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Option

Description

Send New Annotations to caGRID caGrid

If selected, the workstation will send new annotations to the assigned caGrid location. Also see #Setting AIM Data Service Options.

Store New Annotations Locally

If selected, the workstation will store a copy of new annotations in the AIM XML format on the local computer. A user can assign where the AIM annotation documents can be stored on the local computer.

Required User Information

If selected, user credentials need to be entered before creating an AIM annotation document.

Require Graphic Markup in Annotation

If selected, a user must create at least one graphical drawing on an image before creating an AIM annotation document.

Templates Folder

If entered, the directory will be used to search for AIM template XML documents.

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Tool

Description

AIM Template displays a template based form with a set of questions and choice(s) of answers for each question. A user is able to import a new AIM template at that location. New annotation objects can be created by completely filling out this form and pressing clicking the "Create Annotation" button.

AIM Object Locator depicts available AIM objects in the currently displayed study without searching through every image in the study or series.

AIM Details provides the ability to view specific areas of a selected graphic markup for an existing annotation.

Closed Polygon Markup tool allows creation of a free hand graphical markup. This tool can be used in addition to existing ClearCanvas tools in creating graphical markup.

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Info
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When an AIM annotation is created, the following conditions are applied (based on AIM default settings described in #Setting AIM Options)

  1. A user must answer all questions presented in the AIM Annotation window.
  2. A graphical markup is required on an image if "Require Graphic Markup in Annotation" is selected before an AIM annotation can be saved to the AIM Data Service and/or stored locally.
  3. User information must be entered if "Require User Information" is selected.

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By default, the workstation also displays annotations created by different users in different colors. Selecting Tools > Options > AIM > Markup allows you to change which colors are used for which user's AIM annotations (Figure 12). Selected by default, the "Random" checkbox (#2) assigns a random color to each user. If you do not select the that option, you can override the random color with a different color. You can also override the color used to depict one or more userusers' s AIM annotations. The Change the default color may be changed by clicking the button to the left of the checkbox when the checkbox is deselected. A user's color may be changed by clicking the color next to their name and selecting a new color in the color picker dialog that appears. Users not yet loaded into the list may be added to the list by clicking the "Add Login" button (#3). Selected users may be removed from the list (resetting their colors to the default) by selecting the "Remove Selected" button (#4). All users in the list may be selected by clicking the "Select All" button (#5). Selected users may have their color reset to the default color, either random or predefined as determined by the Random checkbox (#2), by clicking the Reset To Default Color button (#6).

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The NBIA Data Service (Figure 13) tab provides the ability to connect and retrieve studies from NBIA directly within the workstation. Holding the "Ctrl" key allows you to click on and select multiple studies. Right-clicking activates a feature that allows you to retrieve selected studies.

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