Terason t3000 - Chapter 10: Working With DICOM; Using Images with a DICOM Printer or Server; Printing Files to a DICOM Printer

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10 Working With DICOM
DICOM (Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine) is a format created by
NEMA (National Electrical Manufacturers Association) to aid in the distribution and
viewing of medical images such as ultrasound scans.
If you have the DICOM utility installed on your Terason Ultrasound System, you can:
• Print images on a DICOM printer
• Send images or loops to a DICOM server where they can be used by other applications
that support DICOM files
• Use DICOM Worklist to search the archive of patient information sets on the DICOM
server, and copy patient info sets to the Terason Ultrasound system so that exams on the
system are identified with the correct patients.
Before you can use the Terason DICOM utility, you must install the software and
configure the DICOM utility. See Installing the Terason DICOM Utility on page 44 for
installation and configuration instructions. If the DICOM utility is not installed, the
DICOM menu items are not accessible.
The DICOM utility starts when the computer is powered on, and is added to the controls
section of the task bar using this icon: .
Using Images with a DICOM Printer or Server
When you send or print a DICOM image, the Terason software saves the image in a
temporary location on your computer. The images are then sent to the server.
To view log messages about images exported to a DICOM server or printed to a DICOM
printer, open the DICOM utility (select
Start > Programs > TerasonDICOM >Terason) and
click the Communications Log tab.
You can change the default button for
Save Image to Send DICOM Image, the default button
for
Save Image Loop to Send DICOM Loop, and the default button for Print to Print DICOM
Image
. See Setting Image Save and Print Defaults on page 243 for instructions.
Printing Files to a DICOM Printer
You can configure your Print button to automatically send an image file to the DICOM
printer. For instructions on how to change DICOM configuration options, see Installing
the Terason DICOM Utility on page 44.
To send an image to a DICOM printer, complete these steps:
1. Load the image (if it was previously saved) or acquire a new scan.