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Table of Contents
1 Introduction ......................................................................................................................... 9
1.1 Intended Use ......................................................................................................................................... 9
1.2 Scope ..................................................................................................................................................... 9
1.3 About This Manual ................................................................................................................................ 9
1.4 Terminology ........................................................................................................................................ 10
1.5 Operating Instructions ........................................................................................................................ 10
1.6 Related Documents ............................................................................................................................. 10
1.7 Manufacturer ...................................................................................................................................... 10
2 Getting started ................................................................................................................... 11
2.1 Starting View Pro-X ............................................................................................................................. 11
2.2 Graphical User Interface ..................................................................................................................... 12
2.3 Menu Bar............................................................................................................................................. 12
2.4 The Work list Viewer ........................................................................................................................... 13
2.4.1 Lay out and content ........................................................................................................................ 13
2.4.2 Work list Views ............................................................................................................................... 14
2.4.3 Field Chooser ................................................................................................................................... 17
2.4.4 Selecting Patients and Studies ........................................................................................................ 18
2.4.5 Viewing Images ............................................................................................................................... 19
2.5 The Image Viewer ............................................................................................................................... 20
2.5.1 View Port Tiling ............................................................................................................................... 21
2.5.2 Image manipulation ........................................................................................................................ 22
2.6 Mouse behavior .................................................................................................................................. 22
2.6.1 Default behavior ............................................................................................................................. 22
2.6.2 Alternative behavior ....................................................................................................................... 23
3 Work list Viewer ................................................................................................................. 23
3.1 Menu Bar............................................................................................................................................. 23
3.2 View Pro-X ........................................................................................................................................... 25
3.2.1 Refresh ............................................................................................................................................ 25
3.2.2 Start Preloading .............................................................................................................................. 25
3.2.3 Cancel Loading ................................................................................................................................ 25
3.2.4 Customize ........................................................................................................................................ 25
3.2.5 Configure......................................................................................................................................... 26
3.2.6 Export to ......................................................................................................................................... 27
3.2.7 Show Monitor Information ............................................................................................................. 27
3.2.8 Display settings ............................................................................................................................... 27
3.2.9 Exit .................................................................................................................................................. 27
3.3 Edit ...................................................................................................................................................... 27
3.3.1 Select All.......................................................................................................................................... 28
3.3.2 Key Image Notes ............................................................................................................................. 28
3.3.3 Set Study to Diagnosed ................................................................................................................... 29
3.3.4 Delete selected Images ................................................................................................................... 29
3.4 View..................................................................................................................................................... 30
3.4.1 View Images .................................................................................................................................... 30
3.4.2 Previous Patient / Next Patient ....................................................................................................... 30
3.4.3 Intermediate patient ....................................................................................................................... 30
3.4.4 Add Patient ..................................................................................................................................... 31
3.4.5 VIP Patients ..................................................................................................................................... 31
3.4.6 View Reports ................................................................................................................................... 32
3.4.7 Work list Views ............................................................................................................................... 32
3.4.8 PACS Profiles Bar ............................................................................................................................. 33
3.4.9 Hanging Protocols Bar .................................................................................................................... 34
3.4.10 Key Image Notes Bar .................................................................................................................. 35
3.4.11 Toolbars ...................................................................................................................................... 36
3.4.12 Status Bar ................................................................................................................................... 36
3.4.13 Title Bar ...................................................................................................................................... 36
3.4.14 Full Screen................................................................................................................................... 36
3.4.15 Normal Viewing .......................................................................................................................... 36
3.5 PACS Profiles ....................................................................................................................................... 37
3.5.1 Select PACS Profile .......................................................................................................................... 37
3.5.2 Custom Query ................................................................................................................................. 37
3.5.3 Edit Current PACS Profile................................................................................................................. 37
3.5.4 Edit PACS Profiles ............................................................................................................................ 37
3.5.5 Edit PACS Profile Folders ................................................................................................................. 37
3.5.6 Edit Search Filters............................................................................................................................ 37
3.5.7 Edit Archive Locations ..................................................................................................................... 37
3.5.8 Set Master Archive Location ........................................................................................................... 37
3.6 Hanging Protocol ................................................................................................................................. 37
3.6.1 Select Hanging Protocol .................................................................................................................. 38
3.6.2 Edit Current Hanging Protocol ........................................................................................................ 38
3.6.3 Edit Hanging Protocols.................................................................................................................... 38
3.7 Quality Control .................................................................................................................................... 38
3.8 Help ..................................................................................................................................................... 38
3.8.1 Help Topics ...................................................................................................................................... 38
3.8.2 About View Pro-X ............................................................................................................................ 38
4 Image Viewer ..................................................................................................................... 39
4.1 Menu Bars ........................................................................................................................................... 39
4.2 Query Toolbars .................................................................................................................................... 40
4.3 View Pro-X ........................................................................................................................................... 41
4.3.1 Start External Application ............................................................................................................... 41
4.3.2 Start Dictation ................................................................................................................................. 42
4.3.3 Start Teaching ................................................................................................................................. 42
4.3.4 Review ............................................................................................................................................. 42
4.3.5 Cancel Loading ................................................................................................................................ 42
4.3.6 Customize ........................................................................................................................................ 42
4.3.7 Configure......................................................................................................................................... 42
4.3.8 Export to ......................................................................................................................................... 43
4.3.9 Exit .................................................................................................................................................. 47
4.3.10 Edit.............................................................................................................................................. 47
4.3.11 Select All ..................................................................................................................................... 48
4.3.12 Clear Selection ............................................................................................................................ 48
4.3.13 Add Comment ............................................................................................................................. 48
4.3.14 Add report .................................................................................................................................. 48
4.3.15 Create Summary Series ............................................................................................................... 48
4.3.16 Mark for Review ......................................................................................................................... 48
4.3.17 Mark for Teaching ...................................................................................................................... 48
4.3.18 Set Study Priority ........................................................................................................................ 48
4.3.19 Set Study to Diagnosed ............................................................................................................... 48
4.3.20 Mammography Technicians Report ........................................................................................... 48
4.3.21 Mammography Radiologists Report........................................................................................... 49
4.3.22 Ortho Hip Arthroplasty Report ................................................................................................... 49
4.3.23 Wear of the Cup Report .............................................................................................................. 49
4.3.24 Copy to Clipboard ....................................................................................................................... 49
4.4 View..................................................................................................................................................... 49
4.4.1 Work list .......................................................................................................................................... 49
4.4.2 Previous Patient / Next Patient ....................................................................................................... 49
4.4.3 View Reports ................................................................................................................................... 50
4.4.4 Mammo Technicians Report ........................................................................................................... 50
4.4.5 Toolbars .......................................................................................................................................... 50
4.4.6 Image Overlays ............................................................................................................................... 50
4.4.7 Pictorial Index ................................................................................................................................. 51
4.5 PACS Profiles ....................................................................................................................................... 51
4.6 Hanging Protocol ................................................................................................................................. 51
4.6.1 Select Hanging Protocol .................................................................................................................. 52
4.6.2 Previous Hanging Protocol / Next Hanging Protocol ...................................................................... 52
4.6.3 Edit Current Hanging Protocol ........................................................................................................ 52
