X-Ray software manual

For Vet V2.1

 Contents
Chapter 1 Summary.............................................................................................................................1
1.1 Scale of this manual........................................................................................................ 1
1.2 X Ray System applicability and contraindication.......................................................... 1
1.3 System Operation Convention........................................................................................ 1
1.4 System structure..............................................................................................................2
1.5 Work conditions (suggestion)......................................................................................... 2
Chapter 2 Installation.......................................................................................................................... 3
2.1 Software installation:............................................................................................................ 3
2.2 Software uninstallation......................................................................................................... 9
2.3 Software Registration............................................................................................................9
2.3.1 Demo version............................................................................................................. 9
2.3.2 Official version.......................................................................................................... 9
Chapter 3 Work flow of study........................................................................................................... 11
3.1 Login................................................................................................................................... 11
3.2 Logout................................................................................................................................. 13
3.3 Devices validating and configuration................................................................................. 13
Chapter 4 Study Management...........................................................................................................16
4.1 Work list.............................................................................................................................. 16
4.2 Registration......................................................................................................................... 17
4.3 Study list..............................................................................................................................19
Chapter 5 Image acquisition and preview.........................................................................................20
5.1 Study Items......................................................................................................................... 20
5.2 Image preview.....................................................................................................................21
Chapter 6 Image Browse...................................................................................................................24
6.1 Tools.................................................................................................................................... 24
6.2 Image advanced process..................................................................................................... 35
Chapter 7 Image and Text Report..................................................................................................... 40
7.1 Report Edit.......................................................................................................................... 40
7.2 Report Printing....................................................................................................................44
Chapter 8 Image archive, export and printing.................................................................................. 46
8.1 Image archive......................................................................................................................46
8.2 Image export....................................................................................................................... 46
8.2.1 Burning CD..............................................................................................................47
8.2.2 Export to selected folder.......................................................................................... 47
8.3 Image print.......................................................................................................................... 49
Chapter 9 System Configuration.......................................................................................................53
9.1 System management........................................................................................................... 53
9.1.1 System configuration............................................................................................... 53
9.1.2 Worklist.................................................................................................................... 57
9.1.3 Storage..................................................................................................................... 58
9.1.4 Print configuration................................................................................................... 60
 9.1.5 Notes........................................................................................................................ 60
9.1.6 Tools......................................................................................................................... 62
9.2 Study management..............................................................................................................63
9.3 Reject Analysis....................................................................................................................65
9.3.1 Settings.....................................................................................................................65
9.3.2 Reject records analysis.............................................................................................66
9.3.3 Select reject code in the workflow.......................................................................... 66
9.4 User management................................................................................................................69
9.5 Password modification........................................................................................................71
9.6 Document............................................................................................................................ 72
Chapter 1 Summary
This manual is used only for X-Ray DRVetConsole for veterinary. Before the use of this
software, please read the manual of the devices that connected to this software.

1.1 Scale of this manual

This manual is writing for the veterinaries that using X-Ray DRVetConsole. It provides
work-flow of a patient study. Mostly, it’ll introduce the operation steps, system structure and
features. Attention, there’s no guideline and assistant for clinic diagnosis.

1.2 X Ray System applicability and contraindication

Digital X ray imaging system is suitable for X ray imaging equipment.

1.3 System Operation Convention

The interaction between the system and the user are basically completed with the mouse and

keyboard, the following instructions is about the operation of the agreement:

Table 1-1 Mouse operation Convention

Mouse operation describe
Click the left mouse button to select a button or
Left click icon, you can press or quick press / release the
mouse.
Right click Clicking the right mouse button
Click the left mouse button and drag the cursor to
drag
the desired position while holding down
Click the right mouse button and drag the cursor
Right click and drag
to the desired position while holding down
double-click Click the left mouse button two times quickly

The following is the button, keyboard operation agreement

Sample Explain
Button is active, click on it can happen some
action. The brightness of button is to identify
Button valid
the active state. When the button is light, you
can click the button to execute corresponding

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 operation.
Button is in the state to be activated, the general
Button invalid invalid button is gray display, click it can be
activated.
1. Select one or more options in the check box
2. Select one of the options in a single box
Select button
3. Select a tab in the options page
4. Select some or all of the text in the text box
Use the mouse to drag around the horizontal
Horizontal rolling block
scroll bar
Vertical rolling block Use the mouse to drag the vertical scroll bar
Enter Press the enter key
The logo * indicates that the content must be
Text box filled, some are automatically generated and
cannot be changed.

1.4 System structure

This software is comprised of following modules which provides a work flow of patient
study:
 Patient Management: including patient registration, work list, study management.
 Study operation: including bodypart selection, study items selection, image acquiring.
 Image preview: including display, layout and processing of image. Also tool options for
advanced operation.
 Configuration: including configuration of system, study and user management.
Especially the configuration for worklist and storage.

