GE Centricity PACS

RA 1000 Technologist Training

Allen Memorial Hospital
 What is PACS??
„ The Centricity Picture Archiving and Communications
System (PACS) provides radiology departments with
optimal storage of patient data and radiographic
images. In its most basic form, the PACS system is
analogous to an electronic file room. Its digital,
centralized storage system enables you to access and
transmit images from any workstation on the PACS
network.
„ In a conventional system, film images and reports are stored
in folders that are filed and retrieved manually. Instead of
staff members manually carrying films and written reports to
a file room, PACS transmits digital electronic images and
reports over a high-speed network to centralized storage.
After transmission, patient information and images are
available simultaneously to many users throughout the
facility.
 Logging In

Powering Up the Workstation

„ With the Centricity Workstation powered up, the main Windows
desktop will contain several icons. You will need to double left
click the Centricity desktop icon in order to run the Centricity
application.
Logging In
„ All personal preferences are tied to the user log-in. With cursor
flashing in the User Name box, type in your user name (Your 7
character Mysis log on that begins with an “A”). Tab to the next
Password box and type in your password. Press the Enter Key
or click Login. Remember that your Password has to be six
characters or more, contain a Capitol and lower case letter and
a number.
 Changing your password

„ Your password is good for 90 days

„ You will be prompted to change it at that
time
„ To change your password, click the
change password icon and type in a new
password following the convention needed
for Centricity.
Desktop Appearance
Once a user logs onto the workstation, the GE selected
palettes (Work Modes, Patient Jacket and Report) are
displayed on the desktop. The major functions for
searching and displaying patient exams and reports, as well
as setting up user preferences can be accessed through
these palettes.
1. Work Modes Palette Title Bar.
2. Modes of operation. Browse Mode is used to find and open any
patient in any exam status for review. Verify mode is a technologist
function and will only allow exams in an arrived status to be
populated. Dictate Mode is for radiologists. Only exams in a verified
status will appear in worklists in the Dictate mode.
3. Worklist Selector. Allows the user to find and select the various worklists for
their facility.
4. Quick Access Tabs. Used to quickly locate the most frequently used
worklists, by user and by mode of operation. Five worklists can be defined
in each mode.
5. Column headings. Columns can be sorted and filtered to help find patients
quickly and easily, except for large worklists such as All Exams and All
Recent Exams. The status column lets you check to see to what step in
the workflow process a patient has progressed.
6. Work Modes Palette Icons. Quick buttons you can use to perform
various workstation functions such as marking a study verified or
dictated, querying an exam or sending an exam to another location.
Function is performed for the exam highlighted (selected) in the Work
Modes Palette.
7. Worklist. Lists of patients that are grouped together by a common
quality, All Unread patients, Unread CT patients, etc. The worklist entry
provides valuable patient and exam information.
9. Include comparisons checkbox. Indicates if the user would
like the system to automatically display a historical exam
that is relevant to the current study.
10. Display Exam Icon. Allows the user to open the highlighted
exam in the worklist by single-clicking the icon.
11. Patient Jacket Title Bar.
12. Patient Jacket Palette Icons. Quick buttons you can click on to perform
various workstation functions such as marking a study verified or
dictated, querying an exam or sending an exam to another location.
Function is performed for the exam highlighted (selected) in the Patient
Jacket Palette.
13. Report Palette Title Bar.
14. Report Header Information
19. Print report Icon. Prints to local printer.
20. Hide all Palettes.
21. Display the three GE default palettes configuration.
22. Display “My Desktop.” User defined palette orientation.
23. Work Modes Palette Icon in Workstation Task Bar.
24. Open or hide the Utilities palette.
25. Launch third party applications such as Exam Manager or Internet
Explorer.
26. Help Icon. Clicking this icon launches the online operators manual.
27. Quit Icon. Closes the application and returns the user to the
Windows Desktop.
28. Log-out Icon. Logs user out of the system, closes the software
application and restarts the program, returning user to the login
screen.
 Resizing or Moving a Palette
„ To resize a palette (vertically), move the cursor to either the top or
the bottom border of the palette. When the cursor becomes a
double arrow, click and drag the border to make the palette larger
or smaller.
„ To move a palette, click in the title bar area of the window and drag
it to its new location.
 The Workstation Task Bar
„ The Workstation Task Bar contains options to Hide all palettes,
display GE Selected Palettes, display My Desktop, open and close
Work Modes palette, open and close Utilities palette, launch Third
Party Applications, display the Help Menu, Quit Application and Log
off User in that order.
 Default Palettes
„ To display GE Selected Palettes, press the F7 key on the
keyboard or click on the icon in the lower left corner
of the monitor. To Hide Selected Palettes press the F9
key on the keyboard or click on the icon in the lower
left corner of the monitor.
 Scroll Bars
„ Scroll bars are available on many of the palettes
when more information is available. Clicking on the
arrow or left clicking while dragging the mouse
over the bar moves the information into view.
Different types of scroll bars are shown below
 Help Menu
A Help Menu is available by pressing the F1 key on the keyboard or by
clicking the Help icon. The Help Menu is also available on the Work
Modes palette and the Patient Jacket palette. To close the Help Menu,
click the in the upper right corner or click the File menu and select Exit.

