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Contents1. General. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Symbolsused. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4Intendedpurpose. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4Trademarks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4Registration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4Storageofthedatacarriers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4Databackups. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4Effectonthecomputer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4Copyright. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4LicenseagreementforVet-ExamPlussoftware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5Operation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5Vet-Examplusmainwindowinformation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6SystemRequirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9Notesondatabackup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

2. Configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12Localactivationofthesoftware. . . . . . . . . 12Configurationofthemodules. . . . . . . . . . . 14Configuration/Operator. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15Configuration/Surgery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18Configuration/Language. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21SystemInfo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22ShortCuts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23Configuration/Modules. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24Vet-Examplusmodule(mainmodule) . . . 24Patientmodule. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27Modulevideo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28X-raymodule. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30Viewermodule(lighttable). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31Archivingmodule. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34CRScanmodule. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36CRNetmodule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37DICOMmodule. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

3. Patientrecord . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38General. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38Functions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

4. Lighttable. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45General. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45GlobalImageSearch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45Functions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46Imageselectionbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

5. Video. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55General. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55Functions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

6. X-ray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59Functions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60WhattodoafteraPCcrash. . . . . . . . . . . . 66X-RayReport(X-Raymenu) . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

7. Imageprocessing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69General. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69Graphicandimageprocessing(toolbox) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69OverviewofFunctions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

8. Print. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83Settingupaprinter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

9. Imagearchive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86General. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86Suitablearchivingdrivesandstoragemedia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86Archivemanagement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

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1.General

Symbolsused

Warning

IntendedpurposeRecordingandmanagementofX-rayimagesandtheirallocationtoownerandanimal.

TrademarksWindowsXPandVistaareregisteredtrademarksofMicrosoftCorp.DirectXTM,DirectDrawTMaretrademarksofMicrosoftCorp.Allotherbrandsandproductnamesaretrademarksorregisteredtrademarksoftherespectivema-nufacturer.

RegistrationAsaregistereduseroftheVet-ExamPlusprogramyouareentitledtoalltheprogramfunctions(accordingtotheorderedpackage)andabroadrangeoftechnicalsupportservices.YouhavetoactivatetheregistrationintheVet-ExamPlusprogram,checkthedesiredconfiguration,printouttheregistrationformormakethenecessaryentriesintheattachedregistrationformifyoudonothaveaprinterconnected.ThensendthecompletedregistrationformtoDürrNDTbytelefax,e-mailorsurfacemail.

DürrNDTGmbH&Co.KGHöpfigheimerStraße22D-74321Bietigheim-BissingenFax:+49714299381-299e-Mail:info@duerr-medicalDürrNDTwillsendyouavalidreleasecodeforyoursystem.Thesoftwareisnotcopy-protected.However,onlyonecopymaybeproducedforbackuppurposes.AnyduplicationorpublicationofthesoftwareorthesoftwaredocumentationisprohibitedwithoutthepriorapprovalofDürrNDT.

StorageofthedatacarriersAccordingtothemanufacturers,protectfrom–Directmagneticradiation(permanentmagnetorelectromagnet)–Temperatureoutsidepermittedrange–Humidityoutsidepermittedrange–Damage(scratches,breakage,deformation,...)

DatabackupsWerecommendyoucarryoutacompletebackupofthesoftwarealreadyinstalledonthecomputerbeforeinstallationofthesoftware.WhenusingtheX-raymodule(e.g.withCRScan),aregularbackupoftheVet-ExamPlusdatabasedirectoryiscrucial.Informationonhowtodothiscanbefoundinsection"Informationondatabackup".

EffectonthecomputerWedonotassumeliabilityforanyeffectonanysoftwarealreadyinstalledonthecomputer.

CopyrightCopyright2011byDürrNDT

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LicenseagreementforVet-ExamPlussoftware–TheLicensorgrantstheLicenseethenon-transferable,non-exclusiverighttousethe"Vet-ExamPlus"programinhisorherveterinarypractice.Anyotherformofuse,inparticularanytransfertothirdparties,isnotpermitted.TheVet-ExamPlusprogrammayonlybeusedbytheLicenseewhenalegallyvalidlicensingcontracthasbeenconcluded.Itisconcludedbythepaymentofthesoftwareroyaltiesandcorrespondingprovisionoftheactivationcode.–Allrightstothesoftwaresuppliedandthemanual,inparticularduplicationinanyformormanner,arereservedbyDürrNDTGmbH&Co.KG.Intheeventofanyinfringementoftheabove-mentionedcontractconditions,DürrNDTGmbH&Co.KGshallbeentitledtoterminatethelicensingcontractwithoutnoticeandtoprohibitthefurtheruseofthesoftware.DürrNDTGmbH&Co.KGwarrantsthatthesoftwaresuppliedtotheLicenseeissuitablefortheintendeduse.Shouldfaultsoccurintheprogramduringthewarrantyperiodof12months,DürrNDTGmbH&Co.KGwillremedythesefreeofchargeorsupplynewsoftware.Intheeventthattheremedyorreplacementsuppliedfailstoovercomethefaultsinaccordancewiththeapplicablerules,theLicenseeshallbeentitledtoreturnthesoftwareanddemandtherefundofthepurchaseprice.–NoclaimsfordamageswillbeacceptedexceptincasesofintentorgrossnegligenceorintheeventofaninfringementofcardinalcontractualobligationsbytheLicensor.IfdataarelostintheLicensee'sVet-ExamPlusdatabaseduringtheuseofthesoftware,DürrNDTGmbH&Co.KGshallbeliableforthedamagecausedonlyiftheLicenseehasbackedupthedataatintervalsadequatetotheapplication,butatleastonceaday,inasuitableformsothatthesecanberecoveredwithareasonableamountofwork.–DürrNDTGmbH&Co.KGassumesnoliabilityformaterialdamageorpersonalinjuryofanykindresultingfromtheuseofthesoftware.

Operation

General

TheoperationoftheprogramfollowstheWindowsconventions.Attentionwillbedrawntoanyspe-cialoperationsatthecorrespondingpointinthemanual.

Mouse

Click: Clickleftmousekeyonceandreleaseit

Doubleclick: Clickleftmousekeytwice

Rightclick: Clickrightmousekeyonceandreleaseit

Drag&Drop(dragleft): Positionmousepointerontheobject,presstheleftmousekeyandkeepitpressedwhilemovingthemouse.Releasethemousekeywhenreachedthedesiredposition.

Take&Drag&Drop: Clickonobject,moveobjectbymeansofthemouseandreleasetheobjectbyclickingagain.

ThefollowingdescriptionreferstotheWindowsdefaultsettings(right-handmouse)

Click: Activateorinitiateafunction.Selectamenuitemorfunction.

Doubleclickontheobject: Activateobjectorimage-relatedfunctions(e.g.imageprocessing).

Rightclick: Loadthecontextmenu.

Drag&Drop: MoveorcopyobjectsbetweenDrag&Drop-capableobjectsorappli-cations.

Take&Drag&Drop: Drawgraphicobjectswithstartandendpoints.(e.g.luminance/contrastcontrols)

Keyboard

ThekeyboardcanbeusedtoselectfromVet-Examplusmenusandtomakeinputs.

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Vet-Examplusmainwindowinformation

Themainwindowisdividedinto:1.Headerbar(top)2.Menubarwiththemenus"File","DICOM","Examination",etc.3.Modules(tabsheets)withthetabs"Patient","X-ray","Lighttable",etc.4.Functionbar(left-handcolumn)5.Statusbar(bottom)MaxThesurgerynameandthecurrentlyselectedpatientaredisplayedintheheaderbar.Thelogged-inuserandthelastregisteredpatientareshowninthestatusbar.

Errorlog

ErrorsormessagesoccurringduringtheprogramrunareloggedbyaLogserverthatisalsostartedateachprogramstart;thelogisautomaticallywrittentoafileonclosingtheprogram.Thesefiles(logx.rtf)canbefoundindirectory"..\Vet-Examplus\bin"canbeconsultedintheeventofproblems. TheLogservercanbeseenintheWindowstaskbarinthebottomright-handcornerduringtherunningofVet-Examplus.

YoucanviewtheLogserverbydoubleclickingtoshowallthemessagesduetoerrorsorwarnings.RightclickingontheLogservericonintheWindowstaskbarallowsyoutoquittheLogserverviathemenupoint"Quit".

PleasedonotexittheLogserverwhileVet-Examplusisrunning!

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Dialogwindow

Question

Aquestionwindowappearsasasafetyfeaturethatallowsyoutoconfirm,denyorcancelanaction.

Message

Messagesgiveinformationrelevanttoaninstructionthathasbeencarriedout.

Warning

Awarningappearswhenaninstructioncouldnotbecarriedoutorcouldonlybecarriedoutinpart.

GeneralMenus/Functions

Quit(Filemenu)

Returnstotheloginstatustochangeuserinformationortoendtheprogram.

PixelsizeInthismenuyoucanstartexaminations,switchbetweenexaminationsanddisplayorabortrunningexaminations.ThisfunctionisgenerallyusedinconjunctionwithDICOM(see"ManualVet-ExamplusDICOM",No.9000-608-108/...).Ifnecessary,youmustorderandreleaseDICOMviathecentralrelease.

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Configuration(Optionsmenu)

Underthismenuitemyoucanshowandhidethedisplayoftheconfigurationtab,withadministratorrightsyoucancreateoreditnewconfigurationsforamodule(e.g.anewuser).

Contents(Helpmenu)

Contents.

Help(F1)(Helpmenu)

Displayshelponthecurrentmodule.

AboutVet-Examplus(Helpmenu)

Registrationoftheprogramanddisplayoftheregisteredmodulesandversions.

SystemRequirements

HardwareandSoftware

ThePCanditscomponents(monitors,printers,etc.)mustconformtoIEC 60950(EN 60950).ThesafetydemandsonthePCsystemmaydiffer,dependingonthecombinationwithotherperiphe-rals(videocamera,scanner);furtherinformationcanbefoundintherespectiveusermanuals.

Operatingsystemsareconstantlydevelopedfurthertomeetthegrowingrequirementsoftheusers.TodayWindowsXPandVistaofferprofessionaloperatingsystemswithsufficientmultimediafunctions.Werecommendoneoftheseoperatingsystemsforreasonsofsystemstabilityanddatasecurity.IfmoresystemsareconnectedtothePC,theminimumrequirementsmaychange.Pleasenotetheminimumrequirementsforallconnectedsystems.

PC

Seedocument"Minimumrequirementsofcomputersystemsforimaging"

Databackups

Archivingisnotfordatabackups.ItservesonlyforexternalstorageofimagedatafromtheVet-Examplusdatabase.TheVet-Examplusdatabasemustbebackedupwiththedailydatabackup.

NTFSisurgentlyrecommendedasfilesystemforthestoragemediumoftheVet-ExamplusdatabaseDBSDATA!AnexistingFAT32filesystemcanbeconvertedtoNTFSwiththeConvert.exeWindowsprogram!DirectXVersion8.xorhigher

ExtensionforDürrNDTX-rayrecordingsystem,CRScan

TheDürrNDTX-rayrecordingsystem,CRScan,usesimportantdatawhoselossmay,insomecases,necessitateanewX-rayimage.Theprogramwasdesignedtoavoiddatalossifpossible.Inordertoguaranteethisstability,thefollowingminimumsystemrequirementsaredemandedforoperationoftheDürrNDTX-rayrecordingsystems:Long-termarchivingsystemusingstoragemediawithlong-termstability(MOD,WORM,CDR,DVD-RAM).Recommended:MODwithhigh-speedPCI-SCSI-2controller

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Monitor

17"monitorwith0.26mmpitchHorizontalfrequencyto92kHz,verticalfrequencyto160HzTCO95,MPRII,TÜV-GS,CEmarkandX-rayOrdinance

Dependingonthegraphiccardmonitorcombinationusedanditssettings(e.g.resolu-tion,depthofcolour,contrast,brightness)thequalityofthemonitordisplaycanbeverydifferent.Particularlythegreylevelsandthedetailprecisioncandiffer.Iftheon-screendisplayofX-rayimagesistobeusedforanalysispurposes,itisnecessarytodetermineduringtheconsistencycheckwhetherthemonitorhasasufficientdisplayquality.

Printer

Inprinciple,allprintersthatcanbeactivatedunderWINDOWS

Installation

General

Werecommendyoucarryoutacompletebackupofthesoftwarealreadyinstalledonthecomputerbeforeinstallationofthesoftware.Inordertoinstallthesoftwareonyoursystem,itmustsatisfythedatastipulatedinchapter"Systemrequirements".PlacetheVet-ExamplusCD-ROMintoasuitabledrive.Theinstallationprogramisstartedauto-matically.Ifthisisnotthecase,startthefileinstall.exefromtherootdirectoryoftheVet-ExamplusCD-ROM.

Singleworkstationinstallation

Tocarryoutasingleworkstationinstallation,select“Applicationanddatabase”atthebeginningoftheinstallation.Youwillnowbeguidedthroughtheroutinebythedialogsandcanchangethedefaultpathssuggestedbytheprogram.AftersuccessfulinstallationyouwillfindVet-ExamplusundertheitemoftheWindowsstartmenuselectedduringtheinstallationandasanicononthedesktop.

Networkinstallation

Iftheprogramisinstalledinanetwork,allworkstationsneedtobelinkedtothedataba-sedriveinthesameway.Youhavetoassignadrivelettertotheserverpath(drive)ateachworkstation.Thisdrivelettermustbeidenticaloneachstation.Inorderthattherearenoconflictswithexistingdrives,youshouldselectadriveletterneartheendofthealphabet(e.g.X,YorZ).Keepinmindthatallaccessrightsforthenewdrivesmayhavetobeset.

Firstworkstation/database

Duringtheinstallationofthefirstworkstation,select“Applicationanddatabase”tosetupthefirstworkstationandatthesametimethedatabaseontheserver.Allinputsuptothepage“Databasedirectory”oftheinstallationrefertothelocalworkstationinstallation.Nowassignthedatabasedirec-torytothedriveletterwhichwasassignedtotheserverpathbefore.Thenextwindowthatappearsis“Noteformulti-workstationsystems”“.Pleasenotedownthepathshown,becauseyouwillneeditfortheinstallationofotherworkstations.Selectallremainingdirectoriesandcompletetheinstallation.

Otherworkstations

Toinstallafurtherworkstationforoperationwiththenetworkdatabase,select“Applicationonly”.Allinputsuptothepage“Finddatabasedirectory”oftheinstallationrefertothelocalworkstationinstal-lation.Onthispage,selectthedirectorythatwasdisplayedduringthedatabaseinstallationunder“Noteformulti-workstationsystems".SelecttheVet-Examplussymbolfromthecorrespondinggroupofthestartmenu.

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Notesondatabackup

Necessity

Abackupofthedataisabsolutelynecessarysincethefailureofthesystemcanleadtoalossofdata.Adatabackupalsoprotectsyou,however,againstdatalossescausedbyoperatorerrorsordestruction(fire,water,etc.)ofthesystem.ThedatabackupmustnotbeconfusedwiththeVet-Examplusarchiving,becauseonlyimageswiththecorre-spondingdatacanbeexternallystoredusingthearchivingfunction.

Vet-Examplusdata

TheimageandpatientdataofaVet-Examplusstand-alonestandardinstallationcanbefoundinthedirectoryC:\Vet-Examplus\dbsdata.Ifyouhavenotusedthestandardinstallation,youcancheckintheconfigurationmenuundertab"SystemInfo"wherethedatahavebeenstored.Detailscanbefoundinsection“Configuration".

