Standard DICOM package

The Standard DICOM package option allows examination images and dose reports to be sent to the hospital/department network for storage or printing.

5.17.1

Selecting DICOM export tasks

1 On the ‘Patient administration’ page select the examination to be stored or printed.

2 Click the |Export patient| button.

The ‘Export panel’ is displayed.

Figure 5.26 Export panel

3 If required, enter an Accession number for the selected patient in the

‘Accession Number’ field.

N O T E The ‘Name’ and ‘Patient ID’ fields cannot be modified.

4 Select the required network device from the ‘Target’ list.

A target may be either a store target or a print target. The ‘Type’ column in the ‘Target’ list indicates what kind of network device each target is.

5 Select the required format from the ‘Image Format’ list.

The following formats are available:

N O T E Printing is restricted to the ‘SC (with text)’ image format.

Image format Use

XA Viewing and post-processing on workstations (raw non-processed images).

SC (with text) Printing and archiving.

SC (without text) Used for target devices which cannot handle patient data on the image.

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6 Select which images to store or print from the ‘Image Selection’ list.

After making a selection, the number of images that will be stored or printed is shown to the right of the ‘Image Selection’ list.

N O T E The setting ‘No Images’ can be used in conjunction with the ‘Include Dose Report’

checkbox when only a dose report is required for store or printing.

7 Select the required page layout from the ‘Page Format’ list. This step is only necessary when printing. Otherwise, continue with step 8.

The options in the ‘Page Format’ list indicate columns × rows, and the total number of images per page.

N O T E Not all printers support all page layout options. The actual options supported by available printers on the network can be configured by Service.

After making a selection, the number of pages that will be printed is shown to the right of the ‘Page Format’ list.

8 If a dose report is required, check the ‘Include Dose Report’ checkbox.

9 When all settings are correct, click the |OK| button.

The images and/or dose report appear briefly on the screen as they are queued for transfer to the DICOM network.

N O T E S • It is possible to cancel the selection while images and/or a dose report are displayed on the screen (during queueing for transfer). This can be done by pressing the

|Patient administration| key, or by starting fluoroscopy with the hand switch or foot switch. Pressing the |Patient administration| key requires the operator to confirm the cancel action, but starting fluoroscopy does not. Cancelling the selection during queueing for transfer deletes it from the queue. If required, it must be selected and queued again manually.

• Clicking the |Cancel| button in the ‘Export panel’ prior to queueing also cancels the selection without saving it to the queue. In this case the ‘Export panel’ is closed and the ‘Patient administration’ page is displayed.

• To indicate that an examination has been sent to the queue, the associated entry in the ‘Stat’ column on the ‘Patient administration’ page is greyed, although this does not necessarily mean the images have been transferred.

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Starting fluoro Do not start fluoro or perform other actions during queueing, otherwise the export has to be started again.

Storing or printing a dose report without images

To store or print a dose report on its own, select ‘No Images’ in the

‘Image Selection’ list, check the ‘Include Dose Report’ checkbox and click the |OK| button.

Export settings The last used network device (‘target’) is automatically selected at the start of the next session to assist with configuring tasks. The operator can accept this target or select a alternative (if available) for the current task.

Additionally, the settings last used with each target are stored for the next task. The operator can amend the settings if required.

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5.17.2

Online transfer tasks

After completing the selection steps described in the previous section, the

‘Transfer panel’ is displayed providing information about the transfer progress. Any queued tasks that have not yet been stored or printed are also transferred at this time and appear in the ‘Transfer’ list.

N O T E The transfer queue is ordered by date and time, with the most recent store or print task at the top of the queue. The queueing order cannot be changed.

Figure 5.27 Transfer panel

The ‘Transfer panel’ displays all store and print tasks in the queue, along with their target network device and current transfer status.

At any stage of the transfer, clicking on a task in the list provides more information about the task; details of the selected task appear below the transfer list.

As each task is transferred to the appropriate network device (specified in the

‘Target’ column), the ‘Transfer Status’ column displays which tasks have been transferred and which are queued, awaiting transfer. For the task currently being transferred, it displays how many images of the total have been transferred.

A summary of the total transfer progress appears at the bottom of the page, providing details of how many images and patients remain to be transferred.

The ‘Transfer Status’ column also indicates whether a transfer task has encountered an error. If an error is reported, click on the task to show more information about the error and guidance on resolving it. Errors are specific to a task and may not prevent subsequent tasks from being transferred; when an error is reported, the system continues with the next task in the queue.

When all transfer tasks are completed, the ‘Transfer panel’ remains visible to display the status of the transferred tasks: whether transferred successfully, or whether an error was encountered. To close the ‘Transfer panel’, click the

|Cancel| button. When the ‘Transfer panel’ is closed, successfully completed tasks are removed from the queue.

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Cancelling the transfer operation

The transfer operation can be interrupted at any time, in case the BV Libra is required for acquisition in an emergency. Cancelling the transfer operation will not result in the loss of any tasks. The task that is currently being transferred is cancelled and held in the queue, to be restarted during the next transfer operation. All queued tasks awaiting transfer also remain in the queue for the next transfer operation. Tasks that were transferred successfully prior to cancelling are removed from the queue.

To cancel the transfer operation perform one of the following actions:

• Click the ‘Cancel’ button in the ‘Transfer panel’. The transfer operation is cancelled and the ‘Patient administration’ page is displayed.

• Press the |Patient administration| key. The operator is required to confirm this action before the transfer operation is cancelled.

• Start acquiring fluoroscopy images using the hand switch or the foot switch.

5.17.3

Working offline

After completing the selection steps described in section 5.17.1 ‘Selecting DICOM export tasks’, the store or print task is saved on the system in a queue. There is no further action and the display returns to the ‘Patient administration’ page. Queued tasks are held on the system for deferred store or print when the BV Libra comes online at a later stage.

Exporting queued images and/or dose reports

1 Reconnect the BV Libra to the hospital/department network.

2 Click the |Export patient| button in the ‘Patient administration’ page.

The ‘Export panel’ is displayed. The details of the selected patient appear, but they can be ignored if a store or print task for this patient is not required at this time. Continue directly with the next step.

3 Click the |Resume| button to initiate the transfer of queued tasks.

The ‘Transfer panel’ is displayed and the transfer of queued tasks begins. See section 5.17.2 above for details of the ‘Transfer panel’ and transfer progress.

N O T E S • The |Export patient| button is always enabled in the ‘Patient administration’ page.

This allows the operator to access queued store and print tasks from previous examinations.

• Selecting a new store or print task also initiates transfer of any queued tasks stored during a previous offline session.

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Starting fluoro Do not start fluoro or perform other actions during transfer to the network, otherwise the transfer has to be resumed (from the Export panel).

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