Quit the Workstation Application

Click the Quit icon on the Workstation Task Bar in the lower right
corner of any monitor to log-off and close the workstation application
and return to the Windows Desktop.

Logging Off
Logout performs a Quit and Restart, which closes the application
and then restarts it. The user is returned to the Log In screen. The
purpose of this is to reset the application, if needed.
 Quick Access Buttons
Users may select five worklists they want to access frequently and place
them on their Quick Access Buttons. These buttons will then act as user
shortcuts to those worklists. The user can find these five buttons in the
upper right half of the Work Modes Palette, adjacent to the Worklist
Selector drop-down menu.
To assign a worklist to one of the Quick Access Buttons:
1. Single-click on the Worklist Selector drop-down menu.
2. Left click and hold the worklist.
3. Drag and drop it onto the middle of one of the five Quick Access
Buttons.
4. When the user releases the mouse, the name of the worklist will appear
on the button.
„ Note: The cursor will have a small rectangle attached to it.
 Column Headings
The first column to the left of the patient name is an icon that
indicates an exam note is attached to this study. The other
columns designate the specific type of information displayed in
the worklist.
• Patient Name column displays the patient name; last name
comma, then first name.
• Patient ID displays the patient medical record number.
• Accession Number is the unique exam identifier used by PACS to
identify the separate exams.
• Procedure is the name of the exam (eg., AMH – CT Head w-o).
 Column Headings, cont..
• Mdl refers to the modality (e.g. CT, MR, CR, US, NM).
• Img refers to the number of images in the file for the procedure.
• Study Time begins with the time the exam is ordered. This time will
update when the images arrived in PACS. The time appears in the title
bar of the exam when it is displayed.
• On Line indicates the archive status of the images:
o “Y” means that the images are in the short-term storage.
o “N” means the exam is off-line and needs to be fetched (retrieved)
from the permanent storage system. "N" also means NO images. All
dictated reports will be available if exam is completed.
o “I” means the exam is in the process of being fetched.
• Status indicates the stage of completion for the exam (Ordered, Arrived,
Verified, Dictated, Transcribed, Completed, Reference only, Read off-
line, or Cancelled).
 Filtering a Column
„ Under the name of each column heading is a white
rectangle text box called the Query Search area. Click in
the box for the column you wish to filter. The cursor will
start flashing in the box. Type in the appropriate patient
information and press Enter. The worklist will update to
reflect the filter information.
„ The user can apply multiple filters at one time. Used
filters remain in a drop down menu listed in alphabetical
order under each column once selected. Double click on
the column box and a drop down of the past 10 filters
display. The number of past filters is configurable. To
delete a filter, highlight the information and press Delete
on the keyboard.
 Sorting a Column

