Chapter 10: Image Acquisition
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Figure 10-5
Start a discontinued or completed exam message
4. Click the button of the action to perform.
[APPEND EXAM] creates a new series within the existing exam and opens the Select Protocols
screen.
Note:
The new exam will be placed under the same accession number as a new series. Check your facil-
ity’s conformance standards before selecting this option because it may effect HIS/RIS or PACS
formats.
[NEW EXAM] creates a new exam and series for the patient and opens the Select Protocols screen.
[CANCEL] closes the message and returns you to the Worklist.
Select or Change Protocols (p. 10-12)
Resume Suspended Exams
Suspended exams may be resumed at any time. The process of resuming a suspended exam is the same
as starting a new exam.
1. Select the exams from the Worklist.
2. Click [RESUME EXAM].
Note:
Protocol selections and technique changes are not saved in a suspended exam. Protocols must
be reselected and techniques must be re-set.
Select or Change Protocols
The Select Protocols screen (
) appears when you click [START EXAM] on the Worklist or Add
Patient screen or when you click [SELECT PROTOCOLS] on the Acquisition screen.
Note:
The protocols supplied with the system represent examples for procedures commonly conducted
in radiography. Based on the needs of a particular practice, these protocols may be modified to
optimize factors such as image quality or dose reduction. Work with your team of Radiologists,
Medical Physicists and Technologists to evaluate techniques that may reduce radiation dose and
provide adequate diagnostic information.