1.5 Work conditions (suggestion)

 CPU：Intel core I3 6100，CPU Frequency≥3.7GHz（andabove）

 Memory：≥4G

 Hard disk：≥500G，（Can extend for actual usage）

 Monitor：Solution at 1280X1024，Ratio：4:3

 OS：Win7, Win8，Win10

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Chapter 2 Installation

2.1 Software installation:

For the official version, user needs to start the installation from the CD-ROM, if it isn’t
automatically start, double click “*.exe”;
Step1: Double click to start the installation, the following steps will display:

Figure 2.1 Start installation, click “OK”

Figure 2.2 Uninstall option

Figure 2.3 Uninstall Existing Version

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Figure 2.4 Select folder

Figure 2.5 Click Next

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Figure 2.6 Creat a desktop icon

Figure 2.7 Confirm installation

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 Figure 2.8 Installing

Figure 2.9 Install X64 LIB

 Step 2: Install the grand dog driver. (For official version only)

Figure 2.10 Start installation

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 Figure 2.11 Finish granddog installation
 Step 3: Install WinPcap.

Figure 2.12 click YES

Figure 2.13 click Next

After successful installation, there would display the following interface:

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 Figure 2.14 File recovery
Check the files that need to be recovered.
 Step 4: Wait for the end of necessarily file operation.

Figure 2.15 Finish installation

After the installation steps above, the program will create shortcut of “DRCV.exe” and
“DRDongle.exe”. User can double click the “DRCV.exe” to start the program, or double click the
“DRDongle.exe” to register the software.
[Warning] if the official version is unregistered, the program will show message in Figure
2.8, then the program will automatically shut down.

Figure 2.16 unauthorized messages

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2.2 Software uninstallation

 Follow the usual steps of software uninstallation in window OS.

2.3 Software Registration

2.3.1 Demo version

After the installation steps above, the program will create shortcut of “DRCV.exe” and
“DRDongle.exe”. Run DRDongle.exe and you’ll get a dog number:

Figure 2.17 Get dog number

Send dog number to Cambrige Corporation, and we’ll provide a SN number for demo version.
Once received the SN number, input it into the textbox and click “Register” to finish the
registration. Usually, the SN number is valid for only three months.
[Warning]The SN number will be change with the update of the hardware of user’s PC. In
this situation, user needs to apply for a new SN number.

2.3.2 Official version

The official version will provide a USB key for the registration. After the installation of the
software, user should plugin the USB key, and run “DRDongle.exe”. If the driver is successfully
installed, and the USB key is recognized by the OS, then user will get a list of soft dog number
and hard dog number.

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 Figure 2.19 SN number
If there’s no the hard dog number in the list, user need to check whether the driver of the
USB key successfully installed or not. And then whether the USB key is recognized by the OS.

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Chapter 3 Work flow of study
In this chapter the operating instructions for a patient's inspection flow is introduced. To
confirm that the installation engineer has installed and completed the X-ray equipment before the
basic inspection operation.
The Console software is the main part of DR system and user interaction.
This section will detail the application of the workstation during the inspection process.
Before the operation, please confirm the installation and debugging of X-ray photography
equipment is already completed. To ensure that equipment has been electrified and standby.
The workstation is the main part of DR system and user interaction. All operation except
mechanical motion control of the ball tube and detector and adjustment of the size of the shading
device can be completed by the workstation. The operation of the console can be performed as
follows:
You can do the following operations on the DR console

Log on

Register: Add a new patient to edit the patient information.

Select an item from the definition of the projection protocol.

Adjust exposure technical parameters.

Exposure to get X-Ray image.

Preview image, accept or reject.

Close this check after all the images taken after a check.

Select the destination for the output of the image (e.g. printer or image diagnostic workstation).

Get work list from RIS/HIS.

Modify the patient information obtained from images.

Print image.

3.1 Login

The program will validate the user before entering the system. Input the UserID and
Password. (Default UserID / Password: admin/admin). User can also click the keyboard button

to start or close the vitual keyboard.

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 Figure 3.1 Login
Enter the correct User ID and Password in the Login interface and click “OK” button, then
software would enter the loading interface and if you don’t want to enter the system click the
“Cancel” button. (If you don’t know the password, please consult your system administrator). The
User ID, Password and permissions are assigned by system administrator.
[Note] When you enter the password, the system will does not display the relevant character
information. Password case sensitive. If you need to change your password, please refer to the
system management settings.

After logging in, the main interface of the workstation software (the register interface), as
follows:

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3.2 Logout

Click button, pop up the confirmation box:

Enter the password, click the “OK” button to exit the console software (the images would be
saved automatically); click the “Cancel” button to cancel exit and return to the software interface.
Click “Shutdown” button, the software would exit the console software and shutdown the
computer after saving the images automatically (The “Shutdown” button is only visible under
administrator rights). If the password is empty, the software would directly close.

3.3 Devices validating and configuration

After successful login, the system will start to load drivers of devices and validate the device
initialized successes or failed. There are two stage of loading the drivers: loading drivers for the
generator and drivers for the detector.
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 Figure 3.2 Device initialized successes

Figure 3.3 Device initialized failed

If failed to initialize the device, then can click “Options” to change the configurations:

Figure 3.4 Device configuration

If the program didn’t connect to generator or detector, please make sure that the related item
set to “TEST” selection. If there’s any trouble with the device, user also needs to reset the items to
“TEST” selection in order to enter the system.

