The Capture Viewer allows for editing image and movie files prior to saving.
Getting There
When saving an image or movie file, the second option in the Storage Type drop-down menu is DICOM Secondary Capture. Select this option and click Save to load the data into the Capture Viewer.
Function
The Capture Viewer panel is split into three sections: Info, Convert, and Image View.
Info
The Info field includes functions that affect the output image.
Option | Description |
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Series Description | Image pull-down menu. The selected image will be reflected in the Series Desc field. |
PatientsName | Patient name as stored in the DICOM header. |
Study Desc | Protocol used to collect the data. |
Series Desc | Series description including modality. |
Capture Desc | Name of image/movie to be saved. Manually entered by the user. |
Content Data | Date and time at which the image/movie was loaded into the Capture Viewer. |
Data Size | Size of the original data referred to in the Series Description pull-down menu. |
Image Size | Size of image currently being displayed. |
DICOM | When pressed, displays the DICOM header for the data. |
Close | When pressed, closes the Capture Viewer without saving image. |
orig | When checked, maintains, or returns to, the original image size. |
and | Increases/decreases the image size. |
Convert
The Convert field includes several options that affect the output image.
Option | Description |
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Save Image | Opens the Save Image screen. |
Save Movie | Opens the Save Movie screen. |
Play Movie | Plays/stops the movie. |
Save Capture | Saves image/movie into the repository specified in the pull-down menu. |
Image View
The Image field displays of the image or movie that is currently being edited.