Accessing Studies in the Thumbnail Strip

When you select a study in the Studies list, it appears in the Thumbnail strip. You can then drag and drop a thumbnail to a specific viewport.

To access a study in the Thumbnail strip:

  1. Open the required study. See About Opening Studies and Series.

    The current study and all its relevant prior and future studies appear in the Studies list. The Thumbnail strip shows the thumbnails and patient information for the current study.

    If a sequence protocol is matched, all priors selected by the protocol are also displayed in the Thumbnail strip. If the Show Different Thumbnail Strip on Each Monitor is enabled in the Images Thumbnails Settings menu, the left-most Thumbnail view shows the current study, while priors are shown in other Thumbnail views. This method of displaying studies allows you to quickly compare the current study against priors. See Enabling Multiple Thumbnail Views.

  2. To navigate to a specific study, do one of the following:

    • To find the study you require, click and drag the scrollbar in the Thumbnail strip.
    • To go directly to the current study, click the star icon First open study to the left of the scrollbar. If the current study is hidden from the Thumbnail strip, clicking the icon has no effect.
    • To show the corresponding study in the Thumbnail strip, click the study entry for the required study in the Studies list. For more information, see Selecting and Pinning Studies.
    • If Show Thumbnails For Selected Viewport is enabled in the Image Thumbnails Settings menu, select the viewport showing an image from the required study.

  3. To view images in one or more viewports, do one of the following:

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    Click and drag the thumbnail of the image you want to view from the Thumbnail strip to a viewport.

    If the Show Target Viewport Window option is enabled in your user preferences, then the Target Viewport window appears for easy dragging and dropping of images from the Thumbnail strip to a specific viewport. See Setting Application Preferences .

    Click Load Study  Load Study button to load the images contained in the study represented by the series of thumbnails.

    If your workflow includes advanced layout management, any matching sequence protocols are also applied to studies.

    When opening studies that have matching sequence protocols, the current study and prior studies are pinned in the Studies list according to the matching protocol. Changing priors or sequence protocols in the Protocol Preview pane also changes the studies pinned in the Studies list and shown in the Thumbnail strip.

  4. To open the study in an extension window, click Extension Window  Extension Window button.

  5. To view reports for the study, click View Reports View Reports button.

    If you add a study from another patient, the View Reports button is not available to view reports for that patient. See Comparing Patients by using Multiple Thumbnail Views.