Methods

Ifyouwishtobackupthedataonyourharddisktoastreamertapeorotherbackupmedium(strea-mer,externalharddisk,etc.),youdonotnecessarilyhavetocopyallthefilesateverybackup.Onceinstalled,theprogramfiles(e.g.MicrosoftWindows,MicrosoftExcel,etc.)generallyremainunchan-ged.Itisnotnecessarytobackthemupontapeeveryday.Ontheotherhand,itshouldbepossibletorestoreallchangesandnewfilesofaworkingdayatanytime.Youshouldorganizeyourdatabackupoptimallyusingacombinationofthefollowingbackupmethods.

FullBackup

Allfilesaresavedfromallsub-directoriesofaselecteddrive.Everybackupprogramallowscertainfilesordirectoriestobeexcludedevenfromafullbackup–e.g.thebackupprogramproper(becausethiswouldhavetobeinstalledfromtheCD-ROManywayintheeventofasystemcrash)ortempora-ryworkingdirectories.

IncrementalBackup

Anincrementalbackup-unlikeafullbackup–savesonlythosefileswhichhavebeenchangedsincethelastbackup.Inadditiontothefilenameandthefiledate,everyfilehasanidentifierorarchiveflag.Inafullbackupthisidentifierisdeleted,itwillbesetagainbyeachsubsequentwriteaccesstothefile.YoucanrestoretheconditionofyourPCtoanarbitrarydaybyusingafullbackup.Thisisparti-cularlyusefulifyounoticeadeficiencyinadatabaseoravirusinfectionsomedayslater.Thelatestbackupcouldincludealreadydeficientfiles.Theincrementalbackupaloneholdsariskhowever.InordertocompletelyrestoreyourPC,youfirsthavetorestoreanoldfullbackup.Thenyouhavetoreadinallcreatedincrementalbackupsinsuccession.Onlyinthiswayisitpossibletobesurethatallchangesarereallyreconstructed.Thiscanbeextremelytimeconsuming.Therefore,itisusefultointelligentlycombineincrementalbackupsandfullbackups.

Backupstrategies

Withacombinationoffullbackupsandincrementalbackups,youcanrestorethedataatanytimeuptothreemonths.Shouldevenonebackupmediastreamertapebedestroyed,theproceduresdescri-bedhereguaranteethatyouwillnotbeleftwithalossofanygreatconsequence–andneveratotaldataloss.Onlythechangesofasingledaymaybelost.Theproceduresdescribedaresuitable,ofcourse,foreverybackupmedium,e.g.forZipdrivesorstreamertapes.Toensurehighdatasecurity,youwillneedninestreamertapes(orchangingmedia).

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Labeltheseasfollows:Tape1 :MondayTape2 :TuesdayTape3 :WednesdayTape4 :ThursdayTape5 :Friday1Tape6 :Friday2Tape7 :Friday3Tape8 :Month1Tape9 :Month2StartwiththebackuponaFridaybywritingonefullwritebackupontotheFriday1tape.CarryoutanincrementalbackuponthecorrespondingmediaonMonday,Tuesday,WednesdayandThursdayofthefollowingweekrespectively.ThefollowingFridaystartanotherfullwritebackup,butthistimeusetheFriday2tape.ThefollowingweekwriteanincrementalbackupeachdayontotheMondaytoThursdaytapesaccordinglywithoutdeletingthebackupsalreadystoredonthesetapes.OnthefollowingFridaystartafullbackupagainandusetheFriday3tapeforit.Thescheduleremainsunchangedfortheweekafterthis;insteadoftheFriday4tapethatisnotavailable,usetheMonth1tapeforthefullbackup.Thisbackupscheduleisrepeatedforamonth,thenwriteafullbackuptotheMonth2tape.Thecyclethenbeginsagainfromthebeginning.Allmediaonwhichfullbackupshavebeenwritten(Friday1,Friday2,Friday3,Month1andMonth2)mustbedeletedortypedoverbeforeyoucanusethemagain.Youshouldonlydeletethemediawiththeincrementalbackupsifthesizeoftheincrementalbackupsrequiresthiseveryfourweeks.Simplychangingdatabasefileseachdaymaximizestheincrementalbackupsenormously.Thedatacompressionofthebackupsoftwarealsoworksmoreeffectivelyhere.

SimplifiedBackup

Forsmalleramountsofdatathisbackupschedulecanbesimplified;thenonlyfourtapesareneces-sary.Labeltheseasfollows:Tape1 :Monday/WednesdayTape2 :Tuesday/ThursdayTape3 :Week1Tape4 :Week2StartwiththebackuponaFridaybywritingonefullwritebackupontotheweek1tape.CarryoutanincrementalbackuponthecorrespondingmediaonMondayandWednesdaytotape 1,onTuesdayandThursdaytotape 2.ThefollowingFridaystartanotherfullwritebackup,butthistimeusetape 4.Thecyclestartsfromthebeginningagain.Withthisschemethedataofuptothreeweekscanberestored.

Equipment

Diskettedrivesarenotsuitableasback-updevicesinVet-Examplusduetothedatavolumeandthelowdatasecurity.Inprincipleanydrivecanbeusedforbackup.Herearesomeexamples:–Tapedrives(streamers)–Externalharddiskdrives(Syquest,Iomega,...)–IomegaZipdrive–MOdrives (Fujitsu,3M,HP,...)–CD-Writer/-Rewriter–DVD-RAM–DVD-R–DVD+R–Blue-Raydisc(BD-R)

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2.Configuration

LocalactivationofthesoftwareInordertobeabletousethesoftwarewiththedesiredscopeoffunctions,youmustcarryouttheactivation.Withoutactivation,youcanonlymanage30 ownersandanimalsevenwiththefullrangeoffunctionsofthesoftware.Furthermore,only50programstartsarepossible.Tocarryouttheactivation,proceedasfollows.

TransmissionoftheregistrationdataNotethatadditionalcostscanaccruewiththeselectionoftheregistrationoptions.ThepricescanbefoundinthelatestDürrNDTpricelistorobtainedfromyourdealer.Startthesoftware.The"Vet-Examplus"registrationwindowappears.

Youcanalsocalluptheregistrationwindowlaterinthe"Help"menuwiththemenuitem"AboutVet-Examplus".Clickonthe"Register"button.The"Activate"dialogwindowappears.

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Thebuttonsintheleftareacanbeusedtoreachthefurtherdialogwindowinordertoenterthedata.

FormWiththisbuttonyouswitchtothedialogwindowinwhichyouenterthenecessaryorderdata.Enterthenecessarydatainthe"Youraddress"fieldandinthe"Serialnumbers"field.Inthelowerpartofscreeninthecolumn"Youwishtopurchase",activatethecheckboxesofthemo-dulesyouwishtoactivate.Inthecolumn"Younowhave"youwillseeanymodulesthathavealreadybeenactivated.TheVet-Examplusisselectedasstandardandmustbeactivated.Carryouttheregistrationbytelephone,perfaxorpereMail.Forregistrationbytelephone,keepthedataontheorderformandthe"Stationno."readyathand.Thestationnumberisspecifiedinthe"System"field.

Printorderform

Exportorderform

SendtheorderformpereMail

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Enterthereleasecodecentrally

CodeWiththisbutton,changetothedialogwindowinwhichyouenterthe"DBSCode"thatyoureceivefromDürrNDT.WhenyouhavereceivedthecodefromDürrNDT:StarttheVet-Examplussoftwareandcalluptheregistrationwindow.Clickonthe"Code"button.Enterthe"DBSCode".Thecentralactivationcodecanbeenteredatanyworkstationinthenetwork.Confirmtheinputwith"OK".Amessageappears.

Confirmwith"OK".Thedialogwindowforactivationofthelocallyavailablemodulesappears.

Configurationofthemodules

General

AtthestartofVet-Examplusthetab"Configuration"isdeactivated.Thetab"Configuration"isdisplayedbyclickingthemenu"Options/Displayconfiguration"inthemenubar.BasicpropertiesofVet-Exampluscanbeviewedandsetunderthe"Configuration"tab.

Pleasenotethatincorrectsettingsmayresultinmalfunctionandlossofdata!

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Configuration/Operator

General

DifferentpeoplecanbeauthorisedtouseVet-Examplusinthe"Users"directory.Changestouserdatacanalsobecarriedouthere.Thereareanumberofpossibilitiesfordifferentiatingbetweenaut-horisedsurgeryaccessandgrouppracticeaccessauthorisation.

Loginneeded

Ifyoudeactivatethecheckbox"Loginrequired",theprogramstartandfundamentalalterationstofunctionsandperformancefeaturesofVet-ExampluscanbemadeinVet-Exampluswithouttheinputofapassword.Withthehelpofthe"Loginrequired"checkbox,youcangenerallycontroltheuseofthedevicebyauthorisedpersons.TheinputofapasswordisthendemandedduringthestartofVet-ExamplusandforalterationstofunctionsandperformancefeaturesofVet-Examplus.

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Meaningofthedisplayeddialogfields

"Status": Nameofcurrentlyloggedinoperator

"User": Listofalreadyavailableoperatorsoftheselectedsurgery

"Password": Passwordoftheoperator

"Fullname": Fullnameoftheoperator

"Abbreviation": Shortformoftheoperatorname

"Standardsurgery": Listofsurgeriesalreadycreated

"Function": Listwithfunctiondesignations

"Accessrights": Listofaccessrightstosurgeries

TheLoginwindow

Thesurgeryoftheselecteduserisdisplayed.Intheeventthattheuserisregisteredformorethanonesurgery(e.g.grouppractice),theappropriatesurgerycannowbeselectedfromthelist.

EnteringpasswordsIfthenamesforuserandpasswordareidentical,thepassworddoesnothavetobeenteredatlogin(e.g."User"=Brown,"Password"=Brown).).Ifthecheckboxisempty,youcanstartVet-Exampluswithouttheinputofauserandpassword.Pleasenotethatthisoptiondoesnotallowanysecuritywithregardtounauthorizedaccess.

ChangeOperator

ThearetwowaysofchangingtheactiveVet-Examplususer.IntheprogramTheactiveuserisdisplayedinthestatusbaratbottomleft.Clickingthe"Name"whenauserisloggedinallowsanotheruserofthecurrentsurgerytobeselected.StartingandendingwithLoginwindowEndtheprogramuptotheloginwindow.ChoosetherequiredoperatornamefromthelistdisplayedandenterthecorrectpasswordThesurgeryoftheselecteduserisdisplayed.Intheeventthattheuserisregisteredformorethanonesurgery(e.g.grouppractice),theappropriatesurgerycannowbeselectedfromthelist.Confirmyourselectionbypressingthe"Login"button.Theoperatorisnowloggedin.Thecurrentoperatornameisnowdisplayedatthebottomleftofthescreen.

Ifauserisnotassignedtothecurrentsurgery,thesystemswitchesautomaticallytothesurgerytowhichtheuserisassigned.

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EditOperator

YouneedthecorrespondingadministratorrightsforeditingusersandaccessrightsinVet-Examplus.Theeditmodeisactivatedbyclickingthe"Editoperatordata"button.Thefieldstobeamendedwillbeenabledanddatacanbechanged.

Saveoperator

Saveanychangebyclickingthebutton"Saveneworedited/changeduserdata".Thechangeswillberejectedbyclickingthe"Reject"button.

NewOperator

YouneedthecorrespondingadministratorrightsforeditingusersandaccessrightsinVet-Examplus.Clickingthebutton"Createnewuser"activatestheeditmodeandalltextfieldsareemptied.AssignasurgerytoeachoperatorasthisisthesurgerynamethatLoginautomaticallyassigns.Thealloca-tionofaccessrightsallowstheoperatorslevelsofaccesstotheprogram.

DeleteOperator

YouneedthecorrespondingadministratorrightsfordeletingusersandaccessrightsinVet-Examplus.Choosetheappropriateoperatornamefromthelist.Clickonthe"Deletecurrentuser"buttontostartthedeletionprocess.

Theoperatorwillbedefinitivelydeletedbyclickingthebutton"Yes".

AuthorizedAccess

TheaccessrightscanbesetindividuallyforeachuserinVet-Examplus.CareshouldbetakentoallowonlyasmallnumberofsuitableuserstohaveAdministratorrights.

"Administrator": CreatingoreditinguserdataCreatingoreditingsurgerydataConfiguration

"Patient:Extra": Displayadditionalinformationonthelatestpatientbypressingthe"Info"button

"X-ray": Accessrightstox-raymodule

BymarkingtheindividualfunctionareasofVet-Examplusyoucanassignindividualaccessrightstoeachuser.Ifthe"Administrator"functionisassigned,thisoperatorwillhavefullaccess.Ifauseristohaveaccesstoseveralsurgeries,clickonasurgerynameintheright-handselectionlist.

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Clickingonthebutton assignsthesurgerytotheuser.Todeleteanentry,clickonasurgerynameintheleft-handselectionlistandthenclickthe

button.

Oncompletion,savethechangesbyclickingthebutton. Ifyouwishtorejectthechanges,clickingthebutton.

Configuration/Surgery

Thedirectoriesfordatabase,videoandX-rayimagesareenteredinthedirectory"Surgery".Thisisnecessaryifyouwishtocreateandmanagefurthersurgeries.Therelevantdatabankpathsforthedifferentsurgeriesaresetuphere.

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DirectorystructurewithinVet-Examplus

Adatabasefiledirectory"..\dbsdata"iscreatedforeachcompany(firstsurgery=\pr1\...,secondsurgery=\pr2\...etc.).Thecorrespondingdatabasecanbefoundinthesubdirectory"..\database"ineachsurgerydirectory.Thevideoimagesarealsostoredinsubdirectory"..\Vidimg"andtheX-rayimagesinsubdirectory"..\Xrayimg"ofthesurgerydirectory.Eachsurgeryisassignedasurgeryiden-tifieroncreationofthesurgeryname.

Movingthedatabase

Thecompletedirectory"..\dbsdata"canbeshiftedtoanotherpath(alsointhenetwork)usingDB-TOOL.Thedirectory"..\dbsdata"mustthenbelinkedtoDBTOOLagainattheotherVet-Examplusstations.

Newsurgery

Tocreateanewsurgery,clickthebutton"Createnewsurgery".Alldatafieldswillbeclearedandyoucanenteranameforthenewsurgeryordatabank.Theprogrampathswillbeautomaticallysug-gested.However,itispossible,toenteryourownprogrampaths.RepeatthesestepsfortheX-raypath.

Save

Saveanychangebyclickingthebutton"Saveneworedited/changedsurgerydata".Thechangeswillberejectedbyclickingthe"Reject"button.

EditSurgery

Toeditthecurrentsurgerydata,clickthebutton"Editsurgerydata".Youcannowchangethesurgerynameandassignthepathsagain.Thisisnecessaryifthepositionofthefileshaschanged(directo-riesweremoved,backedup).Oncompletion,changesaresavedbyclickingthe"Save"button.Thechangeswillberejectedbyclickingthe"Reject"button.

Deletesurgery

OperatorswhohaveAdministratorstatusareabletodeletesurgerydata.Selectthesurgerytobedeletedandpressthebutton"Deletcurrentsurgery".Theappropriateentrywillbedeleted.

Onlythepathinstructionwillbedeletedandnotthepathsthemselves.Thismustbecarriedoutmanually,inthiscaseviaExplorer.

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Changesurgery

Tochangetoanothersurgery,clickonthepull-downfieldnexttothecurrentlydisplayedsurgery.AselectionlistisdisplayedwithallthesurgeriesavailableinVet-Examplus.Ifavailable,selectanitemfromthelistandconfirmwithleftclick.Toswitchtotheselectedpractice,clickthebutton"ChangeSurgery".Thecurrentsurgeryisnowdisplayedatthetopofthescreen.

VideoInthefield"Imagequalityfactor"youcansetanyvaluebetween0and100.Animagequalityfactorof100meansthatvideorecordingsaresavedvirtuallywithnolossandwithminimumcompressi-on.Alowervalueincreasestheamountofcompressionbutdecreasesboththeamountofmemoryrequiredandthequality.Therecommendedqualityfactor=70.

