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Patients

Patient Tiles

Each patient shows their Name, Patient ID, 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, Sex, as well as any populated Owner information. Finally, 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

Weight is still a required field for most patients but it will auto populate with the most recent patient weight, make any necessary changes and press save to create a new study.

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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 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 or press Cancel to discard your changes and return to the previous screen.

Edit Patient Form
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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 patient's studies are exported. You can export only specific studies by first clicking or tapping on the desired study tile to select it, then pressing the export button.

There are three types of export. Network, Download, and USB Export. Download allows you to save the studies to your local machine as either a DICOMDIR or JPEG, while Network allows you to send your images to a configured DICOM destination like your local PACS or preferred telemedicine service. USB Export allows you to save the selected study to a specified USB drive.

You can close the form by pressing the X button.

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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 Download and Network will be disabled.

Network​

Study Network Export Dialog

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

Select the desired DICOM server from the dropdown menu and press the Send button.

Local Exports​

Study Local Export Dialog   Study USB Export Dialog

Download will save the study to your Windows Downloads folder, C:\Users\Sound User\Downloads and can only be downloaded as a .zip file.
Export to USB will allow the user to select their desired destination drive and can choose to save the file as a .zip or as an uncompressed 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.
  • Save as Zip
    • This option allows the user to compress the study into a .zip file.

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

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OFA submissions typically need to be in a JPEG format with certain information included in the image. You can visit the Overlay Editor to set up an OFA overlay to burn into your images when you export them as JPEG. If you need some information that's unavailable in your Overlays, you can use annotations to manually add them.

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.

Paused Studies​

Paused Study Indicator

A patient with a paused or suspended study will have this icon next to it. If you expand the patient the suspended study will be noted with the same icon.

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When you suspend a study the images are NOT archived. To send the images to your archival server you will need to re-open the study and finalize it, or you can send them manually.