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Selenia User Guide
Chapter 1—Introduction
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Outputs
A list of devices to which the accepted image is sent. The
devices can be a combination of archives, workstations and film
printers.
PACS
Picture Archiving and Communications System. A computer
and network system for the transfer and archive of digital
medical images
PPS Status
The condition of a Performed Procedure Step being "in
progress", "completed", or "discontinued".
Procedure
A generic medical protocol which contains a set of images
(Views) which are acquired under certain conditions, and are
performed together for a one purpose (for example standard
screening). There is no Procedure instance UID item because a
Procedure is a generic item in DICOM. DICOM supports the
identification of requested Procedures.
Rh
Rhodium
ROI
Region of Interest
RIS
Radiology Information System
Series
A set of images acquired by a single tech for a single Patient and
Procedure on a particular modality with a fixed body part,
laterality and view position. DICOM uniquely identifies the
series with a globally unique instance UID. Based on this
description, each individually acquired DR image on the
Acquisition Workstation is also an individual series.
Sign-in
The process of user identification to the Acquisition
Workstation application.
Sign-out
The process in which a user exits the Acquisition Workstation
application, but the user does not logout of the OS.
Smart Paddle™
A paddle with a release knob on each side which allows the
paddle to move from one side of the image detector to the other.
The system identifies a Smart Paddle installed on the
compression device.
TEC
Tissue Exposure Control mode, an enhanced Manual Exposure
Control (MEC) mode.
technique
Combination of x-ray parameters (kV, mA, etc.) for a specified
view in a procedure.
UPS Uninterruptible Power Supply.
View
The combination of a single x-ray image and a specified set of
conditions under which the image was acquired. The View is
not part of DICOM nomenclature, but in the context of DR, is
approximately synonymous with a DICOM image object.
W Tungsten
Wildcard Character
A keyboard character that represents one or many characters,
for example the * or ?.