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 After correct configuration of detector and generator, then click button “OK” to confirm and
back to form A, and click button “Exit” to exit the system. After restart, the system will run follow
your configuration. Other configuration items will be described in following chapters.

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Chapter 4 Study Management
If all of the devices have been successfully initialized, the study management interface will
be displayed.

4.1 Work list

The work list displays the list of patient that need to acquiring image. It can query patient data
from RIS or registration station follow DICOM 3.0. The configuration of worklist will be
introduced in chapter 9.

Figure 4.1 Work list

 Search Items:

1. PatientID: user need to input the patient’s id in the textbox, and define the correct
date time.
2. Accession: user need to input the patient’s accession in the textbox, and define the
correct date time.
3. Name: user need to input the patient’s name in the textbox, and define the correct
date time.
4. One day: query the patients’ data in today.
5. Two days: query the patients’ data in two days.
6. One week: query the patients’ data in a week.
7. Custom: query the patients’ data in user defined period.
Once the condition set down, the work list will query data frequently, it can also

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 refresh immediately after the button “Refresh” clicked.

 Emergency:
Register a patient in emergency with auto generated information.

 Register new Patient:

Input the patient data and register a new patient for study.

 Delete:
Delete current selected patient.

 Begin to study:
Begin to acquiring image of current patient.

4.2 Registration

Figure 4.2 registration

The register is used to record information of a new patient. User can select study protocols
through protocol or Item mode.
Accession*: input the accession number of patient. It will be automatically generated and
usually suggest user don’t change it. It must unique in the system.
PatientID*: input the ID of a patient. It will be automatically generated and usually suggest
user don’t change it.
Name: input the name of a patient.
Gender: select gender of a patient. (Male, Female, Other (unknown))
Age: input age of a patient at the age unit of year, month or day.
Height(cm): input height of a patient.
Weight(kg): input weight of a patient.
Birthday: select birthday of a patient.
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 Description: input more comments of a patient.
[Note]The items with “*” means this item must be filled. If not, there will be a warning
message:

 Select and Unselect:

Select or unselect a protocol.

 Protocol Group:
Add grouped protocols to selected list.

 Protocol Item:
Add individual protocols to selected list.

 Clear:
Clear information of current patient.

 Begin to study:
Begin to acquiring image of current patient.

 Emergency:
Register a patient in emergency with auto generated information.

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4.3 Study list

Figure 4.3 study list

It is used to query the information of the patients that finished the study. Same with the work
list, the result can be displayed under different condition.

 Burn CD:
Achieve patient’s data to CD. First, user should select one or more study, and then there are
two ways of export. The operation of export refers to section 5.2.1.

 Archiving:
Upload image to network storage. By click this button, use can manually upload the images
to storage on the premise that the storage is properly configured. The configuration of storage can
refer to section 6.1.3.

 Printing:
Print patient’s image using connected print devices.

 Delete:
Delete current study.

 Check All:
Select all the study in the list.

 Adding Protocols:
Study again by adding new protocol groups or protocol items.

 Viewing Images:

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Chapter 5 Image acquisition and preview
This chapter is about the patient image acquisition control, including the study body part,
exposure conditions, etc..

Figure 5.1 Image acquisition

Before Image acquisition, the parameters of generator should be property configured, and the
trigger mode of detector must be correct. For more information, please read the manual of these
devices.

5.1 Study Items

In order to quickly set the exposure parameters, the patient's size, exposure position, study
body part, and study items were classified to set the desired exposure conditions.

These items are used to work with the generator parameters:

 Choose the study Body size(large, medium, small, small):

: Huge vet : Large vet

: Small vet : Tiny vet

 Choose the right position(Wall, Table) ,

 Adjust the exposure parameters

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 Increase or decrease values of KVP, MA and MAS

 Mode of generator. (may different to some generators)

Set mode of generator to mA/ms, mAs or AEC.

 Trigger the detector. (may different depend on the trigger mode of detector)
Start to acquire an image from detector.

5.2 Image preview

Figure 5.2 Image preview

: Update Study information, click the button and there will pop up a box as following:

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 Here you can modify name, gender, height and other information, click the “OK” button after
modify.
When patients study with "the wrong person", is A's registration information, but the actual
images is B’s, while B is still in the work list, then you can click the “Replace” button to replace
the patients.
Select B’s record from work list, then the current image will go to B's record, and A will
come back to work list waiting for next study.

Click this button to add protocols.

Click this button to add items.

Click this button the image will display full screen.

Adjust image display layout

1X1layout. 2X1 layout.

1X2 layout. 2X2 layout.

Save current Image

DICOM Print

Suspend the current study and the back to the work list interface.

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Click this button to save the image and enter to the study list interface.

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Chapter 6 Image Browse

Figure 6.1 Image preview

After acquired an image from detector, the processed image will be displayed. There are
many powerful tools for advanced user to take a better view of the image.

6.1 Tools

Button Function
Delete current image: there will pop up the following box after you click the delete

button, click the button to confirm the operation.

