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Toolbar: annotate and measure icons

The Measure/Annotate icons provide the ability to perform measurements and annotate images.

The order of the icons on the toolbar are based on your preferences. To customize the icons on the toolbar, see Toolbar preferences: select icons to display on screen.

Figure 1. Example of Measure/Annotate icon screen area


Annotation icons

Table 1. Annotation icons
IconDescription/procedure
Link

Use to deposit a line on a viewport, which connects annotation to an area of interest on the image.

For details, see Add annotation with a pointer.

Annotation

Use to deposit annotation on a viewport.

For details, see Add annotation and Annotations preferences: adjust annotation fields and fonts.

Preset Annotation

Use to create preset annotation text that can be selected from a menu.

For details, see Create annotation presets.

Arrow

Use to deposit an arrow on a viewport.

For details, see Arrows: deposit, size and position

Measurement icons

Table 2. Measurement icons
IconDescription/procedure
Straight distance

Use to deposit two points on an image(s) to create a distance measurement.

For details, see Generate a distance measurement and Remove image graphics

Duplicate or mirror graphics procedure

Resize/Rotate image graphic procedure

Curved distance

Use to deposit multiple points to create a curved measurement.

For details, see:

Generate a curved distance measurement

Remove image graphics

Duplicate or mirror graphics procedure

Resize/Rotate image graphic procedure

Angle

Use to deposit an angle measurement on a viewport.

For details, see:

Measure an angle.

Volume

Use to deposit a Volume on a viewport.

For details, see:Measure a volume.

Cursor and ROI icons

Table 3. Cursor and ROI icons
IconDescription/procedure
Report Cursor

Use to deposit a point on the viewports to display a RAS coordinate and the voxel value for the current cursor position.

For details, see Report cursor: activate.

Elliptic ROI

Use to deposit a 2D elliptical ROI on a viewport.

For details, see:

Deposit a 2D ROI procedure

Modify measurements

Rectangular ROI

Use to deposit a 2D rectangular ROI on a viewport.

For details, see:Deposit a 2D ROI procedure

Modify measurements

Free hand ROI

Use to deposit a 2D free hand ROI on a viewport.

For details, see:Deposit a 2D ROI procedure

Modify measurements

Auto Contour

Use to deposit a 3D free hand ROI on a viewport.

For details see:Deposit a 3D ROI

Modify measurements

Sphere ROI

Use to deposit a 3D spherical ROI on a viewport.

For details see:Deposit a 3D ROI

Modify measurements

3D box ROI

Use to deposit a 3D box ROI on a viewport.

For details see:Deposit a 3D ROI

Modify measurements