Configuring Series Picker Settings

You can customize the following settings for your specific site and study in the Series Picker settings tab:

Path

Settings > Series Picker

Steps

  1. Modify the following settings as needed.
  2. Optional: When you finish configuring all settings, click Close.

Anywhere Series Picker Display Settings

Use the Anywhere Series Picker Display settings to configure how Synapse displays the Anywhere Series Picker. Your System Administrator or a user with the appropriate privilege selects or clears these settings at the Enterprise, Role, or User level using Administrator Mode.

Setting

Description

Allow Anywhere Series Picker to open in a new window

  • When selected, you can move the Anywhere Series Picker outside the Viewer window, so it does not block images.
  • This setting is cleared by default.

Open Anywhere Series Picker in the last saved location

  • When selected, the location persists when the Anywhere Series Picker is closed and reopened.
  • This setting is cleared by default.
  • The default location is where the Anywhere Series Picker is initially opened in the Viewer.
  • When cleared, the Anywhere Series Picker opens from the default location, but opens to its previous size.
  • Note: If you change your workstation and the monitor location is invalid (for example, the monitor orientation changed or the number of monitors changed), the Anywhere Series Picker opens at the default location.

Series Picker Display Settings

Use the Series Picker Display settings to configure how Synapse displays the Series Picker. Your System Administrator or a user with the appropriate privilege can select or clear these settings at the Enterprise, Role, or User level using Administrator Mode.

Setting

Description

Series Picker split scroll bar

  • Select this option to split the Series Picker toolbar into two toolbars, one for the current study and one for prior studies.
  • This setting is cleared by default.

Enable 1-click update of series to viewport

  • Select this option to allow you to single-click on a thumbnail/series to fill in the viewports without requiring you to drag and drop.
  • This option does not support MG.
  • This setting is cleared by default.

Display Thumbnail Sorting number for:

  • Select one or more available modalities to display the thumbnail sorting number in the Series Picker, Anywhere Series Picker, and the series description in the viewer text overlays.
  • The thumbnail sorting number is a number that Synapse displays as a prefix to the series description so you can reference the thumbnail by that number when communicating with another user.
  • The sorting number is specific to Synapse and should not be referenced for documentation or images outside of Synapse.
  • Synapse only supports this feature for US, XA, and RF modalities.
  • This setting is cleared by default.
  • Note:
    • The thumbnail sorting number still displays if you select the Disable Thumbnail Series Description setting.
    • Synapse orders the numbers primarily by the date and time images are acquired.
    • New images added to the study might change the number of an existing image.
    • If you open the Viewer while Synapse is still receiving images, the recently added images do not display the numbers because Synapse does not generate the numbers until all of the data is received (the DICOM association is closed).
    • You can configure the text overlays to display the image sequence number where applicable, such as near the Image Number (IM) overlay. See your System Administrator for more information.
    • If the thumbnail sorting number is configured in the text overlays, it will always display, regardless of this setting.

Disable Thumbnail Series Description

  • Select one or more modalities to exclude the thumbnail series description in the Series Picker and the Anywhere Series Picker.
  • This setting is cleared by default for all modalities.
  • Note: For ultrasound virtual series, the series description always displays even if you select the Disable Thumbnail Series Description setting for the US modality.

Show Indicator on Thumbnail for

  • Annotations and GSPS: Select this option to display an indicator on the thumbnail when a series contains annotations or Grayscale Softcopy Presentation State (GSPS) objects.
    • Annotations: Includes annotations saved directly in Synapse, except for 3D sphere and Volumizable Spine labels.
    • GSPS: Includes anything triggered using the GSPS Icon on the bottom of the viewport with supported displayable graphic objects. This includes Fujifilm and third-party GSPS objects.
  • CAD and AI: Select this option to display an indicator on the thumbnail when a series contains Computer-Aided Detection (CAD) or Artificial Intelligence (AI) findings.
    • This indicator displays in the Series Picker and the Anywhere Series Picker when the Anywhere Series Picker is opened from the Viewer.
  • Multiframe images: Select this option to display an indicator on the thumbnail when a series contains multiframe images.
    • This indicator displays in the Series Picker and the Anywhere Series Picker when the Anywhere Series Picker is opened from the Viewer.
    • This setting is cleared by default.
  • Note: Annotations and GSPS and CAD and AI share the same indicator.

Series Picker Navigation Setting

Setting

Description

Loop Next/Previous Series Set navigation in Series Picker and Anywhere Series Picker

This setting allows you to loop through series set navigation so you can review a study as often as needed.

  • Next series set remains active when the last set of series in the study displays.
    • Click Next series set to display the first set of series in the study, allowing you to navigate forward through the entire study indefinitely.
    • If the last series set does not fill the entire layout, the remaining viewports remain empty.
  • Previous series set remains active when the first set of series in the study displays.
    • Click Previous series set to display the last set of series in the study, allowing you to navigate backward through the entire study indefinitely.

Check Mark for Images Viewed Setting

Setting

Description

Show Checkmark in Series Picker if All Images Viewed in Series

This setting allows you to specify whether to see a check mark on the thumbnail for a series in the Series Picker if you have viewed all images.

  • Select which modalities should display check marks on the thumbnails.
  • The MG modality is selected by default.
  • If no modality is selected, check marks do not display on any thumbnail.

Results

Synapse automatically saves any updated options and displays the following message in the bottom left corner of the window: Successfully saved.

Synapse displays the following message to alert you that an action must be taken for the settings to apply: Refresh the Synapse browser window for settings to apply.

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Anywhere Series Picker Settings Video

This video demonstrates Anywhere Series Picker settings in Synapse PACS 7.4.2.

For more information about this video tutorial, see Video Tutorials.

Related Topics

Image and Series Sorting