Overlay

Patient and image information can be overlaid on the frames.

Note:

If the display size of the images is too small, only the image number from the File overlay will be displayed. Also, the Name, Patient and Technical overlays will not be displayed.

From the Graphic Interface

There are 4 levels of information you can display corresponding to the 4 buttons of this tool.

File

Image sequence number in sliceOmatic and the file name (In white)

Name

Patient name, patient id, hospital name, physician name, study, series and image number, date and time of acquisition (In yellow). Also, if the frames are “trusted”, labels identifying the Left, Right, Head, Feet, Anterior and Posterior sides of the patient will be displayed

Note:

If the "Anonymous" flag is set, then the patient's name will be "Anonymous", and no personal information about the patient will be displayed. See The Configuration Menu for more information on the Anonymous flag.

Patient

Patient sex, age, and weight, radiologist name, comments (In green)

Technical

Technical information on the frame format, scanner’s manufacturer and model, modality (CT, MR...), orientation, scan protocol, contrast agent, table position and height, scan time, slice position, slice thickness, pixel dimension and other information depending on the frame's modality (In cyan).

From the Display Area

There is no Display Area interaction specific to this tool.

From the Keyboard

There is no keyboard interface specific to this tool.

From the Command Line

System Variables defined in this tool:

$OVERLAY_2D

(U₃₂)

Bit field that control the 2D overlay display:

•x01: file overlay on/off

•x02: name overlay on/off

•x04: patient overlay on/off

•x08: technical overlay on/off

Text commands defined in this tool:

Overlay: 2D bit_field

Assign a value to the $OVERLAY_2D variable.