Viewer Features

Introduction

Viewer is a comprehensive tool for viewing, manipulating, and annotating a wide variety of images supported by Synapse. Use the Viewer to access patient information from all departments and locations throughout the healthcare enterprise.

    

Feature

Icon

Description

Current Study Icon

Identifies the current and open study. See Study Icons.

2D Icon

Indicates the image is in 2D mode.

To toggle to 2D slab thickness, do any of the following:

Image Arrival Notification Icon

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Indicates that new study content has arrived.

Note: Synapse does not display the Arrival Notification icon when new content is received for Enhanced Display studies.

3D Icon

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Indicates that the series is in 3D. See MPR Quadrant Overview.

2D Slab Thickness Icon

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Indicates that the series is in 2D slab thickness mode.
See Using 2D Slab Thickness.

Color Table Bar

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Provides a color bar to access color tables that enhance PT and NM studies.
See Applying Color Table to PT or NM Images.

Link Zoom Pan Indicator

Toggle to enable or disable zoom pan. When you enable Link Zoom Pan, the same zoom and pan display simultaneously for all the linked series with the same modality in the Viewer.

Relative Window Level Indicator

Toggle to enable or disable relative window level. When you enable relative window level, all the series display the same relative window level.

IntelliScroll Active Overlay

Click to cycle through IntelliScroll options. See Active Overlays for IntelliScroll.

Send to Report

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Click to export a key image to a report. See Sending a Key Image to a Report.

See Exporting Key AI Images .

Viewport

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Click to launch a URL in an iFrame within a viewport or view a list of configured viewport URLs. See Launching a Third-Party URL within a Viewport.

Click to launch a URL in an iFrame within a viewport or view a list of configured viewport URLs

Note: Some websites might have a limitation that would prevent them from opening in an iFrame.

GSPS Indicator

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Click to cycle through the GSPS annotations objects.

Right-click to display a list of the presentation states that are applicable to the image displayed in the viewport.

Select a display option:

  • A single GSPS annotation object.
  • All GSPS annotation objects. When this option is selected, an A displays in the Presentation State icon.

See Displaying GSPS Annotation Objects

Download Progress Indicator

This indicator displays the download progress percentage of studies.

  • If Hybrid Mode is ON, the indicator represents images downloading to the workstation from the Synapse server. This download is series-based; each viewport displaying a different series might display a different download progress percentage.
  • If Hybrid Mode is OFF, the indicator represents archived images downloading to the Synapse server from a VNA. This download is study-based; each viewport displays the same progress percentage.

See Configuring Workstation Cache .

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