X-rays

Inthefield"Storagetime"youcansethowlongX-rayimagesattobestoredinthedatabase.X-raysproducedwithinthisperiodcannotbedeleted.YoucanselectwhethertheentryofX-rayparame-tersisnecessaryforanX-rayexposureornotwiththe"X-rayparametersaremandatoryentries"checkbox.Ifyouwanttochangetheseparameterslater,the"X-rayparametersalwayschangeable"checkboxmustbeset.TherearethreemethodsofstorageforX-rayimages(thefilesizeandimagequalityvaluesarenotfixed,theyaredependentonanumberoffactors):–Nocompression(100%filesize)–Loss-freecompression(50–60%filesize)–Lossycompression(100=40–50%filesize;90=20–30%filesize)

Thecompressionratiochosenwilldependonnationalregulationsconcerningstorageofdentalimages!Werecommendthat"Nocompression"isset.

Ingeneral,theimageloadingtimewillincreasethelowerthecompressionratio.Withthelossycom-pression,animagequalityfactorof100meansthattheimageinformationwillbetheoretically100%restored.

Theimagesmustbesavedloss-freetoensurealastingevaluabilityoftheX-rayimages.

DatabaseThepathtothecurrentlyuseddatabaseisdisplayedhereandthesurgeryIDthatisconnectedwiththisdatabase.

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Configuration/Language

Vet-Examplussupportsseveralnationallanguages.InitialinstallationiscarriedoutusingGerman,English,FrenchorSpanish.Toswitchtotherequiredlanguage,leftclick(left-handmousebutton)ontheappropriatelanguageintheuppertable.Confirmtheselectionbypressingthe"Changelanguage"button(ontheright-handside,nexttothe"availablelanguages"selectionlist).Thechangeovertothenewlanguagetakeseffectthenexttimetheprogramisstarted!NationallanguagesnotyetinstalledcanbeselectedfromthelowerselectionlistwiththeleftmousekeyandtheninstalledfromtheVet-ExamplusCDbyclickingthebutton"InstallselectedlanguagesfromCD"(ontherightalongsidetheselectionlist"InstalllanguagesfromCD").

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SystemInfo

Informationsuchasmemoryoccupancyandsystemutilisationisdisplayedonthispage.Thefollow-ingfieldscanbeeditedbytheAdministrator.Pressthe"Editsysteminfo"button.Thenameofthecomputercanbeedited.Eachstationcomputershouldbeassignedanindividualanduniquenameforidentificationpurposeswhenworkinginanetwork.

Warning/ErrorLimits

Warningorerrorlimitscanbesetinthe"Database"fieldorinthe"imagefiles"field.Inthecaseofavailablememorynotbeingsufficientandfallingbelowapresetvalue,thesystemthensendsaWarningmessage.InthecaseoftheErrorLimitbeingreached,nomorenewdataorimagescanbeentered.

SettheWarningLimittoavaluethatgivesyousufficienttimetoreact,forexample,torearrangedatastorageorprovideanewdatacarrier.

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ShortCuts

Theshortcutsallowyoutoentercommentsorevaluationsintheimageinformationboxmorequickly.Theassignmentofshortcutscanbeamendedhere.Youcaneditexistingtermsintheeditfieldundertheselectionboxandaddnewtermsbyclickingthebutton"Createnewshortcut".Therightfielddisplaysthekeycombinationsentered.Saveyourinputsbyclickingthebutton"Saveshortcuts".Inordertodeleteanentry,selectitfromthelistandclickthebutton"Deleteshortcut"(recyclebin).

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Configuration/Modules

Settingsfortheindividualprogrammodulesaremadeunderthetab"Modules".

Vet-Examplusmodule(mainmodule)

Directoriestab

DisplaystheprogramdirectoriesandpositionoftheinitializingfilesLDBS.INIandGDBS.INI.

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Optionstab

Ifthecheckbox"Confirmprogramtermination"isactivated,thesystemasksagainonclosingVet-Exampluswhethertheprogramisreallytobeterminated.Themodulecontrolallowsyoutoactivateordeactivatemodules.Selectthedesiredmoduleandclickthebutton"Activatemodule"(double-arrowtotheright)or"Deactivatemodule"(double-arrowtotheleft).Vet-Examplushastobestartedagainafterachange!

VDDStab

TheVDDSmediaportforcommunicationwithcertainsurgeryadministrationprogramscanbeconfiguredusingthe"Active"checkbox.Todoso,theVDDSmedia-capablepatientadministrationprogrammustalsobeselectedinthelistbox.Currentlyitispossibletosupportpatienttransferandthereturnofdatasuchastypeofimage,object,andopt.X-rayparameters,butnotimages.TheVDDSmediaportiscurrentlyonlyavailableintheFederalRepublicofGermany!

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Imageprocessingtab

Thesettingsoftheimageprocessingfiltersareresettothefactorysettings.Currentsettingscanbereplaced.

Userinterfacetab

The"Skincontrol"determinestheappearanceofthewindowframesandfunctionelements."Skinactive":Theappearancecorrespondstotheappearanceselectedintheoperatingsystem,e.g."Windowsclassic""Skinwindowframes":TheframesofthedialogwindowinVet-Examplusareadaptedtotheappea-ranceselectedintheoperatingsystem.Thetwocheckmarksunder"Skincontrol"mustnotberemoved.Under"Positionofthefunctionbar"youcansetwherethefunctionbaristobepositioned.Ifthecheckbox"Balloontipsactive"isactivated,tipsaredisplayedatthemousepointerwhenthemouseispointedatabutton.

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Patientmodule

Underthetab"Extrafields"(Fig.left)youcanselectwhichorhowmanyadditionalfieldsaretobedisplayedintheprojecttabandcanedittheirdesignations.Underthetab"Patient"youcanselectwhetherpatientsmarkedashiddeninthedatabasearetobedisplayedagaininthepatientsearchlist.

Theautomaticprogramchangeonactivationofapatientcanbesetinaselectablemoduleunderthetab"Login".Ifyouwish,forexample,tojumpimmediatelytothemodule"X-ray"whenlogginginapatientviaanexternalprogram,thenselect"X-ray"andactivatethecheckbox"Automaticallyactivateexternalpatients".Aloginselectionlistisgeneratedwhenseveralpatientsarehandedoverbyanexternalprogramandthecheckbox"Automaticallyactivateexternalpatients"isnotactivated.Thelististhendisplayedunderthepatienttabduringthepatientimport.Underthetab"Patientdataimport"youcanactivatethedisplayofthebutton"Patientdataimport"underthepatienttab.Youcanspecifyafilethatistobeautomaticallyloadedwhenthebuttonisclicked.

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ModulevideoThevideopropertiesfieldisusedtosetuptheappropriatecameraandmodeofoperationinthesoftware.Whenseveralvideosourcesarebeingused,thecameraandoperationalmodeforeachcanbesetindividually.

WhenaPCI-Busmaster-Framegrabberisbeingused,checkthatthisissupportedbythehardware.

Tabsettings

Whenthefunction"automaticexportimages"isactive,theneveryvideorecordingsavedtotheda-tabasewillalsobecopiedtoadesignatedpath.Pathselection,dataformatandotherpropertiesaresetupinthedialogue"lighttableproperties"usingtab"Export/E-Mail/Exportoptions"inthe"Autoex-port"mode.

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Tabvideosource1andvideosource2Whereonlyonecameraisconnectedtothecomputerthenthesettingunderthetabwillbe"VideoSource1".Whenasecondcameraisconnectedthenthismustbesetupas"VideoSource2",as"VideoSource1"isreservedforthefirstcamera.

Selectthecamerarequiredunder"Operationalmode".Ifnecessarychecktheinstallationandconfi-gurationinstructionsoftheappliance.Under"halfframeused"select"Both(fullframe)".Whenusingthesetting"fullframe",checkallimagesashorizontalstripescanappearontheimagesdependingonperformanceandmovement.

TabWDM"WDM-driver":AllWDM-driversinstalledinthesystemaredisplayed.ThedriverforVistaCamDigitalisselectedautomatically."VistaCamDigital/VistaProofcameraselection":AlldigitalVistaCamthatareconnectedaredisplayed.

UpdatecameralistJustclicktheappropriatefileldandthelistofcamerasconnectedwillbeupdated."Reducenoise":tocaptureoneimage,asetnumberofimagesoverapresettimeperiodisfirsttaken.Fromalltheseimagesonenewimageiscalculatedinwhichanyinterferenceislargelysup-pressed.

TabManualReleaseThemanualreleaseisfactoryset.Ifthestandardsettingsarenotasrequiredthentherearefurthersettingpossibilitieswhichcanbeselected:Light,Medium,StrongFurthermoretheprofile(asfarasstandardprofile)canbeadapted.

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X-raymodule

X-raytubes

"Name": DesignationoftheX-raystations,list"Manufacturer":NameofthemanufactureroftheX-rayappliance"Type":Name,type,serialnumberoftheX-rayapplianceorthesource"Category":CategoryoftheX-rayappliance"Owner"/"Address": NameandaddressoftheownerAllmandatoryfieldsmustbecompleted.TheparametersfordifferentX-raysourcescanbesetunderthetab"X-raystations".Byclickingonthebutton"Editnameordefaultparameter"youcansetthenameandtheparametersofthecurrentX-raysystem.Clickonthebutton"CreatenewX-raystation"tocreateanewX-raysystem.Thecontentsofthe"Manufacturer","Type","Owner"and"Address"fieldsareautomaticallyadoptedintheformsofthechecks.

Formeasurementpurposes(lengthandanglemeasurement)inX-rayimages,theimagemustbecalibratedusingareferenceimageobject!Theaccuracywilldependgreatlyonthedistortionoftheprojectionontotheparticularimageviewersurface.

Theparameterinputisthesameforbothproceduresdescribedabove.Selectthecategoryandthenclickonthebutton"Inputparameters"tostarttheparameterinput.

Standardvalues

Inthesection"Inputvalues",entertheinputvaluesforcurrent,voltageandexposuretimeandthenclickthebutton"Savevalue(s)"sothatthevaluesaresaved.IfyouhaveinstalledseveralX-raysystems,youcantakeovertheinputvaluesofotherX-raysystems.Clickwiththeleftmousekeyonthebuttoninsection"Copydefaultvalues".Ifavailable,selectanitemfromthelistandconfirmwithleftclick.

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Settings

"Automaticallyopenimageprocessing"checkboxIfthecheckbox"Automaticallyopenimageprocessing"ischecked,theimageprocessingboxwillbeopenedwiththecorrespondingX-rayimagestandardfunctionsimmediatelyafteranX-rayexposure.

Checkbox"DisplayX-raydatainthemaskNewimage"Ifthischeckboxischecked,theX-rayparametersaredisplayedintheparametermaskoftheX-raymodulesandcanbeedited.

"Automaticallyexportimages"checkboxIfthischeckboxhasbeenselected,anysavedimageswillautomaticallybeexportedadditionallytotheX-raymodule.TheexportformatforX-rayimagesandtheexportpathisdefinedbythemode"Autoexport"thatcanbeconfiguredinthemoduleLighttable/Exporte-mail/Exportoptions.

Viewermodule(lighttable)

Youcanenteryourpreferredprocessingsoftwareforyourimagesunderthetab"Externalimageprocessing".

Underthetab"Image"youcanselectwhetherimagesmarkedinthedatabaseashiddenaretobedispla-yed.Thebackgroundcolourofthelighttablecanbeselected.

Underthetab"Imageselectionbox"youcansetwhethertheimageselectionboxistobeopenedauto-maticallyonactivationofthelighttable.

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YoucansetthepathfortheVet-ExamIntraimagecatalogueunderthetab"Catalogue".Thecatalogueisavailableforthestorageandsubsequentcallingupofaselectionofexampleimageswhichmaybestoredinavarietyofaddresses.Theimagescanbeloadedtothelighttablewiththemenuitem"Lighttable/Load/Cata-logue".ImagesonthelighttablecanbesavedtothecataloguewiththeExportfunction.

Theexportorsendingofanimagebye-mailcanbeconfiguredunderthetab"Export/e-mail".

ExportoptionsThesettingsforExportandEmailwillbeassignedtheappropriatemodename.Themodenameshouldthereforereflectthefunctionascloselyaspossible,forexample:

"AutoExport" SettingsareusedfortheautoexportofX-rayandvideoimages.Thismodenameispredefinedandcannotbechanged!

Createnewmode

Editmode

Furtherfunctionscanbedisplayedusingthissymbolorcanbehidden.Thisispossibleonlyforuserswithadministratorstatus!

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Selectionoftheexportpathtowhichtheimagesaretobesaved.Notavailablewithe-mail.

"Imagestatus":Statusoftheimagetobeexported

Display/hideextendedoptions

"Tosubdirectory...":Imagesaresavedtotheexportpathsubdirectory=Ordernumber.

Setformat,depthofcolourandqualityofthecompressedimageformats

"Saveimageinfofile":Theimageinfofileissavedtotheimagewiththeimagefilename+-info.txtintheexportpath(Xnnnn-nnnnnnn.JPG-info.txt).

"Withcommenttext":Imagecommenttextsarewrittentotheimageinfofile.

ForvideoandX-rayimagesitispossibletoselectanimageformatfromalist.Dependingontheformatitispossibletoselectthecolourintensityandthequalityofcompressedimages.A“rule-of-thumb”forthequalityofimagewhichisavailableaftercompressionoftheimagefile:

100 –Originaldata

90 –Practicallynegligiblelosses

80 –Minorvisiblelosses

70 –Visiblelosses

E-mailoptions(e-mailconfigurationmask)

TheExportpathfieldisnolongeravailableunderEmailconfiguration.Shouldtheimagebetoolargetosendbye-mail,cutouttherelevantimagedetailwiththeCropfunctionandthensendthisdetail.CheckyourITdirectivesforthelargestimagesizethatcanbesentbye-mail.

DonotsendlargeimagefilesbyEmail!Ifanyproblemsareencountered,selectalargercompressionratio.Incomplete(i.e.subjecttolossofquality)X-rayimagesmustnotbeusedforevaluationinGermany!

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Archivingmodule

Adoubleclickonthearchivesymbolopenstheconfigurationdialogofthearchivingmodule.Itcon-sistsessentiallyoftwotabs:Thetab"Data"forsettingthearchivingparameters,andthetab"Drives"withtheparametersofthearchivingdrives.ThesesettingsaredefaultvaluesusedbytheArchivingmodule.

Archivingparameters

Checkbox"Archivingatthisstation"Youcandefinewhetherarchivingispermittedatthisworkstation.Forsecurityreasonsitisrecom-mendedthatarchivingisenabledatonlyonestation!Transferbackispossibleatallstations.

Checkbox"Archivevideoimages"Determineherewhetheryouwanttotakevideoimagesintothelongtermarchive.

Checkbox"ArchiveX-rayimages"DetermineherewhetheryouwanttotakeX-rayimagesintothelongtermarchive.

Theimagestobetakeninconsiderationforarchivingaredefinedasfollows:–Allimageswithinthebluetimeperiodarealwaysselectedforarchiving.–Imageswithintheredtimeperiodarenotselectedforarchiving.–Imagesfallingwithinthegreentimezoneandfulfillingthecriterion"Patientwithatleastnimages"areselectedforarchiving.

ExamplesQuarterlylong-termarchivingofallimages:Greyzone: 90daysGreenzone: 1imageRedzone: 0days

Ifyouwishtosaveonlypatientswithatleast10imagesthan20days'oldononemediumifpossible:Greyzone: 90daysGreenzone: 10imageRedzone: 20days

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Archivingdrives

Thearchivemodulecanmanage3drivesatmost.Thesedrivesmustbeaddressablebyassigningdriveletters.Beforeyoucanmakeanysetting,youmustregisterthedriveinthearchivingmodulebyclickingonthe"Driveactive"checkbox.

