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Importing a Study from PACS

The simplest way to use CHOP-fMRU Assistant is to enable its PACS network functionality to download from and upload to PACS directly. If you have not yet done so, follow these instructions to configure the program for PACS communication. To download a study:

  1. In the menu bar, select Study→Import from PACS.
  2. A new form will open. Enter the patient's name (lasttname,firstname) or MRN and click the Query button.
  3. Select the desired patient in the patient list. The study list will be populated.
  4. Select the desired study in the study list. The series lies will be populated.
  5. Select the desired series in the series list.
  6. Click Download.
  7. The status of the download from PACS will be shown in the bottom status bar. Once complete, this form will automatically close and the study will be imported into the CHOP-fMRU Assistant database.

Importing a Study from the Local Drive

If you wish to import a study from your local hard drive or portable media:

  1. In the menu bar, select Study→Import from local.
  2. Navigate to the directory containing the DICOM files and click OK.

The import process can be time consuming, as all DICOM headers are fixed when imported. Beware that the program will recursively add any DICOM study found in this directory. This means that if multiple studies are contained in one directory, even if they are contained in subdirectories, these will be imported into the database. Once finished, the last imported study will be selected. This can be seen in the status bar at the bottom of the main form.

##Changing to a Different Study To change to a different study within the database, open the Study menu item and select Change Study.

The studies are presented as a tree, with patient names as the roots and accession numbers as nodes. In this example, there is only one patient containing one study. Highlight the accession number of the desired study and click OK.

##Deleting a Study Simply change to the study of interest using the Change Study dialog as above. Once the study that you wish to remove is listed in the status bar at the bottom of the main form, open the Study menu item and select Delete Study. This will permanently delete the selected study from the database.

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