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eFilm 3.0 now allows you to customize the overlay. You can display any DICOM tag - as long as it is being stored in the DICOM header!!!!
Below is an explanation of how to do this. We will use the example of the “Flip Angle” tag, which is not normally displayed in eFilm. The Flip Angle is a tag commonly stored in the DICOM header of MR images.
To add “Flip Angle” to the Overlay:
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<DISPLAYITEM tag=”0×00540018″ item=”EnergyWindowName”/>
<DISPLAYITEM tag=”0×00540400″ item=”ImageID”/>
<DISPLAYITEM tag=”0×00181314″ item=”FlipAngle”/>
</USERDEFINEDITEMS>
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Where 0×00181314 is the Group-Element of the Flip Angle tag.
For example let’s place the Flip Angle tag in Bottom Left quadrant.
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<QUADRANT location=”BL”>
<ROW><OVERLAYITEM item=”SliceThickness” postfix=”thk/”/>
<ROW><OVERLAYITEM item=”RepetitionTime” prefix=”TR: “/></ROW>
<ROW><OVERLAYITEM item=”FlipAngle” prefix=”FLIP ANGLE: “/></ROW>
</QUADRANT>
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Once complete, you should now be able to see this specific tag in all studies that match the modality in question!!
Do you want to change the font size on any field that is displayed in eFilm? In version 3.0, this is now possible!!
To change the font size on the Image display:
1. In eFilm, got to Edit -> Properties
2. Ensure that you are on the “Modality Settings” tab (you should be by default)
3. Click on the Modality scroll menu to select the desired modality
4. Click on the “Overlay” tab
5. Under the “Modality Overlay” section (bottom half of screen), you can change the font size of any particular field by defining a “fontscale” value for each ROW element.
For example:
<ROW fontscale=”1.5″><OVERLAYITEM item=”PatientName”/>
The above example will change the font size of the Patient Name to 1.5x the current size on the image display.
To change ALL fields in the overlay for ALL Modalities to the same font size:
1. Go to the profile for the specific user in question.
Default location is “C:\Program Files\Merge eFilm\eFilm\Profiles\UserName”
2. Make a copy of “ToolBarConfiguration.xml” for backup purposes
(i.e. call it “ToolBarConfiguration_old.xml”)
3. Open “ToolBarConfiguration.xml” with a text editor (such as WordPad)
4. Go to Edit -> Replace
5. Replace
<ROW>
to
<ROW fontscale=”X“>
where X is the Font size (i.e. 0.5 for half the default size)
Have you ever wanted to include additional files on a CD or DVD when burning a study in eFilm Workstation?
eFilm Workstation 3.0 makes it easy to accomplish. You add Word Documents, Excel Spreadsheets, Notes or any other file to the media that you are burning.
Pretty simply and all wrapped up in 4 steps.
Feel free to click the link below to view a demonstration of this burning option.
As always, feel free to provide thoughts on this post by entering a comment.
Thanks,
Jason
By default, the eFilm Workstation Study Manager displays the following four tabs.
Depending on how your practice uses eFilm, some of these tabs could be inappropriate and never used. For example, the Image Channel tab is used with the Merge Fusion PACS and allows all studies for any given patient to be streamed to the workstation immediatley - If you don’t use Fusion PACS, you will have little use for the Image Channel tab.
Have you ever wanted to remove a tab from being displayed?
If so, you’ve come to the right place - It’s a very simple process to remove one of these tabs.
Let’s say your practice doesn’t have a Fusion PACS and therefore does not use the Image Channel tab. You may want to remove this tab to avoid any unnecessary confusion for your radiologists.
1) Browse to the C:\Program Files\Merge eFilm\eFilm\ICP directory - A list of DLL files that relate to each tab is displayed:
- efICPLoc.dll = Local Exams
- efICPRem.dll = Remote Exams
- efICPDir.dll = DICOMDIR
- efICPDlp.dll = Image Channel
2) Rename the file of the tab that you wish to hide. In this example we will rename efICPDlp.dll to efICPDlp.old
3) Open eFilm and notice that the Image Channel tab is no longer displayed.
A couple of things to note about doing this:
- Do not delete these files, as you may require them at a later time.
- To re-display the tab back in the study manager, rename the file back to it’s original name.
- If eFilm Workstation is running while you rename the file, you will need to restart eFilm Workstation.
As always, feel free to add any comments or thoughts regarding this post.
Thanks,
Jason
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