Chapter A5: Image Viewer
Definium AMX 700 X-Ray System 5161515-1EN Rev. 6 (10 February 2008) A5-16
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Figure A5-10 Editing the manual shutter
Figure A5-11 Close up of manual shutter
3. Click and drag the red corner handles to the desired shape and size.
NOTE: Any image annotations (line, Cobb, ellipse, R/L marker) that are outside of the visible image area
will be lost when the exam is closed. Make sure that annotations are within the active image area.
Manual shutters do not effect system annotations.
4. Click [MANUAL SHUTTER] to apply the adjustment.
If the image does not return to its selected size, click the Zoom buttons on the Viewer Display
panel to re-select the viewing size. Refer to Change Image Display
(p. A5-6) for more information.
Figure A5-12 Image after adjusting shutter
5. Click [MANUAL SHUTTER] again to edit.
Automatic Shutter
The Intelligent Collimator Edge Detection (ICED) algorithm relies solely on image information in order to
locate any collimation edges present in an x-ray radiograph. This allows the system to provide a
shuttered image on the viewer regardless of where the collimated image edges lie on the detector.
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