Thedrivesmustbefilledinascendingorder(Drive-1,-2,-3)!

Procedure 

–Choosethedriveletterforthedrivethatyouwanttouseforarchivingorbackingup(e.g.CD-ROM,CD-R).Inanetwork,thedrivethatistobeusedforarchivingmustbeontheservercomputer.–Choosethecorrespondingdrivetypeforyourdriveintheselectionbox.RegardingdatasecurityaMO-drivetypeshouldbeusedforarchiving.–Byfillingoutfield"max.utilisation"youcontrolthemaximumpercentageofdrivecapacitythatmaybeusedbythearchivingmodule.

Examplefordriveconfiguration"Archivingdrive1":Ifthewrite/readdriveforarchivingandreadingbackisthemediumthathasnotyetbeenclosed.InanetworkthisdrivemustbeinstalledonaservercomputerthatcanbeaccessedbyallVet-ExamPlussystems."Archivingdrive2"and"3":ThesecanbeaglobalCD-ROMdriveontheserver,aglobalCD-ROMjukeboxoralocalCD-ROMdriveforreadingcopiesofclosedarchivemedia.UsingalocalCD-ROMdrivebutdoesnotallowfastaccesstolong-termarchivedimagedata(withoutanexpensivejukeboxsystem)!

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CRScanmoduleInthismodulethecontrolleroftheVet-ExamPlusscannercanbeconfiguredandtestedwiththeprogramCRScanConfig.Furtherfunctionsavailableinthisprogrammayonlybecarriedoutbytrainedandqualifiedtechni-cians.TheprogramCRScanConfigoffersthefollowingfunctions:

Standardfunctions

–Checkandsetexistinginterface(connection)-Readinanddisplay(test)anexposedimageplate-Checkambientlightconditions(Oscilloscopemode)

Furtherfunctions

–Adaptorexpandexistingparametersets-Carryouttestfunctionsofthescanner(Systemcheck/Manipulation)-Createandsaveavailableandcurrenttestreports(Systemcheck/Reports)-CalibrateStandardfunctions

Withthescannerconnected,register"DeviceIDs"showstherespectiveelectronicIDofthescanner.

TheUSBinterfaceusedisshowninregister"Configuration".Inaddition,aconfigurationcanbeselectedviathelistfield"Standardmode"thatisusedautomatical-lybythescanner.TheCRScanConfigprogramisstartedbyclickingbutton"Configure".

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CRNetmoduleTheCRNetConfigisstartedbyclickingmodule"CRNet".

DICOMmoduleClickingthe"DICOM"modulecallsuptheconfigurationdialogfortheDICOMinterface.(FurtherinformationontheDICOMinterfacecanbefoundinthe"Vet-ExamDICOMmanual",No.9000-608-108-####.)

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3.Patientrecord

GeneralPatientrecordscanbeopened,selected,amendedordeletedusingthepatientindex.Allpatient-relateddataandanoverviewoftheexistingrecordingsareshownunderthistab.

PatientView

Functions

Loginpatient(Patientmenu)

Clickingthebutton"Login/logoutpatient"logsinthecurrentlyselectedpatientinVet-ExamPlusandhis/herdataaredisplayedinthestatusline.Allfunctionscannotbeexecutedfortheselectedpatient(Carryoutimagerecording,Viewimagesonthelighttable,etc.).Youcanthenselectthepreviouslyloggedinpatientagainbyclickingonthepa-tiententryinthestatuslinewithouthavingtosearchforthepatientagain.The"Login/logoutpatient"buttonthenswitchesto"Logoutpatient"again.Ifanewpatientisselectedandloggedin,thisnewpatientisshowninthestatusline.Allexternallyimportedpatientsareautomaticallyregistered!

Logoutpatient(Patientmenu)Thecurrentlyloggedinpatientisloggedoutandalldatafieldsarecleared.

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Switchtopreviouspatient

Switchtonextpatient

Savepatient(Patientmenu)

Savesthecurrentchangestopatientrecord.

Createnewpatient(Patientmenu)

Clickonthebutton"Createnewpatient"tocreateanewpatient.Fillinthedataform.Youcansavethepatientbyclickingthebutton"Savepatientorchanges".Thefield"PatID"isamandatoryfield.Ifthemandatoryfieldisnotfilledoutorhasbeenfilledoutimproperly,aninformationwindowappears.Youcanalsoabortorrejectthedatarecordingbyclickingthebutton"Rejectinput".

Editpatientdata(Patientmenu)

Clickthe"Editpatientdata"buttontochangethepatientdata.Saveyourchangesbyclickingthebutton"Savepatientorchanges".

Rejectchanges(Patientmenu)

Quiteditmodewithoutsavingtheinputs.

Deletepatient(Patientmenu)

Inordertodeleteapatient’srecords,selectthepatientfromthedatabaseandclickthe"Deletepatient"button.Thepatientrecordthusselectedwillbedeletedfromtheactivedatabase.Ifimagesofthispatientareavailableinthedatabase,youneedtobeawarethatyoucannotdeletethepatientduringadeletionoperationifthereareX-rayimagesorarchivedrecordingsthatneedtobestored.Inthiscase,thepatientishiddenandisnolongerdisplayed.The"Displayhiddenpatients"checkboxmustbeactivatedin"Configuration/Module/Patient"sothatyoucanselectahiddenpatientagain.Hiddenpatientscanthenbedisplayedinthesearchlistagain(andinthe"Hidden"column).Theattribute"Hidden"isresetassoonasahiddenpatientisselected.Thispatientcanthenbeseenasnormalagain.

Displayandrecordinformation(menuPatient/Info...)

Youcanrecordorchangeadditionalinformationoneachpatientinthefields"Important"and"Aller-gies/Remarks"ineditmode.

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SearchPatient

Inordertofindapatientinthedatabase,clicktheappropriateindexalphabetfieldforthepatient.

Allpatientswiththisfirstletterareshowninthesearchwindow"Patientlist".Youcanscrollthroughthelisttoselectthedesiredpatient.Ifthelistcontainsseveralentries,entermoreofthenameinthe"Searchtext"field.Startthesearchbyclickingthe"Search"button.Inthesearchfieldyoucanselectthe"PatID"orthe"Animalname"assearchcriterioninordertoallowthepatientselectionviathisnumberindicatedbyyouorviathename.Youarealsoabletocalluptheextendedsearch.Hereyoucanenter"Owner","Animalname","Nameextension"and"Vet"inordertolimitthesearchresults.

Startthesearchbypressingtheenterkeyorclickingonthe"Search"button.Ifyouclickthebutton"Search"(asterisksymbol)alongsidethePat-ID,allpatientswillbedisplayed.Note:ThePatIDisamax.15-digitcharacterstringthatisevaluatedfromlefttoright!Forexample:Thesearchcharacterstring"001T-A0"producesaresultslist"001T-A0*",whereby*canbeanycharacter.

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Importpatientdata

Clickingthisbuttonallowsyoutoimportthestoredpatientdatafromafile.

Create/Deletepatientimage

Animagecanonlybecreatedineditmode. Theimagecaneitherbetakendirectlyusinganavailablevideosourceorselectedandevendeletedfromanexistingimagefile(BMP,JPEG,TIFF).Clickingthebutton"Startorfreezecameraimage"allowsyoutouploadaphotoofthepatientfromavideosourceorfileandtosaveitinthepatientfile.Clickingthebutton"Deletepatientimage"allowsyoutodeletetheexistingphotoofthepatient.

Callupimagesusingtheoptionswindow

Wheretherearevarioustypesofimagesavailableforonepatient(e.g.IntraoralX-raysandvideoimages),thesecanbeselectedandcalledupdirectlyusingthelistintheoptionswindow.Afterclickinganentrytoatooth,forexample,ormarkingtheentrywithatickorcheckmark,thelighttablewillappearwiththeimageselectionboxesandthechosenimage.

ViewingintraoralX-rayimages/videorecordings/Xrayimages/otherradiographs

Clickingthebuttondisplaysthelighttableappearswiththeimageselectionbox.Dependingonthechosentabthestoredimagesorvideosforthatpatientwillbedisplayed.

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Examination(Examinationsmenu)Imagesandviewsforapatientthatweretakenonagivenday,foraparticularpurposeoraspartofaparticularorderaregroupedtogetherinanexamination.Thepixelsizeoftheregisteredpatientcre-atedlastonthecurrentdayisalwaysactive.ViatheExaminationmenuyoucancallupdateforthecurrentexamination,switchbetweentheexaminationsstoredforapatientorcreateanewexaminati-onandcallupindividualworkstepsofanexamination.ThisfunctionisgenerallyusedinconjunctionwithDICOM(see"Vet-ExamPlusDICOM"manual).Ifnecessary,youmustorderandreleaseDICOMviathecentralrelease.

Click"ExaminationStart/Change".Thedialogwindow"Selectexaminationorworkstep"appearswiththecorrespondinginformation.

Start/changeexamination(Examinationmenu)Thisfunctioncanbeusedtoswapotherpixelsizestotheregisteredpatient.Thecolouredsymbolwiththemagnifyingglassappearsinthestatuslineifseveralexaminationsexistforapatient.Ifthereisonlyoneexamination,thesymbolappearsgrey.Clickon"Swappixelsize..."inthe"Pixelsize"menuoronthesymbolinthestatusline.Thewindowfortheselectionoftheindividualexaminationrequirementsappears.

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ViewcurrentThissymbolinthestatuslineallowsyoutoviewtheworkstepforthecurrentexamination.Theco-louredsymbolwiththecomputerappearsinthestatuslineifthereisaworkstepforapatient.Ifthereisnoworkstep,thesymbolappearsgreyanddeleted.Clickthesymbolinthestatusline.Thewindow"Currentworkstep"withthedetailsappears.

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OpenordermanagementThissymbolinthestatuslineallowsyoutocalluptheordermanagement.Thesymbolappearsinthestatuslineifthereisaworkstepforapatient.Ifthereisnoworkstep,thesymboldoesnotappear.Clickthesymbolinthestatusline.Thewindow"Ordermanagement"withthedetailsappears.

Youcanstart,finish,abortanddeletetheindividualworkstepsandviewthedetailsforeachentryinthelistviathetoolbarorthecontextmenu.

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4.Lighttable

GeneralThelighttableallowsfreearrangementofimagesselected.Youhavethepossibilitytochoosebet-weenapresetorder,toarrangeimagesasrequired,tomove,toenlargeandtoprocessthem.

GlobalImageSearchIfnopatientisselectedwhenswitchingfromthepatienttothelighttable,thenyoucanalsoworkwithallimagedata.Forexample,forasearchforspecificimages.

Theprocesscantakelongerifalltheimagesinthesurgeryaredisplayedintheimageselectionbox.

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Functions

Loadanimage(Lighttablemenu)

Toloadanimagefromthedatabaseontothelighttable,clickthe"Openimageselectionbox"button.Theimageselectionboxappears.Ifyoudoubleclickwiththeleftmousekeyonanimageintheimageselectionbox,itisopenedinfullsizeonthelighttable.Younowhavethepossibilityofloadingseveralimagesside-by-sideontothelighttable.ClickonthedesiredimageintheimageselectionboxandDrag&Droptheimageontothelighttable.Theimageselectionboxdisappearsandyoucandroptheimageinanypositiononthelighttablein"Freemode".In"fixedmode"youcandroptheimageonlyinanexistingimageframe.Ifnoemptyimageframesareopenonthelighttable,loadamaskfirst.Afterputtingtheimageinplace,theimageselectionboxappearsagainandyoucanopenmoreimages.Imagescanonlybeopenedonce.Thisisshownbytheimageinformationlinewhichhasacolouredbackground.

Storeimage(Imagemenu)

Storestheactiveimage,oritschanges,tothearchive.

Gatherimagesonthelighttable(Lighttablemenu)

Severalpartialcapturesofanobjectcanbecombinedasacompleteimage.Bypressingthebutton,alloftheopenimageswithnobordersonthelighttableareopenedonaseparatelighttablewithawhitebackground.Therecordedimagescanbemovedandrotatedsothattherespectiveedgesoverlaptomatchwithoneanother.Thismakesitpossibletocreatealargeimageofasingleobjectfromseveralpartialrecordings.Thenewlycreatedlayoutcanthenbesavedasanewimageorasagroup.Inthisdisplaymode,morebuttonsappearintheleft-handtoolbar:

Optimiseimagesize

Savelayoutasgroup

Enddisplaymode(theviewchangestolighttableagain)

Rotateclockwise/counter-clockwise

Zoominview

Zoomoutview

ClearLightTable(LightTablemenu)

Clearthelighttable(allimagesandframesareremoved)

Fixedmode(Lighttablemenu)

Activate"Fixedmode"byclickingontheoption"Fixedmode"inthe"Lighttable"menu.Theimageframescannotbemovedin"Fixedmode".UsingDrag&Drop,imagescanbemovedfromoneimageframetotheother.Moveanimagefromitsframetoanewframethatisoccupiedandrelease,thetwoimageswillswitchplaces.

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FreehandMode(LightTablemenu)

Activatefreemodebyclickingontheoption"Fixedmode"againinthe"LightTable"menu,whichunlocksit.Imagescanbemovedaroundonthelighttableinfreemode.

Fullscreen

ShowscurrentimagewithoutadditionalelementsasFullFrameGroups

Groups

Individualimagesofapatientcanbeputintogroupstoe.g.combinetheimportantimagecapturesforasittingorsittingsequence.

Saveagroup(Lighttablemenu)

Whenthecurrentsequenceofimagesonthelighttableistobesaved,selectfromthelighttablemenutheoption"SaveasGroup".Youwillnowbeaskedtoassignanametothenewgroup.Infor-mationconcerningthegroupcanbeenteredinthewindowbelow.Thenclick"Save".Agroupthussaved,canbeloadedorchangedandthensavedunderthesameorunderadifferentname.The"Savelayoutasgroup"buttonisonlyvisibleiftheimagesaremovedtogetheronthelighttable.

Loadagroup(Lighttablemenu)

Toloadagroup,selectfromthelighttablemenutheoption"Loadmask/group".Theloadmenuwiththeavailablegroupswillbeopenedandtherequiredgroupcanbeselectedfromthelist.Placethemousecursoroverthegroupnameinthelistandclicktheleftmousekey,thenclick"Loadmask/group".

Deleteagroup(Lighttablemenu)

Todeleteagroup,selectthe"Lighttable/Delete/Group"optioninthemenu.Aselectionboxwiththeavailablegroupsisopenedandtherequiredgroupcanbeselectedfromthelist.Positionthemousecursoroverthegroupnameinthelistandpresstheleftmousebutton,thenclick"Delete".

Masks

Anumberofdifferentmasks(emptyframes)canbeorganizedonthelighttablesimultaneously.Stan-dardimagearrangements,forexample,canbequicklycreatedinthiswaywithouthavingtosorttheimagesonthelighttable.

Imageswhicharewithintheimageframeswillnotbesaved!Thesemasksareindepen-dentofthepatientandarealwaysavailable.

SaveaMask(LightTablemenu)

ToproduceanewMask,arrangetheimagesinthedesiredsequenceonthelighttable.Selectfromthelighttablemenutheoption"SaveasMask".Youwillnowbeaskedtoassignanametothenewmask.Thenclick"Savemask".Whensaving,onlytheimageframeswithoutimagesaresaved.Ifyouwanttoloaddefinedobjectimagerecordingsautomaticallywhenloadingthemaskintherespectiveimageframe,theseimageframesmustbeallocatedwithobjecttypenumbersbeforesaving.YoucanachievethisbycopyingacorrespondingavailableX-rayimage(objecttypenumber)andinsertingitagain.TheimportedimagemustnowbeassignedtherequiredobjecttypebyusingtheImageinfofunction.Thisproceduremusttakeplaceforalldesiredobjects.Aftersavingunderanappropriatenamethislayoutwillbeavailablefortheautomaticloadingofallthenewest,matchingimages.

