How to Merge Scan Series

How to Merge Scan Series Computed Tomography 1. Complete all reconstructions and close the patient exam. If any portion of the exam is open in another card on the Acquisition Did You Check: Examination Workplace or in an active network queue, these functions must be Viewing closed and/or completed prior to merging. Remove any Filming 3D protections on affected series and exam. Network Job Status ? 2. Find the series to be merged in the database. LEFT mouse click, drag and drop one series into another. NOTE: The receiving series 14) Abdomen 5.0 Boek data appears first in the newly merged series. The series that is HIII/ / APALOCA physically dropped into the receiving series will appear second in (3) Abdomen 50 B30 order. In this function, one new series will be created by simply stacking the individual series. 3. A warning message appears alerting the user to impacts to data Warning(s) by the pending merge. Click Yes to Continue. The folowing warnings were detected during checking the affected data Modality Performed Procedure Step involved Details .. Structured Reporting data involved Details Do you really want to continue? 4. A rearrange message appears. Confirm by reading the message, Rearrange the series to be merged has been correctly selected. Click Yes to "Merge Series" on "Local" 1 Series (total 11 Images, O Nonimages, 0 Waveforms, Continue. 0 RT Objects, 0 Report/Result Objects, 0 new DICOM Objects) will be moved to Patient Merge Series Study Abdomen AbdomenRoutine (Adult) Series Abdomen 5.0 B30f Modifier's name meduser 5. Confirm the action of merging the series has resulted in the expected outcome. The series which was physically moved no Abdon [1] Topogram 0.6 T20f longer appears in the list. Load the receiving series into Viewing, scroll the images and confirm all contents. [2] Abdomen 5.0 B30 SIEMENS siemens.com/healthineers Healthineers . Job Aid | How to Merge Scan Series Effective Date: 8/16/2016 | Quality 356 6. If the study is re-opened in Exam card, the series which was physically merged to another will no longer have an image stamp. Abdomen This state will not prevent the exam from being deleted in the future. Pause Abdomen NOTE: It is a Best Practice to acquire or reconstruct data using the same FOV, X, and Y values prior to merging. The final, single series is then viewed by the physician with uniform magnification and consistent slice positioning throughout the volume. These parameters are found on the protocol Recon tab. Siemens Healthineers Services Page 2 of 3 Job Aid | How to Merge Scan Series Effective Date: 8/16/2016 | Quality 356 Please note that the learning material is for training purposes only! For the proper use of the software or hardware, please always use the Operator Manual or Instructions for Use (hereinafter collectively "Operator Manual") issued by Siemens Healthineers. This material is to be used as training material only and shall by no means substitute the Operator Manual. Any material used in this training will not be updated on a regular basis and does not necessarily reflect the latest version of the software and hardware available at the time of the training. The Operator's Manual shall be used as your main reference, in particular for relevant safety information like warnings and cautions. Note: Some functions shown in this material are optional and might not be part of your system. Certain products, product related claims or functionalities (hereinafter collectively "Functionality") may not (yet) be commercially available in your country. Due to regulatory requirements, the future availability of said Functionalities in any specific country is not guaranteed. Please contact your local Siemens Healthineers sales representative for the most current information. The reproduction, transmission or distribution of this training or its contents is not permitted without express written authority. Offenders will be liable for damages. All names and data of patients, parameters and configuration dependent designations are fictional and examples only. All rights, including rights created by patent grant or registration of a utility model or design, are reserved. Copyright @ Siemens Healthcare GmbH ...... ........... Siemens Healthineers Headquarters Siemens Healthcare GmbH Henkestr. 127 91052 Erlangen, Germany Telephone: +49 9131 84-0 siemens.com/healthineers Siemens Healthineers Services Page 3 of 3