Dicom Functionality - Hologic Faxitron Path User Manual

Edit or Delete Patient Information from the Database
The user may edit or delete patient information from within the database. Right click on the
patient's entry in the top section of the database to open a Dialog box. See Figure 5.6.9.
Clicking on "Edit Patient Information" will open a
"Patient Information" dialog box. See Figure
5.6.10. Click Cancel to return to the database
without making or saving changes. Clicking Save
Changes will open a "Confirmation" Dialog box.
Click Yes to confirm and proceed. Changes are now saved and the user will be returned to the
database No will void the changes and return to the database. Cancel will return the user to
the "Patient Information" dialog.
Note: If the system has a start-up password activated (see the Login Utility topic in Section
5.4.4 and Figure 5.4.21), the same password will be requested when trying to "Delete Patient
Information" from the database.
What is the DICOM Standard?
The Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM) Standard is a series of protocols
used by medical equipment and software to allow data to be compatible and interchangeable
with other medical equipment or software.
When a file is saved in a DICOM format, a file is created that includes relevant Patient data,
imaging equipment. hardware data, and image data, all in a single file. Additionally, the saved
file contains specific characteristics that identify it to computer and software as a DICOM
Standard file. Once a software application recognizes the file as a DICOM Standard file it can
initiate a DICOM reader and extract the data properly, regardless of the file's origin.
A file created using the DICOM protocol has the following structure.
Where the Preamble consists of 128 bytes, all typically set to 00H
unless it is not used by an Applicable Profile or a specific
implementation; the Prefix consists of 4 bytes, making up the
character string "DICM" encoded as uppercase characters of the
ISO 8859 G0 Character Repertoire; and the Data Elements are
arbitrarily large (or small) and contain the data.
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The DICOM Standard
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SECTION
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Software
5.6.1 Cont.
Figure 5.6.9
Edit/Delete Dialog Box (Left)
Figure 5.6.10
Patient Information (Right)
5.7.0
DICOM
Functionality
Figure 5.7.1
DICOM Protocol Structure
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