## Introduction

This help file explains how to use the application. This application allows you to browse for DICOM images on a CD-ROM. Please make sure you have read the license text in the "About" dialog.

The application automatically starts when you enter a CD-ROM with the software embedded. Please note that your operating system may have disabled this feature. In this case you can run the "<your CD-drive>:\AutoStart.exe" directly from the CD-ROM.

The only allows images from a CD-ROM to be opened.

## Buttons

Browse for new images from CD. When you browse for images you can search for files of types:

- DICOMDIR: This file references multiple DICOM images. If opened it populates the treeview in the left pane with patient and study information
- *.DCM: This extension represents DICOM image files. Each file contains only one image. Thus only one image can be viewed
- *.*: This extension represents all files. Each file contains only one image. Thus only one image can be viewed

| Step backward through the image stack. Each time the button is pressed the stack retreats one page of images.
| Step backward through the image stack. Each time the button is pressed the stack retreats one image.
| Step forward through the image stack. Each time the button is pressed the stack progresses with one slide.
| Step forward through the image stack. Each time the button is pressed the stack progresses with one page of images.
| Step backward through the available series. Each time the button is pressed the stack retreats with one series.
| Step forward through the available series. Each time the button is pressed the stack progresses with one series.
| Change the series layout.
| Change the viewport layout.
| Step forward through image stack automatically (a.k.a run in cine).
| Stop an automatically running cine. Button is only avaible when a cine is active.
| Increases the speed of the cine.
| Decreases the speed of the cine.
| Propagates the attributes like window level, zoom factor, image orientation and panning to all other images of the current series.
| Lists presentation states (if any) that belong to the currently selected study.
| Lists windowlevel presets that belong to the modality of the currently selected series.
Annotations | Show / hide the viewport annotations.
| Opens this help file.

## Right mouse button menu

When clicking the right mouse button within the area of a viewport a context sensitive menu will apprear. This menu allows you to access functionality to manipulate the images.

Magnifying Glass | Invoke a magnify glass to zoom in on specific image areas.
Zoom 1x | Display image "as is".
Zoom 2x | Display image at twice the original size.
Flip Horizontal | Mirror the images across the horizontal axis.
Rotate 90 Left | Rotate image 90 degrees counter clockwise.
Rotate 90 Right | Rotate image 90 degrees clockwise.
Inverted Window | Invert image greyscale.
Create Annotation | Create either an angle or distance measurement on the image.
Reset Image Settings | Revert back to image defaults. This option becomes enabled when applying, for example, new window levels
Export... | Save images as TIFF or JPEG