Move image

WW/WL

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Zoom

ROI Window/Level

Default Window/Level

Histogram WW/WL: there will pop up a histogram in the lower left corner after click
the button, click again to close this box.
According to the histogram, you can conveniently drag the two slider to adjust the
window width and window.

Flip vertical

Flip horizontal

Rotate 90

Rotate -90

Inverse

Zoom In (The mouse wheel can zoom the image in the image display area)

Zoom Out (The mouse wheel can zoom the image in the image display area)

Fit image

Full image

Left sign

Right sign

Anterior sign

Text labels

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Clip tool

Delete image processing tool

Ellipse Clip tool : Circular cutting

Send email : The premise is that the computer has been installed and configured
Outlook mail software.

1) Click the button ， input the mail address, subject, content in the

appropriate edit box of the pop-up box and select current image by clicking
“Add” button if there were exposed images. The DR Software would
automatically call the Outlook to send the mail after you click the “Send” button.

2) Click the logo on the left top corner of the main interface, there will pop up the
about interface, looks as follows:

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 Click the blue text “Mail to me”. There will pop up the “Send a Mail” interface,
looks as follows:

Input the mail subject, content in the appropriate edit box of the pop-up box and
check the “Logs” and “Settings” boxes. The DR Software would automatically call
the Outlook to send the mail to the software vendors after you click the “Send”
button.

Clip options :

Reset the image processing

Invalid button : You can click this button when the current image quality is not ideal.
There will pop up a list box for select reject code (the reason you abandoned the
image), looks as follows:

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Angle measure:

Distance measure:

Image hint: Hide the image tool and the label information of four corners to facilitate
the doctor reading.

Point Gray value:

ROI Magnifier:

Magnifier:

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Arrow:

Free Rotation:

Click the “Free Rotation” tool, then pop-up a box for rotation angle. Enter any angle
value you want and click the “OK” button to rotating image. Rotate to the left by
default. Click the “Undo” button the image will turn back.
Norberg Angle tool：The following tools as Noberg,VHS, TPLO,TTA,HIP and TTA2
are specially customized, the box for demonstrating would not pop-up and there will
be labeld by “Locked”. If you want to use these tools, please contact the supplier.

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Sample:

VHS Scaling: Vertebral Heart Size

Sample:
TPLO Tool：

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 Sample:
TTA Tool:

Sample:

HIP Tool:

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Sample:
TTA2 tool:

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Sample:
“Copy” / “Paste” tool : The function of image contrast has been optimized. Click the

“Copy” button in the preview interface of patient A, then switch to the

preview interface of patient B, select a blank box and click the “Paste” button

to add the copied image. Be sure to click the “Save” button before exiting if you want
to save the image.
Monitor Calibration: This button has two functions: Right click-> calibrate screen
size; Left click->the current image become 1:1 size. Right click the button, there will
show a pop-up box of Monitor Calibration interface. Measure the length of horizontal
line and Vertical line with a ruler, then write the results in the appropriate edit box,
finally click on the “OK” button. All steps above accomplished, the Software will
show images in the ratio of 1:1. When you view other images, left click this button,
the image will become 1:1 ratio show.

“Save as” tool: Its role is similar to the “copy” / “paste” tool. All three of them are
used to compare an image with itself. The “copy” / “paste” tool can be used among
different patients, while the “Save as” tool can only be work with the images of one
patient (the “Save as” tool has the same function with a combination of the “copy”
and “paste” tool)
Full screen Image contrast Tool ： When you click on the button, the Software will
show a pop-up box for image selection. Then you should click on the “Add” button
and select two or more images, finally click on the “Open” button to enter the Image
contrast interface. Note here that if the Software is in the image Acquiring interface,
please click on the “Save” button before image selection.

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Notes: The “Image contrast” tool can be only used in the image viewing interface of
the DR Software.

Image color inversing Tool : When you click on the button, the Software will show
another inverted image as guidance for doctor observing and diagnosis.
Notes: The “Image color inversing” tool can be only used in the image viewing
interface of the DR Software.

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6.2 Image advanced process

Image advanced process enables the user to conduct more detail process. Click button “Image

Process” in section 3.4.2.

 : Parameters related to the body part. User can set the body part, body size and

items to select a group of parameters. After click “Process” button, system will display
the processed image.

Figure 6.2 Image Process

 ：Detail parameters mode. Before enter the following interface, system will get the

default parameter values of each items which is related to the body part. User can
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 directly use these values or reset one or more of them.
Click “Process” button, system will start the image processing, user will get message at
status area.
Click “OK” button, the processed image will be applied to replace the original image
and back to the acquiring or preview interface.
Click “Cancel” button, system will exit the image advanced process interface.

