AGFA ADC IPD Viewer Software User manual
IPD Vi ewer
Software
User manual
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Table of contents
Chapter 1: Introducing the IPD Viewer Software............................................. 5
About the IPD Viewer Software .......................................................................6
IPD Viewer Software features.................................... .......... ............................7
Modes of the IPD Viewer Software............................ .......... ............................8
Selector mode................................................................. ........... .......... ....... 9
Viewer mode .................................... .......... ........... .......... ........... .......... ..... 10
Starting the IPD Viewer Software ................................................... .......... ..... 11
Using the online Help.................................................................................... 12
Switching between Selector mode and Viewer mode....................................13
Quitting the IPD Viewer Software ................... ........... .................................... 15
Chapter 2: Selecting studies (Selector mode).......................................... ..... 17
Searching the local database ......................................................... .......... ..... 18
Searching remote databases.......................... ..................... ........... ............... 19
Selecting a study or an image .................................................................. ..... 20
Selecting a study.......................................................................................21
Selecting an image....................................................................................23
Protecting a study........................................... ............................................... 24
Transferring an image to another study......................................................... 26
Printing a study or an image...... ........... ..................... .......... ..................... ..... 27
Print using the default layout (Quick Print).................................................. 27
Print using a custom layout (Print Composer)............................................. 28
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Chapter 3: Viewing studies (Viewe r mode)....................................................29
Viewing a study for on-screen diagnosis ....................................................... 30
Processing an image..................................................................................... 31
Transfo rmi ng an ima ge..................................................................................33
Adding annotations to an image............................................................... ..... 35
Saving an image........................................................ ....................................37
Printing a study............................................... ..................... ........... ............... 38
Print using the default layout (Quick Print).................................................. 38
Print using a custom layout (Print Composer)............................................. 39
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Introducing the IPD Viewer
This chapter covers the following topics:
Chapter
Software
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q About the IPD Viewer Software
q IPD Viewer Software features
q Modes of the IPD Viewer Software
q Starting the IPD Viewer Software
q Using the online Help
q Switching between Selector mode and Viewer
mode
q Quitting the IPD Viewer Software
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About the IPD Viewer Software
The IPD Viewer Software is one of the major modules of the ADC Quality
System.
The IPD Viewer Software User manual provides general and concise
practical information on using the IPD Viewer Software. For full details on
using the IPD Viewer Software, refer to the Reference manual or the online
Help of the IPD Viewer Software.
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IPD Viewer Software features
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A number of features are only available with certai n licences. Refer to the
Licence document for more information.
The IPD Viewer Software offers the following features:
n Searching for studies in the local database and in remote databases.
The IPD Viewer Software allows you to specify a number of search criteria for
searching the local database or remote databases. You can customize these
searches to suit your specific needs, and store searches for future use.
n Viewing studies for on-screen diagnosis.
Once you have retrieved a number of studies from the database, you can
select a specific study and display it for on-screen diagnosis. You can
customize the viewing environment according to your preferences.
n Interactively processing images and adding annotations.
The IPD Viewer Software offers you an extensive range of image processing
and diagnosis-assisting functions.
n Printing studies and images.
Several printing options are available; you can c hoose between printing using
the default layout, a non-default layout, or a custom layout.
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Modes of the IPD Viewer Software
The IPD Viewer Software has two operating modes:
• The Selector mode.
• The Viewer mode.
You can seamlessly switch from Selector mode to Viewer mode and vice
versa.
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Selector mode
The Selector mode allows you to retrieve studies from the local database or
from remote databases by means of search criteria. From the resulting list,
you can subsequently select one or more studies.
Favorites p ane
Standard toolbarSwitch toolbar
List view pane Thumbnail pane
Search paneShortcut pane
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Viewer mode
The Viewer mode allows you to view the studies which you have selected in
Selector mode. The Viewer mode offers you a range of interactive image
processing and diagnosis-assisting functions.
Transformation toolbar
Image processing to ol ba r
Standard toolbarSwitch toolbar
Image pane
Format
toolbar
Navigation bar
Annotation
toolbar
Study
overview pane
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Starting the IPD Viewer Software
To start the IPD Viewer Software, you need a username and a password.
Contact your system administrator . For information on creating us ers, refer to
the Reference manual of the Configuration Viewer.
To start the IPD Viewer Software:
1 Do one of the following:
• Double-click the ADC QS icon.
• Click the Start button, and then point to Agfa. Point to the ADC QS folder,
and then click Start ADC-QS.
The Login dialog box is displayed.
2 Type a valid username and password and click OK.
The ADC Quality System is st arted.
• If you start the ADC Quali ty S ystem fo r the f irst ti me, th e mai n window of the QC
Viewer Software is displayed.
• If you have used the ADC Quali ty System bef ore, the main wi ndow of the modul e
which you used the previous time - either the ID Sof tware, the QC Viewer
Software, or the IPD Vi ewer Software - is displayed.
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Using the online Help
You can invoke Help on the functions of the IPD V iewer Software via the Help
menu. You can choose between Help on the IPD Viewer Software and Help
on the global ADC Quality System (Global Help).
The online Help allows you to quickly and easily locate information; it has a
table of contents, an index, a full-text search function, and a favorites function
via which you can define favorite topics.
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Switching between Selector mode and Viewer mode
The Selector mode allows you to retrieve studies from the local database or
from remote databases on the basis of search criteria. From the resulting lis t,
you can subsequently select a number of studies.
Once you have selected studies, you can view them in Viewer mode. This
mode offers you a range of interactive image processing and diagnosisassisting functions.
To switch from Selector mode to Viewer mode:
1 In Selector mode, select one or more studies.
Refer to
2 To switch to Viewer mode, do one of the following:
• On the File menu, click View Studies.
• Click the View Studies button on the Switch toolbar.
’Selecting a study’
on page21.
If you have selected only one study, you can also do one of the following:
• Double-click the study in the list view pane.
• Double-click a thumbnail of the study in the thumbnail pane.
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When you are working in Viewer mode, the navigation bar allows you to
switch between the studies which you have selected in Selector mode.
You do not need to return to Selector mode. For more information, refer
to the IPD Viewer Software Reference manual.
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