Advanced settings

 

Section

Setting

Default

Description

General

Settings for:

 

Select the modality the settings on this page apply to. Select the modality type Default to set the default settings for all the undefined parameters.

Annotation font size

8 point

Font size for the text used for annotations.

Keep last N DICOM print logs

25

Keep the specified number of print logs on the workstation. Print logs show the results of a DICOM print request, and may be useful in the event a problem occurred.

Keep last N text annotations

20

Keep the specified number of text annotations in the annotation text list.

Connect to collaboration peer directly

Disabled

When a proxy server is involved in the routing between two collaborating workstations, the viewer needs to know to attempt to connect directly. When a check appears in the box, the workstation attempts to connect to the other workstation directly.

Adjust thread priorities

 

Adjust the viewer process’s thread priorities.

Data packet size

Auto

Auto

Viewer selects the best packet size to use when transferring data from/to the server based on network configuration and utilization.

Size

 

Override the automatic packet size setting and force packets to the specified size. Smaller packets are best used in slow, busy networks. Larger packets are best used in fast, quiet networks.

Study data download

Use default

Enabled

Use the default compression algorithm to download the control data, thumbnails, etc.

Uncompressed

 

Do not use any compression on the control data.

Compressed

 

Compress the control data. This uses lossless wavelet.

Auto

Default

Viewer selects the best compression setting based on network configuration and utilization.

D3D Usage

Disable startup warning

Disabled

Disable the warning notifying you that Direct3D is not available on your workstation.

 

Disable D3D rendering

Disabled

Disable support for Direct3D. Some display controllers report they support Direct3D, but actually do not, resulting in invalid images.