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Education, Training and Development
I.T. Training Department
PACS Web
User Guide
Version 1.3‐nd – 07/12
No amendments should be made to the document without the Authors permission
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Contents
Logging on to PACS Web ....................................................... 3
Selecting a record.................................................................... 4
Controlling the image .............................................................. 6 Viewing Patient Information, Exam Info and Reports .......... 8 Printing/Saving images ........................................................... 9
System Help ........................................................................... 10
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Logging on to PACS Web
Double click on to the PACS Web icon from the desktop to open the application.
This may be listed as PACS Web or Centricity Web.
The Centricity Web Browser screen will be presented
Log in with your user name and password given to you during training.
User Name: firstnamelastname (no spaces or full
stops)
Password: created during training
To change the password, enter your user name and old password and then click
‘Change Password’. Enter your new password twice and click OK
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The main screen
Once logged on, the main screen is displayed
Ensure that the tab ‘All Studies’ is selected. Data is not files specifically under ‘All
Patients’ or ‘My Patients’
Tip: The main menu will retain any filters set from a previous session – for
example, if a hospital number is left in the Patient ID field, that Patient’s details
will be shown when you next log on.
To clear filters, select and delete. Then press the Enter key
Selecting a record
To select a record, type the hospital into the Patient ID field. Then press Enter
The patient’s PACS records are displayed.
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To check whether the patient’s images are available to view in PACS, check the
icon in the ‘Loc’ column.
Digital images are available for viewing via PACS
No films available on PACS
To view an image or series of images double click on the folder
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Controlling the image
To ensure that the relevant icons are displayed, click on the Modality
icon
Select Modality Dependant to ensure that the icons displayed are relevant to
the images that you are viewing
Icons for Multiple images
Icons for Single images
Icons at the top of the screen
Return to list of images for the
patient
Ruler - Distance between 2
points
Previous/next worklist item
Angle measurement tool
View previous/view next
Cob Angle measurement tool
Single series, 2 vertical series,
2 horizontal images
window level preset
Reset viewing parameters
ROI – Regions of Interest tool
Pins the selected image
Zoom options (use drop down
arrow)
Orientation (use drop down
arrow)
Start cine, pause and set cine
speed
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Display cut lines (CT or MRI)
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Single image
Multiple images
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Thumbnails
The ‘thumbnails’ to the left of the screen
indicate how many images are available to
view in the series
Each of the grey and blue dots indicate an
image and the blue dots indicate the first,
middle and last image, as displayed below the
grid
Each series has its own grid and thumbnail
images
Viewing Patient Information, Exam Info and Reports
To view these, tabs are provided at the bottom of the screen below the image.
To view these, click on to the tab required.
The ‘Orthoview’ tab is for use by trained orthopaedic staff only and is used for
selecting the correct size of prosthesis for joint replacement using templates.
Training is only given on this on demand
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When a tab has been selected, it can be de-selected by clicking the small
downward arrow to the right of the screen
Other icons
Set preferences
About PACS Web
On line Help
(access to eLearning)
Full screen
Printing/Saving images
If an image is required for use in
a presentation, the annotation
must be removed from it.
To do this, right click over the
image, select Annotation and
then select ‘None’
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System Help:
IT Helpdesk
IT Training Admin
Ext: 85777
Ext: 87070
To obtain further copies of this brochure, please contact the IT Training team:
[email protected]
Available in other formats on request
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please visit http://www.connectingforhealth.nhs.uk/systemsandservices/etd/eits
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