
Pan
Flip Vertical
Mask/Shutter/Clear
Reset Mask or Shutter
Annotation
Show/Hide Info
Stamp
Free Selection
Selection Tools
Select Visible
Adjust Display
Select All
Show/Hide Info

Reset Tools

Key Mark

Print Tools

Export Tools

Screen Calibration

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Image Selection

Selecting Single Image

1. Click Selection on the Image Toolbar.

2. In working area, click the image of interest to make it selected.

The selected image is marked by yellow boxes around.

Selecting Multiple Images

1. Click Selection on the Image Toolbar.

2. In working area, click the first image of interest. Press CTRL

key and click on the remaining images to select. The selected
images are marked by yellow boxes around.

NOTE: To use Zoom, Pan or W/L Adjustment function on

multiple images, CTRL key must be held on at the same
time. Otherwise, effects will only apply to the image
focused by mouse.

Selection Tools

1. The Technician Mode provides 3 selection tools as separate

buttons: Free Selection, Select Visible and Select All. In the
Radiologist Mode, click the Selection Tools button for
seconds to popup a dropdown menu.

2. In the dropdown menu, select a selection method:

„ Free Selection
„ Select Visible
„ Select All
„ Select Visible within Group
„ Select All within Group (a group refers to the current sub-
window and linked sub-windows)

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Adjusting Window/Level

Due to different density of different organs, proper window/level

setting is a very important factor to show images in best result.

Window/Level is the short term of Window Width and Window

Level. The former refers to the covering range of the image
grayscale; the latter refers to the center point in the grayscale.

You have two methods to adjust Window/Level settings:

„ Adjusting Window/Level Manually

„ Using Window/Level Presets

Adjusting Window/Level Manually

1. If in the Radiologist Mode, click W/L button.

NOTE: In this mode, you may also adjust Region of Interest

(ROI) only. Just click W/L button for seconds and select
ROI W/L from the dropdown list.

2. Move your mouse over the image(s) of interest.

3. Press down and move your mouse in four directions to change

the W/L values. The rules are as follows:

„ Up—Decrease Window Level

„ Down—Increase Window Level
„ Left—Increase Window Width
„ Right—Decrease Window Width
NOTE: The exact values of window/level are shown in the
lower-right corner of the image. If using ROI W/L, you
need to draw a rectangular box to indicate where to
adjust.

4. Release the mouse button to apply your change.

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Using Window/Level Presets

A Window/Level Preset is a group of parameters specified for

some specific body part. With this tool you can quickly apply
proper Window/Level values to proper body parts. As to the
creation of presets, please see "W/L Presets" on page 6-15.

If presets has been created, click W/L Preset on the Image Toobar
for seconds and slect one preset option from the dropdown menu.
The Window/Level setting for that image is changed to the
selected preset. And the current preset name is ticked in the
menu.

Reset Window/Level

To restore original W/L values:

In the Technician Mode, click Reset W/L.

In the Radiologist Mode, click Reset Tools to select Reset W/L

from the dropdown menu.

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Image Operation

Below are introductions to function buttons of image operation.

Button Function

Pan The cursor changes to a hand shape, used for moving the
image within the frame.

Zoom The cursor changes to a magnifier shape. Press down the left
button of mouse and drag to left to shrink the image; to right
to expand the image. The aspect ratio is kept.

ROI Zoom First draw a region of interest and then do the same as with
Zoom tool. Only boxed region will be affected.

Magnify Select 2X, 4X or 8X magnification.

Adjust Only for the Radiologist Mode. Options:

Display Fit to Screen, Fit to Width, Fit to Height, Pixel Size, True Size

Mask/ Only for the Radiologist Mode. Mask is used to define a

Shutter/ region in the image which is to be hidden; Shutter is the
Clear Mask opposite. Clear Mask/Shutter is to restore the original.
or Shutter

Print Tools Only for the Radiologist Mode. Options:

„ Print (Print all images)
„ Print Key Images (only images with key mark will be
printed)

Export Only for the Radiologist Mode. Options:

Tools
„ Export Selected Images
„ Export Selected Images to...

Screen Only for the Radiologist Mode. Options:

Calibration
„ Monitor_Horizontal Calibration
„ Monitor_Vertical Calibration

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Image Processing

Selection of the image is always he first step of image

modification. The second step is to click the corresponding tool
button.

In the Technician Mode, each function has a separate button. In

the Radiologist Mode, The Flip and Rotation Tools are display in
dropdown menus.