4.6.4 Edit Hanging Protocols.................................................................................................................... 52
4.6.5 Add View ports ................................................................................................................................ 52
4.6.6 Remove View ports ......................................................................................................................... 52
4.6.7 1 X 1 View Ports .............................................................................................................................. 52
4.7 Ortho Templates Bar ........................................................................................................................... 52
4.8 Image................................................................................................................................................... 53
4.8.1 Zoom ............................................................................................................................................... 53
4.8.2 Panning ........................................................................................................................................... 54
4.8.3 Magnifying Glass ............................................................................................................................ 54
4.8.4 Inverted Magnifying Glass .............................................................................................................. 54
4.8.5 Configure Magnifying Glass ............................................................................................................ 55
4.8.6 Shutter ............................................................................................................................................ 55
4.8.7 Configure Shutter ............................................................................................................................ 55
4.8.8 Light Box ......................................................................................................................................... 55
4.8.9 Configure Light Box ......................................................................................................................... 55
4.8.10 Invert .......................................................................................................................................... 55
4.8.11 Change Orientation .................................................................................................................... 56
4.8.12 Measure...................................................................................................................................... 57
4.8.13 Draw ........................................................................................................................................... 61
4.8.14 Overlays ...................................................................................................................................... 62
4.8.15 ROI Hounsfield Unit Value .......................................................................................................... 63
4.8.16 Show Pixel Value ......................................................................................................................... 64
4.8.17 DICOM Header ............................................................................................................................ 64
4.8.18 Link View Port / Link All View Ports ............................................................................................ 65
4.8.19 Paired Image Processing Mode .................................................................................................. 65
4.8.20 Mirror Paired Mode .................................................................................................................... 66
4.8.21 3D / MPR .................................................................................................................................... 67
4.9 Navigation ........................................................................................................................................... 68
4.9.1 Navigating a Tiled View Port .......................................................................................................... 69
4.10 Window Level ...................................................................................................................................... 71
4.10.1 Window Level Presets ................................................................................................................. 71
4.10.2 Edit Presets ................................................................................................................................. 71
4.10.3 Reset ........................................................................................................................................... 71
4.11 Quality Control .................................................................................................................................... 71
4.12 Help ..................................................................................................................................................... 72
4.13 Image Markers .................................................................................................................................... 72
5 Quality Control ................................................................................................................... 73
5.1 Quality Control Menu.......................................................................................................................... 73
5.1.1 Login ............................................................................................................................................... 75
5.1.2 Logout ............................................................................................................................................. 75
5.1.3 Change Patient / Study Values........................................................................................................ 75
5.1.4 Change Patient VIP Status .............................................................................................................. 76
5.1.5 Import Selected Images .................................................................................................................. 77
5.1.6 Edit .................................................................................................................................................. 78
5.1.7 Move ............................................................................................................................................... 79
5.1.8 Delete .............................................................................................................................................. 81
5.1.9 Unperformed list ............................................................................................................................. 81
5.1.10 Unscheduled list.......................................................................................................................... 82
5.2 QC Wizard ........................................................................................................................................... 83
5.2.1 Edit Dialog ....................................................................................................................................... 83
5.2.2 Find Target / Find Match Dialog ..................................................................................................... 87
5.2.3 Progress Dialog ............................................................................................................................... 92
5.2.4 Error Messages ............................................................................................................................... 92
6 Orthopedic Functionality .................................................................................................... 94
6.1 Templates ............................................................................................................................................ 94
6.1.1 Selecting Templates ........................................................................................................................ 94
6.1.2 Availability of Templates................................................................................................................. 94
6.2 Measurements .................................................................................................................................... 95
6.2.1 Total Hip Measurement .................................................................................................................. 95
6.2.2 Hip Angles Measurement ................................................................................................................ 97
6.2.3 Wear Measurement ........................................................................................................................ 97
6.3 Reports ................................................................................................................................................ 99
6.3.1 Arthroplasty Report Hip .................................................................................................................. 99
6.3.2 Wear of the Cup Report ................................................................................................................ 102
7 Diagnostic Workflow / Teleradiology ................................................................................ 106
8 Mammography functionality............................................................................................. 109
8.1 Mammography tools ......................................................................................................................... 109
8.2 CAD overlays ..................................................................................................................................... 109
8.3 Mammography diagnostic workflow ................................................................................................ 109
8.4 Mammography Radiologists Report ................................................................................................. 109
8.5 Mammography Technicians Report .................................................................................................. 110
9 Integration ....................................................................................................................... 112
10 Appendices ................................................................................................................... 113
10.1 Appendix A: Terminology .................................................................................................................. 113
10.2 Appendix B: License model overview................................................................................................ 114
ROM-RM-VIEWPRO-X (Eng-01) Release: 4.0 Service Pack 4
How To Contact
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Precautions
The user is expected to use the product (software) in accordance with the instructions given in this
manual, which must be read before the system is used. Any unauthorized deviation from the
procedures laid down in this manual can affect the contractual obligations between
between purchaser and
vendor.
The Rogan-Delft
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development, production or delivery of the documentation, is liable for any special, incidental or
consequential damages, whether based upon breach of warranty, breach of contract, negligence,
strict liability in tort or any other legal theory.
By their nature, Rogan-Delft products are used for storage (archiving), retrieval, viewing and analysis
of medical information, such as patient images (e.g. X-ray, CT, MRI, PET, Ultrasound etcetera),
related patient demographics and other relevant clinical data. This medical information is usually
imported into the Rogan-Delft product from third party supplied systems. Most commonly the
transfer of medical information is based on DICOM-3 as a communication protocol and data format.
If so, the correctness and consistency of the imported DICOM image and DICOM header information
is the sole responsibility of the third party vendor and the user is supposed to verify the correctness
and consistency of this information prior to using it on a Rogan-Delft product. Sometimes alternative
ways must be used to import images, such as digitizing a video signal or a hardcopy film. In that case
it is the responsibility of the user to ensure that the information that is added to these images is
correct and consistent.
Federal (U.S.) and State laws restrict the sale of this product to a physician or on a physician's order.
Only individuals authorized to perform radiological diagnostic functions and appropriately trained in
radiological diagnostic techniques should use this software. Carefully read all instructions prior to
use. The physician is responsible for its proper clinical use and the resulting medical diagnosis.
Rogan-Delft declines all liability for the use and consequences of incorrect, conflicting or
misleading medical information that was imported from third party systems or that was added by
the user. When feasible Rogan-Delft may provide technical means to facilitate a check on the
correctness and consistency of imported data, but that does not waive the user's responsibilities
as stated in this section. These technical means may consist of software tools, warning messages
and notes in the graphical user interface and/or directives in the relevant sections of the user
manual.
Note, the screen shots DO NOT display any information about real persons for privacy reasons.
Copyright
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holder:
1.2 Scope
This manual describes all features and functions of View Pro-X part of Rogan Delft’s Zillion suite.
The availability of the described features functions depend on the acquired license.
See 10.2 Appendix B: License model overview for license details.
Options:
o Orthopedic Expansion
o Mammography Expansion
o Quality Control
o MPR
o Reporting
o DICOM printing
o Anonimized export
The user is assumed to have used a Microsoft Windows environment before. Introducing the way to
operate Windows based software is outside the scope of this manual.
The operating system’s security aspect should be used to make the use of the system by unqualified
users impossible. Restrictions in the continuous use of computer displays may be applicable.
National guidelines must be followed.
This Reference Manual is intended to help Users. It is not intended as a specification book and no
rights whatsoever can be derived from it. Detailed technical descriptions and configuration of View
Pro-X can be found in the Service Manual.
Furthermore the possibility exists to be trained in the usage of View Pro-X by Rogan certified
application engineers.
1.4 Terminology
This manual contains specific terminology. For explanation of these words, see chapter 10.1
Appendix A: Terminology.
Note, all users are supposed to have read this manual before using View Pro-X.
In this manual the phrase, ‘left clicking,’ means positioning the mouse cursor with your pointing
device over an area on the screen and then clicking the Left Mouse Button (lmb). When just ‘clicking’
is mentioned in the manual, it means left clicking. ‘Left-click’ a GUI element typically selects an
object; ‘double-clicking’ (two quick left-clicks) stands for executing an action, whereas ‘right-click’
typically will display a menu of applicable options (a context menu). ‘Pressing a button,’ means left-
click it.
Only viewing images in 1:1 display guarantees that the images are displayed in their true
resolution (please refer to chapter 4.8.1 for further details).
Note, View Pro-X has been thoroughly tested and is supposed to operate continuously. If however
an unexpected event occurs View Pro-X will warn the users and will stop operating to prevent
incorrect operation leading to possible mistakes.
1.7 Manufacturer
See ‘How to contact us’ at the start of this manual for all manufacturer's data.
Rogan View Pro-X will first check that the software license on your computer is valid. If this license is
invalid you will be informed and can only use View Pro-X as a DICOM-DIR viewer.
When you log on for the first time, a dialog box will be shown in which you are asked if you agree
with the terms and conditions as stated in the governing software license agreement, and in Rogan-
Delft's general conditions of sale. If you agree, you can press on the ‘Accept’ button. If you do not
want to see the disclaimer in the future, you can check the box ‘I have read the disclaimer and
understood its contents and do not want to see it again.’
Of course, if you do not agree, you can press the ‘Cancel’ button and View Pro-X will close.
Rogan View Pro-X has two main viewing windows: the Work list Viewer that can be activated by
pressing the ‘View Work list’ button and the Image Viewer that can be activated by pressing the
‘View Images’ button.
Both the Image Viewer and the Work list Viewer show different types of bars on the top or at the
bottom of your screen.
