Chapter 6 - About the Patient History view
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Right-click an image to display the pop-up menu where you can open the image or display
Review Notes.
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optomap® plus Review procedures are only available when the image was captured using an
optomap® plus Capture procedure. Ask your Optos representative for more information about
optomap® plus. These markers are also shown on the image thumbnails.
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If the secondary (compressed) image has been cleaned out, the label of the disk on which the
image is sorted will be displayed. Insert this disk in the disk drive to retrieve the image.
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Images that have been imported into the patient's history are indicated by the Imported Image symbol,
see Review Tools Controls on page 82.
Using the Patient History window
The Patient History window lets you carry out a wide variety of tasks:
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Open single or multiple images in a variety of different ways, see Opening images below.
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Import an image into the patient's record, see Importing an image to a patient’s record on page 63.
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Move an image captured with the wrong eye selected, see Changing eye images from Right to Left
(and Left to Right) on page 66.
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Move an image when the wrong patient was selected, see Assigning an image to another patient’s
record on page 66.
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Drag and drop images onto the Print Bar. If you want to print annotations, open the image and select
the annotations before adding to the Print Bar, see Printing images on page 64.
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Drag and drop unwanted images to the waste-basket, see Discarding unwanted images on page
40.
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Select from all the patient's images when emailing if you start the email procedure from the Patient
History window, see Emailing images on page 61.
Opening images
The Patient History window contains the most common options for opening images. From this view you can
select images and choose how the images should be displayed.
How to view the patient's image history
1. Select Review menu > Patient History to display the Select Patient dialog box. If the patient’s name does not
appear on the patient list, click Clear in the Filter Patient pane. This will clear the filter and ensure all
patient records are displayed.
2. Double-click the patient’s name to open the patient's Patient History view. You can search for a
patient's record, see How to search the patient list on page 20.
3. Select the correct patient and click OK to display the Patient History view.
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You can set filter criteria to reduce the number of patients shown. Click Change to display the
Filter Patients dialog box. You can select from any (or all) of the sections.
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Click Clear Filters in the Filter Patients dialog box to remove all filters.
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Primary (uncompressed) images will normally be removed from on-line storage after a few
weeks (after they have been archived), so historical patient images are likely to be archived.
You can use the secondary (compressed) image for a comparative review. However, if you
require the full detail of the image, you should locate the disk. The disk label will be displayed.
How to open images in an image stack
An image stack shows multiple linked images in a single window. You can page through the images one
at a time to review and compare them.
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