17.2. Working with Reports

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Functionality is available in the Pro edition
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The DICOM Viewer allows the user to create empty reports (see Section 17.2.1) and reports based on templates (see Section 17.2.2).

17.2.1 Creating an Empty Report

There are three ways to create a new report in the study list tab:

Select a study on the study panel. Select a study series on the series panel. Click the arrow on the right-hand side of the Report button on the toolbar and select the Empty report option on the drop-down menu (see Fig. 17.4).
Right-click on the series thumbnail and select Report->Empty report on the context menu.
Select a series thumbnail on the series panel. On the main menu, select View->Report->Empty report.

To create a new report in the Image viewer tab, select a series on the series panel. Then click the arrow on the right-hand side of the Report button on the toolbar and select the Empty report option on the drop-down menu (see Fig. 17.4).

Figure 17.4: Drop-down menu of the Report button

An empty report named Report is created. The heading for the report editor window is generated with the <Patient ID>,<Patient Name> values for the current study. You will ﬁnd the information on creating reports on the basis of templates in Section 17.2.2.

17.2.2 Creating a Report Based on a Template

To create a report on the basis of a template, select a series thumbnail and click the arrow on the right-hand side of the Report button on the toolbar. On the drop-down menu that pops up (Fig. 17.4), select the required template from the list. An editor window for reports based on templates will be displayed on the screen. For details on templates (their creation, editing, saving, and export) see Section 17.3.

To select a template that will be used by default when a report is created, click the arrow on the right-hand side of the Report button on the toolbar. On the drop-down menu, select Settings.

Figure 17.5: Dialog box for selecting the default template

In the dialog box that pops up (Fig. 17.5), select the template to be used by default. Click OK to save or CANCEL to cancel.

Clicking on the left-hand side of the Report button afterwards will create a report based on the template that was selected by default.

17.2.3 Saving a Report

If there are any unsaved changes in the report text or name, the heading of the report editor window will have an asterisk "*" symbol.

To save a report, click the SAVE button on the editor toolbar. The report will be saved as a special SR series in the current study. The name and description of the series corresponds to the name of the report. If you click the SAVE button again, the changes will be saved in the current SR series. A thumbnail for a series with a report is shown in Fig. 17.6.

Figure 17.6: Thumbnail for a series with a report

To create a new SR series with a report click the Save as button on the editor toolbar. In the dialog box that pops up, enter the name of the new report. By default, the name of the current report or a transformed name of the current report (if the current name is inadmissible) is shown in the dialog box. The work will be continued in the new SR-series report.

The name of the report is considered inadmissible if it is the same as the name of another report or if it contains inadmissible symbols (see Section 17.1.1). When the report is saved, the program automatically replaces inadmissible symbols in the ﬁle name with "_"; spaces in the beginning and dots in the end of the name are deleted. If there is a name conﬂict, a number in parentheses will be added to the name.

17.2.4 Exporting a Report

The DICOM Viewer provides an opportunity to export a report in a PDF ﬁle or a DICOM DOC series.

To export a report in a PDF ﬁle, click the Export button on the editor toolbar and select the Export to PDF ﬁle... option. In the dialog box that pops up, select the place where you want to save the PDF ﬁle and enter the name of the ﬁle. The name of the report is used as the ﬁle name by default. Click Save to save the PDF ﬁle or Cancel to cancel.

If the ﬁle name contains inadmissible symbols, an error message will pop up (see Section 17.1.1).

To export a report in a DICOM DOC series, click the Export button on the editor toolbar and select the Export to DICOM DOC series option. The name of the report is considered inadmissible if it is the same as the name of another report. If there is a name conﬂict, a number in parentheses will be added to the name. A new DOC series is created as a result of export. This series is saved in the current study.

17.2.5 Viewing and Editing a Report

There are several ways to open a created report for viewing or editing:

Double-click with the left mouse button on an SR series thumbnail on the series panel.

Select an SR series thumbnail and click the Report button on the toolbar.

Drag an SR series thumbnail to the study list window.

Drag an SR series thumbnail to the ﬂat image viewer window.

You can edit the report name and contents. Save the edited report (for details see Section 17.2.3).