Return to the Last Study Using Time Warp

Introduction

The ability to return to the last study using Time Warp addresses the issue of workflow interruption and provides a means by which you can easily return to a study after searching for and opening another study. The Time Warp buttons , located on the Viewer toolbar, allow you to easily:

  • Go back to the previous study and previous Worklist with one click.
  • Continue back through all studies that you have viewed throughout your current session.
  • Move forward to view any subsequent studies you have viewed (while using the Time Warp Previous button).
  • Open your My History Worklist to see a list of your recently viewed studies.

Note:

Time Warp only works for studies loaded from Synapse PACS datasources. Time Warp does not work for studies loaded from a VNA datasource.

Steps

This process assumes that you were interrupted while reading a study and that you opened another study; now you want to return to the previous study. For example:

  • You are working in Study A.
  • You receive a request to look at a new study, Study B, but you have not completed work on Study A.
  1. With the Viewer open, click the All Studies Search button on Viewer toolbar; the cursor displays in the Patient Name Search field of the All Studies Worklist.
  2. Search for and open the new study, Study B.
  3. When you open Study B, Synapse saves Study A with a Snapshot preserving your display state.

    Note:

    Ensure your settings are set to save Snapshot layouts. See Configuring Image Display Settings .

  4. After you finish looking at Study B, click Time Warp Previous on the Viewer toolbar.
    • Study A displays on the viewer, exactly as it was left if you selected the Automatically save Snapshot setting. See Changing Snapshot Settings.
    • If the study still exists on that Worklist, it displays highlighted so you can find it easily.
  5. Optional: Click Time Warp Previous again to open the next previous study in the Viewer and open the associated Worklist.
  6. Optional: Continue to click Time Warp Previousuntil you reach the end of the list of studies opened during this session.

Note:

Synapse allows up to 25 studies for Time Warp.

Additional Information

  • Click Time Warp Next to view all of the studies you have viewed (while using the Time Warp back arrow).
    • Continue to click Time Warp Next until you reach the end of the list of studies opened during this session.
  • Click My History to open your My History Worklist.

Related Topics

Using F8 Automated Reading Workflow