Transcript Syngo Imaging and the Radiology Information System (RIS)

Syngo Imaging
and the
Radiology Information System
(RIS)
for
EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS
and
RADIOLOGISTS
What is syngo Imaging?
 syngo
Imaging is a digital imaging system
for radiographic images.
 Will allow physicians to view radiographic
images inside MedCentral at identified
clinical workstations.
Click on the Start syngo
Imaging icon.
Enter your User name (Employee ID or 5- digit physician/dictation
number)
Enter your Password. The first time the password will be your ID
number plus the first three letters of your last name i.e., 12345JOH.
Click on OK.
You will be prompted to change your password.
The Read Exam screen opens. If this screen does not
appear contact the IS Help Desk at 526-8786.
Click on Worklist on the menu bar.
Select Worklist Manager.
Or, click on the Worklist button .
The Interpretation Work List
Manager screen opens for the
selected patient.
ED patients will appear.
Select the study and double
click or click on the select
button.
Confidential
information.
Reports from 1997 will appear here. Images from October
2007 to today are also online.
When reading the report you are bringing up today’s study –
the report may be of a previous study. Verify the report
date matches the study date.
Create/Edit Notes
Use these buttons to create, edit, delete, or print notes.
This will be where you place notes for the radiologist for
any pertinent findings.
Read Notes
Read notes allows you to see notes from the tech or ED
docs that were made for the radiologists.
RIS Tools
RIS Tools
 Opens
Worklist
 Create a Note
 Read a Note
 Patient Inquiry
 Find a Patient if not on the work list
 Exit Read Screen
Place the pointer on a icon for hover help
Patient Inquiry
Patient Inquiry brings up
information regarding the current
orders and images for a patient.
Find Patient
A patient may be found by name, medical record number, or
any links from above.
Click Select.
Viewing Images in the RIS
Click on the view button to load images.
Syngo Imaging
VIEW AN IMAGE
Viewing and Evaluating Images in
the Studio
 In
the Studio, you view, edit, and evaluate
images. For many functions, an icon is
provided so that you can handle your
tasks with just a few mouse clicks.
Functions of the Studio
 Usually,
you select the images in the work
list of the RIS Browser and load them into
the Studio.
The Studio main functions:
Arranging images
 You
can choose between different screen
layouts and display modes. You can even
display the images dynamically in movie or
cine mode. The Cross reference function
allows you to visualize the images from CT
and MR series as cut lines in a reference
image.
 You can also sort the images according to
certain criteria.
Editing and evaluating images
 The
menus and tool cards contain all the
functions you need for evaluating images
(for example, zooming, and windowing).
Click on the Tokens bar to
see thumbnail images of
selected procedures.
Want more images in the viewing
screens?
Select an image, hold the left
mouse button down, and drag it to
one of the empty squares.
Click in the light
blue to close the
token window.
Left click will activate the
image. (Blue line around
image.)
Right click shows the short
cut menu.
The Tool Window
Click on the Tool
bar.
#1 There are three
levels of tool sets. The
active tool set will be in
white.
#2 The user also has hover
help. Just lay your arrow on
a tool icon and get the
yellow pop up. This tells
you what the icon does.
Icons in X-ray Tools
Fit to segment--returns the image to its viewable size.
Acquisition size—the best possible size for ROI.
Magnifying glass – allows a small bit of the image to
temporarily magnify.
CT tools provide the
user with the ability to
segment the image,
return it to its normal
size, flip, rotate.
MRI Tools allows the user to
move through the series using
icons in this tool box.
Options Toolbox
From the Main
Menu click on
Options, Toolbox.
Note the eight (8)
tabs. This allows
you to customize
all tool boxes to
fit the way you
work!
Toolbox
Click on a tool,
hold the left
mouse button
down and drag it
to the tool box
area. Then let go
of the mouse
button
Remove A Tool Icon
 Open

the Toolbox
OptionsToolbox
 Click
on the Tool in your Toolbox that you
wish to delete.
 Drag it to the Toolbox options screen and
release.
Return to the RIS Browser
by clicking on the RIS
browser icon.
Click in the light
blue area to
close the tool
bar.
Log Out
#1 Click on Options
#2 Click on End Session
The End session
box opens.
Select the correct
logout.
This will either close
the program, or
allow a different
user to log on.
This is also where
you may change
your password.
Notes

When the RIS down for patch upgrades use the
PACs browser button to search for your patients.
 Trauma patients that have not been registered
or orders have not been placed must be looked
up using the PACs browser.
 If your patient is a Jr., or Sr., you must enter your
search in the following manner:


Jr Smith John
Sr Smith John
Notes
 Patients
will not be removed from your
work list until a note is made to the
radiologist or you have selected the study
and manually deleted it from your list.
 If a patient is not on your list someone
may have already entered a note on the
patient and deleted their name from the
list.