The functions of each image processing tools are listed below:

Button Function

Invert Make a negative picture of the

image.

Flip Horizontal Generate a horizontal mirror

picture of the image.

Flip Vertical Generate a vertical mirror picture

of the image.

Rotate 90o CW Rotate the image 90 degrees

clock-wise.

Rotate 90o CCW Rotate the image 90 degrees

counter clock-wise.

Reset Restore images to the original

status. 3 options in the Radiologist
Mode:
Reset Rotation/Reset WL/Reset

Stamp Stamp :
L, R (Left Side, Right Side)

Key Mark Mark the selected image as a key

image.

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Showing/Hiding Info

In the Technician Mode, click Show/Hide Info to switch the display

status of overlap info. As is shown in the illustration below, the
overlap info displays in the four corners of the image.

The overlap info consists of Image Info and Ruler Info. The content
and position of image info is preset by System Admin in the
System Settings panel. And the system provides a default set of
Image Info. See Chapter 6 for details.

In the Radiologist Mode, click Show/Hide Info to select what info

to show:

„ Image Info （Info appeared around the 4 corners）

„ Annotation Info (Including annotation graph and text)

„ Ruler Info (appeared in the bottom and right sides)

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„ Reference Lines. Used to indicate the position of a

intersecting image on the whole part image. For example,
click on one reference line on a trunk image will show the
intersecting spine image at that positon, as is shown below:

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Image Annotation

Only available in the Radiologist Mode. Used to make graphic and

text annotations on the image.

Add an Annotation

1. Click Annotation for seconds.

2. Select an annotation tool from the dropdown menu. The

Annotation button will change to the icon of selected tool.

3. Drag the mouse over the image to draw an anntation graphic.

length or area or angle value will be marked automatically.

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Below are introductions to each tool:

Tools Actions

Text Click on the image where to put text.

Input text in the popup dialog and click

OK. The anntation text shows at the
clicking point.

Ruler Click on the start point, drag to the end

point and release mouse. A line with
length marked appears.

Rectangle Click on one point, drag over to its

diagonal point and release. A rectangle
with area value marked appears.

Ellipse Click on one point, drag over a certain

length and release. An ellipse with area
value marked appears.

Polygon Click on one point as start, then click

serveral consecutive points, and right-
click at the end point. A polygon with area
value marked appears.

Free Click on one point and drag over the

Area image freely and right-click at the end
point to link the end to the start with a
line. A free region with area value marked
appears.

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Tools Actions

Angle Click on one point as the angle point,

drag to a certain length as one side of the
angle, swing to another direction and
click to finish an angle with its degree
marked.

Arrow Click on one point as the arrow direction,

drag outward to a certain length. An
arrow appears.

Delete an Annotation

1. To delete one annotation, click Annotation for seconds.

2. Select Selection Tool from the dropdown menu.

3. Move your mouse over the annotation and click to select

when the cursor changes to a cross.

4. Press Delete key on the keyboard.

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Slideshow

Only available in the Radiologist Mode. Used to play a slideshow

of all selected images in the Image Viewer at a set interval.

1. Click Cine to popup a setting dialog.

Play

Frame Rate

2. Set the playing options:

„ once (Play only once)

„ loop (Play repeatedly)
„ joyo (Play back and forth repeatedly. i.e., first play
sequentially and then play reversely and again and
again.)
3. Pull the Frame Rate slidebar to adjust the playing speed. The
bigger the number is, the faster.

4. Check the "cine page" option box if you want to play slideshow
across all pages.

5. Check the "Reverse" option box if you want to play in reverse

order.

6. Click Play to show the slideshow.

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Notes

In the Technician Mode, Selection, Pan, (ROI) Zoom buttons will

keep highlighted if selected. Other buttons will apply its function
once clicked.

In the Radiologist Mode, apart from the three buttons mentioned

above, Magnify, (ROI) W/L, Stamp, Mask/Shutter, and Annotation
buttons will also keep highlighted if selected. Any button with °¯
mark beside has a dropdown menu.As for the Print Tools and
Export Tools, see Chapter 4, "The Radiologist Mode" for
reference.

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Introduction

This chapter is for use of system administrator who can help you
customize your system and make it more friendly to your needs.

In this chapter

„ Launching the Management Panel .................................... 6-2

„ User Management ............................................................. 6-3

„ System Configuration ........................................................ 6-6

„ Monitor System................................................................ 6-23

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Launching the Management Panel

1. Log into the system as an administrator.

2. Click System Management on the Panel Launch Bar.

The System Management Panel appears.