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LoadMask(LightTablemenu)

Forloadingamask,selectfromthelighttablemenutheoption"LoadMask".Theloadmenuwiththeavailablemaskswillbeopenedandtherequiredmaskcanbeselectedfromthelist.Placethemousecursoroverthenameofthemasktobeopenedandclicktheleftmousekey,thenclick"Load".

Ifyouwantthemasktoautomaticallyselectthelatestmatchingimages,marktheap-propriateoptionfield"Loadlatestimages".

DeleteaMask(LightTablemenu)

Todeleteamask,selectthe"Lighttable/Delete/Mask"optioninthemenu.Alistwiththeavailablemaskswillbeopenedandtherequiredmaskcanbeselectedfromthelist.Placethemousecursoroverthemasknameinthelistandpushtheleftmousebutton.Thenclickthedeletefield.

Loadcatalogue(Lighttablemenu)

Withcommand"Lighttable/Load/Catalogue",youcanloadanexternalimagecataloguefromadirec-tory.Inacatalogue,youcancombineandcallupseveralimagesinaproject..

Imageprocessing(Imagemenu)

Youcaneditanactivatedimagebyclickingonthe"Editactiveimage"buttonorbydoubleclickingontheimage.Readmoreonthefunctionsin"Imageprocessing".

Print(LightTable,Imagemenu)

Thisoptioninthelighttablemenuallowsanimageornumberofimagesonthelighttabletobeprin-ted.Formoreinformation,readthemanualinchapter"Printing"orinHelp.

Imageinformation(Imagemenu)

Toenter,editordisplayinformationontheactiveimage,pressthe"Imageinformationonactiveimage"button.Theimageinformationboxappearsfortherespectiveimage.Youcanentertextinformationontheimageinthe"Comments"tab.Thetextsofthehotkeyscanbecopiedtothetextareawiththerightmousekey.Thefirstcommentcanonlybeenteredonceandcannotbechangedaftersaving.Theimagetype,imagesize,objecttypeandobjectrangearedisplayedontab"Imageinfo".Byclickingonbutton"Selection"inthemiddlewindowarea"Type",youcanselectwheretheimageshouldbeallocatedandconfirmyourselectionwith"OK".Indefiningtheobjectrange,thepreviouslyselectedmainobjectisdisplayedwithabluebackground.Allmarkedobjectsaredisplayedintextinthe"Range"field.Youareprovidedwithaviewofthecreationdatafortheimageinthe"Creation"tab.Inaddition,theoperatorresponsiblefortheimageisalsolisted.Thepreviouslyenteredvaluesareshowninthe"X-ray"tabandcanbechangedifnecessary.Youcanfindinformationonthecreation,thelastchange,thefilenameandtheresolutioninthe"Imagestatus"tab.InformationtransmittedbytheDICOMinterfacecanbefoundundertab"DICOM".

DeleteanImage(Imagemenu)

AnimagecanonlybedeletedwhenithasnotyetbeenarchivedintheVet-ExamPluslong-termarchiveandisnotsubjecttoanystatutorystorageperiod(e.g.X-rays)!AteveryimageVet-ExamPlusaskswhethertheimageshouldonlybehidden.Thatmeansthattheimageisnolongershownintheimageselectionboxuntilthefield"Displayhiddenimages"issetin"Configuration/Module/Lighttable".Assoonastheimageisloadedonthelighttable,thehiddenstatusiseliminatedanditwillalwaysbedisplayedintheimageselectionbox.

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DropSurface

IfindividualimagesorseveralimagesaremovedoutoftheimageselectionboxbymeansofDrag&Drop,thenthefollowingfunctionsaredisplayedinalistforselectionfortheimageorimages.–"Export...": Exportimage(s)–"E-mail...": Sendimage(s)bye-mail–"Imageclipboard":Copyimageselectionboxintheimageclipboard

InordertosendeMailsanSMAPIClient(e.g.OutlookExpress)mustbeinstalled!

Scananimage(Lighttablemenu)

ThismenuitemenablesyoutoacceptimagesfromaTWAINsource(e.g.scanner).Aftertheselec-tionofthismenuitem,theVet-ExamPlusscanwindowopensinwhichyoucanselecttheTWAINsourceandactivatetheimageacquisition.Thenumberofimagestakenisshown.AfterclosingtheVet-ExamPlusscanwindow,theseimagesaredisplayedinturnonthelighttable.Toputtheimageinthedatabase,clickon"Saveactiveimage"(Diskette).Youmustnowassignanimagetypetotheimportedfile,otherwisetheimagecannotbesaved.

ActivateanImage

Singleleftclickactivatestherespectiveimage.(Thecolouroftheimagebarchangestosilver.)

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MarkingImages

MarkimagewitharedtickHowtomarkanimage:–Individualimages:Ctrl.buttonandmouseclickintheimagerange–Allimages:Mouseclickinimagerange,callcontextmenu"Mark/Markall"Eliminatethemarkingforindividualimagesorallimagesinthesameway.TheimagetobemarkedinthiswaycanbeintheImageselectionboxoronthelighttable.Ifanimageismarkedfromthelighttable,thenthethumbimageintheImageselectionboxwillalsobemarkedandviceversa.Severalimagescanbemarkedatonce.Animageorallimagesmarkedintheimageselectionboxoronthelighttablecanthenbesaved,sa-vedasagroup,deleted,exported,sentase-mailorcopiedtotheimagestoreintheimageselectionbox.Thefunctionsformarkedimages("Save","Saveasgroup","Delete","Export","Sendmail"and"Imagestore")areavailableviathefollowingmenus:–Ctrlbutton+Drag&Drop–Contextmenu/"Allmarked"–Mainmenu/"Lighttable/Allmarked"

Import(Filemenu)

Thismenufunctionallowsimagestobeimported.Aftertheselectionofthismenupoint,aloadwindowopens,inwhichtherespectiveimagefilecanbeselected.Thenclickthe"Open"menu.Theimageisnowdepictedonthelighttableandcanbeprocessed.Toputtheimageinthedatabase,clickonthe"Saveactiveimage"button.Youmustnowassignanimagetypetotheimportedfile,otherwisetheimagecannotbesaved.

Export(Filemenu)

Thisfunctionallowsimagesinvariousformatstobeexported,e.g.toprocessthesefurtherortomakethemavailabletoothers.

Youcaneitherconfirmanavailableexportmode(settingunder"Configuration/Modules/LightTable")fromthelistandselectorconfirmthedirectorywhereitistobesent.IfyouwanttouseadifferentmodethanthatproposedinthepredefinedImagestatusforexport,thiscanbeselectedfromthelistofoptionsunderImagestatus.Detailedinformationconcerningtheimageformatscanbefoundunder"Configuration/Modules/Lighttable/Export-Email."Furtherselectioncriteriaarepartlyexplainedinthefollowingsection.

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Exportfunctions

Allimagesoftheproject"Imagetypeselection":Selectionforvideo-/X-rayimages"Imagestatus":Imagestatusoftheexportedimage

:Activateextendedfunctionview! Onlyvisibleforuserswithadministratorrights

Imagesfrom...to..."Selectioncriteria":Selectionoftheperiodoftheimagestobeexported

Selectedimageonviewer–Onlytheactiveimage(blueimagebar)isexported.

Markedimagesonthelighttable–Allimagesmarkedwitharedcheckmarkareexported(Ctrl+leftclick).

Thesystemadministratorhasthepossibilityofamendingalltheparametersforcurrentimageexportusingthefurtheroptionsmenupoint.Anychangesmadetothecurrentmodewillnotbestored.Thiscanonlybedoneunder"Configurati-on/Modules/Lighttable/Export-Email"!

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Imagestatus

Thefivedifferentimagestates"Original","Firstsave","Diagnosis","Lastsaved"and"Currentstatus"canbeexported.Allvisiblecolouredgraphicelementspresentedintheimageonthelighttablewillbeaddedtotheexportedimage(burned-in)!Theimageprocessingboxsupportsthefollowingfourlevelsofdrawing,whosegraphicelementscaneitherbevisiblypresentedsingly(controlboxOn)oralltogether(controlboxAll)orbesetasnon-visible:

Anglemeasurements

Lengthmeasurementsoflinesandpolygons

Text,lineandclosedlineelements

Examplesofimagesexportedundervaryingimagestatus

Notvisible=drawinglevelisnotvisibleornographicelementispresentNotpossible=imagestatusdoesnotsupportdrawinglevel

Display Originalstatus Initialstorage Evaluation Laststoredimage

Currentstatus

Notpossible Notvisible Notvisible Notvisible Notvisible

Notpossible Notvisible Notvisible Notvisible Visible

Notpossible Notvisible Visible Notvisible Visible

Lighttableimage

Export.image

Duplicateanimage(Imagemenu)

Createsaduplicateoftheactiveimageonthelighttable.

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Assignanimage(Imagemenu)

Opentheprojectlisttoallocateanimagetoanotherpatientlocatedintheprojectbase.Archivedimagescannolongerbereassigned!

Sortimages(Lighttablemenu)

Automaticsortingofallimageswhichareonthelighttableatthemoment.

Imaging(Lighttablemenu)

Theactiveimageistransferredtoanexternalimageeditingprogramasacall-upparameter.Theexternalimageeditingprogramavailablemustbeenteredin"Configuration/Modules/LightTable/Ima-ging.Afterendingtheimagingprogram,thechangedimageisdisplayedonthelighttableandcanbestoredasaduplicate!

ImageselectionboxYoucanvarythesizeoftheimageselectionboxbydraggingtheboxattheborders,edgesorsepa-rationlineoftheimagesection.Thesizeofthecommentareacanbeadjustedbydraggingtheupperborderofthecommentfieldwiththemouse(mousepointerchangesfromarrowtodoublearrow.Thesesettingsarestoreduntilthenextchange.TheimageselectionboxcanbebroughtuptodateunderContextmenu/Update(rightclick).Thismeansthatthoseimageswhichmayhavebeentakenatotherstationsinthemeantimearealsodisplayed.Theimageselectionboxisdisplayedbypressingthe"Openimageselectionbox"button.TheImageselectionboxenablesyoutochoosetherequiredimagefromthosesavedfordisplayingonthelighttable.

Example–singleline

Displaybar

Here,youcanswitchbetweenthedisplayofallimages,aselectionofimagesandtheimagesontheimageclipboard.

Theimageclipboardservestostoreselectedimagestemporarily.Ifimagesaresenttothelighttable(e.g.frompatient,videoorX-raymodule),thentheyarestoredontheimageclipboardascopies.Thisallowsimmediateaccesstotheimages.Itisalsopossibletocopyaparticularimagefromtheimageselectionboxorfromthelighttableontotheimageclipboard.Thecurrentcontentisdeletedassoonasnewimagesarecopiedintotheimageclipboard.Thebutton"Imageclipboard"isinactivewhenitcontainsnoimages.

Thefields"Allimages,"Imageselection"and"Imagessaved"bringsuptheimageselectioncriteria"Video","Intra","X-Ray"and"Other"togetherwiththenumberofimagesavailable.Clickingthebut-tondisplaystheimagesofthegroupintheimageselectionbox.

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SortaccordingtoDate/Objecttype

Theimagescanbesortedintheimageselectionboxaccordingtodateofcreationortoobjecttype.Withinthesortingaccordingtoobjecttypeimagesarealsosortedaccordingtodateofcreation.Youcandisplayparticularimagesonlybyusingafilteronthestoredimages.Thisisespeciallyusefulifalargenumberofimagesarecreatedforapatient.

Advancedimageselectionfilter

Afterclickingthebutton"Filterselection(detailedimagesearch)",theexpandedfilterselectionboxisshownforallimagetypes.

Theschematicrepresentationdisplaystheavailableimages.Youcanselectthesewithaclick.Youcanmakeseparateselectionssothatonlythedesiredimagesfromtheexistingrecordingsareshownintheimageselectionbox.Additionalselectioncriteriaforfilteringthedisplayofimagescanbeenteredandactivatedforalltypesofimage.

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5.Video

GeneralTheVideomoduleallowsyoutosetup,editandsavevideorecordings.Theliveimagefromthecurrentvideosourceispresented.Finishedrecordingsorimagesequencescanbetransferredtothelighttableforfurtherviewingandediting.

View

Functions

SelectvideosourceToselectoneofthetwovideosources,clickoneofthetwobuttonsonthescreen.Forselectiontobesuccessfultwocamerasmustbeconnectedandconfiguredinthe"Video"modu-le.

Freezeframe(VideoMenu)Tocreateafreezeframeimageoftheselectedvideosource,clickthebutton"Live/FreezeCameraImage".Theimageisnowstopped,i.e.frozen,andcannowbeprocessedunder"RecordImage"andaddedasimagestrip,enlargedtofullframeunder"VideoFullFrame"orprinted"Printcurrentimage".Clickbutton"Live/FreezeCameraImage"againtoreturntoliveimage.

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Liveimage(VideoMenu)Theliveimageoptioonshowsthecurrentliveview.Clickoption"Videofullframe"togotofullscreenshotwithouttheoperatinglevel.

Recordimage(VideoMenu)Tocaptureanimagecurrentlyshownonthemonitor,click"Recordimage".Theimagewillnowbeaddedtotheimagestripandisalreadymarkedassaved.Tocaptureadditionalimagesrepeatproce-dure.

Saveimages(VideoMenu)Allthemarkedimagesaresavedtothedatabase.Beforeyousaveimagesforthecurrentlyselectedpatient,youshouldmakesurethattheobjecttypeisallocatedcorrectly(toothnumerationortypeofimage).

Saveandopenonthelighttable(Videomenu)Allthemarkedimagesaresavedtothedatabaseandtransferredtothelighttableforpossibleediting.Theyappearthereintheimagefileoftheimageselectionbox.Beforeyousaveimagesforthecurrentlyselectedpatient,youshouldmakesurethattheobjecttypeisallocatedcorrectly(toothnumerationortypeofimage).

 Edit(Imagemenu)Youcanedittheactiveimagebyactivatingtheeditingbox.Todothis,pressthe"Editimage"button,doubleclickintheimageareaorclickwiththerightmousebuttonwithintheimagetoopenthecontextmenuandselect"Editimage".TheexactdescriptionsofthefunctionsareavailableinthemanualorintheonlineHelpinchapter"Editingimages".

VideocolourcontrollerWhenviewingliveimagesclickon"Videocolourcontrollertoopenanewmenuinwhichvideoset-tingscanbecarriedoutandaprofileselected.Theactualoptionspresentedbythismenuwilldependontheconnectedandinstalledhardware,somemenuitemswillpossiblynotbeavailable(markedgrey).WhereaFramegrabbercardisinstalledtheselectionsourceforthecardcanbecarriedouthere.ForfurtherinstructionspleasereadthedescriptionsuppliedwithyourFramegrabbercard.

Fullscreen(VideoMenu)Theimagecurrentlybeingviewedinthemainwindowcanbeviewedasafullscreenshoteitherbyclicking"VideoFullScreen"orpressingtheappropriateswitchonthefootpedal(ifpresent).DieUm-schaltungzurToreturntonormalviewpressfootswitchagain,righthandmouseclickandchoosefullframeorpressanykey.Thisoperationisnotsupportedbyeverycard.IfyourFramegrabberdoesnotsupoportthismodeallprogramelementswillbesuppressedandonlythevideowindow(butnotfullscreen)willbedisplayed.

