14 July Ver CRView V3 User Guide. 1 P a g e

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1 Ver CRView V3 User Guide 1 P a g e

2 Contents Copyright notice... 3 Trademarks... 3 System requirements... 4 Required hardware... 4 Recommended hardware... 4 Installing CRView... 5 Installing from the CD... 5 Installing from a download... 5 Starting CRView... 6 Using CRView... 7 CRView window... 8 To Do List... 9 Create new study...10 Opening existing DICOM files...11 Study Manager...12 Searching for exams...13 Transfer Destination...14 Burn CD and Backup...15 Image Viewer...19 Tool bar...21 Side Bar P a g e

3 Copyright notice Copyright 2008 CR-TECH Inc. d/b/a Hataasia 51 Nesher, Israel Phone: Fax: All Rights Reserved. This manual shall not wholly or in part, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, including photocopying, be reproduced or transmitted without the authorized, written consent of CR-TECH Inc. This guide has been produced to assist in providing instruction for the CRView product suite. Every effort has been made to make the information in this guide as accurate as possible. The authors of this guide shall have neither liability nor responsibility to any person or entity with respect to any loss or damages in connection with or arising from the information contained in this guide. Trademarks CR-TECH, CRView are all registered trademarks of CR-TECH Inc. and its subsidiaries. Any additional software products named in this document are claimed as trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies. 3 P a g e

4 System requirements This section describes the hardware and software required to run CRView. Required hardware CRView must be run on a computer that meets the following hardware requirements: Pentium 4-class processor 1GB MB RAM 160 GB free hard drive space Minimum display resolution 1024 x 768 with 32 bit/high color When choosing computer hardware, users should note that the most substantial performance gains result when RAM is increased. In order to prevent poor performance of the software, CR-TECH does not recommend that CRView be run on a less powerful system than that listed above. Hard drive space should be added as image storage requirements increase. Recommended hardware To get the most out of CRView, CRTECH recommends that your computer meet the following specifications: Intel Core 2 Duo 2 GB RAM 500 GB free hard drive space Display resolution 1280 x 1024 with 32 bit/true color Required software and operating systems: CRView requires the following software programs and operating systems in order to operate properly: Windows XP Professional SP2 and Windows Vista Microsoft.NET 2.0. Windows Installer 3.1 Note: Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT and Windows 2000 are not supported by CRView To ensure optimal performance, it is advisable that you upgrade your platforms for CRView to Windows Vista SP1 before you install CRView. 4 P a g e

5 Installing CRView This section explains how to: Install CRView from a CD Install CRView from a file downloaded from the CR-TECH web site. Installing from the CD Follow the installation instructions provided in the Installation Wizard. Note: Ensure that the system requirements outlined in System Requirements are met prior to installing CRView. To install CRView from the CD: 1. Insert the CRView CD in the CD-ROM drive. If you do not have Autorun enabled, navigate to your CD-ROM drive and double-click RunMeFirst.exe. Note: You must be logged in to the computer as an administrator to install CRView. 2. Follow the installation instructions in the Installation Wizard. Installing from a download Before you can install CRView, you must download the necessary file from To install CRView from a download: 1. Double-click the downloaded zip file. Extract the files to a folder on your desktop. 2. Open the folder where you extracted the installation files. 3. Double-click RunMeFirst.exe. Note: You must be logged in to the computer as an administrator to install CRView. 4. Follow the installation instructions in the Installation Wizard 5 P a g e

6 Starting CRView You can start CRView either from the desktop or through the Windows Start menu. To start CRView: Double-click the CRView icon on your desktop Navigate to Start > Programs > CR-TECH > CRView The first time you start the application, the Activation dialog box will appear, prompting you to register CRView. Activation Process: Write the computer serial number on paper. the number to: or call: Enter the activation number that was given to you and click on the enter button. 6 P a g e

7 Using CRView In this section, you will learn how to: understand the CRView workspace layout access the To Do List, Study Manager, Image Viewer and customize CRView 7 P a g e

8 CRView window The main CRView window is a workspace where you can view and work on retrieved images. To Do List Image Viewer Study Manager 8 P a g e

9 To Do List The To Do List window functions as a worklist. The window contains the list of the studies that needs to be scanned. To create a new study of images and add it to the worklist click on the New Study button. To add an image to the last study click on Redo Scan. To add images to any of the studies in the worklist click on the desired study. To Delete a study mark it with the left button and click on the right mouse button o A menu will popup. o Click on Delete Worklist Study. Note: Remember to delete the worklist item after the study is complete. 9 P a g e

10 Create new study To create a new study and scan the first image, fill all the parameters and click on the Save & Scan button. If the patient already is in the software click on the Find Patient button. 10 P a g e

11 Opening existing DICOM files Existing DICOM image files can be opened from either a disk or your network file system and viewed in CRView. Click on the Import button 1. DICOM File open a single DICOM file with DCM extension. 2. Folder open a folder contains DICOM files with DCM extension. (This function is recursive). 3. DICOMDIR open a DICOMDIR file. Note: All the imported images will be added into the CRView database. 11 P a g e

12 Study Manager The Study Manager window allows you to search for a study to view with CRView. 12 P a g e

13 Searching for exams To search for a local exam: 14 July Filter the search by entering the search criteria above the table columns. Enter either a single criterion or a combination of: Like Patient ID and Name. 2. Optionally, filter the exams by clicking on the "Show Today Studies" button or clicking the "Show Yesterday Studies" button. 3. After the Study details are displayed. 4. Double Click the study. All the images of the study will open at the bottom window. 5. Double Click on an image to open it. Note: In order to delete a single image from a study select the image and double click it with the right mouse button. Click on the Delete Selected Image. 13 P a g e

