Features:

• Create a database of Dicom files located on a local or network drive.
• Choose from files organized by Patient / Series / Images.
• View Dicom tag information.
• Anonymize Individual Dicom files
• Display images with zoom and real-time Window Width / Level capabilities.
• Copy the image and info into the Clipboard and paste them to other applications.
• Full Cine Play Mode for 8 bit multi-frame image files. *
• Save Cine runs as AVI files. *
• Automatically View / Process selected images with a user-defined external viewer. *
• Batch Convert to JPEG Images. *
• Batch Anonymize Dicom Studies. *

For more advanced imaging features see FP Image for Windows

Quick Start:

• Select a search path or update the current database
• Select a patient from the list to display the image and information.

Help Topics:

Database functions
Adding images to the database
Deleting entries from the database
Viewing a single file
Selecting images to view
Copy to clipboard
Dicom tag info
Image display
Window W/L
Gamma Correction
Zoom
Cine Funtions
AVI Conversion
Batch Processing
    Exporting images
    Anonymizing images
    Converting to JPEG
    Using External Viewers

Contact Info:

Please send questions and comments to support@fpimage.com
or visit the FP Image web site: http://www.fpimage.com

Use this to select a single image file.

1. From the menu select  [ File | Open File ]
2. Upon sucessful loading,  the image and tags will be displayed.

Use this to create an anonymous Dicom file.

1. From the menu select  [ File | Anonymize File ]
2. Select the new target file to create.
3. All patient information will be removed from the new file.

To update the Image Database select   [ File | Update Database ]  from the menu. The update operation will process in the background.  Upon completion,  the  [ Update ] menu option will be enabled if any changes were detected.

To clear the database entries select   [ File | Clear Database ]  from the menu.  This will not delete the image files from the disk.

Select the menu  [ Options | Image Database | Keep Auto Update Running ]  option to keep the Database Manager running after the Browser has been closed.  This is useful for unattended updates.

Update CPU Priority:   Use this to set the processing overhead used by the computer while updating.  Higher settings may slow down other Window program tasks while updating.  Lower settings are recommended.

Update Interval:  Select the interval between database updates. The minimum interval allowed is 15 minutes.

Search Paths:

1. Click on the Add button to add a search path to the list.
2. If other computers on your network are mapped into your computer then they can be included as well.
3. Use top level folders to search all subfolders. Duplicate paths are not allowed.
4. Click on the Remove button to delete the selected highlighted search path from the list.
5. Search paths are enabled when the left box is checked.  Paths that are not checked are not updated during the search operation.

Click on the Resume button to enable the Auto Update Mode. The countdown timer will display the time until the next update.

Search Now:  Click on the Search Now button to start the update operation at any time.  This can also be done from the browser menu by selecting the  [ File | Update Database ]  option.

Hide:  Click on the Hide button to run the Database Manager in background mode.  Close the Database Manager window to disable it.

Scheduling Updates:   Use the Windows Scheduled Tasks Manager to update the DICOM database at specified times. Use the "-u" parameter when specifying the program name.  For example:  c:\fpimage\bin\bkupdate.exe "-u"
 

You may add images to the current database directly by using the following method.

1. From the menu select  [ Files  | Add Images ]
2. Select file(s) to add to the database.
3. After all the files have been verified, the files will be added and the database will be sorted and displayed.

Database entries can be removed using the following method.

1. Select a Patient, Exam or Image.
2. Use the keyboard Delete key to remove the selected image(s) from the database.
3. The selected database entries will be removed and the database will be updated.

The image file database entries are displayed here.  Initially,  only the Patient headers are displayed.  These are arranged as follows:

Patient Name - Patient ID
>   Modality -  Series # - Date
>>  Image(s)

• Click on the text entries to read the tags and display the image.
• Click on the +/- box (or double click on the text) to expand/collapse to the next level.
• Alternatively,  use the left/right keyboard cursor keys to expand/collapse.  Use the up/down keys to navigate through the entries.
• Click Right to batch process the image(s).

When the Image Display is enabled,  the image from selected file will appear in the image box.  The displayed image may be Zoomed/Panned and the Window Width/Level may be adjusted.  For cine images,  only the middle frame of the run will be displayed.

• To enable/disable the Image Display select  [ Options | Image Display ]  from the menu.
• To view the center image of an exam select the  [ Options | Series Preview ]  option from the menu.

Copying the image to the clipboard

From the menu select  [ Edit | Copy Image to Clipboard ]  to copy the currently displayed image to the Clipboard.  The image may then be pasted to other applications.
 

Window Width/Level

Select the  [ Options | Auto W/L ]  menu option to set the initial Width and Level values as designated from the current image file settings.  This has no effect when the W/L values are omitted from the file.

To adjust the values manually:

1. Enter the desired Width and Level values in the edit boxes using the keyboard.
2. Press the  Enter  key to apply these values to the image display.

1. Using the mouse,  drag the cursor up/down over the image to adjust the Level.
2. Drag the cursor left/right to adjust the Width.

Zoom

Set the current zoom factor from the Zoom selection box.

• Select  Fit  to size and center the image to the current display area.
• When the zoomed image size exceeds the display area,  the image may be panned using the scroll bars.

Gamma Correction

Select the  [ Options | Gamma Adjustment ]  menu option to adjust the desired gamma correction for your monitor.  Click on the OK button when finished.

When an 8 bit XA multi-frame is selected the Cine Play controls will appear.

• Click on the Play button to load the frames.  Alternatively,  the Space Bar can also used to Play/Pause.
• When all frames are loaded the AVI button will be enabled.
• Drag the slider bar to select the desired cine frame position.
• Click on the AVI button or select the  [ Files | Convert to AVI ]  menu option to create an AVI file.

• Click on the AVI button or select the  [ Files | Convert to AVI ]  menu option.
• After the frames have been formatted the Video Compression dialog box will appear:

• Select a codec and compression quality.
• Click on Preview to view thumbnails of the compressed frames.  Compression codecs will fail if the reported ratio is 100%.
• Click OK to create the output file.  Cancel to quit.
• Select an output AVI file.
• The compression progress will be shown in the status bar.
• If the compression fails,  you will need to select another codec.
  

• To enable/disable the Hex Tag Number display select the  [ Options | Tag Numbers  ]  option from the menu.
• The text may be selected and copied to the Clipboard by selected the desired text and using the Control C key.

 Right click the mouse on a Patient, Exam or Image to select the image(s) for processing.
 

Anonymize

Use this mode to anonymize DICOM image(s).

• Select (or create) a folder to create the anonymized image file(s) into.
• Use the original filename(s) or specify an incremental starting filename.
• Click Save to create the new image file(s).

JPEG Conversion

Use this mode to convert DICOM image(s) to JPEG(s)

• Select (or create) a folder to create the JPEG image file(s) into.
• Use the original filename(s) or specify an incremental starting filename.
• Click Save to create the JPEG image file(s).

Copy Image Files

Use this mode to export the selected DICOM File(s).

• Select (or create) a folder to create the new DICOM image file(s) into.
• Use the original filename(s) or specify an incremental starting filename.
• Click Save to copy the DICOM image file(s).

FP Image Viewer

Use this mode to load the selected DICOM File(s) into the FP Image Viewer program.
 

DICOM Cine Viewer

Use this mode to load the selected DICOM File(s) into the DICOM Cine Viewer program.

An incremental filename must have numbers following the base filename prior to the file extension.

Valid implementations:

• Image-001.dcm
• smith100.img
• 022.img

• 001image.dcm
• smith.dcm001
• test.img
• head-001a.dcm