Viewer Toolbar Features

All of the Viewer toolbar buttons work while cine is playing in multiframe and non multiframe viewports.

Feature and Icon

Description

Time Warp
  • This feature addresses the issue of workflow interruption and allows you to return to a study after searching for and opening another study.
  • Use the toolbar buttons for a quick way back to the last study you looked at and easy navigation to every study that you have looked at during your current session.
  • See Return to the Last Study using Time Warp.

My History

Show Current Worklist/

Show Default Worklist
  • Launches your current or default Worklist.
  • See Creating Your Default Worklist View.
  • Right-click Show Current Worklist and select Show Default Worklist for this option to display your default worklist, rather than the current Worklist.
  • Your selection persists across Synapse work sessions until you change it.
  • Note: In a combination of Worklist and Web Query Viewer workflows, both options display the open Worklist.

Search Studies
  • Use the Search Studies feature on the Viewer toolbar to easily search a study for interruption workflow, whether you are using a PACS (Worklist) or RIS (web query) workflow.
  • See Using Search Studies.

CRA

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Send Message to Dictation System

Sign Report (F8)
  • Marks the open study as dictated and displays the next unread study or returns to the Workflow list, depending on the Workflow Settings.
  • The initial display of these icons in the Viewer depends on the Workflow > Mark Study Dictated (F8) setting. See Configuring Workflow Settings.
  • Right-click Sign Report to display the following options:
    • Automatically display next unread study
    • Return to the Worklist
  • These options temporarily override the button behavior configured in the Workflow settings.
  • Note:
    • In certain contexts, such as URL launch or launch from search results, the Workflow settings are not honored, since there is no worklist to return to.
    • When you mark a study as dictated, Synapse automatically creates a Snapshot. This happens even if:

Skip Study (F9)
  • Skips an open study without marking it as dictated and displays the next unread study or returns to the Workflow list, depending on the Workflow Settings.
  • The initial display of these icons in the Viewer depends on the Workflow > Skip Study (F9) setting. See Configuring Workflow Settings.
  • Right-click Skip Study to display the following options:
    • Automatically display next unread study
    • Return to the Worklist
  • These options temporarily override the button behavior configured in the Workflow settings. See Configuring Workflow Settings.
  • Note: In certain contexts, such as URL launch or launch from search results, the Workflow settings are not honored, since there is no worklist to return to.

External Links Icons
  • Displays a list of configured URL icons that supports up to 10 URL icons. See your System Administrator for more information about configuring the URL icons.
  • Note: For VNA studies use the Study Instance UID. If you use the Study ID, a VNA study does not contain information for a Study ID and returns a zero.

Reports

Open PowerJacket

DICOM Structured Report and PDF Viewer

Reading Protocols Drop-Down List
  • Provides a list of available reading protocols for the open study or studies.
  • See Reading Protocol Overview.
  • Note: If there are more than 100 reading protocols matching the current study or layout, Synapse displays only the first 100 reading protocols in the Reading Protocols drop-down list.

Reading Protocol Step Drop-Down List

Previous and Next Step
  • Click the left arrow to move to the previous step.
  • Click the right arrow to move to the next step.
  • Additional step options available on the context menu of an image: Layout Navigation.
  • Keyboard shortcut (ALT + X) to return to the first step.

Previous and Next Comparison Studies
  • Displays the previous comparison study or group of comparison studies.
  • Displays the next comparison study or group of comparison studies.
  • See Viewing Comparison Studies.

Page Layout

Open Protocol Panel
  • Click to open the Protocol Panel. Subsequent clicks hide and display the Protocol Panel.
  • See Using Protocol Panel.

Save Snapshot

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  • Click the Snapshot icon to save a new Snapshot. Synapse automatically saves the Snapshot name using the date and time.
  • Right-click the Snapshot icon to open the Save Snapshot dialog box. You can name the Snapshot and save the Snapshot in a Collections folder.
  • Click the Snapshot name to view a list of the current Snapshots.
  • Use the 8 shortcut key to find the next image in the series containing AI results.
  • Use the 6 shortcut key to turn on all of the AI findings. Press the 6 key twice to turn off AI findings.
  • Use the 7 shortcut key on the keyboard to toggle through the AI findings within an image, one at a time.
  • See Saving Snapshots to a Folder.

Snapshots Drop-Down List
  • Indicates that you are using the initial display state of an image.
  • Click to display a list of available Snapshots.

Synapse Chat

Synapse Chat

  • Synapse Chat provides the ability for Synapse users to communicate with one another within the Synapse application.
  • Click Synapse Chat Synapse Chat from your preferred location in the Worklist, PowerJacket, or Viewer.
  • See Synapse Chat Overview.

AI Feedback

Tools

Viewer Settings

Close Study
  • Closes the current study and any prior studies that are open.
  • Note: The Viewer remains open and if PowerJacket is open, it remains open.

Related Topics

Navigating Series in a Single Viewport

Configuring Workflow Settings