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 Print(Printmenu)Thismenuoptionallowstheprintingofthecurrentimageinthevideomodule.Formoreinformation,readthemanualinchapter"Printing"orinHelp.

Imageinformation(Imagemenu)Toenter,editordisplayinformationontheactiveimage,pressthe"Imageinformationoncurrentimage"button.Thisdisplaystheimageinformationboxforthecurrentimage.Youcanentertextinformationontheimageinthe"Comments"tab.Thetextsofthehotkeyscanbecopiedtothetextareawiththerightmousekey.Thefirstcommentcanonlybeenteredonceandcannotbechangedaftersaving.ThepageImageinfodisplaysimagetype,imagesize,objecttype(e.g.toothnumber)andobjectarea(e.g.dentalregion).Click"Selection"inthecentralscreensectionforselection,e.g.thenumberofthetoothofthemainobject,andconfirmselectionwith"OK".Whenenteringtheobjectareathepre-viouslyselected"Mainobject"isgivenawhitebackgroundandotherteethwithintheimagecanbeselectedandmarked.Allmarkedobjectsareshownintextinthefield"Range",wherebyconsecutiveobjectswithinaquadrantaredisplayedjoinedbyahyphen(e.g.12,13,14->12-14).Youareprovidedwithaviewofthecreationdatafortheimageinthe"Create"tab.Inaddition,theoperatorresponsiblefortheimageisalsolisted.

Imagestripactivation(VideoMenu)Clickonanimageintheimagestriptodisplayitinthemainwindow.Youcanactivatethepreviousimageifyouselectmenuoption"Previousimage"inmenu"Video".

MarkimagetobestoredThereisacheckboxbelowthebottomborderoftheimageswhicharedisplayedintheimagestrip.Clickingonthisboxallowstheimagetobeselectedordeselectedforstoringpurposes.

Onlyimagesthataremarked(withtickorcheck)aresavedortransferredtothelighttable.

AssigningimagesTheobjecttype(toothnumberorrecordingtype)andotherinformationcanbeassignedtotheimagesdisplayedintheimagestrip.Toentertheobjecttypeeitherclickthepulldownmenuatthebottomedgeofthedesiredimageintheimagestripandchoosetheoptionfromthelist,orclickonmenuoption"CurrentImageInformation".

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UsingthefootpedalswitchThevideomoduleenablesyoutochoosethefunctionstobecarriedoutbyusingthefootpedal.ThefollowingfunctionscanbeassignedtothefootpedalbyusingtheconfigurationmenuConfigura-tion/Module/Footpedal:

Record =Recordimage

Still/Live =Freezeframe/liveimage

Full =Fullscreenimage/Normalimageview

Next =Activatenextimageinimagestripanddisplayinmainwindow

Still/Live+Record =Freezeframeimage/liveimage+record

Print =Printactiveimage

KeyboardoperationAllimportantfunctionscanbeselectedusingthekeyboard.Thismeansthatcontrolcanbecarriedoutusinganexternalprogram.PressALTtoactivatethemenubar.Pressthenumbercorrespondingtothemenunameunderlinedwiththerequiredcommand.Inthepopupmenu,pressthenumbercorrespondingtothemenunameunderlinedwiththerequiredcommand.Forexample:

Live =ALT+1+1

Still =ALT+1+2

Full =ALT+2+1

Activate =ALT+1+6

Print =ALT+2+4

ManualoperationTheVistaCamDigitalwithmanualreleaseallowstheimportantfunctionstobeoperatedviathepressuresensitiveringofthemanualcapturering.ThefollowingfunctionscanbeassignedusingtheconfigurationmenuConfiguration/Module/Video:

Record =Recordimage

Still/Live =Freezeframe/liveimage

Full =Fullscreenimage/Normalimageview

Next =Activatenextimageinimagestripanddisplayinmainwindow

Still/Live+Record =Freezeframeimage/liveimage+record

Print =Printactiveimage

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6.X-rayGeneral

InconjunctionwiththeX-rayimagingsystemCRScan,X-rayimagescanbedigitisedandsaved.EveryX-rayimageisallocatedtothecurrentlyselectedpatient.AllX-rayimagesarestoredasoriginaldataandcannotbechangedbyVet-ExamPlus.IfX-rayimagesareeditedwiththeimageprocessingfunctions,thisdoesnotaffecttheoriginalimage.Informationissimplyaddedandcanbeundoneanytimeasdesired.IfyouhaveallocatedanX-rayimagetothewrongpatient,itispossibletoassignittothecorrectpatient.Thiscanbecarriedoutatthefollowingtwoplaces:IntheX-raymodule,beforesavingwithmenupoint"2ndimage/Saveunderanotherpatient",onthelighttableunderthe"Reassignimage"menuitem.Theoriginaldataisthansupplementedbythedataofthepersonwhocarriesoutthisactionandtheoriginalpatient.

MeasurementofX-rayimages

UsingtheeditingmoduleitispossibletomeasureX-rayimagestakenwitharecorder(imageplate,CRScan,transmitted-lightscanner)onlyaftercalibrationusingadefinedobject(e.g.metalball,metalpin).Themeasurementprecisioninthiscase,dependsheavilyonthepositioningoftheimageplate(relativetotheobjectandsourceofradiation).Pleasegotochapter"Imageprocessing"andreadthewarninginformationonlengthandanglemeasurements.

Databackups

Asageneralrule,youshouldbackupyourdataregularly.IftheX-raymoduleisused(e.g.CRScan),aregularbackupoftheVet-ExamPlusdatabasefiledirectory"..\dbsdata"isimperative!Pleasereadthesection"Informationondatabackup"inchapter"General"forfurtherinformation.

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View

Functions

TakeX-rayimage(X-raymenu)

TakinganX-rayimageisinitialisedbyclickingthe"TakeanewX-rayimage"button.

X-rayimageconfiguration

BeforeanX-rayexposurecanbeperformed,the"Recordimage"dialogwindowappears,inwhichtherecordingparameterscanbeenteredorselected.ThestandardrecordingmodefortheselectedX-rayimagingisdisplayedandcanbechanged(stan-dardmodecanbedefinedin"Configuration/Module/CRScan").Animageobjectcanbeselectedbeforeoraftertherecording.Intheleft-handlowercornerofthewindow,therecordingsystemisshown(redmarking).

CompulsoryentryofX-rayrecordingparameters

Ifthecheckbox"X-rayparametersaremandatory"ischeckedinsection"X-rays"under"Configurati-on/Company",atleasttheX-raymeteringparameters(mA,kV,ms)havetobeentered.Atthelatestwhensavingtheentryyouwillbepromptedtoentertheseoncemore(figurebelowonleft)iftheseparameterfieldscontainnodata(figurebelowonright).X-rayparameterscanonlybesubsequentlychangedaftersavingtheimageifthecheckbox"X-rayparametersarealwaysmodifiable"ischeckedinsection"X-rays"under"Configuration/Surgery"!

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InputoftheX-rayparameters

Vet-ExamPlusproposestheexposureparametersifasavedrecordingexistsfortheselectedobjectwiththecurrentlyselectedX-rayappliance.Ifthisisthecase,theexistingvaluesareusedastheparameters.OtherwiseVet-ExamPlususesthestandardsettingsoftheselectedX-rayappliancefortheobjectthataredefinedunder"Configuration/Modules/X-rays".IfyouusedifferentrecordingvaluesfortheX-raydevice,thesearetobeenteredmanually.ThestandardsettingofestablishedX-rayparameterscanbesetforeachX-raydeviceandeveryobjecttypeunder"Configuration/Module/X-ray".Pleasenotethatthesestandardsettingscanonlybemodifiedbyuserswiththerequiredaccessauthorisation(administrator)!

Readanimage

AfterenteringtheX-rayparameters,clickonthe"Read"buttonandarecordingwindowappears.

CRScanrecordingwindow

CRScangoestorecordingreadiness(LEDslitgreen),ifthebutton"Startscan"isactivated.AssoonasimageplatesarereadintheCRScan,thiswindowshowsthecurrentlineinformationandtheimageflowthroughCRScanintherecordingwindow.Providingthiswindowisnotclosed,furtherimageplatescanbefedintothesystem.

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Ifproblems(e.g.imageplatenottransportedallthewayout)occurduringorafterscanning,thescanningprocesscanbeendedandcalledupwiththebutton"Errorrecovery"(Open-endspannericon)fordialog"Problemsolving".Hereyoucancontrolthefilmtransport.

Usingbutton"Switchdeletefunctiononoroff",youcanswitchthedeletefunctiononthescanneron/off.

Message"Lightexposuretoohigh“

Avoiddirectexposuretohalogenlightsandsunlight.Checklightingconditions(≤1000Lux)attheinputareaofthescannerandreducelightintheclose-uprangeifnecessary.Whiletherecordingwindowisdisplayed,allX-rayimagesthatarerecordedareshownintheimagestripontheleft.

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Thelastimagetaken(bluebackgroundintheimagestrip)isshownlargeintheright-handwindowandcanbeanalysedwiththeimageprocessingfunctions.Byclickingonanotherimageintheimagestrip,theactiveimagecanbechanged.Allimagesstoredintheimagestripalsoshowacolourbartotheright:thisdisplaystheDoseEquivalentValueoftheimage.Thisvalueservesonlyasaguidelinefortheoptimalsettingofthedoseparameters(onlypossibleifthereisnoextremeoverexposureorunderexposure).Agoodsettingisdisplayedwithagreenbar,acriticalsettingwitharedbar.Thereisalowerandanuppercriticallimit(slashinthebar),asofwhichthebarcolourisred.

Procedureintheeventofaredbar:Barredandlow:IncreaseX-raydosageoramplificationinrecordingsystemBarredandhigh:ReduceX-raydosageoramplificationinrecordingsystem

Saveimages(X-raymenu)

Ifyouclickonthisbutton,allimagesthatareselectedandassignedtoanobjecttypearestoredinthedatabase.Beforeyousaveimagesforthecurrentlyselectedpatient,youshouldmakesurethattheobjecttypeisallocatedcorrectly.Ifyoudiscardanimage,youmustfirstremovethemarkingandanswerthequestiononthefollowingdisplayeddialogwith"NO".

Saveandopenonthelighttable(X-raymenu)

Ifyouclickonthisbutton,allimagesthatareselectedandassignedtoanobjecttypearestoredandtransferredtothelighttableforfurtherprocessing.TheretheyappearontheimageclipboardoftheimageselectionboxandcanbeputonthelighttableusingDrag&Drop.Beforeyousaveimagesforthecurrentlyselectedpatient,youshouldmakesurethattheobjecttypeisallocatedcorrectly.

Imageprocessing(Imagemenu)

Youcanprocesstheactiveimagebyactivatingtheprocessingbox.Todothis,pressthe"Imagepro-cessing"button,doubleclickintheimageareaorclickwiththerightmousebuttonwithintheimagetoopenthecontextmenuandselect"ImageProcessing".TheexactdescriptionsofthefunctionsareavailableinthemanualorintheonlineHelpinchapter"Imageprocessing".

Fullscreen

Youcanalsodisplaytheimageinthemainwindowinfullscreenmodebyclickingonthe"Fullscreendisplay"button.SwitchingtonormalviewisdonewitharightclickwiththeFullframecontextselec-tionorwiththeESCbutton.

 Print(Printmenu)

Clickonthe"Print"buttontopreparetheimageforprinting.Readmoreonthesubjectinthemanualorintheonlinehelpinchapter"Printing".

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Imageinformation(Imagemenu)

Toenter,editordisplayinformationontheactiveimage,pressthe"Imageinformationoncurrentimage"button.Thisdisplaystheimageinformationboxforthecurrentimage.Youcanentertextinformationontheimageinthe"Comments"tab.Thetextsofthehotkeyscanbecopiedtothetextareawiththerightmousekey.Thefirstcommentcanonlybeenteredonceandcannotbechangedaftersaving.Theimagetype,imagesize,objecttypeandobjectrangearedisplayedontab"Imageinfo".Byclickingonbutton"Selection"inthemiddlewindowarea"Type",youcanselectwheretheimageshouldbeallocatedandconfirmyourselectionwith"OK".Indefiningtheobjectrange,thepreviouslyselectedmainobjectisdisplayedwithabluebackground.Allmarkedobjectsareshownintextinthefield"Range",wherebycombinedobjectsaredisplayedwithinarectanglebetweenthestartandendobjectfortherange.Youareprovidedwithaviewofthecreationdatafortheimageinthe"Creation"tab.Inaddition,theoperatorresponsiblefortheimageisalsolisted.Thepreviouslyenteredvaluesareshowninthe"X-ray"tabandcanbechangedifnecessary.

Rotate90°clockwise

Theactiveimageisrotatedby90°totheright(clockwise).

Rotate90°counterclockwise

Theactiveimageisrotatedby90°totheleft(counterclockwise).

Rotate180°

Theactiveimageisrotatedby180°totheleft(counterclockwise).

Imageactivation(X-raymenu)

Clickonanimageintheimagestriptodisplayitinthemainwindow.Youcanactivatethepreviousimageifyouactivatemenusub-point"Previousimage"inmenu"X-ray".

Markimagetobestored

Thereisacheckboxbelowthebottomborderoftheimageswhicharedisplayedintheimagestrip.Clickingonthisboxallowstheimagetobeselectedordeselectedforstoringpurposes.Onlyimagesthatarecheckedaresavedortransferredtothelighttable.

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Assigningimages

TheimagesintheimagebarcanbeassignedtheX-rayimagetype,theobjecttype,theX-raypara-meterandotherimageinformation.UndefinedobjecttypesshouldbeassignedtoX-ray-UNDEF!Todefinetheobjecttype,clickonthebuttoninthelowerborderofthedesiredimageintheimagestripandselectthedesiredtypeinthedialogwindow"Selectobjecttype".

Youcanalsoclickonbutton"Info"anddefinetheimagetypeviabutton"Selection"inthedialogwindow"Imageinformation".Choosetheappropriateregisterfortheimageandclicktheareaontheschematicdiagramtowhichtheimageshouldbeassigned.TheX-rayparametersandotherimageinformationcaneitherbeenteredbyclickingonthebuttoninthelowerborderofthedesiredimageintheimagestriporwiththe"Info"button.

Assigninganimagetoanotherpatient(Imagemenu)

Ifanimageisnottobeassignedtotheactivepatient,youcanassigntheactiveimagetoapatientthatcanbeselectedfromthepatientlistviathemenubarunder"Save2ndimage/underanotherpatient".

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DefiningbrightnessandcontrastvaluesnewimagecaptureswithCRScan

Theimageprocessingboxmustbeclosed!Afterrightclickingintheimagearea,youcanactivatetherespectivewindowinthecontextmenuwithmenupoint"Brightness/Contrastdefaultdefinitions".

Thechangestobrightness,contrastandgammavaluesareshowndirectlyinthecurrentimageandcanbesavedfornewlycapturedimagesofthesameCRScanmodeorforallmodesofthesametype.

"Settingsofcurrentimage":Setdesiredbrightness,contrastandgammavalues.

:Resetbrightness,contrastandgammavalues.""Acceptvaluesforcurrentmode":SavecurrentsettingvaluesforthecurrentlyselectedCRScanmode"Acceptvaluesforallunknownmodes":Savecurrentsettingvaluesforallmodes

WhattodoafteraPCcrashIfthecomputercrasheswhileyouareintheX-rayprogrammoduleduringorafteranX-rayrecording,theimagesrecordedarenotlost!DuringtherestartofVet-ExamPlus,amessageappearsthatgenerallyindicatesthattherearestillimagedataintheX-rayrecordingsystemortemporarilyontheharddiskthathavenotbeenfinallysavedtotheVet-ExamPlusdatabase.Afterselectingtheprogrampart"X-ray",adialogisdisplayedthatinformsyouthattherearestilloneormoreimagesofapatientthathavenotbeenstoredinthedatabase.Thisdialogisonlydisplayediftheimage(s)foundbelongtothecurrentlyselectedpractice.Theprogramwillpromptyoutoselectthecorrectpatientsothattheimagescanbereadin.

