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Date: Aug 14, 2022 12:27:21 PM

Workflow manager and task list

The workflow manager is used to prescribe and control the scan and prescan processes. The workflow manager has three major areas:

Table 1. Workflow manager screen areas
Screen area
Header	The following items are displayed in the Task header: protocol name remaining total scan time for the exam
Menu bar	The menu bar provides access to the Exam, Edit and End menu.
Series Data tab
Task tab
Scan/Task control panel	For details regarding the Workflow Manager Task control buttons, see Scan/Task controls panel

Menu bar

Click the Scan Session tab to view the Scan work area.

Table 2. Task tab parameters
Parameter	Description
Menu bar: Exam	Exam allows you to: Add a post-process task Add a scan sequence Save as a protocol... saves the active exam to your site protocol library Show future data
Menu bar: Exam > Show Future Data	When there is a check next to Show Future Data, series that are not in the Done state appear as italicized items in the list. When there is no check next to Show Future Data, all series that are not in the Done state are removed from the list.
Menu bar: Exam > Save as Protocol...	For details, see Save exam as a protocol.
Menu bar: Click Edit or right-click within the Workflow Manager Task tab to view the Edit menu.	Cut, Copy, Paste, Duplicate allow you to cut, copy, paste or duplicate the selected task in the workflow manager. Move up, Move down allow you to move the selected task up or down the task list in the workflow manager. Rename allows you to edit the name of the selected task in the workflow manager. Change/Select Anatomy allows you to change or select an anatomical region for tasks in the Task List. The Anatomical Region determines the optimum algorithm for the PURE intensity correction and applicability of MAGiC scans. Create/Edit link allows you to create or edit an existing link between series in the workflow manager. Add task allows you to add a scan sequence or a post-process task.
Menu bar: End	End menu selections allows you to end the exam or scanning session. For details, see End a scan session.

Series Data tab

Click the Scan Session tab to view the Scan work area. From the workflow manager, click the Series Data tab.

Table 3. Series tab parameters
Parameter	Description
Number column	When a number precedes the series, it indicates that the scan data is acquired.
Series Description column	Series displayed in italics indicate that the scan data has not been acquired. This information only appears if you select Exam > Show Future Data from the Workflow Manager menu bar.
Auto Transfer column	The check box selection state in the auto transfer column is determined by how you set auto transfer in the protocol. If the exam is not pulled from a protocol, the default state for all boxes is selected, which means that the series will be transferred by exam or series as determined from the preference screens. For details, see: Selective auto send by series procedure

Task tab

Click the Scan Session tab to view the Scan work area. From the workflow manager, click the Task tab.

Table 4. Task tab parameters
Parameter	Description
Task Status column for scan tasks	ACT (active): displays after you click Scan, which downloads the series, performs prescan and starts scan. The series remains in the ACT state during scan. ACT also appears for post processing tasks and indicates that the automatic or manual post processing is active. Blank: a new series that has no actions applied to it. Done: the series has been scanned, all images are reconstructed, and all manual and auto post processing tasks have been completed. InRx (in prescription): displays when you click Setup. PRESCANNED: displays when prescan is occurring for a multi-station acquisition. RxD (prescribed): the series is prescribed, Save Rx has been clicked and therefore, Autoscan can scan the series. A series in this state can be selected again. When you click Setup, the state changes to InRx. SCND (scanned): the acquisition is finished but the system is still reconstructing the images. Work: there are manual post-processing tasks that have to be completed for this series.
Task Status column for post process tasks	Auto: the post-process task is automatically activated when the series is scanned. New: blank. Active: the post-process task is currently being worked on. Error: the post-process task cannot be completed. INV: the post-process task cannot be completed. Place your cursor over the Invalid state to determine the reason for the invalid state. Done: the post-processing task is finished.
Link Column	Link allows you to link or share parameters between two different tasks.
Task sub-task column	This column displays a workflow tree that can be opened or collapsed to see subtasks under the top level series task. Figure 4. This example indicates that the MPR work that needs to be completed on the Obl T1 3D FSPGR IR prep series has been prescribed.
Task Time column	Once a series is in the InRx or RxD state, the scan time displays in the Time column. The time is removed once the series has been scanned.