Hands on VistARad for General Radiography Advanced

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Hands on VistARad for General Radiography
(Advanced)

• Kim Wilson, MD
• SAVAHCS
• Tucson, Arizona

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Tailored HP

• Upper GI exam
• Patient I0010
• Upper GI and Esophagus dated 071707-1591

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Fluoroscopy

• One viewport can be stretched over all monitors-
• the images can be tiled to any configuration
• Double clicking on any image will adjust to full
  screen size

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Create a new template

• Click on Customize (top left monitor)
• Select template designer
• Select New
• Click left mouse on the left monitor
• Select merge right
• Click save at top of monitor
• Save as Wide-2

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Fluoroscopy

• Right click on the case and select open with
• Choose your template Wide-2
• Move the master image set (1st box) from preview
  window to the viewport

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Adjust layout

• Top left corner of viewport icon of a
  checkerboard before the case number
• Drop down slide left mouse down from the icon
  adjust to

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Save Hanging protocol

• Click Customize at the top of the left screen
• Select Create hanging protocol
• Type UGI under HP name
• OK

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Case type

• Keep CPT code
• Click on Disable series processing
• This will allow all of the images to display
  together even if taken in separate groups
• Save

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Viewport info

• Keep Modality W/L and Auto W/L clicked
• This will use the W/L sent from the modality if
  this information is not sent by the modality, the
  images will auto W/L

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More Viewport Info

• Check
• Columns 3
• Rows 2
• Fit to size
• Uncheck the Window/Level under Apply to Image
  Set- keep the remainder checked
• Save Viewport info

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Save HP

• If you originally chose the system template, now
  save template as Wide-2
• This save the template you selected from the
  system templates, under your own
• To avoid having to save these, whenever
  available, choose your own template instead of a
  system template at the beginning of creating a
  hanging protocol

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Test the Hanging protocol

• Close the exam
• Re-open by simply double clicking on the study