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X-RayReport(X-Raymenu)Underthe"Options/X-rayreport"menuitemtheX-rayreportcanbeprintedfromanystationoryoucanhaveapreviewoftheprintout.AllX-rayimagescreatedaredisplayed,includingthosemarkedashidden.

Determiningthetimeintervalforprinting

TheX-rayreportcanbeprintedforaspecifictimeinterval.Enterthedesireddates.ClickthePreviewbuttontodisplaytheX-rayreportonthescreen.Iftheintervalsinthedialogaresetto"Automatic",Vet-ExamPlussuggeststhedateofthelastprintoutas"Fromdate"andthedateofthesystemclockas"Todate".Thislistcanbesortedalphabeticallybypatientnameorchronologically.Additionally,selectioncantakeplaceaccordingtooneormoreX-rayapplianceswheretheX-raysta-tioninformationhasbeenstoredduringX-rayprocessing.X-raytreatmentwithoutthisX-raystationinformationisalwaysdisplayed.

ExampleofanX-rayreport

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Functionoverviewofthebuttons

Pagedisplay:displayfullpage/setat100%/enlargetopagewidth

Pagedisplay:firstpage/previouspage/nextpage/lastpage

Printer:openprintermenu/configureprinter

File:Open/Save

Preview:Close

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7.Imageprocessing

GeneralTheImageProcessingfunctionallowstheoperatortocontrolandamendtheimageparameters.The-reisalsothepossibilitytoaddelementstotheoriginalimage.Thesearethenstoredwiththeimage,butcanlaterberemovedifnecessary.

Graphicandimageprocessing(toolbox)Theimageprocessingisperformedwithdialogwindow"Toolbox".Manyimportantfunctionscanalsobeaccesseddirectlyviabuttonintheright-handfunctionbar.Thedialogwindowforimageproces-singcanbeadaptedinthestart-upimage.Clickonthe"Processactiveimage"buttonoronthe"Imageprocessing"entryinthe"Image"menu.Thedialogwindowappears.

ContextmenuRight-clickonthedialogwindowtoopenacontextmenu.

UnfoldThedialogwindowcanbefoldeduppartiallyorcompletelyifnotbeingused.Rightclickonthedialogwindow.Select"Unfold".Threeoptionscanbeselectedhere:"Alwaysopen":Thetoolboxisnotfoldedup."Halfopen":Theadditionalfunctionsarefoldedup."Fullyclosed":Allfunctionsarefoldedup.

VisibilityThedialogwindowcanbemadetransparentoverthebackgroundwithoption"Transparency".Tohavethefunctionactive,theoption"Halfopen"mustbeselectedinmenu"Unfold".Rightclickonthedialogwindow.Select"Visibility".Fourlevelscanbeselectedhere:100%,75%,50%,25%Dependingontheselectedlevel,thedialogwindowisshownwithtransparency.Note:The"Transparency"functiononlyworksinconjunctionwiththe"Unfold"function.Ifthe"Alwaysopen"optionisselectedin"Unfold",the"Transparency"functionisautomaticallydeactivated.

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OverviewofFunctions

Globalfunctions

Functiongroups

Functionareawithimageprocessingfunctions

Intheupperareaoftheimageeditingbox,clickingontheappropriatesymbolallowsyoutoselecteitheroneoftheglobalfunctionsoroneofthefunctiongroups.Intheupperareaoftheimageeditingboxareshowntheindividualeditingfunctionsaccordingtothefunctionorfunctiongroupselected.

Undo/restorelastimageprocessingfunction

Clickthebutton"Undo/repeatlastimageoperation"torevokethelastimageprocessingfunctionortorestoreitbyclickingagain.

Loadimagestatus

Clickingbutton"Loadimagestatus"("Mainmenu/Image"or"Imagecontextmenu")andselectentry"Loadimagestatus".Oneofthecurrentlyavailableimagestatusescanbeselectedfromthelistandcanbedisplayedonthescreen.Animagecanhaveoneofthefollowingfourstatuses:– Lastsave:Imageatlastsaveprocess–Evaluationstatus:Imagewhensavingtheinitialcomment(Diagnosisetc.)intheimageinfobox–Firstsave:ImageatinitialsaveaftertheimagecreationintheX-raymodule.Ifnoimageprocessingfunction(Rotate,brightness,contraststretchingetc.)wasusedontheoriginalimage,thisimagestatuscorrespondswiththeoriginalimage.–Originalimage:Imageaftertheimagecapture

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X-rayimage–mainfunctions

AlltheprincipalfunctionsforimageeditingofX-rayimagesaredisplayedinthefunctionalarea.Fur-therfunctionscanbeselectedwherenecessary.

Thesettingsforindividualimagescanbealteredusingtheslidingbars(brightness,contrast,gamma)asre-quired.

Alternatively,youcanchangethebrightness(ho-rizontalmousemovement)andcontrast(verticalmousemovement)intuitivelyintheactiveimage(mouseiconintheimagearea:)withtheleftmousekeypressed.

Evaluationsupport

Theevaluationsupportisperformedwiththeoriginaldataifthemarkingfield"Fromoriginaldata"isset.Inallothercasesthefilterisselectedmatchingthecurrenttype.Structuresorobjectsintheimagethataresignificanttotherespectiveevaluationcanbehighlighted(contrastamplified)withoutdecreasingtheimagesharpness.Theseinterestingstructuresareseenataglancewithintheimagedisplayed.Theuseofthefollowingfiltersislimitedtoimagesuptoamaximumsizeof50MBytes.Tofilterareasoflargerimages,therespectiveareacanfirstbecutoutusingthecropfunctionandthenthecut-outareacanbefiltered.Byusingthefollowingfilters,anopticalchangeofthedisplayededgesispossible.

INTRAfilterset

Intra(fine);Caries;Endo;Perio;ReduceNoise

X-Rayfilterset

e.g.:X-Ray1,X-Ray2,noisesuppressionetc.

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Imagerotating&mirroring

Inaddition,themirroringfunctionsarehiddenandshownwiththebutton .

 

Dependingonwhichofthesymbolshasbeenselected,startingwiththecurrentimage,theimagewillberotated90°,180°or270°.Thelastrotationormirroringcanberevoked/repeatedwhenclickingthepushbutton"Undo/repeatlastimageoperation"(mainfunctions).

ZoomTools

Thezoomtoolsallowyoutoviewthecompleteimageor,alternatively,asectionoftheimageeitherenlargedorreducedinsize.

:Todisplaytheimagewithamagnificationfactor,pleasepressonthemagnifyingglass.Clickingtheleftmousekeywithintheimageenlargesit,clickingtherightmousekeyreducesit.

"Factor":Alternatively,youcanenterorselectpercen-tagesinthelistfield.

:Usingfunction"Drawrectangle",youcandrawarectangle,displayedinthepreviewwindowasayellowframe.Youcanmovetheyellowframeinthepreviewimagewiththemouse.Intheimageframe,thisselectedpartcanbedisplayedlarger.

:Withthefunction"Setimagewindowsizetoimagesize",theframeisadaptedforthemagnifiedimage.

:Withthefunction"Adaptimagetowindowsize",theimageisadaptedtotheframesize.

:Withthefunction"Magnifyingglass(localzoomwindow"youareprovidedwithamagnifyingwindowonyourimage,whichyoucanmagnifyandmoveasyouwish.Thezoomfactorisselectedusingtheslidingscaleatthesideofthescreen.

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FilterFunctions

Thefilterfunctionscanbeselectedbyclickingtherelevantactivefilterfunctionsymbol.Filterope-rationscanberevoked/repeatedbyclickingthepushbutton"Undo/repeatlastimageoperation"(mainfunctions).Togetbacktotheoriginalimage,pleasepressthe"Loadimagestatus"buttonintheupperselectionbar.Theoriginalimagecanberestoredaftersavingbyclickingthe"Loadimagestatus"button.

Drawinglevels

Theimageprocessingboxsupportsthefollowingfourlevelsofdrawing,whosegraphicelementscaneitherbevisiblypresentedsingly(controlboxOn)oralltogether(controlboxAll)orbesetasnon-visible:

Anglemeasurements

Lengthmeasurementsoflinesandpolygons

Text,lineandclosedlineelements

CROPtool(cut-outofimageparts)

Lineprofilerepresentation

Creategraphicelements

Inordertocreateanewgraphicelement,selecttheelementsrequiredandclicktheappropriatesym-bol.Definethestartpositionoftheelementbyclickingwiththeleftmousekeyonthedesiredimagearea.Now,youcanchangethesizeandalignmentofyourelementbymovingthemouse.Itislockedwithasingleclickoftheleftmousekey.Afteranycreationthelastusedgraphicelementisalwaystheactiveone.Thisisdisplayedbyadottedlinesurroundingtheelementandahandascursor.Youcannowchangetheparametersoftheelements,forexamplecolour,size,layoutandbackgroundcolour.

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Activategraphicelements

1.Leftclickonelementwithpointerfingermousecursor.HoldingdowntheCtrlkeyallowsothergraphicelementstobeactivated.

2.Markingframewithdrawingpointsofactiveelementisvisible

Altergraphicelementsize

1.Setpointerfingertipofthemousecursoronadrawingpointoftheactiveelement+Leftclick

2.Doublearrowmousepointerappears.Determineelementsizewithmousemovement+Leftclicktoend.

3.Linkselectmousepointer(fingersymbol)appearsagain.

Movegraphicelement

1.Leftclickonelementwithpointerfingermousecursor.

2.Handmousepointerap-pears.Moveelementwithmousemo-vement+Leftclicktoend.

3.Linkselectmousepointer(fingersymbol)appearsagain.

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Commonfunctionsatdrawinglevel

"Delete...":Deletesactivegraphicelements"Undodelete":Undoesthedeleteofactivegraphicelements"Deletegraphic":Deletesallgraphicelements"On"checkbox:Makecurrentdrawinglevelvisibleorinvisible"All"checkbox:Makealldrawinglevelsvisibleorinvisible

Text,lineandclosedlineelements

:Createclosedlineelement"Pen":Pencolourcanbeset;Penthicknesscanbesetvialistfield"Background":Colourofbackgroundpatterncanbeset;Backgroundpatterncanbeset

:Createtextelement"Background":

:Textbackgroundpatternfilled

: Colouroffilledtextbackground

:Textbackgroundpatterntransparent

"Text":TextcanbeinputorchangedTextattributes:bold,underlined,colour,size

:Createlineelements

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Lengthmeasurementsoflinesandpolygons

"Line":

:Createsimpleline

:Createpolygonalline

"Length":Defineactuallengthofpathandunit:pixels,cm,mm,inchesAttention:Acalibrationmustalwaysbecarriedoutforcm,mmorinch!"Calibrationlength":Selectorentercalibrationlengthinthefield.

: AcceptcalibrationlengthAttention:Forunit=Pixelsnotpossible!

InordertoestimatelengthsandangleinX-rayimages,theimagemustbecalibratedusingareferenceobject.Despitecalibration,thisestimationdoesnotindicatetheaccu-racyofameasurementandmustnotbeusedasthemeasuredresult.Theaccuracywilldependgreatlyonthedistortionoftheobjectprojectionontotheparticularimageviewersurface.Invideoimages,noestimationoflengthsandanglescanbedonetoscale!

Calibrationwithanobjectofknownsizeasreferenceobject

Measurethedefinedreferenceobjectdistancee.g.Unit=selectmmandenterpath.

Thecalibrationlengthmustbeselected!Setcalibrationlength=70.0mm.Acceptcalibrationlengthbyclickingthebutton"Useselectedlineforlengthcalibration".

Allfuturemeasurementswillbebasedonthiscalibration.Thiscalibrationcanberepeatedatanytime!

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Anglemeasurements

"Line":Createanangle"Angle":Enclosedangleisdisplayed(inexample:"85°")Createside1Leftclick.DragroutefromAtoBinthedirectionoftheapexwiththemouse.Endside1inpointBwithleftclick.Createside2LeftclickatpointC.DragthemousefrompointCtopointD.Endside2inpointDwithleftclick.

CROPfunction

TheCROPfunctionallowsyoutomarkasectioninanimageandtosaveitasanewimage.

: Createrectangle(imagesection)

: Cutoutsectionandsaveasanewimage

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Lineprofilerepresentation

Thecolourdensityvaluesallalongalineareshown.Thedesiredlineisdrawnintheimagewindowbyusingthe"Createnewlineforprofileanalysis"button(screenshot->Line).Thelinecolourcanbedefinedbyclockingthe"Pencolour"button(screenshot->Pen).Clickinginthelineprofilewindowdisplaysacrosscursorintheimagewindowandinthelineprofilewindow.Movingthecrosscursorinthelineprofilewindowdisplaysthedensityvaluesalongtheline.Bothcrosspointersaresynchronisedsothepositionintheimagecanbedeterminedprecisely.Thecurrentvalueoftheintensity(density)andthepositionareshown.Thescalevalueofthepositiondependsonthescalesettings(pixel,cm,mm).

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Pseudocolouredimage

Youcansetthepseudocolourusingthesliders.Thepseudocolouredimagewillnotbestored!Thebasiccolourscanbeselectedindividuallytogetyouroptimumofcolourtransitionsbyclickingonthestripebasecolourswithinthecolouryouwanttobereplacedbyanothercolour.TheWindowscolourselectionboxappearswhereyoucanselectthenewcolour.Theavailablecoloursareshowninthestripemappedcolourswhichcanbeextendedusingthesliders.

Withbutton"Setstandard",thebasecoloursandtheslidecontrollerareresettothestandardvalues.

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ROIhistogram/Histogramfunctions

Bothfunctionsdisplaythegreyvaluedistributionoftheimage.Theyallow,forexample,theexistingintensityvaluestobespreadoverthewholerange.Thisway,differencesinintensitythataretoosmalltoperceivewiththehumaneyeareintensifiedsothattheycanbedetected.

16-bitgreyscaleimages

16-bitgreyscaleimagesfromCrScan:Lowdosage=0;Highdosage=65535

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HistogramstretchingThehistogramisshownintheupperarea.Hereyoucanperformahistogramstretch.Thedisplayischangedtogreyscaleduringtheprocess.

Optimallyextendedoriginalimagescannotbeextendedanyfurther!

Procedurewithhistogramfunction:

Clickontheblackbarunderthehistogramanddefinethelengthwiththeleftmousekeypressed.

ProcedurewithROIhistogramfunction:

Ifyouonlywanttoviewacertainimagearea(ROI="regionofinterest"):Drawaframeintheimage.Thecontraststretchingareaisthensetwithaminimumandmaximumgreyvaluewithinthedrawnframe.

Ifyoumovetheframe,thecontraststretchingrangeisadaptedautomatically.Thelevelsofgreyintheareaoftheblackbararealwaysdisplayedat256greylevelsfordisplayonthemonitor.

Bypressingthe"SetStandard"button theentiregreyscalerangeisshown(barextendsacrosstheentirearea).

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HistogramoptimisationInthelowerarea,youcanperformahistogramoptimisation.Duringtheoptimisation,thehistogramoftheimageischanged("Histogramequalisation").Theoptimisationisdefinedusingtheslidercontrol."Level":Thisslidercontroldefinestheheightatwhichthepeaksarecutoffinthehistogram."LeftPeak"/Thesettingoftheslidercontrolcorrespondsideallywiththegreyvalueoftheinner"RightPeak":Edgeofthetwopeaksattheedgeofthehistogram.Ifbothcontrolsarenotmoved,theareaiscalculatedautomatically.Thedisplayontheright,nexttothecontrollerthenshows"auto".Ifyoumoveoneofthetwoslidercontrols,thisvalueisusedinsteadofthecalculatedgreyvalue."WeightSqrt.": Thisslidercontrolsettingdefinestheweight(from0%to100%)ofconsiderati-onoftherootcurveintheinformationofthehistogram.

