Independent Pop-up Panels

A number of control panels exist in the eRAD PACS viewer that appear as independent pop-up windows. These include:

Each of the control panels can be displayed or hidden as needed. Most of them contain a setting to keep the window on top of the other eRAD PACS windows, including the main viewing workspace.

 

See: Frames

 

Report Panel

 

The eRAD PACS report panel displays reports associated with prior studies opened in the viewer, as well as records reports for the new studies. The report panel includes the text of the main report, the text of the addendums to the report, the original dictations, if available, and the key images.

 

 

 

To open the report panel:

The full report panel contains the report and access to reporting functions.

See: Reports

 

Object Information Panel (DICOM)

The DICOM information detail for each image is available and may be viewed in two ways:

 

To show a subset of the data on the Image Frames and Series Views, select an image and press Function key 7 (F7), which is a toggle. Pressing again will remove the data. Pulling down the View menu and selecting Show Image Information will also perform the same function. To see all the DICOM information, select and image then pull down the View menu and select DICOM Info. A detailed window will appear as shown below.

 

 

 

Print Control Panel

 

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Patient Folder

 

A patient folder lists details about the patient history including a list of prior and future orders and studies, technologist notes, reports, scanned documents and demographic information.

 

 

 

To open the patient folder panel:

The default patient folder consists of the following sections:

 

Patient Folder Section Description

Tabs

 The patient folder for each unique patient with a study loaded.

Study list

 All related orders and exams, as defined by the patient matching criteria.

Patient demographics

 Specific patient information such as name, date of birth and history.

Exam information

 study information such as exam date, modality and study description.

Attachments

 List of attachments pertaining to the selected study in the Study List.

Reports

 All report components pertaining to the selected study in the Study List.

Notes

 Technologist notes pertaining to the selected study in the Study List.

Image area

 Readable view of the selected attachment, report component or note.

 

Right clicking on the patient name will reveal a standard tool group as well as the main menu.

 

There are two icons located on the top left corner of the patient folder panel: