Setting |
Default |
Description |
Enable standby mode |
Enabled |
Standby mode starts the viewer when Windows starts, and loads it in memory. This permits the viewer to launch quicker when opening a study. When disabled, Windows load the viewer from disk each time the user opens a study. |
Use HTTP proxy |
Enabled |
If a proxy server exists between the workstation and the server, certain communications actions are needed. This setting should be enabled at all times. |
Show tool tips |
Enabled |
Tool tips are popup text strings that help identify the function of a tool. When enabled, tool tips appear one second after you place the cursor over a button, field or gauge in the viewer. When disabled, no tool tips appear. |
Show ant line marker |
Enabled |
The ant line marker is the moving, dotted white line that marks the view area in a thumbnail image. When enabled, the ant line marker denotes the location and size of the image area displayed in the window when a zoom factor is being applied to the image. If disabled, the markers appear as a solid line the thumbnail image. |
Show annotation indices |
Disabled |
Image annotations include indices for reference. When enabled, an automatically incremented index is displayed with every annotation applied to an image. When disabled, the index is not displayed. Override this setting on an individual basis by right clicking on a specific annotation and select Show Index to toggle the setting. |
Show ruler tick marks |
Disabled |
Linear measurement annotations support tick marks to assist in calculating distances. When tick marks are enabled, the marks appear on linear measurement annotations. Override this setting on an individual basis by right clicking on the specific annotation and select Show tick marks to toggle the setting. |
Show report note |
Enabled |
Pop up report note if present and Impression and Observation are empty. |
Show radiologist |
Enabled |
Include the radiologist selection menu on the report panel |
Show transcriptionist |
Enabled |
Include the transcriptionist selection menu on the report panel |
Persistent frame settings |
Enabled |
Frame settings remain applied after dropping a new thumbnail set into an initialized image frame. |
Center zoom region |
Enabled |
The center zoom region setting defines the focal point location when establishing a zoom region. When enabled, the location of the cursor when you first click is set as the center of the defined region. When disabled, the location of the cursor when you first click is set as the corner of the defined region. |
Match modality when selecting prior |
Disabled |
The next/previous prior tool selects the prior from the same modality as the currently displayed study. |
Measurement units in cm |
Disabled |
Display annotation measurements in centimeters. When disabled, measurements are displayed in millimeters. |
Enable dictated study listing |
Enabled |
When multiple studies are loaded and the report panel is opened, display a selection list so the user can choose which report to edit. |
Select primary study as default |
Enabled |
When Enable dictated study listing setting is active, enabling this setting sets the primary study as the default in the Study Selection panel. When disabled, set the study associated with the selected image as the default in the Study Selection panel. |
External level allowed |
Disabled |
The external level allowed setting provides you with the ability to set your window center value outside the defined region. |
Advanced middle button tools |
Enabled |
When enabled, click the middle mouse button to toggle through the cursor modes. When enabled and cursor mode is Annotation, spin the middle mouse wheel to toggle through the annotation tools. |
Continuous image scrolling |
Enabled
|
Scrolling through images in an image frame can progress smoothly by rendering every image, or quickly by skipping through the images at a rate based on the speed the user scrolls. When continuous image scrolling is enabled, the viewer displays every image in the stack. When disabled, the viewer may skip images to keep up with the scroll speed. |
Cyclic image scrolling |
Disabled |
Loop around to the first image when scrolling reaches the last image. |
Keep cursor |
Disabled |
When checked, the cursor mode persists after applying the function. When unchecked, cursor mode returns to Normal mode. Default is unchecked |
Show images for processing |
Disabled |
Include DICOM For-Processing images in thumbnail panel. |
Show document thumbnails |
Enabled |
When checked, display DICOM image objects marked as scanned documents (ConversionType=WSD) in the thumbnail panel. |
Show presentation thumbnails |
Enabled |
When checked, display presentation state objects as independent series in the Presentation Group section of the thumbnail panel. |
Show key image thumbnails |
Enabled |
When checked, display all key images (per report component) in an independent series in the Presentation Group section of the thumbnail panel. |
Create log files |
Disabled |
Record user actions in an activity log file. |
Create crash dump |
Enabled |
When the viewer crashes, dump the details to a crash log file. |
| Proposed states | The Proposed states button opens the window used to set the states to propose when closing a study. See proposed states page for more information. |