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Patients

Patients

Each patient shows their Name, Patient ID, Owner Name, and the Total number of studies. Patients can be expanded to show a list of studies by selecting them. When expanded, you can also see the Species, Breed, Weight and Sex. In addition there are four button that allow you to Add a new Study, Edit the Patient Information, Export Studies, or Delete the Patient.

Add Study​

Add Study Button

The Add Study button will open the Add Study form.

Add Study Form

Enter in the Weight

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In the Basic Options, setting the Show Add Study Form option to False allows the user to skip the Add Study Form.

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An Accession Number field can be added to the Add Study, Add Patient, and Edit Patient Forms. This can be configured in the Settings Screen in the Configuration Section's Advanced Options Tab.

Edit Patient​

Edit Button

You can edit patient information with the Edit button. This will open the Edit Patient Form. This is similar to the Create Patient form. You can edit Patient Information such as Names, Breed, Sex, etc. To save your changes, click the Save button. To cancel and discard your changes, click the X button in the top right of the Form.

Edit Patient Form
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Required fields can be configured in Advanced Options

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The Save button is only active if changes have been made.

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Species cannot be edited once a Patient has been created.

Export​

Export Button

The export button will open the Export Form. When no studies are selected, all of the studies are exported. You can export select Studies by first selecting them, then pressing the export button.

There are two types of export. Network and Local. Local allows you to export the studies as either a DICOMDIR or JPEG.

You can close the form by pressing the X in the top right corner.

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The Network option is the default option selected if there is a DICOM Storage Server configured. If one is not configured, this form will default to Local and Network will be disabled.

Network​

Export Form - Network

This allows you to send the studies to a DICOM server. DICOM Storage Servers can be configured in the Settings Screen.

Select a DICOM server from the drop down and press the Send button.

Local​

Export Form - Local

You can select a location to export the studies to by browsing to the folder.

There are several options:

  • Anonymize Patient Data
    • This option will remove all identifying information from DICOM tags and overlays.
  • Export Frames as JPEG
    • This option will export the images as JPEG
  • Burn In Overlays
    • This option will burn in overlays to the image.
  • Include DICOM Viewer
    • This option will include a portable DICOM viewer.
    • This option is ignored if Export Frames as JPEG is selected.

Clicking the Send button will save each study to its own folder in the chosen Location.

Delete​

Delete Button

To Delete a patient, press the Delete Button.

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This will delete all of the patient's studies and images.