5.10 The Play Tool

The DICOM Viewer allows you to automatically play slices and phases in the MPR View windows and the Volume Reconstruction window. To configure the playback, click the arrow on the right side of the Play button and specify the necessary parameters in the button context menu.

1. If the series contains several phases, then the DICOM Viewer allows you to switch between the slice and phases playback. To switch select the Play phases or the Play slices item from the Play button context menu. The selected item is marked with a flag. Only the items suitable for this series are available on the context menu.

2. Select the speed (5, 10, 20 or 25 frames per second). If you want to set a different playback speed, select the User defined... item and in the dialog that opens set the value from 1 to 100. The selected speed will be marked with a flag.

3. If you want to play phases and slices cyclically, select the Loop item. The item will be marked with a flag. To disable the cyclic playback, select this command again. The flag will be removed.

To start playback, click on the Play button on the toolbar. During playback, the button looks like . To end playback click the button.