„ A user can sort columns to put that column in a

particular order. The user can single-click on the
column name, and the column will automatically
sort. Patient Name column will sort names
alphabetically; Study Time column will reverse
the received order of the exams.
 Function Buttons
„ The Centricity Function buttons
are located on the left side of the
Work Mode and Patient Jacket
palettes.
„ Create/View Exam Notes
function button opens the exam
note dialog box attached to an
active exam in the worklist.
„ Report Synch function button
opens the report palette and
synchronizes the report to the
active exam in the worklist.
„ This icon allows the user to Send a
study to a Remote Workstation (Vitrea).
Highlight an exam from either the Work
Modes or Patient Jacket palette, and
click this icon.
„ If the user is waiting for an order or
images to appear on a worklist, they can
quickly update the worklist by clicking on
the Refresh button. Refresh if an off-line
exam has been manually fetched and
the user is waiting for the images to
appear. Even if the user has filtered the
worklist with information, such as patient
name, modality, date, etc., the filters will
remain in place while the worklist
refreshes.
„ Use this icon to change a selected
unverified study to the Verified status. This
moves your study to the Radiologist’s worklist.
This tool is available on the Work Modes and
Patient Jacket palettes.
„ If a study is already in a verified, dictated,
transcribed or completed status, the study can
be Unverified. This can be done: (a) if two
exams need to be merged via Centricity Exam
Manager, or (b) additional images need to be
added to a study that has already been
verified. This tool is privilege based.
„ 1. Select the study from the Work Modes or Patient
Jacket palette.
„ 2. Click the Unverify icon. The status will update to
arrived.
„ The Get Patient functionality allows the user to
manually fetch exams from a remote archive to the local
short-term storage server.
1. From the Work Modes or Patient Jacket palette, select
the patient.
2. Click the Get Patient icon. A warning box will appear
stating you are about to fetch all historical exams for
this patient.
3. Click OK if you wish to fetch all historical exams.
„ The Send Exam functionality allows users to send an
exam to another DICOM receiver. A DICOM receiver
could be an Advanced Post Image Processing workstation
or another short-term storage device. This can also be
used to save an exam in jpeg or tiff format.
1. Select an exam from the worklist in either the Work
Modes or Patient Jacket palette.
2. Click the Send Exam icon. A dialogue box will open
allowing the user to select the DICOM specific
receiver needed.
3. Select the destination from the destination drop-down
menu.
4. Click the OK button to complete the task.
„ The Print icon allows privileged users to
print an exam or a worklist from the Work
Modes palette. When printing exam images
from the Work Modes palette, the only
options will be to print all images or
significant images. The user will need to open
an exam in order to print selected images
from that study. To print images:
1. Select the exam.
2. Click the Print icon.
3. Select the Print Film from selected exam checkbox.
4. Click Print.
5. Select either All Images or Significant Images.
6. Select the printer from the drop-down menu.
7. Choose the format options and then click the print
button.
 Patient Jacket Palette
„ When users select an exam in the worklist of
the Work Modes palette, the Patient Jacket
palette will update to the name of that
patient and list all the exams that are
available on PACS for that particular patient.
 Report Palette
„ When a user selects an exam from a worklist, the
corresponding report will appear in the Report Palette.
There is a show/hide all fields arrow in the upper left corner
of the palette allowing the user to display Essential or Full
Information in the header of the Report Palette. The report
tab may need to be moved in order to see the typed report.
 Exam Notes
„ Exam notes are to be created for EVERY exam. History
should be obtained and included in the exam note.
„ Exams using contrast need to have the type of contrast
and amount included.
„ If prior studies have been done on the same body part,
this information should also be included in the exam
note.
„ If the Technologist is not logged in, select Create As in
the upper right hand corner of the exam note and enter
your User Name and Password. This is how the
Radiologist will identify who did the examination if any
questions arise at a later time.
 Exam Notes