3. There are 3 main options:

„ Manage User Profile

„ Configure System Setting

„ Monitor System

4. When all settings are done, click Quit to close this panel.

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User Management

The system administrator can add users, assign privileges and

modify user profiles here. Click the User Management button on
the System Management Panel.

User
List

Add a User

1. Click Add to popup Edit User Info dialog.

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2. Fill in the profile info of the user, including:

„ Login Name, User ID (Mandatory)

NOTE: The length of above two is limited to 32 bytes. Not

case-sensitive.

„ Password, Password Confirmation (Mandatory)

NOTE: The length should be not more than 25 bytes.

Case-sensitive.

„ Title, Department, English Full Name, Chinese Full Name

NOTE: The above four fields are limited to 64 bytes in

length.

3. Select a user role:

„ Administrator

„ Radiologist

„ Techinician

4. Click OK. The new user appears in the User List.

NOTE: The system has a predefined user account named

"administrator", which is the only administrator of each system.
This user cannot be deleted, and have full rights to the system.
The real administrator of hospital can only change some fields of
this account, including Password, User Full Name, User English
Full Name, Title, Department.

Edit a User

1. Select from the Users List the user to edit.

2. Click Edit.

3. Change the info fields you want to edit.

4. Click OK.

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Delete a User

1. Select from the Users List the user to delete.

2. Click Delete.

Advanced Settings

1. Click Advanced>> button.

2. In the Advance Settings dialog, you may change setting of a

user's privilege on study management, including:

„ Edit

„ Delete

„ Reserve

„ Split

„ Merge

3. Check the necessary option boxes and click OK.

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System Configuration

Click System Configuration on the System Management panel.

The System Configuration appears.

System Configuration
Options Area

You may change the following 4 settings:

„ System Settings

„ Display Settings

„ Print Settings

„ Rule Settings

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System Settings

Click the first item of the left tree menu: System Settings.

Auto Logout

Define how long should the system wait with no actions and log off
automatically. Input the time interval in minutes.

Hospital Info

1. Click the Hospital Info sub-menu.

2. Input the Hospital Name field in local language.

3. Input the English Hospital Name field.

4. Click Save.

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Log Level

1. Clicm the Log Level sub-menu.

2. Set priority for logs of each type of serverand current

workstaion.

3. Click Save.

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Hotkeys

You may setup Toolbar context menu, Toolbar hotkeys, and Panel
Launch hotkeys.

In Up

Out Down
Available
Menu Current Context
Items List Menu list

1. Click the Shortcuts sub-menu under System Settings.

2. In the Available Menu Items List, highlight the menu item to

add.

3. To assign a hotkey for the menu item, check the "Allow hotkey"
option box and input the combo keys in the text box (such as:
Ctrl-K).

4. Click the In arrow button. If necessary, click Up or Down to

adjust its position in the current menu.

5. If you want to delete one menu item, select it in the Current

Context Menu List, and click Out.

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6. To assign a hotkey for launching a panel, select the panel and

check the "Allow hotkeys" option box, and input the combo
keys in the textbox (Such as: Ctrl-V).

7. Click Save.

Image Compression

You may set the compression ratio separately for images from
each type of modality.

1. Click the Image Compression sub-menu.

2. Click the Modality list to select a modality type from the

dropdown list.

3. Click the Compression list to select a compression ratio as the

default compression ratio for selected modality.

4. Click Save.

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Assigned Synonyms for Body Parts

Different names for the same body part is a common issue when
working with different image sources. To avoid confusion, you can
group all equivalent names for the body part used in this system
into a Synonym List.

Add a Synonym

1. Click the Body Part Synonym sub-menu.

2. In the left Body Parts List, click to highlight the body part you
want to set. Such as "Chest".

3. Click Add.

4. Input a Synonym in the popup dialog box. Such as: Chest

NOTE: The length of an Synonym can't be over 32 bytes.

Case-sensitive.

5. Click OK. The new Synonym appears in the right Synonyms

List.

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NOTE: At most 16 Synonyms can be assigned to a body part.

Editing a Synonym

1. In the Body Parts List, click to select the body part of interest.

2. In the Synonyms List, click the Synonym to edit.

3. Click Edit.

4. Input modified Synonym into the popup dialog box.

5. Click OK.

Deleting a Synonym

1. In the Body Parts List, click to select the body part of interest.

2. In the Synonyms List, click the Synonym to delete.

3. Click Delete.

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Display Settings

Click Display Settings in the left tree menu.