The Menu Bar gives access to various commands within View Pro-X by means of a drop down menu.
The Tool Bar displays various commands represented by buttons showing icons and text that can be
pressed to execute the command.
View Pro-X uses ‘Display Properties’ in Windows to determine the fonts used in different parts of the
application and the scaling of the application itself. Further details can be found in the Service
Manual.
The Work list Viewer displays a list of patients and studies. Which patients and studies are displayed
depends upon the chosen PACS Profile (See 2.4.4, Selecting Patients and Studies and 3.5 PACS
Profiles).
View Pro-X has various taskbars. In Figure 2-4: Work list Viewer the Work list Viewer is displayed,
including the PACS Profile bar and the Hanging Protocols bar. These taskbars can be hidden by
clicking the in the right upper corner of the bar. This way every user can configure whether he
wants to see these bars or not.
The taskbars can be displayed via the menu ‘View’ and selecting ‘PACS Profile Bar’ or ‘Hanging
Protocols Bar’. Besides this, any toolbar, like the PACS Profile Bar and the Hanging Protocol Bar can
be docked in specific places in the screen, or placed as a floating window on top of the work list
viewer.
It is possible to have a four-quadrant work list containing information on patient, studies, series and
image level as shown in Figure 2-5: PSSI View. The image window will show information on the
images of the selected Series. The Series window shows information of the series in the selected
Studies and the Studies window shows information of the studies of the selected patient.
It is not possible to select more than one patient at the same time.
For all Work list Views it is possible to change the size of the separate lists to
your personal taste.
Move the mouse pointer to the list separator until the pointer changes to
horizontal, vertical arrows or both (see Figure 2-8: Changing
List Size). Move your mouse while holding the left mouse button to change the
list size. Figure 2-8: Changing
List Size
The various columns in the work list are configurable. It is very easy
to remove a column by clicking on the column name, and moving it
from the list by keeping the left mouse button down, and dragging it
from the section. You will see a cross, indicating that it will be
removed when releasing the left mouse button. (See Figure 2-9 and
Figure 2-10)
To add a column press the right mouse button within a work list and
choose ‘Field Chooser’ from the context menu.
Figure 2-11:
Field Chooser Selection
Choose the desired field in the Field Chooser list by holding down the left
mouse button and…
Drag the desired field to the position where you want it in the header
area of the work list. Figure 2-13: Dragging a
Field in the Work list
Now select a patient by clicking on the patient in the Patients Window. Only one patient can be
selected.
Select multiple sequential studies by pressing Shift and using the Select multiple studies
left mouse button to select the last study. separately by pressing Ctrl and
using the left mouse button to
select the studies.
1 2 3 4 5
The uppermost Hanging Protocol (see chapter 3.6,, Hanging Protocols) that is displayed in the
Hanging Protocol Bar is the one that will be used to arrange the images, unless option 5, selecting a
specific Hanging Protocol, has been chosen.
The Image Viewer shows one or more view ports, depending on which Hanging Protocol has been
chosen. The Pictorial Index shows an index of loaded images in thumbnail size. The matched Hanging
Protocol Bar is shown on the right side of the screen in Figure 2-17: View Pro-X Image Viewer. In this
example, the PACS Profile Bar has been hidden.
Each view port tile will show a different image. If there are more tiles than images,
the remaining tiles will be left empty.
One view port can only contain images of one series. When another series is selected, all the tiles of
the view port will show images of the new series.
The view port tiles will show the images from the series in the ‘Image Sorting Order’ of the Hanging
Protocol configuration of the view port. Detailed information about the configuration of view port
tiling can be found in the Service Manual.
Navigating through tiled view ports works slightly different than when you have a normal view port
(chapter 4.9.1).
Changing for instance the window level of one tile that is displaying a CT image will change the
window level for all the tiles.
- Left mouse button click: Select (option, tool, image, patient etc).
- Left mouse button click and hold down: Change window width and window level by
moving the mouse.
- Right mouse button double click: With the magnifying glass enabled results in an
inversion of the magnifying glass.
- Right mouse button click and hold down: Panning an image to adjust its location in the
View Port.
- Left and right mouse button click and hold down: Fast navigation through a stack of
images by moving the mouse.
In this manual the phrase, ‘left click,’ means positioning the mouse cursor with your pointing device
over an area on the screen and then click the Left Mouse Button (lmb). When just ‘clicking’ is
mentioned in the manual, it means left click. ‘Left-click’ a GUI element typically selects an object;
‘double-click’ (two quick left-clicks) stands for executing an action, whereas ‘right-click’ typically will
display a menu of applicable options (a context menu). ‘Pressing a button,’ means left-click it. The
user is assumed to have used a Microsoft Windows environment before.
Default Alternative
View Pro-X Edit View PAC Profiles Hanging Protocol Quality Control Help
Refresh Select All View Images Select PACS Select Hanging Change Patient / Help Topics
Profile > Protocol > Study Values
Start Preloading Add Previous Custom Query Edit Current Change Patient VIP About View
Comment… Patient > Hanging Status… Pro-X…
Protocol…
Cancel Loading Add Report… Next Patient Edit Current Edit Hanging Import Selected
PACS Profile… Protocols… Images…
Customize… Mark for Intermediate Edit PACS Edit >
Review Patient Profiles…
Configure > Mark for Add Patient Edit PACS Move >
Teaching Profile
Folders…
Export> Delete VIP Patients Edit Search Delete >
Selected Filters…
Images
Show monitor Set study to View Report Edit Archive Set selected
information… Diagnosed Locations… studies to verified
Exit Work list Views Set Master Unperformed list
> Archive
Location…
Status Bar
Title Bar
Full Screen
Normal
Viewing
The next chapters will describe the various groups and commands.
o Refresh
o Start Preloading
o Cancel Loading
o Customize
o Configure:
Application
Configuration Location
Dictation system
Barcode Reader
External Application
Teaching
DICOM Connectivity
Modality Work list Server
Virtual Monitors
Display settings
Display Messages on this
Window
Work list Selection toggle
behavior
o Export to
PACS archive
Media
o Show monitor information Figure 3-1: View Pro-X Menu
o Exit
3.2.1 Refresh
The current displayed work list will not refresh automatically. The ‘Refresh’ command will create a
refresh of the work list when selecting this button in the Work list Viewer.
If an exam needs to be diagnosed that recently has been sent to the archive, and it will not show up
in the work list, it is necessary to press the refresh button, or press the F5 button on your keyboard.
3.2.4 Customize
This menu option allows for customization of View Pro-X use of accelerator keys and all toolbars. The
menu also contains an option to remove the text underneath the tool buttons which will result in
smaller tool buttons. Please refer to the Service Manual for details.
3.2.5 Configure
This menu option gives access to a submenu, containing items that can be configured by authorized
users. Please refer to the service manual for detailed information on how to configure View Pro-X.
- Application: States the location of the license file and the log level.
- Configuration Location: States the location of the users’ configuration.
- Dictation system: Configure the behavior of a connected speech system.
- Barcode Reader: Configure how to respond to a barcode reader.
- External Application: Configure communication with a third party 3D (viewing)
application.
- Teaching: Configure communication with a third party Teaching file application.
- DICOM Connectivity: Configure the AE-title and port number on which View Pro-X
communicates.
- Modality Work list Server: States the location of the DICOM modality Work list Server.
- Virtual Monitors: To align the Hanging protocols with the actual display configuration in
case of a mismatch.
- Display Settings: Whether a display is used as diagnostic or non-diagnostic display (see
chapter 3.2.8)
- Display messages on this display: Configure if all messages from View Pro-X should be
displayed on this specific display.
- Work list Selection toggle behavior: Changes the mouse behavior of the selection
mechanism in the work list.
- Automatic Worklist Refresh: Set whether to use an the interval of the refresh timer.
3.2.9 Exit
View Pro-X will close after confirmation.
3.3 Edit
The Edit command group contains the following commands:
Selecting this Key Object in the Key Image Notes bar will select the related images to the Key Image
Note. Choose a hanging protocol or the ‘View Image’ button to load the images into the image
viewer.
Figure 3-7: Add Comment, Add Report, Mark for Review, Mark for Teaching
The default values in the dialog are extracted from the selected image (The active image in the Work
list Viewer or the Image Viewer). The name of the report author is filled out automatically. The
document title describes the purpose for which this dialog is used. In the ‘Comments’ field, the
keyboard can be used to enter the comments. You can also use predefined comments or paste text
from the windows clipboard into the edit field.