„ The exam note will appear on the screen

every time the exam is opened. Be sure to
include only information that is pertinent
to the exam. These are also viewed by the
referring physician via the web. Do not
include information that should not be
seen by the patient or referring physician.
 Exam Notes
Exam Notes Icon
The Exam Notes icon next to the Patient Jacket icon allows
the user to display the Exam Notes box in the selected
monitor region associated with the active monitor region.
Each monitor region has its own exam notes icon. If privileges
are given to a user, selecting this icon will allow the user to
read, create and hide exam notes for that study.
Exam Notes provide an enterprise-wide communication
system that allows supportive information to be permanently
attached to patient images. The notes carry communication
between groups such as the Radiologists, Technologists and
Emergency Department. Users must be privileged in order to
create, hide/delete the exam notes. The notes can be canned
for individual groups or the various groups can free text a
message to another user. The number of characters in the
free text is limited to 1024 characters. There is a maximum of
20 exam notes allowed per exam.
To create an exam note, click on the icon highlighted
below.
 Exam Notes
Select a canned note or type the neccesary information
below the subject field and select “Save.”
 Opening an Examination
An exam can be opened three ways:
1. You can double-click on the exam you wish to open
2. Click on the exam, right click and select “Display Exam”
3. Click on the exam and select “Display Exam” in the right
corner of the Work Mode Palette
 Function Bar
Making an Exam Active
„ Use the mouse to click anywhere in a monitor region where the
current or historical exam is displayed to make that exam
active. The title bar color will change from dark to light (or grey
to blue) when the exam or series becomes active.

„ Right above the image(s), you will see the patient’s name, ID
number, and the date and time of the exam. This is called the
Title Bar. The title bar can be made smaller to allow more
monitor space by double clicking with the left mouse anywhere
within the title bar. A double left mouse click will also re-instate
the title bar to its original display. Hovering with the cursor over
the skinny title bar will reinstate it to original size. This only
applies for that monitor region.
„ The functions from the title bar that hide when minimized can
be found by completing a right click in the skinny title bar.
 Monitor Region Format
„ Monitor region format refers to the number of virtual monitors
that display within a monitor. The user is able to select from
pre-designed formats. A drop-down menu on the task bar next
to the Function Keys allows users to change the number of
monitor regions displayed on that monitor.
„ Click the arrow to open the drop-down menu. You will see a
list of monitor region choices. Click on any one of the choices.
Only the format for the active monitor will change to the
selected format.
 Image Format
• Once the monitor regions have been set, the
user can select the image format. Image
format is the number of images that will
display in a selected monitor region. Each
monitor region has an Image Format selector.
• Click in the monitor region to be adjusted.
Place the mouse pointer over the Images
format Hot Zone button . A drop-down
menu will display various Image Format
options. Move the mouse to highlight how
many images will display in this virtual
monitor and then click that choice.
• The custom selection will allow the user to
customize the number of images to display in
the monitor region.
 Selecting/Deselecting Images in Sheet Mode

„ SELECT/DESELECT icon is found to the right of the Connect

Button.
„ To Select All Images, click the Select icon
„ Notice that a grey frame surrounds each image indicating
the selected image.
„ To Deselect All Images,
click the Deselect All
Images icon. Notice that
the grey frame no longer
displays around the images.
 Selecting Multiple Images
„ To select multiple images, click on one image, and while
holding down the CTRL key, click on any other image or
images.
„ To select a range of images, click on the first image the
user wants to select, hold down the SHIFT key and then
click on the last image to include. This will select all the
images between the first image and that last image
selected.
„ A tool applied to one image will apply to all of the images
selected.
Image Navigation in Stack Display
1. Change the image format to Stack by using the Image Format button in
the title bar as explained earlier.
2. Single-click on the manual cine tool and move the cursor to any image.
3. Press and hold the mouse button down and move the mouse up and
down to cine through the stack of images.
Image Navigation in Auto-Cine
1. Place the images in stack mode.
2. Click the Hide/Show Cine Controls button located right of the Conn
button in the Title Bar. The auto-cine controls display at the top of the
image.

3. Single-click on the double arrows pointing to the right. This will start
paging through the images automatically.
4. Single-click on the box in the middle of the arrow keys to stop the auto
cine.
5. Use the slide bar to control the speed of frames per second.
6. Single-click on the HIDE button to turn off the auto-cine application.
 Toggling Image Size