Figure 6.3 Image Process parameter

 Click “S_Process” or “I_Process” button, system will start the image processing, user
will get message at status area. User can use the default value or change the value to get
a custom optimized image.
 Click “Undo” button, the image will back to the original image, and user can conduct
the processing again.
 Click “Save Parameters” button, user can add or update the parameters of current
optimization view and it needs admin user’s authority. User should change the name of
optimization view then click this button in order to add a new optimization item, or just
update the value of current optimization view.
 Click “OK” button, the processed image will be applied to replace the original image
and back to the acquiring or preview interface.
 Click “Cancel” button, system will exit the image advanced process interface.
In order to get a high quality image, It is required that the advanced user should clear about the
effects of the parameters.
Parameter description:
1. Dynamic: Dynamic range compression.
Use this parameter, user can dynamic adjust the gray scale of the image. Minimize the
value means to display image in a relatively small range gray scale. Increase the value
means to display image in a relatively large range gray scale. Effect images as Figure 6.4:

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 Figure 6.4
2. Enhance: Image enhancement.
Change the value of the “enhance”, user can get the image of different details. And user
can see the details of whole image more clearly. Effect images as Figure 6.5:

Figure 6.5
3. Equal: Image histogram equalization.
Through adjustment of this value, the intensities can be better distributed on the histogram.
This allows for areas of lower local contrast to gain a higher contrast. Histogram
equalization accomplishes this by effectively spreading out the most frequent intensity
values. User should attention that there may be some noise on a histogrammed image, or
some details of the original image will disappear. Effect images as Figure 6.6:

Figure 6.6
4. Level: Level of detail.
User can control the exactly detail level through the adjustment of this value. It’s work
with the value of detail. Effect images as Figure 6.7:

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 Figure 6.7
5. Detail: Detail enhancement.
Different with the enhance parameter, it works with the level of detail. Means user can set
detail value to each level. The higher the level and detail value, the more strength of detail
will be enhanced. In the same time, user should know that the enhancement of the detail
will bring some additional noise to the image, and it has effects on the smooth of the
image. Effect images as Figure 6.8:

Figure 6.8
6. Filter: Noise filter.
Used for removing noise from an image, after processing, the smooth of the image will be
enhanced. It also cause relatively little blurring of edges and details. Effect images as
Figure 6.9:

Figure 6.9
7. Curv.1, Curv.2: Curvature of s-curve.
Work with the brightness parameter. The higher the s-curve value, the contrast of the
brightness effective area will be more improved, and contrast of other area will be more
decreased. Effect images as Figure 6.10:

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 Figure 6.10
8. Bright: Image brightness.
Work with the curv.1 and curv.2 parameter. Mostly the higher the brightness, the contrast
of the scale at lower gray value will be decreased, and the contrast of the scale at higher
gray value will be improved; The lower the brightness, the contrast of the scale at lower
gray value will be improved, and the contrast of the scale at higher gray value will be
decreased. Effect images as Figure 6.11:

Figure 6.11
9. Contrast: Image Contrast.
It has effects on the whole scale image. The higher the contrast, the gray value of image
will spread on a relatively large scale; the lower the contrast, the gray value of image will
spread on a relatively small scale. Effect images as Figure 6.12:

Figure 6.12
10. S_Process: Method with s-curve transforms.
This method will process the image with the curv.1 and curv.2 parameter.
11. I_Process: Method without s-curve transforms.
This method will process the image without the curv.1 and curv.2 parameter.

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Chapter 7 Image and Text Report

Click the【 】button to enter the report interface:

Figure 7.1

7.1 Report Edit

Report editing module includes image selection, patient information editing, reporting
content and inspection results editing, print template selection, etc. are presented below

Figure 7.2

【1】 Patient information display and editing

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 Click【 】button to enter the Dictionary Setting interface：

Figure 7.3
You can add and update the doctor information in the interface.

【2】 Select image

Move the mouse to the image need to be printed, then there will
display a white check box at the lower right corner of the image.
Check the box then the box to add a black “√” and the there will
appear a yellow number at the lower left corner. Click again to
cancel the selected image.

【3】 Diagnostic content and conclusion edit box

You can edit the diagnostic content and conclusion in the edit box, click the content and
description template on the right side if you need to add.

【4】 Report content template selection

Button Function Describe

Select diagnostic template of the body part on the
Add diagnostic describe right hand of the drop-down list, click the
“+Desc.” button to add diagnostic describe.
Select diagnostic template of the body part on the
Add diagnostic conclusion right hand of the drop-down list, click the “+Diag.”
button to add diagnostic describe.
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 Add diagnostic and describe Click this button to add diagnostic describe and
conclusion conclusion.
Click this button there will pop up the box of
Edit diagnostic template Knowledge bose editor. You can edit, add and
delete the diagnostic template

Figure 7.4

Button Function Describe

Add: Enter a new name in the edit box of Class Name,
click the “ ” button to add the new class.
Delete: select a class you want to delete from the drop
Add/Delete class

down list on the left. Click the “ ” button to delete it.

(The deleted class will be moved to recycle bin).
Edit the template
Click the button to Edit the template corresponding to
corresponding to
current report.
current report
a) Enter a new name in the edit box of the “Item name”.
b) Enter the describe information in the edit box of
“Desc.”
Add new item
c) Enter the conclusion information in the edit box of
“Diag.”.
d) Click this button to add the new item.
Update template Select the template you want to edit. Click the update
information button to save the change after editing.
Select the item you want to delete. Click this button to
Delete Item delete the the template. (The deleted item will be moved to
recycle bin).
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 Click this button to enter the recycle bin interface to find
Recycle bin
deleted templates.