The Document title and Comment can be predefined. Key Image navigation is available to navigate
over the available Key Images (see chapter 4.9). A dedicated viewport can be assigned to show only
the Key Images of a study.
Please refer to the service manual for detailed information on how configure document titles and
predefined comments and configuration of hanging protocols.
3.3.2.2 Review
The function ‘Mark for Review’ adds images to the Zillion Review application. The interface offers
you a choice to expand the selection. After confirming the selection the destination Review folder
can be chosen.
3.3.2.3 Teaching
The function ‘Mark for Teaching’ adds images to the Zillion Teaching application. The interface offers
you a choice to expand the selection. After confirming the selection the destination folder can be
chosen.
Report creation offers the option to select a ‘Document title’ to categorize the report. The Reports
will be stored in the same PACS archive as the selected image by pressing the OK button. The Report
appears in the work list on series level as SR modality (Structure Report)
Both document titles and comment can be predefined. Please refer to the service manual for
detailed information on how configure document titles and predefined reports.
If the study that contains the Structured Report matches the criteria of the Search Filter in the PACS
Profile a red dot is displayed in the ‘Modalities in Study’ column to indicate its availability.
During the deletion process, a progress bar will be visible to indicate the number of images deleted
against the number of all selected images. After all the images have been deleted, the work list will
be reloaded.
View Images
Previous Patient
Next Patient
Intermediate Patient
Add Patient
VIP Patients
View Reports
Work list Views
Patient Studies Series View
Patient Studies View
Patient Studies Series Images View
PACS Profiles Bar
Hanging Protocols Bar
Key Images Notes Bar
Toolbars
Workflow
Query Patient ID
Query Patient Name
Query Accession Number
Customize
Status Bar
Title Bar Figure 3-9: View Menu
Full Screen
Normal Viewing
The buttons can be found in the workflow toolbar of both the work list viewer and the image-viewer.
They can also be added to the user defined toolbar.
1 Invoke the ‘Add Patient’ command. ‘Add Patient’ mode will be turned on and a new work list
will be shown.
3 Select the images that you want to view in addition to the images that are currently
displayed.
4 Invoke the ‘View Images’ command or select a Hanging Protocol. ‘Add Patient’ mode will be
turned off and the selected images will be displayed together with the images that were
already displayed. The work list is restored to the state it had before the ‘Add Patient’
command was invoked.
5 This can be repeated multiple times if more than two patients need to be compared.
These commands cannot be executed in the Image Viewer when the active view port shows images
of an "added" patient (to compare with):
Start dictation.
Add comment
QC commands.
Review
To log on for VIP viewing select ‘VIP Patients’ from the ‘View’ menu in View Pro-X. A login dialog
If the username or the password is invalid, the logon is denied. The same applies when the user is
not allowed to do VIP Viewing!
After a successful logon, the user can now do a regular query for a work-list, in the case that a user
can view VIPs, this work-list will also contain VIPs.
Select ‘VIP Patients’ from the ‘View’ menu again and confirm your choice or close View Pro-X, to
stop viewing VIPs.
Note, other users will be able to view VIPs, when a user logged on for VIP Viewing doesn’t log off or
close View Pro-X!
When you logoff the work-list will automatically refresh and the image viewers will clear themselves
to remove any information about VIPs.
The availability of a Structured Report is shown in the series and image pane of the Work list. If the
study that contains the Structured Report matches the criteria of the Search Filter in the PACS Profile
a red dot is displayed in the ‘Modalities in Study’ column to indicate its availability. If the Structured
Reports are retrieved from the RIS then they are indicated as ‘External Report’ in the series- and
image description.
Both the Pacs Profile Bar and the Hanging Protocols Bar can be moved around freely to another
location on the screen by maneuvering the mouse over the bar handle, at the top of the bar.
Pressing the left mouse button and dragging it to another location. These bars can be ‘docked’ on
either side of the Work list- or Image Viewer or can be positioned as a ‘floating window’ above the
viewer. Pressing the control key, while dragging the bars, will prevent them from docking.
To view the complete comment you can select a comment from the list. With a double click on an
item, the notes will be shown in a separate dialog.
3.8 Help
The Help menu group consists of the following commands:
Help Topics
About View Pro-X
Figure 3-23: Help
3.8.1 Help Topics
This menu item displays this Reference Manual in PDF format. Acrobat Reader has to be installed on
your computer.
Hanging
View Pro-X Edit View PACS Profiles Image Navigation
Protocol
Select
Start external Select PACS >
Select All Work list Hanging > Zoom > First Image
application Profile
Protocol
Edit Current
Previous Custom Magnifying Previous
Start Dictation Clear Selection Hanging
Patient Query Glass Image
Protocol
Previous Inverted
Edit Current
Start Teaching Add Comment Next Patient Hanging Magnifying Next Image
PACS Profile
Protocol Glass
Configure
Intermediate Edit PACS Next Hanging
Review Add Report Magnifying Last Image
patient Profiles Protocol
Glass
Edit PACS Edit Current Toggle Key
Create summary
Cancel Loading View Reports Profile Hanging Shutter Image
series
Folders Protocol navigation
External Edit Search Edit Hanging Configure
Customize Mark for Review Previous Series
reports Filters Protocols Shutter
Mammo Add View
Edit Archive
Configure> Mark for Teaching technicians Light Box Next Series
Locations Ports
report
Set Master Remove View
Set Study to Configure Light
Export> Toolbars> Archive Start Movie
Diagnosed Ports Box
Location
Set Study to High Image
Exit Invert Stop Movie
Priority Overlays>
Set Study to Pictorial Index Change > Set Movie
Medium Priority > Orientation Frame Rate
Edit >
Move >
Delete >
Unscheduled list
Login to Archive
Logout…
The query toolbar can be made visible in the Work list Viewer and Image Viewer through menu
items ‘View’ ‘Toolbars’ ‘Query Patient ID’ and ‘View’ ‘Toolbars’ ‘Query Accession
Number’.
Searching with the Patient ID toolbar will automatically search for primary patient id and secondary
patient id or global patient id (when used).
Usage of these toolbars can also be done while they are hidden, through the default short cut key
combinations Ctrl-Alt-A (Accession Number) and Ctrl-Alt-P (Patient ID). Another option is to
customize the workflow toolbar so that a button for query toolbars is made visible. By using these
buttons or by using the short cut keys, the query toolbar is popped up floating and centered in either
the Work list viewer or the Image Viewer, whichever has the focus. After popping up, the query
toolbar will get the focus and a Patient ID or Accession Number can be typed in immediately. By
pressing the Enter key, the query is executed and the query toolbar will return to its previous state,
which may be docked or hidden. Pressing the Escape key will set the query toolbar to its previous
state, without executing a query.
Should a query fail in the sense that the expected patient is not found, check if the correct master
archive location is set.
4.3.4 Review
Review copies the selected images to an External Review tool. A separate Review application has to
be available. See the Service Manual for detailed information about how to configure the connection
to a Review application.
4.3.6 Customize
This menu option allows for customization of View Pro-X use of accelerator keys and toolbars. Please
refer to the Service Manual for details.
4.3.7 Configure
This menu option gives access to a submenu, containing items that can be configured by authorized
users. Please refer to the service manual for detailed information on how to configure View Pro-X.
Application: States the location of the license file and the log level.
4.3.8 Export to
4.3.8.1 PACS-Archive
4.3.8.2 Media
‘Export to Media…’ writes the selected images from the work list or image viewer to a media. This
media can be a CD, a DVD or an arbitrary folder. If a device doesn’t support export, or the media
type in the device doesn’t support export, the export to it will not be possible. It is possible to export
multiple patients to the same media. First select the images of the first patient you want to export.
Then select the ‘Export to Media…’ option.
The dialog offers several options. By default an image viewer will be included on the media. This is a
copy of View Pro-X. This copy of View Pro-X will automatically start from the media so neither
installing the software nor obtaining a license is needed.
Select ‘Anonymize’ in order to alter the patient related information before exporting. Random data
is filled automatically after which this data can be altered manually. The ‘Anonymize’ feature
requires an additional license.
To add additional patients or studies to the export choose ‘Select’ in the dialog. When the new
selection has been made, choose the ‘Export to Media…’ option again and the newly selected images
will be added to the export. Repeat this procedure until all data has been added to the export.