„ Users can double-click on any image to change

it to a full monitor format. The title bar will
collapse and the image will focus on the screen.
The user will not be able to utilize some of the
tools (such as cine, zoom, etc).
„ Double clicking on the image will return it to
normal size, and the title bar will reappear.
 Report Synchronization
The software includes a visual indicator to
differentiate Current from Comparison exams that
display in the monitor regions.
A Current exam can be identified by italic font.
Report text and functions apply to the Current exam
(italicized font) regardless of how many displayed
exams are on the monitor(s).
The Report can be synchronized with the images by
clicking on the Report Synch Icon.
 Patient Jacket Icon
The Patient Jacket icon next to the Report Synch icon,
allows the user to display the Patient Jacket Palette in
the monitor region associated with the active title bar.
Each monitor region has its own Patient Jacket icon. This
will allow the user to see the patient’s exam history in
PACS and display the historical studies not listed under
the Comp button.
 Image Navigation Buttons

„ Single and double arrow Buttons on the right side of the

Title Bar will allow the user to navigate through the
images. There is a PREVIOUS and NEXT IMAGE button,
a PREVIOUS and NEXT PAGE button, a SERIES button,
and a COMP (for comparison exams) button.
„ Previous and Next Page buttons (double arrows) only
show up in Sheet and not in Stack image format.
„ If the IMAGE or PAGE button is light gray, this indicates
that there are more images to view.
„ If the IMAGE or PAGE button is dark gray, this indicates
that there are no more images to view. Click on the
IMAGE or PAGE button to display the previous or next
image or page of images.
„ The Right and Left arrows on the keyboard will move
one image at a time. The Page Up and Page Down keys
will move one page at a time.
Series Hot Zone Button
„ Single-click in any monitor
region. In the Series List, the
series that displays in that
particular monitor region is
indicated by a dark grey
checkmark. A light grey
checkmark indicates the series
that display in other monitor
regions.
„ Checkmarks are not displayed
when the thumbnails are
visible. However, the series in
that particular monitor region
is bold and other open series
are italicized.
 Series Button
„ Once monitor regions and the
image format for each region has
been set, the user can select which
series should display in each
monitor region. Each monitor region
has a Series button listing all the
series associated with the displayed
exam. The user can place the series
into the monitor region by clicking
on the desired series. When “Show
Thumbnails” is selected, a
representative thumbnail image
from the middle of that particular
series will display ahead of the
series description and number of
images in the series if the user has
that option selected.
 Series Button
„ To replace one series with another series, move the
mouse over the Series hot zone button located to the
right of the title bar.
„ The list of series for this exam displays. The series
currently displayed in that region is shown with a bold
checkmark when thumbnails are not displayed, or with
bold and italicized font when thumbnails are displayed.
Other series that display in other areas of the monitor(s)
are shown with light colored checkmarks when the
thumbnails are not displayed. Move the cursor over the
series to be displayed. Click the left mouse. That series
will display in that image region.
 Comp Button
„ To replace an exam with a comparison exam, move the
mouse over the Comp button. A list of comparison exams
(by body parts) is displayed as well as the option for the
patient jacket palette. The exam currently displayed in that
region is designated with a bold check mark and italic
print. Comparison exams that display in other areas of the
monitor(s) are shown with light colored checkmarks. Move
the cursor over the reference exam to display, then click.
That exam will display in that specific monitor region.
 When a study has been sent to PACS from the
modality, the workflow of the technologist is to
Verify the exam thus assuring that all the images
are available and ready for the Radiologist to
interpret. Once the study has been opened and
all images accounted for, the technologist will
mark the exam Verified from the Exam Function
menu. This is also the last opportunity for the
technologist to make any changes (that were not
made on the modality) to the images such as
annotations and window/level values. The exam
then goes to the Radiologists Unread list.
„ Use this icon to change a selected unverified
study to the Verified status. This tool is available on
the Work Modes and Patient Jacket palettes.
 Tool Selection