Procedure 

Step1:(withslidercontrol"Level")Reducethecontrastofthegreyvaluerangethatcorrespondswiththepeaksofthehistogramcurve,comparedwithastandardhistogramequalisation.

Step2:(withslidercontrol"LeftPeak"and"RightPeak")Suppresspeaksontheleftandrightedgesofthehistogram.Thesepeakscorrespondwiththeimageborderortheobjectbackground.Inaddition,thecontrastareainthegreyvaluerangeisdecreasedoutsidethevaluedefinedbytheslidercontrol.

Step3:(withslidercontrol"WeightSqrt.")Averagehistogram.

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8.Print

Settingupaprinter

BeforeyoustartsettingupaprinterinVet-ExamPlus,aprintershouldalreadyhavebeeninstalledundertheWindowsoperatingsystem.MoreinformationforsettingupaprinterunderWindowsislocatedintheWindowsOnlineHelporintheWindowsmanual.ThesettingupofaprinterunderVet-ExamPlushastobecarriedoutateachworksta-tion!

Thedialogsormenuitemsdescribedbelowcanbeactivatedifthereisatleastoneimageonthelighttable.

CallingupthePrintdialogwindow

YouhavethefollowingoptionstoactivatethePrintdialog:Selectinthemenubarthemenuitem"Image/Print"or"Lighttable/Print".Clickthe"Print"button.Amenuappearswiththeselections"Report","Image"or"Completelighttable".

Selectamenupoint.Awindowappearswithoptions"Printsingleimage"or"Printlighttable"or"PrintReport-Image"or"PrintReport-lighttable".Choosebetween"Singleimage"or"Lighttable"ifnecessary.Withactivateddialogwindow"Print":Clickthefolder"Options"inordertomakefurthersettings.

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Printer/:Createnewprinterprofile

•Clickbutton"Createnewprinterprofile".•Clickintothetextfieldandnamethenewprofile.•Configureallsettingsasdescribedfrom"Selectprinterprofile".

"Printer"listfield:Selectprinterprofile

Clickonthepull-downbuttonandselectthedesiredprofile.

:Selectprinter

Clickontheprinterbuttonandselectthedesiredprinter.

Printtype:Selectprinttype

Singleimage:

Themarkedimageisprinted.

Lighttable:

Allimagesonthelighttableareprinted.

Imagesperline:

Whenactivatingthebutton"Imagesperline",theimagesforprintingaresortedinlinesandcolumns.

Printwithdrawing:

Ifacheckmarkissetwith"Printwithdrawings",drawingsthatwereinsertedwiththetoolboxarealsoprinted.

Frame/Backgroundcolour:

Chooseanycolourfortheimagebackground.

Scale:Selectoutputrangeandscale

X-rayimagesinoriginalsize:

Ifacheckmarkissetwith"X-rayimagesinoriginalsize",theimagesareprintedinoriginalsize.

Lighttable:

Thebutton"Lighttable"scalestheprintoutoftheentirelighttabletoafullpage.

Imageonly:

Inactivatingthemarkingfield"Imagearea",thesmallestpossibleframeisdeterminedtosurroundallimagesandtheprintoutisscaledtoapage.

Border(%):

Thesetting"Border(%)"determinestheborderwidth(relativetotheimagesize)withwhichanimageissurrounded.Thishasaneffectontheprintofseveralimages,asitalsodefinesthemarginbetweentheindividualimages.

Format":Selectformat

Selectportraitorlandscapeformat.

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Annotation:Selectinformation

Inthisselectionfield,theimagesforprintingcanbeautomaticallysupplementedwithinformation,e.g.patientname,jobnumber,etc.•Clickbutton"Newannotation".•Under"Position",selectwheretheinformationistoappear.•Selectfont,typefaceandpointsizeunder"Characterset".•Inthepull-downmenuofthe"Content"field,selecttheinformationthatistobesupplemented.Multipledefinitionsarepossible.•Confirmwith"OK".

"Preview"tab

Selectthe"Preview"tabtocheckthepre-settings.

Dependingontheusedprintermodel,printersetting(e.g.fast-printmodeatreducedquality)andpapergrade,thequalityoftheprintoutcanvarywidely.Thesefactorsalsoinfluencethereproductionofdetailsandnumberofgreylevels.IfprintoutsofX-rayimagesaretobeusedfordiagnosticpurposesitisnecessarytocheckbyprintingoutagreyscaletestimage(Vet-ExamPlus\GREYTEST)whethertheprintqualityisaccepta-ble.

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9.Imagearchive

GeneralUnlikethebackupfunction,whichisdesignedtohelpyoutorestorethelastbackuplevel(workingstatus)intheeventofatotalsystemfailure,thepurposeofthearchivemoduleistobuildalong-termarchiveofthevideoandX-rayimagesandtopermitdirectaccess(randomaccess)totheimagesar-chived.Ontheonehand,suchalong-termarchivereducesthestoragerequirementsontheworkingpartitionwhile,ontheotherhand,itfulfilsthelegalrequirementsregardingtheobligationtopreserveX-rayimagesforaspecifiedperiod.

Along-termarchiveshouldbecreatedonaseparatedatastoragemedium(e.g.MOdrive,CDburner).Ifyousetupalong-termarchiveonaworkpartition,onwhichtheoperatingsystemandotheruserprogramsareinstalled,thereisadangeroftherenotbeingsufficientstorageareafortheoperatingsystemandanyotherpossibleprograms.Thismayresultinproblemsduringprogramexecution.

Immediatelybeforeorafteranarchivingprocess,abackupofthedatabasedirectory"..\dbsdata"mustbeperformedsothatalldatacanberestoredconsistentlyafteranirreversibledrivecrash!

SuitablearchivingdrivesandstoragemediaBasedonthepresentstate-of-the-artengineering,amagneto-opticaldrive,abbreviatedMOdrive,istoberecommendedforlong-termarchiving.Themanufacturershouldguaranteedatareadabilityforupto30years.Theaccesstimestofilesarealsoreasonable.CDrecordersarelesssuitablesincethemanufacturerscanonlyguaranteeamax.mediumreadabilityperiodof10years.Moreover,thelifeofaCDgreatlydependsonambientconditions.NotethatonlyCDburnersthatcanbeaccessedwithspecialdriversoftware(e.g.AdaptecDirekt-CD>V2.0)canbeusedasafilesystem.Thestoragemediummustbeformattedbeforeusing.

Whileharddiskdrivesareapossiblestoragemedium,theyshouldonlybeusedincasesofemergencyorfortestingsincetheyarenotsuitableforlong-termarchiving!Tapedrivesareunsuitableforlong-termarchivingsincetheydonotsupportdirectaccesstodata.

Whenarchivingsecurity-relevantX-rayimages,theX-rayimagesmustberecopiedaftertheshelf-lifeofthemediaspecifiedbythemanufacturerhaselapsed.

ArchivemanagementThearchivemoduletabcontainsthetabs"archiving","restoring"and"deletemedium".Thefield"Archivecontrol"islocatedunderneath.Itcontainstheentryfield"Allimagesto",archivingmode"automatic"and"manual"andthebutton"Selectcurrentproject"and"Selectallprojects".

Beforestartinganarchiveprocedure,thearchivingsystemmustbeconfiguredproperly("Menu/Configuration/Module/Archiving").

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Archiving

"Imagesforarchiving":Imagelistwithprojectnumbersandotherinformation

Archivepacketwithdateinformation,numberofimagesandsize

Archivedrive(example)withavailablesize

Automaticcreationofthearchiveimagelist

Aslongasyouareinautomaticmode,thebuttons"Selectcurrentproject"and"Selectallprojects"areblockedandinthedatefiled"Allimagesto",thedatelimitisdisplayedasthesetvaluebetweenthegreenandredareaoftheconfigurationsetting.Thisisthemodeofoperationthatshouldgeneral-lybeused.

Intheautomaticmodedescribedabove,theprogramdeterminestheimagestobearchivedusingtheconfigurationsetting.Youcanhoweverchangethetimeperiodinthearea"Archivingcontrol"withdatefield"Allimagesto"forthisarchivingprocess.

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Everydatechangemustbeconfirmedwiththebutton"DateOK?"sothattheimagelistisupdated.

Underthisfieldistheimagelist"Imagesforarchiving".Thisimagelistshowsalltheimagesthatmatchtheselectioncriteria.Ifatleastoneimagetobearchivedisdisplayed,thearchivemodulecreatesapackageinthefirstfieldontheright.ClickonthispacketandDrag&Dropittothedesiredarchivingdriveshownintheright-handfield.Ifnoarchivediskdriveispresent,thenthismustbeconfiguredunder"Configuration/Module/Archive/Drive".

Manualcreationofthearchiveimagelist

Themanualandautomaticarchivingproceduresdifferonlyinthatyoudefinetheprojectimagestobearchivedyourself,fromthelist.Onlyselectthisoperatingmodeifyouwanttodopatient-orientedarchive!Here,youareprovidedwiththetwobuttons"Selectcurrentpatient"and"Selectallpatients".Ifthebutton"Selectcurrentpatient"isdeselected,youhaveeithernotselectedapatient(Patientmodule)ortherearenoimagesthatcanbearchivedforthecurrenttimeperiod.

Procedure 

–YoucanselectthepatientsasusualintheExplorer,alsousingthemouse,theShiftorCtrlbuttonsorwiththebuttonsalreadyindicated.–Ifyouhaveselectedatleastonepatient,therespectiveimagesaretiedintoanarchivepacket,whichyou,asalreadyindicated,Drag&Dropontothedesiredarchivedrive.–Otherproceduresarethesameasautomaticarchiving.

Closingofarchivemedia

Theprogramautomaticallycloseseachmediumifthemediumbecomesfullafterorduringanarchivalstorage.Ifyouwanttoclosethemediuminadvance(e.g.acopyshouldbemade),selecttherespec-tivemediumclosingfromthecontextmenu.Displaythecontextmenubyclickingonthemediumsymbolinthedrivedisplayareawiththerightmousebutton.

Onceamediumhasbeenclosed,itcannolongerbeusedforarchiving!

Labellingofarchivemedia

Alwayslabelanewmediumimmediatelyafterthefirstsuccessfularchivalstoragewiththearchivingnumberdisplayedbelowthemediuminthefieldtotheright.Thefirst6numbers(fromtheleft)areuniqueandshouldberecorded.

Copyingofarchivemedia

Thearchivemediumtobecopiedmustbeclosedtoguaranteedataconsistency!Copiesshouldbemadeforprotectionagainstdataloss(duetomechanicaldestructionordisappearanceoftheoriginalmedium).

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Archivedrives

Thesecondfieldcontainsthedriveiconsfortheexistingarchivedrivesandinformationontheircurrentstatus:

Closed: Eachmediumonwhichatleastonearchivehasbeenstoredcanbeclosed.Inthiscaseclickonitwiththerightmousekeytoopenacontextmenuwhichenablesyoutoobtainadditionalinformationonthedriveortoclosethedrive.Closedmeansthatyoucannotperformanyfurtherarchivingproceduresonthismedium.

Othersurgery: AnVet-ExamPlusarchivedatamediumhasbeeninsertedwhosearchivedoesnotbelongtothecurrentsurgery.

Nowriteaccess

Thecurrentlyinsertedstoragemediumdoesnotpermitwriteaccess.Anydataalreadypresentononeofthearchivemediumcanberead!InthecaseofanMOdiskorsimilarstoragemedium,thismeansthatthewriteprotectionfunctionhasbeenactivated.ArecordableCDhasbeenclosedusingthefilesystem,oraCD-ROMdrivehasbeenconfigured.

IndicationofmediaIDandfreestoragecapacityonthismedium

Thismediummaybeusedasthefirstoneforthenextarchivalstorage.Shouldthecapacityremai-ningbeinsufficienttoholdallthedatatobearchived,youwillneedadditionalmediatocontinuethearchivalstorage.Thenumberofmediarequiredisestimatedbeforethearchivingoperationstarts.Thenumberofmediaindicatedisthemaximumnumberofmedianeeded;thisnumberwillneverbeexceeded.

Nomedium

Ifanarchivingdrivedoesnotcontainamedium(e.g.noCDinCD-ROMdrive),thisisindicatedbyathickdiagonalline.

Refreshdrives

Doubleclickingthisfieldupdatesthedrivedisplay(e.g.afterchangingmedium).

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Archivebuffer

Long-termarchivingisbasedonatwo-phaseprocedure.Inthefirststeptheimagesarecopiedtothearchivemediumandremaininthenormalimagearchive(theseimagesarereferredtobelowasarchivebuffer)fromwheretheycanbeuploadedagaintoVet-ExamPlusatanytime.Todothis,movetheslidecontroltotherighttodeterminethesizeofthestoragespacetobecle-ared.Thenclickonthe"Delete"buttontoclosetheprocess.Thecolouredbarshowsthecurrentmemoryallocationofthedriveonwhichthesurgerydataarestored.Thisbarconsistsofthreesectionsidentifiedbydifferentcolours:

blue =unusableharddiskspace

olivegreen

=storagespaceoccupiedbyarchivebuffer

green =usableharddiskspace

Youshouldonlydeletetheseimagesinthearchivebufferifyouabsolutelyrequireme-moryonthedrive(e.g.fornewimagecaptures).

Inthefollowingexample,theslidecontrolwasmovedtotherighttoclear184951Kbytesofthe404893Kbytearchivebuffer.Thisstoragespaceisreleased(cleared)byclickingthe"delete"button.

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Restorearchivedimages

Youareabletorestoremedium-basedorpatient-based..Ifamediumrestoreistobeperformed,thearchivemodulesearchesalldrivesconfiguredforarchivemedia.Whenrestoringbypatient,allarchivemediathatbelongtothecurrentlyselectedpatientareshowninthefield"Selectamedium"nexttothelistfieldandcanbeselectedthere.Asalimitation,uptowhichdaytheimagesaretoberestoredcanbeenteredviathedatefield.Onceamediumhasbeenselected,allmatchingimagesaredispla-yed.Therecordingdate,mediumID,imagetypeandfilenameareshownforeachimage.Afteryouhaveselectedamedium,youcanthenrestorealloftheimagesshowninthelistbackintothearchivebufferwiththe"Start"button.

Theproject-specificrestoreisalwaysexpedientwhenpreparingthenextsurgeryday(s).Thisalwaysguaranteesthatallrequiredimagesarealwaysavailableonthedriveanddonothavetobetediouslyreadduringasittingfromarchivesononeormoremedia!

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Cancellationofarchivemedium

Usethisfunctiononlyincaseoflossofordamagetoanarchivemediumorforamigra-tiontolargerstoragemedia!

Onlytheimagedataofthearchivemediumstillfoundinthearchivebuffercanbearchivedagainafterthecancellation.Acancelledarchivemediummustalwaysbedeletedbeforeitcanbeusedforarchivingagain.Allregisteredarchivemediaaredisplayedforselection.Afterselectiontheimagesonthemediumaredisplayedthathavebeendeletedandarethereforenolongerinthearchivebuffer.Theseimageswillbelostifthearchivemediumistotallydamagedorlost.Ifthearchivemediumisonlypartiallydefective,youmustrestoreasmuchdataaspossible(function:Restorearchive)beforeyoucancelit.Alldatamustberestoredforamigrationtonewarchivemedia.(Theremustbesufficientdrivespaceforimages.)Youmustcheckthatalltheimagesareavailablebeforecancellingthemedium.Afterthatallthedatacanbearchivedonthenewarchivemedium.

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