Another way to export multiple patients is by enabling the ‘Select’ column in the work list. The
‘select’ column has to be visible in work list (see chapter 2.4.3). The ‘select’ column is available on all
information levels in the work list. Check the boxes before initiating the ‘Export to Media...’
command. Anonymized export is not possible when exporting patient data in this way.
Choosing ‘Cancel’ will cancel the export procedure. Choosing ‘Export’ will start the export.
When working with a Global Patient ID the institutions patient ID is automatically replaced with the
Global Patient ID.
In the dropdown box device is a list of all optical devices that are found on the computer. In the
same list will always be the ‘Folder’ option which allows for export to a folder (for instance a storage
USB device).
The ‘Export’ button is disabled when one of the following conditions apply:
To remedy the disabled ‘Export’ button, you can either select a different device, or insert a media
type capable of recording. In order to detect a newly inserted medium, you must reselect the device
containing the medium. First insert the new media type in the device and wait a few seconds for the
device to detect it. Now reselect the device and see the updated media type.
4.3.8.2.2 Exporting
Press ‘Export’ to start the export. The ‘Export progress’ group will update the user on the progress.
You can’t continue working with View Pro-X during the export!
You can always export to a folder. None of the conditions above will apply.
Note, the export to folder will not show its progress and in case of large amounts of data copied to a
‘slow’ device like USB storage, View Pro-X can become unresponsive.
This can be ignored, allow the copy process to complete after which View Pro-X will continue to run.
- Clicking an image in a view port selects that image. It also removes the selection of all other
images that are displayed in that view port.
- Clicking an image while keeping the Control key pressed toggles the selection status of an
image.
- Clicking an image, while keeping the Shift key pressed, changes the selection to a range
between the previous selected image and the current selected image.
- Pressing the A key while keeping the Control key pressed selects all images in the current
view port.
4.3.8.3.2 Printing
The Print Dialog shows, underneath the layout
selection, three print modes.
Current Image:
Print the frame in the active view port.
Under the following circumstances the orientation Figure 4-7: Print dialog
will be changed during printing:
1. When 'current image' is selected and the image width is greater than the height (known as
'landscape').
2. When 'monitor' is selected and the view ports visible on the active monitor form a
rectangular area with a width that is greater than the height.
Calibrated size printing allows you to print images based on the calibration of the image.
This function is only supported when used with a DICOM printer that supports “Requested Image
Size”. When the image is too large to fit the film, a dialog will be shown to enter the alignment of the
image relative to the film.
Publish Images provides two options for publishing an image. The Image can either be stored with
annotations as a separate overlay (removable modality overlay) or with the annotations burned into
the image. A published image is stored at the configured archive location. Please refer to the service
manual on how to configure the Publish Image settings.
You can use different export formats if different codecs are installed on the workstation.
4.3.9 Exit
View Pro-X will close after confirmation.
4.3.10 Edit
The Edit command group contains the following
commands:
Select All
Clear Selection
Add Comment
Add Report
Copy to Clipboard
The images in the selection are marked as key image and as such mark the summary of the series. A
hanging protocol can be configured to show only summary series.
4.4.5 Toolbars
This command can be used to show or hide the different toolbars. With the Customize command,
you can alter the contents of each toolbar. More details can be found in chapter 0 as well as in the
Service Manual.
Navigation Overlays
Select Show to display the Pictorial Index; select a position to display the Pictorial Index as a docked
Pictorial Index Bar or select Floating as a separate window at the top of the view ports.
The way the Pictorial Index is displayed is configurable via ‘Image Distribution’ (see 4.3.7). Please
refer to Service Manual for details.
One can also select a Hanging Protocol by clicking on its icon in the Hanging Protocol Bar or by using
an accelerator key. By default the accelerator keys for selecting Hanging Protocols are the digits on
the numeric keypad: ‘NUM0’ selects the Hanging Protocol that is listed first, ‘NUM1’ selects the
second, et cetera.
This command can also be issued by double clicking a viewport. This command doesn’t do anything
when the image viewer is already showing one by one view port.
Zoom
Magnifying Glass
Inverted Magnifying Glass
Configure Magnifying Glass…
Shutter
Configure Shutter …
Light Box
Configure Light Box …
Invert
Change Orientation
Measure
Draw
Overlays
ROI Hounsfield Unit Value
Show Pixel Value
DICOM Header…
Link Active View Port
Link All View Ports
Paired Image Processing Mode
Mirror Paired Mode
3D
With a right-click on an image a context menu will pop-up Figure 4-19: Image
that also contains these image menu commands as well as
others.
Image commands are executed on the image in the active view port and, for navigating through a
series on all view ports that are linked with it, see 4.8.18 Link View Port for detailed information
about linking view ports.
Clicking on a view port activates this view port. One can also use accelerator keys to activate the
previous or next view port. By default the accelerator keys to activate the previous or next view port
are ‘PAGE UP’ and ‘PAGE DOWN’, respectively.
4.8.1 Zoom
The following options are available in this
menu:
Zoom In:
The image is being enlarged with the
factor as set in Zoom Step.
Default Accelerator Key is [+] (plus key)
on your keyboard for zooming in.
Zoom Out:
The image is reduced with the factor as
set in Zoom Step.
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Default Accelerator Key is [-] (minus key) on your keyboard for zooming in.
ROI Zoom:
Create a Region Of Interest by drawing a rectangle on an image. The image will then be
zoomed in showing the selected region.
1:1 Display:
The image is displayed in its true resolution.
Default Accelerator Key is [*] (multiply key) on your keyboard for true resolution. Each
image pixel will be represented on screen with one pixel.
Fit to Window:
Image will be shown completely, and adjusted to fit the current view port. Default
Accelerator Key is [/] (divide by- key) on your keyboard for fit to window.
True Size: The zoom factor of the image in the active viewport is changed to display the
image in it is true (physical) size.
Same Size: The zoom factor of the image in active viewport is used to set the zoom factor of
all view ports of the image viewer.
Set Zoom Factor:
Set a factor to magnify the image instantly.
Set Zoom Step:
Set a step value for the Zoom in and Zoom Out commands.
4.8.2 Panning
If the view port displays an image partially because of zooming; the image can be
panned around in the view port by keeping the right mouse button pressed when the
mouse cursor hovers above an image, the mouse pointer will change in an icon as
shown in Figure 4-21: Panning Icon. If an image is panned outside of the Figure 4-21:
view port a green line will be drawn from the centre of the view port Panning Icon
pointing to the centre of the image. An image can be moved back
into the view port by panning in the opposite direction.
The size of the Inverted Magnifying Glass and the enlargement factor can
be edited in ‘Configure Magnifying Glass’.
This command, as with all image commands, can also be accessed via the
context menu.
Figure 4-23:
Inverted Magnifying Glass
4.8.6 Shutter
This command will switch the ‘Shutter’ on or off. If activated, the
image in the Shutter window remains unchanged, while the rest of the
image is made black. For studying further image details, you can move
the Shutter window, by moving the mouse over the image.
The size of the Shutter can be edited in ‘Configure Shutter’.
This command, as with all image commands, can also be accessed via
the context menu.
4.8.10 Invert
This command will invert the image and can also be accessed via the context menu.
The upper left corner in a view port gives information about the changed orientation of the current
image from its original state, when the image was archived. Rotation is displayed in units of degrees
as you can see in the figures below.
Note, the ‘Annotation Overlay’ has to be switched on for all the commands in the Measure Menu
to be enabled.
Note, all measurements can be stored in the PACS archive and will be displayed whenever the
image is loaded from the archive and the ‘Annotations Overlay’ is enabled.
Note, View Pro-X will not display a unit symbol measurements on an image calibrated in
HyperView 4.x, the predecessor of View Pro-X. The reason for this is that HyperView does
not ask for the units when calibrating an image. View Pro-X measures in millimeters.
Recalibrating the image in View Pro-X will solve this.
4.8.12.1 Calibration
In order to perform an accurate measurement on an image, the image needs to be calibrated first,
so that it will be clear how many pixels of the image fit into a millimeter.
When this is known, accurate values can be shown for miscellaneous measurements on this image.
The calibration will be stored in the archive, so an image only needs to be calibrated once.
- ‘Calibrate Circle’ – the calibration is based on the manually detected circular calibration
object.
View Pro-X zooms in on the calibration object, allowing you to verify the correctness of the
calibration object detection.
View Pro-X zooms in on the calibration object, allowing you to verify the correctness of the
calibration object detection.
