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Table 2 describes four AIM tools that are available on the ClearCanvas workstation.

Tool

Description

AIM Template buttonImage Modified

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 clicking the Create Annotation button.

AIM Object Locator buttonImage Modified

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

AIM Details buttonImage Modified

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

Closed Polygon Markup buttonImage Modified

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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To activate the AIM template tool in Figure 5, click the AIM template tool button (#1). If you put the pin down (#2), you can detach the AIM Template tab by putting the mouse pointer at the header (#3) and dragging it out, as illustrated in Figure 5-1.

Explorer window and AIM Template tabImage Modified
Figure 5. Activate AIM Template

AIM Template tab detached from Explorer windowImage Modified
Figure 5-1. Detached AIM Template Tool

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An AIM template XML document can be imported by clicking the AIM Template button, as shown in Figure 6. Windows Explorer opens a predefined folder described in the Setting #Setting AIM Options section.

Composite image showing XML folders on a hard drive and AIM Annotation dialog boxImage Modified
Figure 6. Importing an AIM Template

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