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I want to open the CRA from the Viewer …

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Opening CRA from the Viewer

If a study is an Advanced Reporting (AR) procedure, Synapse displays a CRA icon on the Viewer toolbar. When you click the CRA icon, Synapse launches the Clinical Reporting Application (CRA) and opens either a default report, a list of reports to choose from, or a saved report.

This feature has some prerequisites:

  • The study must be an AR procedure.

  • AR must be configured for your system.

  • You need to have AR privileges to lock an AR procedure report.

The study must be in a local datasource.

  1. Click CRA to open the CRA.

  2. If a default report is not configured for an AR procedure code, Synapse displays a list of available reports. Double-click the appropriate report.

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Check out the complete Clinical Reporting Application Overview and related topics in the Users Guide for more options.

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Creating and Editing a Report

When you open an Advanced Reporting (AR) procedure, Synapse automatically launches Clinical Reporting Application (CRA). By default, the CRA Automatically open setting is selected.

If the study is configured for a default report, the default report automatically opens, otherwise Synapse displays a list of reports to select from.

  1. Open an AR study from the Worklist. If the study has a default AR report, that report displays.
  2. If the study does not have a default AR report, double-click to open one of the AR reports in the list.

    • The report definition for the current study is loaded and, unless previously modified, the report Workspace and Preview panes display.

    • If data from an external system was successfully imported, it displays in all of the applicable fields within the report Workspace. If configured, it will also display in the report Preview.

  3. Use the various tools and commands in the report Workspace to added additional data to the report.

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Check out the complete Creating and Editing a Report topic in the Users Guide for more options.

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Using Study Inventory

CRA supports the ability to import or enter study-specific inventory into a clinical report. Study Inventory includes items that might have been imported and can include inventory used during treatments on identified lesions during an angiographic procedure. Imported inventory data displays in an Inventory Grid in the Inventory tab of the factory default report definitions.

  1. Click GPI Inventory on the application toolbar (for a factory default report definition) to display and add inventory items to a clinical study. Inventory data displays in two lists, List of Master Inventory Details and List of Current Study Inventory Details.  
  2. (Optional) Right-click the list title to display a drop-down list of display options for the final clinical report. Select either the Hide From Report option or the Highlight/s Control option.
  3. Click Add New for each item being added from the List of Master Inventory Details to the List of Current Study Inventory Details.
  4. Click Delete for any items you want to remove from the list.
  5. When all of the inventory items have been added, click Close X to exit.

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Check out the complete Using Study Inventory topic in the Users Guide for more options.

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Deleting Measurements from Reports

You can delete measurements from a report using the measurement Instance Selector.

  1. Click Delete for the measurement you are deleting.
  2. Select the Home tab and click Save .

  • The Instance Selector must be available to delete a measurement from a measurement control when viewing a report.

  • If a deleted value was previously saved in the clinical report, that value is no longer included in the report when it is generated again, if the Save command was used to after deleting it. However, if the report was configured to generate a PDF Snapshot at some point before the deletion was made permanent, that value is included in the PDF snapshot of the report.

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Check out the complete Deleting Measurements from Reports topic in the Users Guide for more options.

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Displaying Trends

You can display multiple prior studies in a trend. When multiple values for a measurement or calculation exist, the trend displays the Selected Instance. The trend will also display the value's z-score for congenital and fetal studies.

You can embed trends in the report Workspace and Preview. Each trend has a report option.

  1. Open the Measurements tab to display a list of measurements and calculations associated with the report.
  2. Click Trends to display a graph with a measurement or calculation value over time. This option is only available if there are prior studies. By default, the All Studies graph displays.
  3. From the All Studies drop-down list, select an historical range to display.
  4. Optional: Click Add to Report within the Trends window to include a measurement graph in the report Preview. When selected, a check mark indicates that the measurement graph will be included in the report.

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Check out the complete Displaying Trends topic in the Users Guide for more options.

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