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Centricity PACS Universal Viewer QUICK USER GUIDE

How to connect to UV:

1. On the windows desktop click on « GE UV » icon

2. Enter login/password.

3. Click on « Login» (or “Enter” keyboard).

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Exam worklist Searching tool

The user can switch between the predefined worklists « CT » « MR» « CR/DX » by using the left

mouse button

Perform a quick search on the hole database based on 3 criteria:

“ Patient name, Patient ID or Accession number”.

Perform an advanced manual search using more criteria « modality,

date, referring physician …etc

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Exam worklist

Worklist icons:

Select or deselect one or several exams

Black monitor to open the exam. The icon switches to RED if the exam is already opened by another user

Report icon. White if no report, YELLOW a note has been entered, GREEN a report has been validated.

Exam status icon: if checked in green it means that the exam is flagged as DICTATED

Right click on an exam in the list to open the worklist menu :

Compare two or more selected exams

Display all patient priors Tag the exam status as DICTATED

Assign/Detach the exam to a private or a common worklist.

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To display an exam, use a one click on the exam line

2D Viewer

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NAVIGATOR

First icon on the toolbar

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Patient Timeline

Total exam number for this Patient.

Patient Timeline « Patient priors»

Information on the exam just bellow Drag & Drop To display the series, drag and drop the image from the navigator to the viewport or inside the red thumbnail which reflects the screen divisions Information on the exam just bellow To display a prior exam in the navigator, perform a left mouse click on

the folder in the patient Timeline.

Open Timeline

When the folder icon switches to full grey, the exam is loaded in the navigator Perform a left mouse double click to remove the exam from the navigator

If the exam date is underlined it means that it contains a radiology report that you can display by clicking on the date itself

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TOOLBAR

IMAGE DISPLAY: Mouse modes:

BARRE ’OUTILS

MOUSE MODES

SCROLL WINDOWING ZOOM Pan Select Magnify Triangulation

Hanging protocols

screen divisions

Navigator display « N » Hanging protocols Screen divisions SRP: Smart Reading Protocols

SCROLL « D » Contrast « W »

Zoom « Z »

Pan « P » Selection Mode: Select one or several

images « Ctrl + »

Magnify

Triangulation « T »

Triangulation to display the same 3D

position on all the planes

PS: The selected tool will be kept active by default, At each time select the scroll mode as default

accessible also in the series menu Right click on the images

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Measure et Annotate:

Synchronization, Cross reference:

Annotations menu accessible also in the series menu Right

click on the images

Measurements menu accessible also in the series menu Right

click on the images

The most frequently used tools are present permanently on the toolbar. Use the trash icon to delete annotations and measurements

Cross Reference displays the reference plane of the actual series on the other planes

Used for synch. Link and unlink the series depending on the synch options defined in the Synch menu (on the main menu)

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TOOLBAR

« MIP,MinIP… », MPR 3D :

Modify the slice thickness « MIP,MinIP… »:

Thickness MPR 3D

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MPR 3D : Standard MPR: MPR Multi Oblique :

The different reconstructions Axial, Sagittal, Coronal

Slice: Number of slices

Spacing: Slice spacing interval

Thickness: Slice thickness

Export: Save the created

series

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IMAGES

All the yellow annotations on the images are interactive: Activates the basic mouse modes (zoom, scroll, windowing). By clicking on the date the user opens the exam selector which displays the hole patient priors.

Arrows: Access to the previous/next series.

Quick Cycle: Get to the next series by continuing scrolling at the end of the series

Indicates if a synchronization between images is active

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IMAGES

Right click menu on the images

Return 2D : : Retrurns to the 2D viewer after openeing a 3D MPR Preset Window : Predifined presets for windoing and contrast Mouse mode : Scroll, Zoom, Contrast, Pan Quality Control : Delete, reject, reconciliate images Export/Save : Save/Export images through different tools Flip/Rotate:

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Key image

Two ways to create key images: Automatically: when the user deposits a measurement

or annotation. Manually: by selecting the keyboard shortcut « S ».

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Export/Save images in different formats: Right click on the image to open the series menu, select export/save menu and click on Save Image: The user can then export the image under several extensions JPEG, Dicom, AVI.

Exit the exam and return to the worklist: or « Escape keyboard » .

Exit the PACS Application:

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Keyboard Shortcuts

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