Using Cine

Introduction

When you are using cine, Synapse displays images sequentially, at a controlled rate, measured in frames per second (fps).

You can customize Cine settings to define the play rate for single frame images and add the Auto-play and Loop During Scroll setting options for multiframe images. Additionally, when Hybrid Mode is enabled, you can delay the cine Auto-play function to allow adequate time to download an image by selecting the Delayed (Hybrid only) setting option. See Configuring Cine Settings.

You can also display and dynamically update reference lines during cine by configuring the Reference Lines user setting. For more information, see the References Lines section in Configuring Cross Reference Settings.

Keep the following in mind, when using cine:

Note:

The Viewer prevents cine from playing when more than one tile displays in a Viewport.
Annotations do not display while cine is playing if the modality of the image or series is X-Ray Angiographic, ultrasound, Multiframe Grayscale Byte Secondary Capture, or Multiframe True Color Secondary Capture.
Non multiframe viewports only support one cine toolbar being played at a time.

Cine Toolbar

You can drag the cine toolbar to any location within the Viewer when viewing non multiframe images.

The cine toolbar includes the options shown in these images. Hover over the toolbar to display tooltips. All of the Viewer toolbar buttons work while cine is playing in multiframe and non multiframe viewports.

The fps rate only displays when cine is playing.

Steps

Right-click in an image to open the image context menu and select Cine.
Do any of the following:

If you want to...	Use This Cine Toolbar Option	Description
Play cine		Click to display images in a video-like sequence. The default order is first-to-last. Click Play or press the spacebar in the viewport with the multiframe image. For single frame images, press the spacebar to initiate cine. Move the cine toolbar to your preferred location.
Pause cine		Click Pause on the cine toolbar.
Use Oscillate / Loop Mode		Click the Oscillate or Loop icons to reverse the scrolling direction when cine reaches the last image. Click the icon again to change the mode. The hover text indicates the current mode.
Use the Frame Slider to adjust the frame rate		Note: The cine toolbar does not display in the viewport if there is only a single frame. Synapse uses the default frame rate specified in the DICOM header. If no rate is specified in the DICOM header or in Cine settings, the rate is 30 fps. Cine settings have the following fps ranges: Single image speed range is 1 to 30. Non multiframe image range is 0.5 to 120. The current fps displays when cine is playing. To change the fps rate, put your mouse cursor on the cine toolbar and drag the slider to set the fps speed. To increase the fps, use the slider bar or roll the mouse wheel forward. To decrease the fps, use the slider bar or roll the mouse wheel backward. Note: When you adjust the frame rate for a non multiframe viewport, it will automatically update the user setting for that modality.
Start cine for a multiframe image.		Click Play or the spacebar in the viewport with the multiframe image.
Change the fps rate that cine uses.	no image	Put your mouse cursor on the Cine toolbar and do the following: To increase the fps, roll the mouse wheel forward. To decrease the fps, roll the mouse wheel backward.
Access anything else in the Synapse PACS display while cine is active.		Click Stop on the Cine toolbar. Note: You cannot use another tool while Cine is active.
See any reference lines and annotations in an image.		Click Stop on the Cine toolbar.
Change image sequence direction (first to last, or last to first).	no image	Use the Play or Reverse Play options on the Cine toolbar.
Reposition the cine toolbar on your monitor.	no image	Click the Cine toolbar and drag the toolbar to where you want it.
Export images in the default video (.AVI) or other format.		Click Export Data Dialog in the Cine toolbar to open the Export dialog box.
Stop cine.		Click Stop on the Cine toolbar.

Results

When the end of a sequence is reached, the images continue to loop or oscillate until you stop cine. Oscillate reverses the direction when cine reaches the last image.

Changing the frame rate sets a new value – per modality - that will be stored for the current user. As a result, the new cine frame rate value will be used for that modality and becomes the default value when the user opens studies with this modality. However, this user default value will be overridden if the study has a frame rate specified in its DICOM header.

Using Cine

Introduction

Cine Toolbar

Steps

Results

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