Export

Batch types

The Batch function allows you to rapidly set up a set of regularly spaced images, preview the set as an animated sequence (batch loop) and film and/or save it on the image disk.

A batch can be one of the following types:

• Parallel oblique batch: a series of parallel oblique slices along a common center line.
• Radial oblique batch: a series of oblique slices generated radially around a common axis.
• 3D batch: a series of 3D images obtained by rotating a 3D object around an axis.
• Batch loop: a series of 3D images obtained by rotating a 3D object in a continuous mode.
  • A batch loop allows you to rotate the 3D model, to adjust the display speed and to stop it in any position. When creating a batch loop you can select the number of views making up the loop, the FOV to use, etc. A batch image set can be viewed step-by-step or as a batch loop. It can be filmed, and/or saved on the image disk as a new series in the exam.

To set up a batch you typically start with a batch protocol. A default batch protocol is provided for each of the three types of batches. You can use these as a starting point for your own custom batch protocols which you can save and re-use.

A batch protocol defines:

• Batch mode: oblique or rotation
• Number of views and spacing between views (mm. or degrees)
• Spacing between views
• Display field of view
• Slice thickness (and render mode for thick slices)
• Output mode: this can be preview only, film, archive, film+archive, filmer images or filmer movies. If you select film mode, you can also define the film layout.

When creating and saving your own custom batch protocol, you have two options:

• Add it to the list of existing batch protocols for the current loading/processing protocol.
• Combine it with the current loading/processing protocol to create a new loading/processing protocol.
  • You can create a custom multiple-batch protocol by combining two or more batch protocol setups.

Preview, film, or save a batch

Once you have defined the batch :

• You can preview the resulting batch as an animated sequence (batch loop).
  • The controls allow you to set the display rate (frames per second), to pause and restart the sequence, and to move through the set step-by-step.
• You can film the batch, i.e. send the image set to a hard copy device such as a laser camera.
  • The format (image layout on the film) is defined in the batch protocol.
• You can save the batch on the image disk of the workstation.
  • A new series is created in the current exam and can be used later for viewing and/or processing.

Saved image types

When an image is saved or rendered it appears in the Patient List as one of the following data/image types:

• BIP =SSAVE
• VR rendered = 3D
• 3D MIP = PJN
• Save Image or Save Image As = RFMT
• A typical series saved = Other
• Screen saved = SCPT
• SCPT functional image = SSAVE
• Processed = PROC
• Diffusion/ADC Processed saved as quantitative maps = Diffusion

Procedures

To get familiar with the Export, read these topics:

• Quick Export: add a new series to a patient's exam
• Export BIP images
• Save an individual image
• Save state
• Save/recall a 3D model
• Save functional maps
• Export a movie
• Create a batch series
• Preview a batch movie
• Create a batch protocol
• Delete a batch film protocol