„ The user has several options with regard to the tool bar.
„ The user may Anchor the tool bar at the bottom of the Function Bar.
„ Right click in an image to have palette with icons display. The user can
also right click on an image to have the verbal representation viewable for
a left click tool selection (Context Manager).
„ Use the “Display tool icons in tool palette” checkbox in Utilities >
Preferences > Display Preferences menu to toggle between displaying
icons and text in the Tool Palette.
„ If the user has not anchored the
Tool Palette, Right click over an
image to display the modality
specific standard tool palette.
„ In order to select a tool, the user
can click on the pictorial
representation. The engaged tool
icon will look as if it were a
depressed button.
„ Click on the down arrow button of
the standard tool palette to display
the extended tool palette. This will
give you access to all of the image
manipulation tools available for your
use.
„ To close the tool bar, Click on the X
in the top right corner of the Tools
Window
 Mouse Button Defaults
„ To change the middle or left mouse button to a different
tool, click on the “M” or “L” and drag it over the tool of
choice. Release the mouse button in the middle of the
icon and the “M” or “L” will display above your selection.
„ The system will only allow “State Tools” to be
designated as the default tool. State tools, when
selected; require further user interaction to manipulate
the selected image such as zoom, measure and
window/level. The system default is “L” mouse as the
Selector Tool and “M” mouse as the Cine Tool.
„ Action tools will affect all selected images without
additional user interaction. The Invert Grey Scale is an
example of an action tool.
 Description and Use of Individual Tools
„ Selection tool allows the user to manipulate selected
images with the other tools. This is the Left Mouse
default. Click once on the Selection Tool, then once on
any image. This will put a light grey border around the
image and allow the user to apply any tool function to
that image. Some tools need to have an image selected
before they will work on that image. If you try to use a
tool not selected on an image, an alert message will
display prompting you to select an image first.
„ To select multiple images, click on one image and then
while holding down the CTRL key, click on any other
image or images.
„ To select a range of images, click on the first selected
image, hold down the SHIFT key, and click on the last
image to select. This will select all the images between
the first and last selected images. A tool applied to one
image will be applied to all selected images.
„ This tool allows user to adjust the window/level
values of selected images. To select the tool, single click
on the icon. Move the cursor over the image. Press and
hold the mouse button down then move the mouse up
or down to change the contrast or left to right to change
the brightness.
„ Resets selected images back to last saved
window/level value.
„ Window/Level ROI tool allows the user to draw a
ROI on an image and the w/l within the ROI changes
based on the anatomy contained within the window. The
values are displayed in the lower left corner of the
monitor region.
„ Inverts the Gray Scale on selected image(s). This
will invert the black and whites on images. Click once on
this tool to invert the image(s). A second click will return
the image(s) back the original display.
„ Four tools are used to change the orientation of the
displayed image. Select the image(s) that need to be re-
orientated and then click on the appropriate tool.
„ Rotates selected image(s) 90 degrees to the right
or left.
„ Flips selected image(s) 180 degrees top to bottom or
left to right 180 degrees.
„ Resets changes made to images back to the last
saved value.
„ This tool allows the user to cine (scroll) through
images. This is the Middle Mouse default selection.
„ Scroll Lock feature will allow the user to lock the
scroll function of the mouse. Once the scroll is locked,
the user no longer has to click and drag for the images
to move in cine mode. Sliding the mouse in either
direction will activate cine.
„ This tool allows user to move forward or backward
one image at a time.
„ This tool allows user to move forward and
backward by pages.
„ The Pan Tool allows the user to pan the image in the
monitor region.
„ Single click on the tool and move the cursor to the
image. Press and hold the left mouse button down and
move the mouse around.
„ While holding the left mouse button down and the Pan
tool selected, press and hold the SHIFT key down. Move
the mouse and the image will zoom.
„ While holding the left mouse button down and the Pan
tool selected, press and hold the ALT key down. Moving
the mouse will window/level the image.
„ This tool allows the user to Zoom the image. Single
click on the tool and move the cursor to an image. Press
and hold the left mouse button down and move the
mouse up and down to magnify the image. Single click
on the tool and move the cursor to an image. Press and
hold the left mouse button down and pull the mouse
towards the user to make the image smaller. Holding the
shift key down at the same time will pan the image.
Holding the Alt key down at the same time will
window/level the image.
„ Magic glass is used as a magnifying glass. Single