4.8.12.2 Measurements
4.8.12.2.1 Units
The unit of a measurement can vary, depending on the measurement itself as well as the calibration
of the image.
Click on the side points of the inferior end plate or pedicle. (Click
3 and 4 in Figure 4-31: 4 points define Cobb’s Angle)
A line is drawn along the superior end plate of the superior end vertebra
and a second line is drawn along the inferior end plate of the inferior end
vertebra.
All commands within ‘Draw’ can only be executed when the ‘Annotations Overlay’ is switched on. All
drawings can be adjusted by dragging the circular adjustment points.
All drawings will be stored on the archive and will be displayed with a next retrieval of that image
when the ‘Annotations Overlay’ is switched on.
Select ROI Hounsfield Unit value via menu bar or via the context menu. Draw a desired region of
interest by drawing a circle. Multiple measurements are possible.
This command is also available via the context menu as ‘Link View Port’ and
‘Link all View Ports’.
The Tab button on your keyboard is by default configured for linking all
visible view ports.
Paired image processing is available when there are exactly two view ports.
Note, Paired image processing may not work as expected in the following situations:
Situation 1 (when all of the following statements are true):
o The alignment of one of the view ports (as specified by the hanging protocol
configuration) does not match the location of the breast in the image that it displays. For
example: the alignment of one of the view ports is left but the image it displays shows a
breast located on the right side of the image.
o Paired image processing is used to compare two mammography images of the same
size.
o Both images show a breast located on the same side of the image
o The alignments of the two view ports (as specified by the hanging protocol
configuration) differ.
o Paired image processing is used to compare two mammography images of the same size
o One image shows a breast located on the left side of the image and the other image
shows a breast located on the right side of the image.
o The alignment of one of the two view ports (as specified by the hanging protocol
configuration) is left and the alignment of the other view port is not right.
o Paired image processing is used to compare two mammography images of the same size
o One image shows a breast located on the left side of the image and the other shows a
breast located on the right side of the image.
o The alignment of one of the two view ports (as specified by the hanging protocol
configuration) is top, centre or bottom and the alignment of the other view port is not
the same.
When paired image processing mode is on and an image tool is used on an image in one of the view
ports then that image tool also operates on the image in the other view port. For some of the image
tools, there is a distinction between mirrored and non-mirrored operation on the image in the other
view port. The operation on the image in the other view port is mirrored if Mirror Paired Mode is on
and non-mirrored otherwise.
When for example a magnifier in one view port moves from left to right then the magnifier in the
other view port moves from right to left if Mirror Paired Mode is on or from left to right if Mirror
Paired Mode is off.
Note, when paired mode tools are used on two images it is the responsibility of the user to make
sure the images are aligned correctly. Turning of ‘Paired Image Processing Mode’ and
panning one image until it matches with the image in the second view port can accomplish
this.
Note, when using paired mode tools on images that have been greatly enlarged, there is no
guarantee that the two tools (for instance magnification glass) show the exact same
location, since this must be accomplished by aligning the images manually.
MPR can be enabled in multiple viewports side by side in order to compare series with one another.
Note: The number of images that can be handled is solely limited by the available computer
memory. 64 bit systems are recommended for using the View Pro-X 3D extension.
On enabling MPR the active viewport is split into 4 sub viewports each containing a plane
reconstructed out of the available volume information.
The different planes are represented using various colors and as intermittent lines for perceptibility
on grayscale displays. In the lower right corner of each sub viewport a reference object is displayed
to show how the plane view is oriented in relation to the patient. The lower right sub viewport
4.9 Navigation
The Navigation menu group consists of the following commands:
Next Series: Navigate to the next series within the current studies as seen in the pictorial
index.
Start Movie: Display the selected series or multi frame image in cine-mode.
Set Movie Frame Rate…: Set the desired movie frame rate with the slider.
Configure Navigation…: Configure the behavior of the Previous Image and Next Image
commands (see also Service Manual for details).
Set Navigation Speed: Configure the time between displaying images in milliseconds. This
allows a person to navigate through images at the speed most preferable to the person.
For a tiled view port the navigation works slightly different. For more details see the Service Manual.
Figure 4-43: Set Movie Frame Rate Figure 4-44: Set Navigation Speed
Navigating through tiled view ports works slightly different than when you have a normal view port.
The series will be split into sets of images. Each set contains a number of images corresponding to
the number of tiles in the view port. So every time you navigate the whole visible set of images will
be altered.
If at the end of the series there are fewer images left than there are tiles available,
the remaining tiles will be left empty.
First Image: Show the first set of images of the current series.
Example: A series containing 20 images, a tiled view port with a 2x2 matrix (4 tiles),
displaying the second set of images (5 – 8).
Result: The first 4 images will be shown.
Previous Image: Show the previous set of images of the current series.
Example: A series containing 20 images, a tiled view port with a 2x2 matrix (4 tiles), currently
displaying the second set of images (5 – 8).
Result: The first set will be shown containing images 1 -4.
Next Image: Show the next set of images within the current series.
Example: A series containing 20 images, a tiled view port with a 2x2 matrix (4 tiles),
displaying the second set of images (5 – 8).
Result: The third set will be shown containing images 9 -12.
Last Image: Show the last set of images within the current series.
Previous Series: Navigate to the previous series within the current studies as seen in the
pictorial index. All the tiles will be filled with images of the previous series.
Next Series: Navigate to the next series within the current studies as seen in the pictorial
index. All the tiles will be filled with images of the next series.
Start Movie: Display the set of images of the selected series in cine-mode.
Stop Movie: Stop displaying set of images of the selected series in cine-mode.
Set Movie Frame Rate: Set the speed of the movie with the slider.
4.10.3 Reset
Resets the Window-Level settings of the image in the active view port back to the window level
settings as specified in the selected hanging protocol.
Help Topics
About View Pro-X
In the Image Viewer marker are applied in the view ports to inform you on the status of an image.
If an image has the DICOM tag ‘Presentation intent type’ set to ‘FOR
PROCESSING’ and View Pro-X cannot process the image then the displayed image
information might not be accurate.
Calibrated Image marker: The image is manually calibrated. Since the reference
of this calibration might not be displayed there is no guarantee that the
performed measurement is accurate at each position of the image.
Selected image:
Rotated clockwise:
The image has been rotated anti clockwise; this is 270o in the clockwise direction.
Mirrored Image:
Flipped Image:
The upper and lower sides of the image have changed places. Flipping an image is
similar to mirroring the image and rotating the image 180o.
Key Image: The image is marked as a Key Image and can be related to a Summary series or
has a Comment related to it.
5 Quality Control
The Quality Control Module (QC) is an expansion of View Pro-X, which enables the user to correct a
variety of problems than can occur:
Corrections can be made to a patient, a study, Figure 5-1: Quality Control menu Change values
series and / or images. The user can also move
information. For instance a series can be moved to a different study or a different patient. Next to
this the QC module can import new images from a CD into the archive and delete images that are no
longer needed.
o Study…
o Selected Images…
o Loaded Images…
Edit
o Patient…
o Study…
o Series…
o Selected Images…
o Loaded Images…
Move
o Patient…
o Study…
o Selected Images…
o Loaded Images…
Delete
o Patient…
o Study…
o Series…
o Selected Images…
o Loaded Images…
Unperformed list
Unscheduled list
Login to …
Logout from …
Basic users are more restricted than advanced users in the type of commands that can be performed
on the archive as well as in the type of changes they can make. For Basic users some options in the
QC menu will remain disabled, even when they are logged in to the archive.
5.1.2 Logout
A user can only perform QC actions on one archive at a time. If you wish to perform a QC action on
another archive than you are currently logged into, you are required to logout from the current
archive, before you can log into another archive.
That means that when you stay inactive (have not performed
any QC action) for a certain period of time while being logged
into the archive, you will automatically be logged out. When
this happens, the dialog in Figure 5-5 will appear.
This is done for security reasons, so no unauthorized users can
get access to QC commands in the case a user forgets to
Figure 5-5: Forced Logout Dialog
logout. The inactivity period can be configured by the PACS
administrator (See Service Manual).
This action can be used to correct the situation where an incorrect modality procedure step was
selected.
Study… One study is currently selected Active view port shows an image (of No
the study)
Selected Selected images belong to one Images are marked as selected and No
Images… study only selected images belong to one study
only
The first scenario is an already existing patient which has images in the PACS archive. By changing
the VIP status of this patient the existing images are no longer available for anyone but the group
that is capable of viewing the images of a VIP patient.
