ACUSON Freestyle User Manual 4-1
Patient Studies
4 Patient Studies
This section describes how to create patient records and view, manage, and export patient
studies.
Protecting Patient Health Information ....................................... 4-3
About Patient Studies ....................................................4-3
Patient Study Fields ..................................................... 4-4
Patient Soft Keys .......................................................4-5
Creating New Patient Studies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-5
Using Patient Information from a DICOM Server ..............................4-6
Worklist Query .......................................................4-6
Study Exam Types ....................................................... 4-6
Factory Exam Types ...................................................4-7
User-Dened Exam Types ..............................................4-8
Creating a new User Exam Type .....................................4-8
Updating a User-Dened Exam with New Settings .......................4-8
The Study List ..........................................................4-9
Viewing the List of Patient Studies ..........................................4-9
Sorting the Study List ..................................................4-9
Scrolling through the Study List .........................................4-10
Selecting Multiple Studies for Export or Deletion ............................4-10
Viewing Images in a Study from the Study List .............................4-10
Viewing Image Controls ...........................................4-10
Managing Patient Studies ................................................ 4-11
Exporting Patient Studies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-11
How to Export Studies ................................................ 4-11
Export Parameters ...................................................4-12
Editing Patient Studies ..................................................4-12
Deleting Patient Studies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-12