Content Manager Overview

Introduction

Content Manager is a drag-and-drop interface that allows you to move, merge, reallocate, and delete patients, studies, series, and images. Content Manager contains folders that are created by predefined database queries.

When you open a folder, Synapse executes the query, which causes the results to be displayed on the Synapse workstation. For example, the Recent Removed Items folder is a query that searches for items removed within the last seven days.

Note:

  • Permissions from SWAT do not carry over into Content Manager. Therefore, a study that is blocked in Synapse will be visible in Content Manager.
  • When working with a multiframe image, only the first image displays.
  • You must perform any merge, reallocation, or study updates in the Admin folder.
  • Content Manager displays the same date and time format that is set in your browser.
  • Synapse includes image annotations for:
    • Study merges
    • Series reallocations
    • Image reallocations

The User Interface

See the Content Manager Features for a description of the user interface and icons.

Path

Content Manager displays the current path at the top of the page. This path is referred to as the breadcrumbs trail. Click on any part of the path to go to that segment.

For example: If the path is <yourserver>/Admin/Manage Content/Manage Studies(1-9:>200), click Admin to display that page.

Page Status

At the end of the path, before the icons, messages display indicating the status of the page. These statuses include:

  • Working - The operation is currently looking for content.
  • Failed - The operation did not complete successfully.
  • No Data Found - The folder is empty.

Search Fields

Throughout Content Manager, Query by Example search boxes display at the top of each column. Use the search boxes to filter the page and display only what you are searching for.

For example, if you are looking for a patient with the ID of 1234567, enter the ID in the Patient ID Query by Example search box to filter out all other patients.

Non-Displayable Items

Synapse cannot display non-displayable DICOM items that come with a study. Only the UID of the item display, for example, text files or pdf files.