Reviewing Images is easy in Panavista. The 'Images' tab provides quick access to each image in 1 or more series. In addition, manipulation tools such as pan,zoom, brightness, contrast, single/multi-frame display, invert, rotate and cine mode are available.

Images Tab

<top> Once you have found and selected the study you wish to view (see Finding a Study), the study will load up with the images tab visible. If the images tab is not visible, you can show it by clicking the images button. Similarly you also can hide the tab by clicking the images button.



This tab shows each series within the study, listed under the 'Image Thumbnails' heading. If a series has more than 1 image, these can be shown by clicking on the series thumbnail to expand or collapse it. Hovering over a thumbnail will show a small preview of the image as can be seen in the picture above.

View an Image

<top> To view a particular image, click its thumbnail on the images tab. The thumbnail will now show a bright green outline (this is how you know which thumbnail you are viewing) and the image will now load up in the diplay area.



By default, the image will take up the whole screen and only 1 image will be shown on the screen at a time. If a series has more than 1 image, you can show multiple images at once using the matrix feature. Use the up and down buttons to increase/decrease the number of images shown simultaneoulsy.

Manipulation Tools

<top> Images can be manipulated for better viewing, there are a number of tools for doing this:

To rotate an image, click the rotate button.



To see the negative of an image, click the negative button.



To zoom an image, click and hold the zoom button, then drag the selector up or down.



To adjust the brightness of an image, click and hold the brightness button, then drag the selector up or down.



To adjust the contrast of an image, click and hold the contrast button, then drag the selector up or down.



To reset the view of an image, a reset button is provided. All zoom, brightness, contrast etc settings are reset.

Flagging Images

<top> Panavista allows you to flag certain images, these images are then easily found in your 'flagged images list'. This allows you to better keep track of certain images that are of significance in a series where there may be hundreds.

With an image selected on the screen, click the 'flag' button.

                   

You will notice that a thumbnail of the image now appears under the tab buttons. This is the flagged images list. Clicking the flagged list button will now show just those images that you have flagged.

To remove an image from your marked images list, simply click the 'flag' button again, the image is removed from the list.

Cine Mode

<top> Cine Mode allows you to see a large series of images in quick succession. The frame rate is adjustable and the images can be cycled through manually frame by frame also.

To start cine mode, click the scroll mode icon. The images will being scrolling through. Frame rate controls also appear and these can be adjusted.



Images can be cycled through manually using the scroll buttons even when cine mode is not on.

Export Images

<top> Panavista allows to export high quality images from the Panavista client into a local drive or external drive (usb, network) on your PC. You can then use the images in other software. Images are exported in windows bitmap format (.bmp) and are not compressed.

Click the export images button:



You can export all the images in a study, or you can export only the images you currently have selected on the screen. When you are ready click the 'download' button and select the location you wish to save the images to.

Other Patient Studies

<top> In addition to showing images for the current study, the images tab also shows any previous studies available for that patient. These are listed under the 'Other Studies For Patient' heading. Studies listed in orange are older than the current one, studies listed in blue are newer than the current one.

Click any of the listed studies to load that study.