Hologic SecurView DX User manual

SecurView®DX Tomosynthesis Imaging
Quick Reference Guide
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This guide provides brief explanations of options commonly used when displaying tomosynthesis images on the
SecurView DX workstation. For complete instructions, see the SecurView® DX/RT Workstation User Guide.
To toggle between projection, MG, generated 2D, and reconstructed slices:
Click Projection to display projection images.
Click MG images to display conventional mammography or Hologic generated
2D images. Click repeatedly to switch between available mammography
images, if more than one image is available.
Click MG/Tomosynthesis Toggle to switch between mammography images
and reconstructed slices.
To navigate reconstructed slices:
Click Reconstruction to display the slider tool. To select a slice:
•Click any location on the slider tool, or
•Move the slider handle, or
•Rotate the scroll wheel on the mouse or keypad.
Tip: With a user preference, you can set the mouse/keypad wheel mode
to Sequential or Advanced (one or several slices at a time).
To use Cine mode:
•Click Cine or press the Cine button on the workflow keypad.
•Adjust speed with speed controller.
•Click Cine Boundary to hide speed controller. Click Cine Boundary again to
restore.
Tip: Set the default speed with a user preference.
To stop Cine mode:
•Click Cine again, press the Cine button, or rotate mouse or keypad scroll
wheel.
To start Local Cine mode:
•Press and hold Cine on the workflow keypad, or
•Click and hold Cine on the display, or
•Press [F6] on the keyboard.
Tip: Set the Local Cine slice range with a user preference.
To change the Local Cine center slice:
•While Local Cine mode is running, rotate the mouse wheel or keypad scroll
wheel.
To stop Local Cine mode:
•Click Cine again, press the Cine button or press [F6].
To change the number of displayed slices (slab thickness):
•To display the V-Split cursor, point mouse at the slab thickness bar (see
above), then click and drag up or down.
•To reset, double-click the slab thickness bar.
Tip: Set the default slab thickness with a user preference.
Reconstruction
Orientation
(H, F, L, M)
Slab
Thickness
Bar
Slider Handle
Slab Thickness
V
-Split Cursor
Cine
MG/Tomosynthesis
Toggle
Cine
Speed Controller
Reconstruction
Cine
Boundary
Projection
MG Images

SecurView®DX Tomosynthesis Imaging
Quick Reference Guide
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To tag reconstructed slices:
Display the slice, then:
•Press Spacebar, or
•Right-click the image and from the Pie menu select Tag Tomo Images.
Note: Slab thickness must be set to 1 slice to allow tagging.
To display the next or previous tagged slice:
Click Arrow Up or Arrow Down on the navigation tool.
To remove a tag:
Display the tagged slice and press Spacebar (or select Tag Tomo Images
again).
To link tiles for scrolling:
Display images to be linked. The displayed images must be of the same type,
either reconstructed slices or projections.
1Right-click the image and select Link Tile from the Pie menu.
2Repeat for each tile to be linked. The Link Tile indicator appears on each
linked tile.
3To scroll linked tiles:
•Rotate the mouse wheel, or
•Move the slider handle for a linked tile, or
•Start Cine mode.
To export a movie of tomosynthesis images:
1Right-click a reconstruction or projection image to open the Pie menu,
then point to Image Tools to open the second Pie menu.
2Click Export Movie to open the Export Movie dialog.
3Make selections in the dialog and click Export.
4Select path, enter a movie filename, and confirm.
To export Tiff images:
1Tag the desired mammography reconstruction slice(s) or projection
image(s) as explained above.
2Press [E] (for Export), select ‘Tiff’, and click Export.
3Browse to the desired folder and click OK. SecurView exports all images
currently tagged on the two displays.
Tag Tomo Images
Export Movie
Link Tile
Arrow Up
Arrow Down
Tagged Slice
Slice Tagged by
Another User