Figure 7.5

Button Function Describe

Select the items or class you want to recover and click
Recover the deleted
this button. Then the selected items or class will recover
class or item
to the knowledge base
Completely delete
Select the items or class you want to delete completely
the deleted items or
and click this button. Then the selected items or class
class in the recycle
will delete completely and it can be recovered forever.
bin

【5】 Select the template for printing

1Standard300.rvf : One image with the height of 300

2Standard300.rvf : Two images with the height of 300
4Standard300.rvf : Four images with the height of 300
6Standard300.rvf : Six images with the height of 300

【6】 Tools

Button Function Describe

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 When there are more than one monitor, the doctor can
Multi-screen display
write a report while viewing the image.
Click this to save the report. And the report will enter
Save
read only mode and looks as follows.

Print Click to enter the print report interface.

Click to quit the report interface and back to the study

Quit
list interface.

Figure 7.6

7.2 Report Printing

Click the print button to enter the print report interface:

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 Figure 7.7

Button Function Describe

Quick Print Print current report with the default printer.
Print Select installed printer to print report.

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Chapter 8 Image archive, export and
printing
This chapter will concentrate on image archive, export and printing which used in the study
list.

Figure 8.1 Study list

8.1 Image archive

In archive process, the images will be sent to PACS server follow the DICOM 3.0 standard.
Before the use of image archive, the parameters of DICOM storage must be properly configured

(reference to chapter 6).

User can click button “image archive” to execute the image archive process. But it is

unnecessary if configured to archive automatically after end of a study.

If there is a failed message, then user should check the communication with the PACS.

8.2 Image export

The system provides two ways of export, and support customized export. User can export all
or selected patient’s data from the study list.

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8.2.1 Burning CD

Click button “CD2GO”, following interface will be displayed:

Figure 8.2 CD2GO

The system will generate a default file set id, and also user can edit it. User can select to
create an ISO file or write the file to CD. If there is no disc driver, the burn disc item will be
disabled. File compression provides 2 items: standard and compression which represent for “not
compressed” and “compressed”. After configuration, click button “Execute”, system will generate
the ISO file or burn the data to CD.

8.2.2 Export to selected folder

Besides burning CD, user can also export patient’s data to a selected folder. First user
should select a folder for item “ExportStudy”. And then there are two items:
 DCMIMGA: Export only DICOM images.
The export will create a fold named with patient name and accession. For example:
Emergency41-000041. All DICOM image of current patient will save to the folder.
 DCMDIR: Export patient’s information, DICOM images with a viewer program.

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 Figure 8.3 DCMDIR export
Running the CD Viewer:

Figure 8.4 CDViewer

Double click the select patient or click preview button , user can preview the image of
current patient.

Figure 8.5 Image preview of CDViewer

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 The CDViewer also support to upload patient images to PACS server after configuration.

Figure 8.6 Image uploading of CDViewer

8.3 Image print

When accept the print operations, system will send images to printers that support DICOM
print services protocols, and user can defined the parameters of these printers.

In the image preview interface, click button “Print”:

Figure 8.7 Print preview

The preview interface provides several items:
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 Click the button , user can configure the property of select printer. All the property is
referenced to DICOM 3.0 standard.

Figure 8.8 configuration of printer

Choose layout of images:

Figure 8.9 layouts of images

Film size: the film size should consistent with the printer.
File orientation: “LANDSCAPE” for horizon, “PORTRAIT” for vertical.
Print Num: the copy of current image.
Print Range: Print all the pages or only current page.
Zoom Type: Print at ratio of 1:1 or auto ratio.

There are two print styles you can choose. Click the button and there will pop

up a list box as follows:

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Button Function
Reset The system will restart the Dicomprint.exe program after the DICOM print.
AutoClose Close the Print interface automatically after printing
The note information is on four corners of the image.

Normal
Style

The note information and ICON image show on image below

You can choose ICON image in the system manage->System->notes->ICON
Layout (more details refer to Chapter 9.1)

ICON
Style

8.4 Export primitive Image

Open the “VetExportTools.exe” which is under the software installation path, as follow:

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 You can see the patient list as follows:

Select the patient you want to export and click the save button , there will pop up a box

as follow:

Select image export path and click the save button, there will pop up a box as follows:

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Chapter 9 System Configuration
System provides four parts of management:
 System management
 Study management
 R.A management
 User management
 Password management
 Document
Different user may have different rights to conduct the operation.

Figure 9.1 system configuration

9.1 System management

9.1.1 System configuration

Click button to enter the system management interface.

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 Figure 9.2 system management
 System parameters
Detector: Select type of detectors. The detector in the list means that the system supports
these kinds of detector. User should select the right type for the detector.
Generator: select type of generator. If the communication with the generator is necessary,
user should select the right type for the generator.
StoreDir: The storage folder of patients’ images. It is required the folder should in a
relatively large space drive, and make sure the system is able to access.
Detector file: Detector files for Cambrige detector. (May unnecessary for other
detectors)
 Local machine parameters
Hospital: name of current hospital.
Hosp Abbr: Flag of current hospital. (For example: SZ. Then the patient id will like
SZ000041).
AETitle: the AETitle property in DICOM. Used as identification of local machine.
IP Addr: IP address of local machine.
Timeout: Timeout of network connection.
DataSave: the period of keep patients’ image data in local storage.
[Warning] the data expired the date will be cleared. User should make sure that the data
was uploaded to the storage or backup by other media.
FreeSpace: Warning if the space less then configured free space. User can find the flag

in the status bar of system:

[Warning] if the status flag of free disk space turns to red, means the space of the disk
will soon running out, user should backup the data or add additional storage drive.

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  Log level
There are four level of the log: Nodebug, GeneralDebug, DetailDebug and fullDebug.
Normally Nodebug or GeneralDebug will be enough. DetailDebug and fullDebug are
used only for tracing problems of the system, and in the same time it’ll generate large
size log files.
 Buckup

: Check the box means the current buck up file will be the default file when

you recover the system next time. You need to check the “Backup” box at the same time
if you want to make the current file be the default file.

: When the box is checked, after you click the ok button, current system file

will be backed up.

click the shortcut of backup, there will pop up a backup file list as follows:

You can see there is a record labeled “√” in the default list. It means the backup file is the default

file to recover when you click the recover button.

Button Function Descripe
Buck up the current configuration file, the function is same as the
Backup
box checked and click the ok button.
Choose one of the back up file in the record list and click the
Recover
recover button. Software will be back to the original state.

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 Set the current backup to the default file, and then check the
Default
and click ok.

language Switching function in English and chinese.

 Other Items
Language: select language of system.
Modality: type of current modality.
Parameter: type of image processing.
DF: Default
HC: High Contrast
HD: High Dosage
LD: Low Dosage
SF: Soft
Vkeyboard: change usage of the virtual keyboard.

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9.1.2 Worklist

Figure 9.3 Worklist configuration

System can load patients’ data from RIS or registration station through the worklist. So the

parameters must be property configured. More information about worklist can reference to the

DICOM standard.

AETitle: DICOM AETitle of worklist server.

IPAddr: IP address of worklist server.

Port: Port of worklist server for connection.

Modality:

1. Ignore to validate the modality AETitle:

Accept all the worklist data no matter the modality type.

2. Exclude not DX data

Accept only DX worklist data.

AETitle:

1. Ignore to validate the modality AETitle

Accept all the worklist data no matter the AETitle.

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 2. Exclude not the modality data

Accept only the data from the AETitle.

Protocol:

（Reference Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine）

Transfer Syntax UID (0002,0010)：

Uncompressed：

1. Implicit VR Little Endian:

Default Transfer Syntax for DICOM

1.2.840.10008.1.2

2. Explicit VR Little Endian:

1.2.840.10008.1.2.1

3. Explicit VR Big Endian:

1.2.840.10008.1.2.2

Lossless compressed：

4. JPEG Lossless
Refresh: the frequency of query worklist data.

9.1.3 Storage

System supports two method of image storage: Net storage and local storage. The
information of DICOM storage can reference to DICOM standard.

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 Figure 9.4 Net storage
 Net storage:
System can support to connect to totally 4 PACS servers.
AETitle: AETitle of PACS server.
IPAddr: IP address of PACS server.
Port: Port of PACS server for connection.
Protocol: (reference to the “Protocol” in section 6.2)
Send: the mode of sending image, including auto send or send by user.
 Local storage
Images can also save to local folders.

Figure 9.5 Local storage

Directory: local directory for the storage.
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 BMP File Included: To generate BMP files or not.
Folder Structured: Generate sub folder follow default rules.
Selected: Select current local storage or not.

9.1.4 Print configuration

System will send image to printers when user conducts the print operation. Before the print,
it should make sure the printers are correctly configured and connected successfully.

Figure 9.5 Parameters of printers

System can support to send to totally 4 printers.
AETitle: AETitle of printer.
IPAddr: IP address of printer.
Port: Port of printer for connection.
Modality: type of printer.

9.1.5 Notes

The notes determine which information shows in the corner of the image, it has effects on the
image preview and printing. System defines 4 positions to display the information. User can select
one position at one time to add or delete items.

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 Figure 9.7 Notes
Parallel with the previous item: current item will displayed in the same line previous item
which connected with character “/”.
“ICON Layout”: When you click on this button, the Software will switch to the ICON setting
interface and you can choose the notes or not. Click the “Select ICON” button, the Software will
show a pop-up box to select the bmp image. Select a “.bmp” image with appropriate size and click
ok. Switch to print interface and choose “Dicom Printer”, then choose the ICON style in the
“Option” drop-down box. All steps above accomplished, you can print images with watermarking
of ICON.

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 Figure 9.8 ICON Layout

9.1.6 Tools

The tools refer to buttons in the image preview interface. System supports to show or hide the
tool buttons, and also change the order of them.