click on the icon and move the cursor to an image. Press
and hold the left mouse button down. A box will appear
with the area within the box magnified. The
magnification factor will be displayed in the upper right
corner of the magic class. With the left mouse button
depressed, single right-click to magnify the entire image.
With the magic glass tool selected, holding down the Alt
key will change the window level.
„ Measurement tool allows the user to make distance
measurements. Single click on the icon and move the
cursor to an image. Press and hold the left mouse button
down on the area where the measurement is to start,
Click and drag the mouse to the end of the
measurement and release the mouse. A line will appear
to mark the measurement.
„ To resize a measurement, select it with selection tool or
by holding down the CTRL key and boxes will appear on
each end of the line. Click and hold the mouse on one of
the boxes. Drag the mouse to resize the measurement.
Release the mouse at the end point.
„ This tool allows the user to place an arrow on image.
Select this tool and move the mouse to the area on the
image you wish to place the arrow. Click and hold the
left mouse button down to place the arrow. Drag the
mouse in the direction that the user wishes the tail of
the arrow to be drawn. Release the mouse.
„ Multiple arrows are placed on an image. To delete an
arrow, click on the Selection tool and then on the arrow.
Boxes will appear on either ends of the arrow, click on a
box and hit delete on the keyboard.
„ This tool allows the user to add Text Annotation to
an image. Select this tool and move the mouse to the
area on the image you wish to place the text. Press and
drag the mouse to draw a box. Type desired text in the
box.
„ To change the font size of the text, select the text first
with the Selection tool. Click on Change Annotation Font
in the Image Function tab; select the text format/size
choice, Click OK. The selected text will change.
„ To reposition an annotation, select the annotation with
the Selection tool. Press and hold the mouse on the
annotation and drag it to the desired area.
„ To resize a text annotation, select the text with the
Selection tool. Boxes will appear at the four corners of
the text. Click and hold the mouse on a box and drag
the mouse to create the desired size.
„ To delete a text annotation, select the text with the
Selection tool. Boxes will appear at the four corners of
the text. Click on the box then press Delete on the
keyboard.
„ Oval, Rectangular or Irregular shaped Regions
of Interest (ROI) measurement tools. Select the ROI of
interest and move the mouse to the area to be
measured. Click and drag the mouse to create the ROI,
release the mouse. The following are displayed:
„ Area – the total area of the Region of Interest displayed
in either millimeters or pixels Max – The maximum pixel
density value of all of the pixels included in the ROI
„ Min – The minimum pixel density value of all of the
pixels included in the ROI
„ X – The mean or average pixel value for the ROI
„ SD - The standard deviation of the pixel values, in other
words how spread out the values are.
„ These measurements display in the lower right hand
corner of the screen.
„ This tool displays pixel lens value of the X and Y-axis
for the pixel at the point of the cursor. Select the tool
and as the mouse moves around the image, the
measurement will display in the upper middle area of the
image.
„ This tool allows the user to define a specific zoom
factor (ZF). Right click on the icon to enter desired ZF.
Four Zoom Factors are stored in the icon. Left click on
the images to apply a Zoom factor.
„ Zooms selected image(s) by 2 times the image size
shown on monitor tool.
„ Zooms selected image(s) by 1/2 image size shown
on monitor tool.
„ Spatial Cursor shows a point on cross-referenced
planes and/or synchronizes navigation and cursor
locations among stack views of different image series
with opposing planes (such as CT/PET) when series
share the same frame of reference.
„ Multi-Planar Localizer identifies the same point on
images in orthogonal views that are cross-referenced to
each other. Select the tool and move the mouse to the
area of interest. The tool will take the images to the
same plane, same point in all cross-referenced series.
„ This is the Image Information Tool. This tool shows
the DICOM Header Information for the selected image.
Select an image, Click on this tool and the image
information will display. This information is also printed
by Clicking on the Print box located at the bottom of the
page.
„ Fit to Display Region Tool will resize the image to fill
the monitor much like the Reset function.
„ Mask or add a shutter to the image. Using one of the
ROI tools, draw an ROI on the image. Select the mask
tool and apply it to the image. The area outside of the
ROI will turn black.
 Logging Out
„ Logging out will close the program, restart the
applications and return to the login screen so the
workstation is ready for the next user to login. The user
will single click on the icon. A dialog box will display a
message asking if the user wants to logout. If so, the
user should click on “Yes.”
„ Quitting will log the user out. A dialog box will appear
asking if the user wishes to quit the program. If so, click
on Yes and the application will return to the Windows
Desktop.