14 Transfer Destination To transfer a selected study or studies click on the Transfer Destination button. Choose destinations ( Image can be sent to a multiple destinations at once), then press Send To Selected Servers. Note: Chosen destinations will be marked with V mark. 14 P a g e

15 Burn CD and Backup To burn images on a CD and/or perform a back up of the images stored in the database of CRView, mark studies you want to burn from the study manager list, then press Burn CD. (You can mark multiple studies from the list by holding ctrl button and clicking with left mouse button on the required study). Choose a CD-Rom/DVD-Rom you are going to burn with (in a case you have more than one), in the Device: menu. In a case you are using rewritable CD/DVD and there is some data on them, erase the CD/DVD by pressing Erase CD button. You can define burning speed in Speed menu. (depends on a CD-DVD Rom drive) Press Burn CD button to start burning a CD. 15 P a g e

16 You can backup your images to a hard drive (internal/external) as well as on Disk On Key or any external storage devices. Define backup path by clicking Browse button. 16 P a g e

17 Press Make New Folder to create a new backup folder. Mark folder for backup and press OK button. Press Backup to HD button in order to perform a backup. 17 P a g e

18 Close the Backup window after the Copy Files To Hard Drive Completed massage will appear. 18 P a g e

19 Image Viewer The Image Viewer is the main screen where you can examine, adjust and make reports for your images. 14 July 2008 In order to open the image in the Image Viewer double click the study you want to open the image from in the Study Manager. 19 P a g e

20 Double click the image from the Study Thumbnails Press Yes button when the Do you want to close any opened images? window will appear and the image automatically will be opened in the Image Viewer. 20 P a g e

21 Tool bar Screen Layout - Redisplays series and images in various layouts on the screen. Invert - Inverts the color of the images so that they are displayed either as black on white or white on black. Window/Level - Adjusts the brightness and/or contrast of the image. You may specify whether this is done interactively or via LUTs included as part of an image header. Zoom - Manually increases or decreases the image s field of view. Magnifier - Magnifies the area of interest within the image. You may define the percentage of magnification. Pan - Repositions the images in the window. Analyze - Gives a pixel value for a given point or line. Ruler- Line - Measures linear distances. Ellipse - Measures an elliptical region of interest. Angles - Measures an angle between two intersecting lines. Arrow - Draws an arrow. Text - Allows the user to add and position text in the image. Delete Annotations - Erases all measurements from all images in a selected series. Change Overlay - Hides or displays the study information displayed in the window. 21 P a g e

22 Filters - Applies the filter/image manipulation effect to the selected image. (Save only with Scrapbook) 14 July 2008 Reload Original Image - Restores the image s original settings prior to the image filter application. Flip Horizontally - Flips the selected image from left to right about the vertical axis. Flip Vertically - Flips the selected image from top to bottom about the horizontal axis. Rotate Left - Rotates the selected image 90 degrees counter clockwise. Rotate Right - Rotates the selected image 90 degrees clockwise. R/L Markers Allows the user to place and position Right and Left, Horizontal and Vertical markers on the image. (Save only with Scrapbook) Pointer Reset all Tools. 22 P a g e

23 Sidebar 14 July P a g e

24 Shows study images. You can drag an image from the Thumbnails popup menu to a main screen. If you press No button while opening an image from the Study Manager, at Do you want to close any opened images?,this study will be added as a second tab in the Thumbnails, to an existing study opened. This will allow you to compare images from different studies. Two studies (Study description) 24 P a g e

25 scrapbook. You can create a scrapbook by selecting images or studies for inclusion in the Choosing the Scrapbook will capture whole the image. Choosing the Crop Scrapbook will require from you to select an area which you want to capture. (Press left mouse button and while holding it mark the required area). After the selection of the scrapbook type (marking the area in a case of Crop Scrapbook selection) the Create Scrapbook Dialog will appear. 25 P a g e

26 Select one of the following options: 14 July To create a new patient: Select the "Create new patient" check box and enter the following information: First Name: the name of the new patient Last name : Last name of the new patient ID: the patient's id or the medical record name. 2. To create a new study for the same patient: Select the "Create new study" check box and enter the following information: Description: a description of the study History: the history of the patient Comments: any additional comments Note: This option is automatically selected when you select the "Create new patient" check box. 3. To create a new series in the existing study: Keep both check boxes clear to create a new series in the existing study. 4. Click the Send button. 26 P a g e

27 5. Choose the destination you want to send the scrapbook to and click on the "Send To Selected Servers" button. 6. When massage, indicating that the Image was sent successfully will appear, press OK button. Transfers full study to one or more recipients from the server list. Saves image currently opened in the Image Viewer examination screen. Choosing DICOM will save the image on any partition (in any folder) you will choose, as well as on any external storage device, as a DICOM file (.dcm) Choosing Windows Image will save the image on any partition (in any folder) you will choose, as well as on any external storage device, as a one of the following formats : JPEG (.jpg), Bitmap (.bmp), PNG (.png) or Tiff (.tif) These files can be viewed using any standard image viewer or web browser. 27 P a g e

28 Prints the image currently opened in the Image Viewer examination screen. Choosing Windows Print will print the image on a standard printer connected to your PC. (Paper printer) 28 P a g e

29 Choosing DICOM Print will print the image on a DICOM printer connected to your PC. 29 P a g e

30 Sends the image currently opened in the Image Viewer examination screen. (in JPEG format (.jpg)) 30 P a g e

31 Sends an image currently opened in the Image Viewer examination window to a mail recipient (sends an image in JPEG format (.jpg)) Notice: configurations have to be set in the Settings -> CRView -> P a g e