Hanging Protocol

Here is to set the default Image Viewer layout.

1. Click the Hanging Protocol sub-menu.

2. Select a modality from the Modality Type dropdown list.

3. Select a default display layout from the Display Layout

dropdown list.

NOTE: This option is applied to the Image Viewer in the

Radiologist Mode. The value can't exceed the Maximum
Display Layout set by the system.

4. Click Save.

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Overlay Info

Here is to decide what and where to show the overlay info.

1. Click the Overlay Info sub-menu.

2. Click Add.

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3. In the popup Edit Overlay Info dialog, make the following

selections:

„ Info Items

„ Grid X

„ Grid Y

„ Offset X

„ Offset Y

4. Input Prefix and/or Suffix.

5. Click OK.

6. To modify an info item, select the Info and click Edit. Repeat
Step 3-5.

7. To delete an info item, select the Info and click Delete. Or click
Clear All to delete all overlay info.

W/L Presets

Here you may create several Window/Level presets for different

body parts. Each body part can be assigned a setting group
including Modality Type and default W/L values.

W/L Presets List

1. Click the W/L Presets sub-menu.

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Add/Edit a W/L Prest

1. Click Add. If you want to modify, select a Preset first and then
click Edit.
The Edit W/L dialog appears.

2. Click Body Part Name list to select one body part. Such as
"Nasal bones".

3. Click Modality list to select one default modality for that body
part. Such as "CT".

The Preset name is generated as "Modality-Body Part".

4. Input proper W/L values as defaults for that body part.

NOTE: Window range: 0~65535; Level range: -65535~65535

5. Click Save. The new Preset named "CT-Nasal bones" is listed

in the Presets List.

Delete a W/L Preset

1. From the W/L Presets List, select the Preset name to delete.

2. Click Delete.

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Worklist

Here is to decide what columns should be shown in the Worklist.

In Up

Out Down
Available Current
Columns Columns

1. Click the Worklist sub-menu.

2. Select a column title from the Available Columns List.

3. Click In. The new title is added into the Current Columns List.

4. Use Up or Down arrow button to adjust the column order.

5. If you want to hide one column, just select it in the Current

Columns List, and click Out.

6. Click Save.

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Print Settings

Here is to set the default print layout and default print options.

1. Click Print Settings in the left tree menu.

2. Select a modality form the Modality Type dropdown list.

3. Select a default print layout from the Print Layout list.

NOTE: The value can't exceed the maximum print layout set by
the system.

4. Set the default print option: Print Current Job or Print Current
Frame.

NOTE: If you want the system clear all pages when print
finished, check the "Auto Clear Frame" option box.

5. Click Save.

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Rule Settings

Set the Data Routing Rule by the following step-by-step wizard.

Click Rule Settings in the left tree menu.

Data Routing Rule

1. Click the Data Routing Rule sub-menu.

2. Click Add. The first setting dialog appears.

3. Input the Rule name and select the rule type.Click Next.

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The second dialog appears.

4. Choose Excecution Interval and Starting Time. Click Next.

The third dialog appears.

5. Select a command type. Click Next.

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The fourth dialog appears.

6. Select the data source and destination. Click Next. The fifth
dialog appears.

7. Select Image Source, Modality Type and Body Part.

8. Click Finish. The new rule appears in the Rule List.

9. To edit a rule, select it from the Rule List and click Edit. Repeat
Step 3-7.

10. To delete a rule, select it from the Rule List and click Delete.

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Data Conformity Rule

Here is to set the data conformity when reading patient records.

The options in the Mark frame are used for data conformity
comparing when loading records. The Patient ID is the default
comparison mark and cannot be unchecked. On the basis of it,
you may add up to 4 additional comparison marks: Patient Name,
Date of Birth, Patient Age, and Patient Gender. For example, there
exists in the systen a patient named Jack whose ID is 001. Now a
new patient named Mark with a same ID 001 is to be loaded in. In
this case, if no other comparsion marks are checked, the system
will deem the new record as a duplicate record. But if you check
the “Patient Name” mark, the system will take patient name into
comparison account too. Thus the loading data will be deemed as
a new record instead of a duplicate.

The options in the Verification frame are used to decide whether

to overwrite the data of selected items in case of duplicate records.
Of cource those fields selected as comparison mark are free of
verification.

Click Save when settings are done.

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Monitor System

Click the Monitor System button on the System Management

Panel. You may get the following system monitoring infomation:

Click one of the menu items to popup its corresponding monitoring

infomation window.

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