Mammography Overview

Introduction

To adequately lay out mammography images for diagnosis, each image of the study must be identified for placement. In some cases, Synapse groups mammography images into a single series, which prevents the reading protocol from placing specific images in the layout.

When all images in a series display in full screen (1-up), a check mark (if configured in User Settings) displays in the thumbnails shown in the Series Picker in the Viewer, Floating Series Viewer, or Series Picker in the PowerJacket, to identify that the images have been viewed.

How Synapse Groups MG Images

Synapse groups MG images using the following DICOM tags which determine slider bar orientation markers for the MG modality:

  • Image Orientation (Patient)
  • Image Position (Patient)
  • Frame Laterality

Even if all images are in the same series as acquired, Synapse divides images into appropriate groups. Mammography images have a laterality of left, right, or center, and a various number of view code sequences, such as cranial caudal (CC) or medial lateral oblique (MLO). Synapse identifies each of the groups in a study and creates a series for the reading protocol to use. This grouping algorithm does not use the series UIDs of the image.

Synapse uses the results of the new image grouping for reading protocol selection. Instead of using a single series to match against a reading protocol, the image content of the study is used to match a reading protocol.

The Series Picker displays results of the mammography image grouping.

Mammography Configuration Options

Related Topics

Mammography Image Grouping

Breast Tomosynthesis

Using the Slider Bar

Active Overlays for MG

Using the Autogen Option for Additional MG Priors