The second scenario is a ‘new’ patient which doesn’t have images in PACS yet. This patient is sent via
an ADT message and stored in the archive. By changing the VIP status of this patient, any images
added to the PACS will not be available for anyone but the group that is capable of viewing the
images of a VIP patient.
Although the difference in the scenarios appears to be trivial, the handling of each scenario is
different in the PACS viewer.
The Quality Control menu in View Pro-X has an entry named Change VIP Status. This
entry will be enabled when the user has logged in to a PACS archive and the PACS archive
‘recognizes’ the user as a user that is allowed to view VIP patients.
To log in select the menu entry named Login to (archivename), from the Quality
Control menu and provide the password to log in.
If the user is not configured to be in a group that has the policy VIPViewer set to the value Y then
the menu item for changing the VIP status will remain disabled.
All QC commands will only work when a work-list is loaded, the Change VIP Status command
is the exception to that. This is done to be able to handle the second scenario. The PACS viewer will
not show a patient when there are no images available, so to be able to select a patient without
images the command is enabled even without a loaded work-list.
In this dialog the user can select either a new patient that doesn’t have images yet or an existing
patient with images. Because the PACS archive does not return a patient without images, the user
has to provide the patient ID manually in the first case. In the second case the patient that is
selected in the work-list
list will be the patient that has its VIP status changed.
chan
If no work-list
list was loaded before issuing the change VIP status command, then the second option is
disabled.
If a patient was available from a loaded work-list,
work list, then the dialog still allows the user to specify a
patient ID of a patient without images.
images
Select what is appropriate and click Next.. The following image shows the dialog that appears:
The user can only set the VIP status. This status can only be ‘Y’ or ‘N’. Any other values are rejected.
Click Next to go to the QC action overview and Next again to apply the status to the patient.
Note, The user has to be logged in to the Master Archive Location in order to import images.
(none…) Selected PACS profile has a Selected PACS profile has a location No
location that is a DICOM dir that is a DICOM dir and images are
marked as selected
5.1.6 Edit
The ‘Edit’ action allows for attributes to be changed.
Attributes are either on patient-level, study-level, series-level or image-level and depend on the
configuration (ask your PACS-administrator).
Selecting a level allows the user to change attributes of only that level. So if you choose patient, you
can change the patient name or the patient ID, but not the accession number, since the accession
number is an attribute on study level.
If you want to change the accession number, choose the ‘Edit Study…’ menu item
This action can be used to correct the situation where attributes were entered incorrectly.
Study… Only one study is currently Active view port shows Yes
selected an image (of the study)
Series… Only one series is currently Active view port shows Yes
selected an image (of the series)
Selected Images have been selected Images are marked as selected Yes
Images…
This action can be used to correct the situation that images have been stored in the wrong place.
Study… Only one study is currently Active view port shows Yes
selected an image (of the study)
Series… Only one series is currently Active view port shows Yes
selected an image (of the series)
Selected Images have been selected Images are marked as selected and Yes
Images… belong to the same study
The target for moving a patient can only be another patient. You cannot move a patient to a study.
You can however move a study to a patient.
You can also move the selected images, series or study to a new patient.
In Table 5-5: Move Sources and Targets the details about possible sources and targets have been
specified. While executing this command you will be guided by the QC Wizard (see chapter 5.1.9) the
results in the 3rd column will also be displayed as hints in the dialogs of the QC Wizard.
Selected / Loaded Patient Move the source images to the target patient,
Images creating for each study of the source images
a new study in the target patient.
Remove a patient, thus removing all studies, series and images of the patient.
Remove a study, thus removing all series and images of the study.
An overview of the Delete action will be displayed, giving the user the option to proceed by pressing
OK or to cancel the action by pressing the Cancel button.
Study… Only one study is currently Active view port shows Yes
selected an image (of the study)
Series… Only one series is currently Active view port shows Yes
selected an image (of the series)
Selected Images have been selected Images are marked as selected Yes
Images…
Once selected, you can set the starting date to compare the
entries in the modality work list server and the archive and the
number of days to be checked. . If the start date is today you can
also set an end time to ensure that scheduled studies for later
that will not be listed. The room definition is an option
configured in the DICOM modality work list server and differs Figure 5-8: Unperformed dialog
per installation. The results are presented in the web browser
(see Figure 5-9: Unperformed / unscheduled list).
Once selected, you can set the starting date to compare the
archived studies and the entries in modality work list server
and the number of days to be checked. The room definition
is an option configured in the DICOM modality work list
server and differs per installation. The results are presented
in the web browser (see Figure 5-10: Unperformed /
unscheduled list).
Original Values
The attributes in this column represent the original values of the image, series, study or
patient for which the QC action was started.
These values cannot be modified.
New Values
The attributes in this column represent the values that will be stored when the user selects
the OK button. These values can be copied from the Original Values or the Matching Values,
but they can also be filled or edited directly.
Not all the attributes will be editable (see chapter 5.2.1.4)
Matching Values
The attributes in this column represent the values of the target (when doing a move action)
or of the match (when doing an edit action).
These values cannot be modified and are initially empty.
‘Reset’
Reset all the attributes in the New Values Column to the original values.
This does not depend on the selection of attributes.
‘Cancel’
Cancel the QC action.
‘Next’
Moves to the next step, the confirmation dialog.
Next to the general buttons, the right and the left column of the Edit Dialog have their own group of
buttons to help the user with setting the correct values.
‘Toggle All’
Select the attributes that were not
selected yet and deselect the
attributes that were already selected.
‘Toggle All’
Select the attributes that were not
selected yet and deselect the attributes
that were already selected.
‘Transfer Matching Data’ Figure 5-16: Button for the matching column
Move the values of the selected
attributes from the Matching Values
column to the ‘New values’ column.
The Import action will present a fixed set of attributes in the Edit Dialog:
Patient ID
Patient Name
Patient Sex
Patient Birthday
Accession Number
The Move and Edit actions will show the attributes that have been configured by the PACS
administrator (Please refer to the Service Manual for detailed information).
Depending on the type of QC action and of the level of the source (patient / study / series / images),
the Edit boxes of the ‘New Values’ column and the checkboxes of the other two columns will either
be enabled or disabled.
For instance, if you perform an edit action on study level, you cannot modify attributes on patient
level. Nor can you change series, study or patient attributes when you are editing image attributes.
Furthermore you can change patient attributes while you are moving a patient to another patient,
but if you move a study to a patient you can only change study attributes.
All these possibilities are listed in Table 5-7: Modifiable DICOM Attributes. The ‘Displayed Attributes
Level’ column indicates which attributes are shown; while the ‘Modifiable Attributes Level’ column
shows which attributes can actually be modified.
However when the target of the action is a new patient all attributes will be enabled, so they can all
be modified.
When a move action is being executed, the user may want to find a target to move the sources to. In
both cases the dialog in Figure 5-18: Find Target / Find Match Dialog will be displayed.
Location
The selected radio button determines whether the query for a match or target is done on
the DICOM Modality Work list Server (DMWLS) or on the PACS Archive.
Query
This group of controls enables the user to search for a specific target / match. This can be
done in 3 different ways.
o Patient ID
When a Patient ID has been filled into the edit field, pressing the Query Patient
ID button will query for the specified Patient ID.
In the case of searching in a PACS Archive only a part of the ID has to be filled to
obtain matching Patient ID-s, but when the DICOM Modality Work list Server is
queried, the complete Patient ID must be specified.
(See Figure 5-19: Query Controls). Entering a Patient ID will disable the Query
button for Accession Number.
Level
The Level group of radio buttons is especially important when selecting a target for a ‘Move’
action. The selected radio button specifies how much of the queried data will be returned to
the edit dialog. For instance: If you want to perform a ‘Move Study’ action, the final result of
the action will depend on the level you select here:
o If you select ‘Patient’, the study will be moved to the target patient.
o If you select ‘Study’, the study will be merged with the target study.
The location and level controls presented in this dialog depend upon the type of QC action that has
been selected. Table 5-8: Location and Level Selection will show the different options. The symbol
indicates the default selection.
After a query has been performed, a target / match can be selected from the list.
When the selection has been made a line of text will be displayed above the list. This text will inform
the user what the current selection will imply (see examples in Table 5-5: Move Sources and
Targets). The hint text will change according to the current selection in the list, the selected level and
the type of QC action.
