PACS Desktop Viewer
Menus
The PACS viewer menus at the top of the application window organize all of the functions and configuration tools. Using the mouse, left-click on the menu label at the top of the screen to reveal the available options and submenus.
The viewer menus are:
Session
View
Layout
Tools
Extensions
Help

The session menu contains functions such as opening and closing a study, bookmarking an image or accessing the patient folder and report panel.
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Menu Item |
Hotkey |
For Details, See |
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Patient Folder |
SHIFT + F8 |
Independent Popup Panels |
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Report Panel |
F8 |
Independent Popup Panels |
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Previous Study |
CTRL + ALT + LEFT |
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Next Study |
CTRL + ALT + RIGHT |
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Close Study |
CTRL + SHIFT + X |
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Bookmark |
CTRL + ALT + B |
Bookmarking Studies |
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Restore |
CTRL + ALT + R |
Bookmarking Studies |
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Save Image |
CTRL + SHIFT + I |
Saving Data |
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Save Series |
CTRL + SHIFT + S |
Saving Data |
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Copy to Clipboard |
CTRL + SHIFT + C |
Saving Data |
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Quit |
CTRL + Q |

The view menu provides access to orient cubes, DICOM, presentation states and controls for displaying and hiding different image overlays.
| Menu Item |
Hotkey |
For More Details, See |
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Show Overlays |
CTRL + F9 |
Embedded Overlays |
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Show Annotations |
F9 |
Image Annotations |
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Show Image Information |
F10 |
Advanced Settings |
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Show Scale List |
Image Scales | |
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Orientation Info |
F11 |
Orientation Markers |
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Show Orient Cube |
ALT + F11 |
Orientation Markers |
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Show Scout Overlays |
CTRL + F11 |
Localizer Lines and Hash Marks |
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Show Stack Ruler List |
Stack Rulers | |
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Show Presentation State |
Presentation States | |
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Localizers |
Localizer Lines and Hash Marks | |
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Backlight Processing |
Backlight Processing | |
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DICOM Info |
F7 |
Independent Pop-up Panels |
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Full Screen |
F5 |
Full Screen Mode |
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Full Page |
Full Screen Mode |

The Layout Menu provides controls for displaying stack views and creating custom layouts.
| Menu Item | For More Details, See |
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Stacks |
Image Stacks |
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Tiles Matrix |
Tiles Matrix |
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Grids Matrix |
Grids Matrix |
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Grid Fill Mode List |
Grid Fill Mode |
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Lock Grid Lines |
Lock Grid Lines |
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Create Layout |
Hanging Protocols |
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Reset Layout |
Reset Layout |
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Reset Layout Page |
Reset Layout Page |
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Layout Edit Mode |
Layout Edit Mode |

The tools menu provides image annotation cursors, viewing and creating custom macros, as well as the settings panel and command and groups customizing panel.
| Menu Item | For More Details |
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Annotation List |
Image Annotations |
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Cine Tools |
Cine Mode |
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Cursors |
Cursor Modes |
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Link |
Series |
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Macro |
Keyboard Shortcuts |
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Mammo |
Mammography Plug-in |
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OB Measurement |
OB Measurement |
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Series |
Series |
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Toggle Image Enhancement |
Image Enhancement |
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Toolbars Lock |
Tool Groups |
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Customize |
Tool Group Configuration |
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Options |
Settings Page |

| Menu Item | For More Details |
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Image Fusion |
Image Fusion |
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Mask Subtraction |
n/a |
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Reconstruction |
Reconstruction |
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Stitching |
Stitching |
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Volume 3D |
Volume 3D |

The PACS’s Help menu provides access to information about the PACS viewer. It contains detailed information on the available features, and a new features added in the last upgrade installed on your server.