Figure 9.9 Tools

Clip style: Set the style of background for clipping images.
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9.2 Study management

User can each of the items in the system as following steps:

1. Select the body size.
2. Set the wall or table
3. Select a body part.
4. Select a study item.

Figure 9.10 Study management

 Basic information
Item ID: ID of the study item. It should be unique in the system.
Item Name: Name of the study item.
Default WW: default window of the study item. (It will automatically calculate if the
value is 0)
Default WL: default level of the study item. (It will automatically calculate if the value
is 0)
DICOM: Body part name defined in DICOM.
 Hardware
Edit parameters of generator, including parameters that in AEC mode.
KV: the KV value of generator.
mA: the ma value of generator.
Time: exposure time of generator.
Film screen: Film screen of generator.
Density: Density of generator.
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 AEC: select the AEC field.
Synch: if checked the bodysize, above value will be set to item in different body size; if
Auxiliary checked, then above value will be set to item in different aux.
 Process
Cut Mode: clip style. If auto clip is enabled, then the system will generate the clip box at
relatively large, normal or relatively small mode.
Rotate: set the value of rotate angle. The acquired image of current item will rotate the
defined angle.
Flip: set flip style. The acquired image of current item will flip in defined style.
Optimize: Image process mode. Processing the acquired image of current item use
defined optimization method.
 Protocol
User can add update or delete the protocols of study. The protocol can include one or
more study item in the list.

Figure 9.11 Protocol

Protocol: Name of the protocol.
RIS Code: Code to commutation with RIS.
Emergency: Used as a default protocol of emergency patient or not.
[Note] the emergency item is used only for emergency user. When user creates a new
emergency study, it’ll use the emergency protocol.

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9.3 Reject Analysis

9.3.1 Settings

User should enter the reject analysis interface to edit the settings by click button “R.A.”.

Figure 9.12
Then enter the “Manage” page, user will be able to add, edit and delete the items of category
and content of it.

: Click button to add a new item to the list of category and content. First use should input
value in the input box, and the text should not in the list.

: Click button to update value of item in the list of category and content. First use should
change value in the input box, and the text should not in the list.

: Click button to delete an item in the list of category and content. First use should select an
item.

Figure 9.13

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9.3.2 Reject records analysis

Enter the “Search” page, user will be able to query the information by defined conditions and
period of time.

Figure 9.14
Usually, user needs to export the records, and there are some options:
 Including Xls: Export the records to a .xls file.
 Including BMP: Export BMP image file if there’s any images related to the record.
 Including DCM: Export DCM image file if there’s any images related to the record.
Click “Export” button, the system will start the export operation.
Click “Select All” button, all records in the list will be selected.

9.3.3 Select reject code in the workflow

User should configure the options to enable or disable the reject analysis.
Checked the “Reject analysis” to enable the reject the function, or unchecked to disable it.

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 Figure 9.15
Once “Reject analysis” is enabled, it has effect on the Image invalidate, image delete and
study delete operation, after user conduct the operation, and there will be a message:

Figure 9.16
User should select a reject code in the message box as figure 8.4, otherwise the operation will
not continue. If reject code selected and clicked “OK” button, then will be a record add to the
reject list.

Recover image ： click the Reject analysis button to open the Reject analysis interface.

Click the sub-page button to choose the image you want to recover in the image

list. Click the recover button and click button. The image will be recovered to

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the original path.

Figure 9.17

Figure 9.18

If you want to recover all of the image in the recycle bin, click button and then

click the recover button.

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9.4 User management

Figure 9.19 User management

 Create a new user. User id, name and initial password is necessary to input. User can
also distribute authority. Click “Add” button, this user will be added to the system. If the
user ID occupied, then there will be an error message, then user need to give up the
“add” operation or update selected user’s information.

Figure 9.20
If the user is successfully added to the system, then the user list will display the user’s
information:

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 Figure 9.21
Authority description:
Name Description
Normal Conduct the normal study operation.
Study Conduct the study manage operation.
System Conduct the system configuration.
Delete Delete record of the study.
Generator Conduct the generator configuration. [reserved]
Process Conduct the image adv-processing.
Update Conduct the modification of study information.
 Update users’ information. Change user name, password and authority, then click
“update” button. If there’s no change, then will pop up the hint message:

Figure 9.22
If successfully modified, then will pop up the hint message:

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 Figure 9.23
 Delete the user. Click “Delete” button to delete selected user.

Figure 9.24
If select “OK” to confirm the delete operation, then the user will be deleted.
[Note] Only the admin user can modify users’ information and distribute authority to
different user.

9.5 Password modification

User can change the original password by input the original password, new password and
confirm password.

Figure 9.25
If the original password is not correct, then there will be an error message:

Figure 9.26
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 User should input the original password again. Then click “OK” button to conduct the
modification. If the new password was set to empty, there will be a hint message:

Figure 9.27
Click “OK” button, then password will be set to empty.
If the password was successfully modified, then there will be a message:

Figure 9.28

9.6 Document

Click the button and there will show the help document:

Figure 9.29

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