Protocols and Review steps

Protocols

A Protocol is the name given to a set of Review Steps, layout formats and viewing parameters.

The default set of Protocols provide single click access to the most frequently needed processing tasks:

• Reformat displays reconstruction in 3 orthogonal planes and in oblique thin slices.
• 3D MIP displays a 3D MIP reconstruction.
• MPVR 3 mm Average automatically switches all views to slabs of 3 mm. Slab thickness of all views can be modified by using the thickness slider of the MPR/3D tool while the Apply to all option is selected.
• Curved reformat automatically opens the Trace panel that guides you through the creation of a curved reformation and switches the upper left viewport to Curved type
• Volume Rendering to display a volume rendered view.
• Multi Oblique moves to an optimized layout for oblique prescription. Adjust the axis to set oblique planes.
• Functional maps as part of READY View application.

For more details on the Protocol screen, see Protocol selection work area.

Review steps

The Review Steps are comprised of a series of single-click processing tasks. All protocols have Review steps that provide a suggested sequence of image review and analysis. You can build your workflow into the Review steps and then from the Review Manager save the content as a protocol.

For more details on the Review steps screen area, see Review steps work area.

Layout formats and Review Manager

Layout formats, as part of a protocol, are selected from the .

For details, see Review Manager and layouts work area.

Protocols and Review steps topics