Splitting a Study

Separate a single study into two or more studies by selecting the Split Study icon.  A page will appear where studies can be split by there accession number and color coded to identify their new groupings.  Referenced objects such as CAD reports and presentation states get assigned to the study containing the image they reference.

A box will appear that can be pinned anywhere on the screen using the toggle tack icon.  Left click the icon to pin or unpin and move box to desired location.  Here is where the accession numbers of the studies to be grouped can be added.

To split studies:

1. Select the split study icon in the worklist (if unavailable check the Selection box)

2. Type in the accession numbers of the studies to split into groups

3. Click the add icon

When the Add    icon is selected, the accession numbers will now be assigned by colors as shown below. Colors are chosen randomly and may change at any time.

To color code the series:

1. Select the check box next to the series

2. Select the color code for the accession number to group the series with

3. Select the Split  icon when all studies are color coded and grouped

Images can be color coded into groups as well and will appear striped as shown below.  

To color code images:

1. Click on the study bar or select the Expand All   icon to expand all series

2. Left click and drag mouse over the desired images

3. Select the color code from accession box

Studies saved to folders as a Copy are split the same as ordinary studies using the Split button on the Quick View page. Split copies appear in the same folder as the copy. Since a shortcut is actually a link to the original study, splitting a study with shortcuts splits each shortcut into the same number of studies. The resulting shortcuts appear in the same folder as the original shortcut.  

Note: A study retrieved from a remote archive cannot be separated using this tool. If an attempt to separate a study fails, the study may have been retrieved from an archive.