Multiple methods exist for loading series from the thumbnail panel into image frames. These are described in the following sections.
Loading Select Series
Load a select series from the thumbnail panel to an image frame as follows:
Click and hold the left mouse button and drag the thumbnail image to any image frame in the viewing area. This replaces the contents of the image frame with the selected series.
If the Persistent Frame Settings setting is enabled, the tile mode settings applied to the image frame are applied to the thumbnail images. Otherwise, the default tile mode is applied.
Load a select series from the thumbnail panel into the first empty image frame as follows:
Double-click on the thumbnail image, or
To concatenate multiple series into a single frame in the viewing workspace, hold down the Ctrl key while you drag and drop the series into the desired frame. When concatenating images and series into a single image frame, the cursor changes from the normal drag-and-drop cursor to one with a plus sign (+).
To remove images from the grid, drag them back into the thumbnail panel.
To clear the entire series, select a new grid layout.
Auto-load Study
The auto-load study feature sets the viewer’s grid across all available monitors to accommodate all of the series, and then loads one series into each image frame. The maximum number of image frames created on a single monitor is based on the monitor size, but is generally 16. If more series exist than image frames, only the first few series are loaded. If the Auto-load Localizers setting is disabled, localizer series are not counted as a series and will not appear automatically.
To auto-load the series in a study, do one of the following:
Position the cursor over the study header in the Thumbnail panel and double-click the left mouse button.
From the Tools menu, select Layouts, select Autoload, and then select Study. This auto-loads the primary study only.
The auto-load session feature loads series from all the studies into individual image frames. To auto-load the series, do one of the following:
Position the cursor over any study header in the Thumbnail panel, press the SHIFT key and double-click the left mouse button.
From the Tools menu, select Layouts, select Autoload, and then select Session.
To auto-load the presentation group series into individual image frames, repeat either mouse control above except click on the Presentation Group header in the Thumbnail panel.
Session Stack
To load all series from all studies into the first empty image frame, do one of the following:
Position the cursor over any study header in the Thumbnail panel, press and hold down the Ctrl and Shift buttons and double-click the left mouse button.
From the Tools menu, select Layouts, and then Session Stack.
To load all presentation states from all studies into the first empty image frame:
Position the cursor over any presentation group header in the Thumbnail panel, press and hold down the Ctrl and Shift buttons and double-click the left mouse button.
These functions can be applied to a hanging protocol. See the hanging protocol section for details.
Group Stack
To load all series from a single study into the first empty image frame, do one of the following:
Position the cursor over any study header in the Thumbnail panel, press and hold down the Ctrl button and double-click the left mouse button.
From the Tools menu, select Layouts, and then Group Stack. This works for the primary study only.
To load all presentation state series from a single study into the first empty image frame:
Position the cursor over the study’s presentation group header in the Thumbnail panel, press and hold down the Ctrl button and double-click the left mouse button.
These functions can be applied to a hanging protocol. See the hanging protocol section for details.
Series Stack
To load all series with the same series description from a single study or all studies into an image frame:
Drag a series from the Thumbnail panel into an image frame.
Select the image frame.
From the Tools menu, select Layouts, then Series Stack, and then one of the following:
Session – to load series with the same series description from all studies.
Study – to load series with the same series description from the selected series.
Step 3 can be applied to a hanging protocol. See the hanging protocol section for details.
Alternatively, you can do the following:
Create an empty image frame by re-initializing the grid layout or dragging the current contents back to the thumbnail panel.
Select a series in the Thumbnail panel.
Position the cursor over the series in the Thumbnail panel,
press and hold down the Ctrl button and double-click the left mouse button to load series with the same series description from all studies.
press and hold down the Ctrl and Alt buttons and double-click the left mouse button to load series with the same series description from the selected study.
Unviewed Stack
To load all images from the primary study that have not been displayed on the screen at full fidelity into the next empty image frame:
Create an empty image frame by re-initializing the grid layout or dragging the current contents back to the thumbnail panel.
From the Tools menu, select Layouts and then Unviewed Stack and Primary Study, or press Ctrl+Alt+Shift and double-click the primary study’s header.
Step 2 of this function can be applied to a hanging protocol. See the hanging protocol section for details.
To load all images from all studies in the current viewer session that have not been displayed on the screen at full fidelity into the next empty image frame:
Create an empty image frame by re-initializing the grid layout or dragging the current contents back to the thumbnail panel.
From the Tools menu, select Layouts, then Unviewed Stack and Session.