Document Scanning User Interface

To access the scanner:

  1. Select the multi-selection checkbox next to the patient's name in the worklist
  2. Select the Scan attachments icon  

To scan one or more documents:

  1.  Place the documents to scan in the scanner

  2. Click the Scan button

  3. The Document scanning user interface opens

  4. The documents are scanned depending on the Scanner Setting Panel’s settings (see: Scanner Configuration)

    1. If configured to show the scanner manufacturer’s scanner setting panel, it appears automatically.

    2. When no scanner control software is required, scanning automatically starts

  5. Use the scanner user interface to make adjustments for both methods if necessary.

  6. Click Done to submit the scanned images to the server and close the user interface

 Note: The maximum number of documents that can be scanned in one session is thirty (30).

The scanning user interface consists of:

User Interface Description
Tools Image manipulation, scanning and other functions
Thumbnails Renderings of each scanned sheet. The section is used to select a specific image and to re-organize their order.
Demographics

Patient and study information describing the study the documents are being attached to. The contents of this section are server-configurable. See:

Settings Image and scan settings applied to the selected study or image
Image Readable-sized rendering of the selected scanned document
Status Progress bar showing the scan status.

 

The properties of each section are described in the table below:

Tools

Tool Description

Flip the selected image vertically.

Flip the selected image horizontally.

Rotate the selected image to the right 90°.

Rotate the selected image to the left 90°.

Invert the grayscale of the selected image.

Right-drag the cursor to draw a region of interest on the selected image and crop everything outside it when the mouse is released.

Undo the last crop operation.

Reset the image’s orientation, cropping and grayscale.

Remove the selected sheet so it will not be uploaded to the server.  

Add a new sheet to the list of scanned documents for this study.

Upload the scanned documents displayed in the thumbnail list to the server.

Edit the assigned attributes. Active when the selected Document Type is an Image type.

Upload all unsent documents and close the scan interface.

Drop all the unsent documents and close the scan interface.

 

Thumbnails

Tool Description

Left-click

Select the image and place it in the Image area.

Left-click and drag

 Reposition the image in the thumbnail section.  

 

Settings

Tool Description
Document type List of configured document types available for assignment to the selected image. See: Document Type Configuration for details on setting up and assigning restrictions to document types.
Image format The format of the stored images. JPEG images are stored one image per file/object. PDF documents store all the current scanned images into a single PDF file. See section 7.3.20 Scanning User Interface Settings for details on setting the default.
Scanner setting page Show or hide the scanner’s control panel. Some scanners require scanning be initiated from its own control panel. If you wish to modify the scanner settings such as bit depth, resolution or page size, you must use the scanner’s control panel as well. See section 7.3.20 Scanning User Interface Settings for details on setting the default.

 

Image

Tool Description
Left-click Toggle through the available image sizes. Three sizes exist: fit to window; fit width; and full resolution.
Left/Right scroll bar When the image is larger than the available area, use the scroll bars to reposition the viewable part of the image in the image area.