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Inserting and Connecting Existing Flexible Display Pages into New VB20 xSPECT Workflows

This step by step guides customers through inserting and connecting existing flexible display pages into new VB20 xSPECT workflows.

Inserting and Connecting Existing Flexible Display Pages into New VB20 xSPECT Workflows Description: The new VB20 Upgrade has a new reconstruction activity, called xRecon, to reconstruct xSPECT data. When you receive the VB20 upgrade, old xSPECT reconstruction workflows will not work and you will receive an error message. You must use the new workflows with the xRecon activity. This Step by Step procedure will guide the user through inserting and connecting existing Flexible Display pages from the old xSPECT reconstruction workflows into the new xSPECT workflows. 1. Select a patient and open an old xSPECT workflow that contains an Auto Recon activity. 2. Here is the error message that you will receive: AutoRecon X There is no license for OSCG+Enhanced or OSCG, the Flash 3D reconstruction method is used instead. - 1st Tomo for Non-AC - 1st Tomo for AC - Isotope A OK 3. Go to the Flexible Display activity in the workflow and select one if the pages in the activity. 4. Using the Flexible Display drop down menu, select Save Settings As. File | Flexible Display | View Temp Add Page ... Remove Page ... Edit Page Remove Display Object ... Page Properties ... Retrieve Settings .. Save Settings. Save Settings As Format Series Page Setup ... Save Page as .. Dual Print Areas SIEMENS Healthineers www.usa.siemens.com/healthcare HRT# HOOD05162002583803 Effective: 3/27/2017 1 of 5 5. When the Save Settings window appears, name the setting and select the category. Save Settings X Settings File Name: FlexibleDisplay1 Category All All Calibration Cardiac CARDIAC IQ SPECT Cardiac IQ Spect Cardiac Review Cerebral Cholecystic Cancel Save 6. If you are new to Flexible Display Page building and editing, it’s a good idea to take a jpeg image of the connections of your pages. a. From the Activities drop down menu, select Connect Activities. Activities Help Insert Activity .. Delete Activity Connect Activities. b. A window with all the activity connections will display. Press the Print Screen (PrtScr) button on your keyboard. An image will be saved to the Clipboard. c. Click your Windows button on your keyboard, and select Programs Accessories Paint. d. The Paint program will open. Click the Paste button in the Clipboard area of the user interface. Home % Cut Copy Paste Clipboard SIEMENS Healthineers www.usa.siemens.com/healthcare HRT# HOOD05162002583803 Effective: 3/27/2017 2 of 5 e. Under the Paint menu, select Save As and choose jpeg. New Save a PNG picture Open Save a photo or drawing with high quality and use it on your computer or on the web. JPEG picture Save Save a photo with good quality and use it on your computer, in e-mail, or on the web. Save as BMP picture Save any kind of picture with high quality and use it on your computer. Print GIF picture Save a simple drawing with lower quality From scanner or camera and use it in e-mail or on the web. Other formats Open the Save As dialog box to select from Send in e-mail all possible file types. Set as desktop background Properties About Paint Exit f. Choose a location for the image and click Save. 6. Repeat steps 3 -6 for each Flexible Display page in your Flexible Display activity. 7. Open the new xSPECT reconstruction workflow. 8. From the Flexible Display drop down menu, select Retrieve Settings. Flexible Display View Templ Add Page .. Remove Page. Display Page Remove Display Object .. Page Properties ... Retrieve Settings .. Save Settings ... Save Settings As ... Format Series Page Setup ... Save Page as ... Dual Print Areas SIEMENS Healthineers www.usa.siemens.com/healthcare HRT# HOOD05162002583803 Effective: 3/27/2017 3 of 5 9. From the Open Settings window, select the settings file from the Select a Settings File drop down menu. Click OK when selected. 10. From the Activities drop down menu, select Connect Activities. Activities Help Insert Activity. Delete Activity Connect Activities ... 11. The Activity Connections window opens. Open the jpeg image of the page you are now connecting and see which activity each input should be connected to. 12. Click on the first input port and click Connect Port at the bottom of the window. Activity Connections x Flexible Display OK Previous Activity Cancel Displays raw or processed data. Allows you to create custom displays. Next Activity Activity Input Ports Input Ports Connected Activity Connected Port: xSPECT Bone with MIP, #48 Three-slice Display #1 xSPECT Bone with MIP, #48. Three-slice Display #2 xSPECT Bone with MIP, #48. Three-slice Display #3 xSPECT Bone with MIP, #48. Three-slice Display #4 xSPECT Bone with MIP, #50. 3D Display #1 xSPECT Bone with MIP, #96. 3D Display #1 xSPECT Bone with MIP, #49. Three-slice Display #1 xSPECT Bone with MIP, #49. Three-slice Display #2 xSPECT Bone with MIP, #49. Three-slice Display #3 xSPECT Bone with MIP, #49. Three-slice Display #4 xSPECT Bone with MIP, #92. Text Display #1 xSPECT Bone with MIP, #97. Affichage à 3 coupes #1 xSPECT Bone with MIP, #97. Affichage à 3 coupes #2 xSPECT Bone with MIP, #97. Affichage à 3 coupes #3 xSPECT Bone with MIP, #97. Affichage à 3 coupes #4 xSPECT Bone, #89. Multi-modality Slice Display #1 xSPECT Bone, #89. Multi-modality Slice Display #2 xSPECT Bone, #89. Multi-modality Slice Display #3 Connect Port .. Disconnect Port Port Information ... 13. When the Connections window opens, select the Activity Output to connect to. In the old workflow, this Activity Output would have read AutoRecon, but will now read xRecon. Click OK when selected. Connections X Activity Outputs 2nd Zone Map Image Registration 1st Data Path - Registered Series 1st Data Path - Target Series 2nd Data Path - Registered Series 2nd Data Path - Target Series 3rd Data Path - Registered Series 3rd Data Path - Target Series 4th Data Path - Registered Series 4th Data Path - Target Series 5th Data Path - Registered Series 5th Data Path - Target Series 6th Data Path - Registered Series 6th Data Path - Target Series xRecon 1st WB Recon 1st WB u-map 1st Zone Map 2nd WB Recon 2nd WB u-map 2nd Zone Map www.usa.siemens.com/healthcare OK Cancel HRT# HOOD05162002583803 Effective: 3/27/2017 4 of 5 14. Repeat steps 8 -15 for each Flexible Display page. 15. Delete any existing Flexible Display pages that are not desired by selecting the page and clicking the Delete Page icon. × 16. When all connections are made, from the Template drop down menu, select Save Workflow Template As… Template | Workflow Activities Help Save Workflow Template ... Save Workflow Template As ... CT Bone vs AC Mu Map Zone M 17. Name the workflow, select an icon and a category and Save. SIEMENS Healthineers www.usa.siemens.com/healthcare HRT# HOOD05162002583803 Effective: 3/27/2017 5 of 5

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