PACS Desktop Viewer


DICOM Fields

The DICOM Fields settings page contains tools for defining the overlays that appear on the images in the viewer.

Setting Description
Show DICOM Field settings Opens legacy DICOM Field settings  page

The DICOM Field configuration page is used to define the layout of demographic data displaying in an image frame. The layouts are modality-specific and can come from DICOM tags (Tag), system generated information (Info), system database fields displayed on the worklsit (WL Data) and text strings.

Field Description
Settings for Modality
Display location Location of text
Character size Text font size
Precision Numeric precision
Move Move the selected field in the layout up or down
Remove Remove the selected field in the layout
Add tag Add the selected Tag item to the layaout
Add info Add the selected Info item to the layout
Add WL data Add a data base field (COLID) to the layout. Database fields sent from the server can be displayed in overlays. The list of available database fields must be configured on the server. To insert the field value, select Add WL data and enter the COLID for the field in the popup panel.
Add text Add text into the layout.
Break Insert a line break into the layout
Font tools Customize the font characteristics in the layout