The hint text may also indicate a potential error (see chapter 5.2.4).
If this is the case, the selection will not be allowed. If the selection is accepted you can press ‘OK’
and return to the edit dialog.
The behavior of the ‘Cancel’ button varies with the type of QC action that is performed.
The hint text in the top of the dialog shows what will happen. Check whether this is what you expect
before continuing with the QC action. If you are satisfied with the result, press the ‘Write Data’
button to commit the changes and modify the data. When you are not satisfied and want to make
changes, press the ‘Back’ button which will return you to the ‘Edit’ dialog for further modifications,
without modifying anything at this moment. You can also decide to cancel the QC action altogether
by pressing ‘Cancel’.
All errors must be resolved before continuing the action. In Table 5-9: Error Messages and Remedies
the error messages and their remedies have been listed.
Once the problem has been resolved the user can press the ‘Next’ button to proceed.
The _______ is not a valid DICOM date. Change the format of the mentioned date to
A valid DICOM date consists of 8 numbers in the match the DICOM date format.
format YYYYMMDD. It should be a date between
January 1st 1800, and today. If the date is a birth date, you can leave it empty.
Patient with ID ____ is found in the PACS- Change the demographics of the patient with the
archive, but the patient demographics do not mentioned patient ID to match your target
match. This situation must be resolved before selection.
the QC action can be continued.
Select a different target.
Patient with ID _______ is found in the PACS- Change the accession number which either does
archive, but does not have a study with acc. not exist in the archive or belongs to the patient
number _____. with the mentioned patient ID.
Study with accession number _____ is found in Change the accession number to a number that
The study date is earlier than the patient's birth Change the birth date so that it’s earlier than the
date. study date or empty the birth date.
6.1 Templates
When the orthopedic functionality is activated in View Pro-X
the ‘Ortho Templates Bar’ will be available in the View
Menu. By selecting and deselecting the Ortho Templates Bar
will either appear or disappear in View Pro-X.
The Ortho Templates Bar can be used to select an available
arthroplasty type in order to add or replace a template of a
prosthesis component in the image that is currently
displayed in the viewer.
Now the Ortho Templates Bar will show a list of available sizes for each of the prosthesis
components. Selecting a size will add a template for the prosthesis component of that size to the
image. Selecting another size for the same prosthesis component will replace the previous template.
A template can be moved by maneuvering the mouse over the template and dragging it while
keeping the left mouse button down and moving the mouse. The template can be rotated by moving
the mouse while keeping the right mouse button pressed down.
An unlimited amount of templates can be added to the Image. If multiple templates or multiple
template parts need to be added to the image then make sure that none of the templates on the
image are selected. Templates or template parts can be added to the image by making a new
selection from the Ortho Template Bar.
6.2 Measurements
6.2.1 Total Hip Measurement
The ‘Total Hip Measurement’ is a collection of various measurements on a hip.
When a total hip measurement is created these components are given an initial position but they
need to be adjusted in order to get correct measurement results.
The measurement values of a total hip measurement are not immediately visible.
They become visible when an Ortho Hip Arthroplasty Report is created because the total hip
measurement values are included in the report.
(See chapter 6.3.1, Arthroplasty Report).
Before a cup wear measurement can be done, the image should be oriented as shown in Error!
Reference source not found. or Error! Reference source not found., depending on the side of the
patient on which the measurement is done.
Figure 6-4: Required orientation of right hip for cup wear measurement
Figure 6-5: Required orientation of left hip for cup wear measurement
Note, the distances measured by the wear of the cup measurement are very small.
A small error in the points clicked on when creating the wear of the cup measurement can
result in relatively large errors in the measurement values. Because of this it is
recommended that a wear of the cup measurement is repeated a couple of times for the
same cup in the same image. The deviation between the values gives an indication of the
precision of the measurements.
6.3 Reports
6.3.1 Arthroplasty Report Hip
The Ortho Hip Arthroplasty Report (see chapter 4.3.10) will display the measurement values of the
Total Hip Measurement. The Hip Arthroplasty Report displays the selected Templates and gives the
user the opportunity to enter additional comments. Selecting OK will store the Ortho Hip
Arthroplasty Report as a Structured Report (see chapter 4.4.3).
The menu option for this report will only be available when the image in the active view port
contains a Total Hip Measurement (see chapter 6.2.1 Total Hip Measurement).
The menu option for this report will only be available when the image in the active view port
contains a Cup Wear Measurement (see chapter 6.2.3, Wear Measurement).
Figure 6-11: Measuring the wear of a metal-backed cup on the right side of a patient
For all-poly cups, the coordinate system has its origin at the centre of the metal ring of the cup. The
x-axis coincides with the longer of the two axes of the ellipse tracing the metal ring and points
towards the left side of the patient. The y-axis is perpendicular to the x-axis and points upwards.
Figure 6-13 and Figure 6-14 show examples of the calculation of the Wear of the Cup values for all-
poly cups. The green ellipse is tracing the metal ring in the cup. The blue circle is tracing the outline
of the femoral head. The x- and y-axis indicated with “x” and “y” and a circular arrow represents the
wear of the cup angle.
Figure 6-14: Measuring the wear of an all-poly cup on the left side of a patient
All images that are stored in the archive are expanded with so-called work items.
Patient-related fields in the Work list view are restricted to Patient Name and Patient ID.
A number of workflow related fields can be selected through the field chooser.
When the user views images for a study, the work item is claimed by the user.
Scheduled Procedure Step Start Date and Time (SPS date / time)
As mentioned, one can view images from the workflow work list by either clicking “view images”
from the right-click menu, or double-clicking the selected items on the work list. Both will result in
images being loaded for the physician to read, and the work item being claimed so no other
physician can work on the same items at the same time.
To be able to work on the images, the physician needs the Diagnostic Workflow toolbar. This toolbar
can be shown and hidden by selecting ‘View / Toolbars / Diagnostic Workflow commands’ from the
menu bar.
When not using the Diagnostic Workflow the buttons are grayed out. When using the Diagnostic
Workflow, the buttons are grayed out according to what actions can be performed on the currently
loaded images. The following actions, if not grayed out, can be performed on a work item:
Negative: chosen to report a negative finding for the visible images. In this case, the user
does not edit a report, or, if the PACS Profile indicates the use of reports, a default negative
report is generated on behalf of the user.
Negative + R: also reports negative findings, but is chosen when the user wishes to edit the
report before submitting it.
Positive: chosen to report positive findings, in which case a report must always be filled by
the user.
Incomplete: chosen by the user to indicate that he or she does not have enough information
to complete the reading. May be reversed later by either a Reset or Re-diagnose.
Consult: used to indicate that a consult with another physician is required to achieve a
complete reading in this case. As a result of the consult, this item may be Reset or Re-
diagnosed.
Re-diagnose: returns a work item to the SCHEDULED state, and immediately claims it for the
current user, so immediate diagnosis may follow.
The addition ‘Next’ automatically loads the next (preloaded) study in the worklist after selecting the
action. Configure the toolbar to suit your preferred workflow (see 4.3.6 Customize).
For some screening purposes multiple readings are required to complete a full diagnosis. This can be
configured in the archive (Rogan On-Line Access ROX).
Inverted magnifier
Shutter
Light box
Paired image processing
Mirrored paired image processing
Background air suppression
If multiple overlays are available the ‘CAD Next’ functionality shows the overlays in sequence. ‘CAD
Marks’ and ‘CAD Outline’ show the individual overlays.
For some screening purposes multiple readings are required to complete a full diagnosis. This can be
configured in the archive (Rogan On-Line Access ROX).
menu bar (see chapter 4.3.10). This will pop up the Radiologists Report Template, to allow the
radiologist to report his findings. This template has several areas:
5. A proposed action field, with several options and a free form option
6. A proposed next round field, with several options and a free form option.
The entire dialog can be sized, to allow adaptation to the size of your screen.
1. A free text comments field, for any findings not fitting the other dialog elements.
2. A set of checkmarks to report findings related to the nipple area of the breasts.
3. A graphical representation of the breasts on which findings related to other areas of the
breasts can be marked.
The last option is activated by marking a spot using the left mouse button on the breast image. A
small dialog will pop up asking for the type of finding one wants to mark. Once selected, the mark
will be set using the first letter of the type. The user can right-
click on a marking to remove it from the image. Dragging marks
is not possible. The entire dialog can be sized, to allow for
better adaptation to the screen.
Reporting
Anonimized Export
DCM Print