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Moving Images & Editing Image Information - Apteryx

Josh Grabia
Updated

Your Apteryx user account must have the EDIT privilege to use these features.

Edits made in Apteryx will not affect local copies of images held within the XVCapture installation.

This guide is split into five parts:

Editing Patient Information

You can update the patient information stored with your images in Apteryx. Patient information is the first name, last name, date of birth, gender, primary id, and patient comments.

Procedures

When the View Page displays, click the Patient Edit icon chrome_0Km76gkzx7.png next to the patient's name at the top of the page (if you don't see the icon of a box with a pencil in it, your user does not have Edit privileges)

Update or change the appropriate values, and click Confirm.

NOTE: If you are also using practice management software, you most likely will need to update the same information in the PM software, as well. Changes made to DICOM information in Apteryx are not automatically communicated to other software.

If you have two patients that you would like to merge, use the steps listed above to edit one patient to match the other EXACTLY (barring the Patient comments section) in order to complete the merger within Apteryx. Click this link to view the accompanying video for merging charts

 

Moving Images into another patient's chart

Click this link to view the accompanying video

Open an image/layout that needs to be moved in Apteryx, click on the Move To... tool on the bottom of the right toolbar:

In the Move to... panel, you can search and select an existing patient to move to, or create a new patient:

  • Select Move to initiate the process.
  • Apteryx should prompt you with a confirmation alert show your intended changes, where you can:
    • Click Close to abandon your changes, or
    • Click Confirm to accept your changes.
  • You should be returned to the View Page.

 

Editing Study, Series, and Instance Information with the Edit Tool

Click here to view an infographic example for "Study/Series/Instance"

This example patient record has 2 studies, each with multiple series. Within each series there are one or more instances (more commonly referred to as images).

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Using the Edit tool, you can update or change DICOM metadata associated with studies, series, and images. The Edit tool will present the editable DICOM information based on your selection. For example, if you select one image that includes many images, you are able to edit an individual image within that series, the entire series of images, or an entire study.

The Edit tool is near the bottom of the right toolbar and becomes available when an image is highlighted, or if the select tool is used to select multiple images/series.

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Editing DICOM Information in a Study

With the Edit tool, you can update a single study's DICOM information. The editable information includes:

  • Study date
  • Referring doctor
  • Reading doctor
  • Study description

Procedures

  • Use the Select tool
  • Click the Edit tool on the right vertical toolbar.
  • On the Study Edit panel, change or update the information.
  • To abandon your changes, click the circle-x in the upper right corner.
  • Otherwise, click Submit.
  • Apteryx should prompt you with a confirmation alert show your intended changes, where you can:
    • Click Close to abandon your changes, or
    • Click Confirm to accept your changes.
  • You should be returned to the View Page.

 

Editing DICOM Information in a Series

With the Edit tool, you can update a single series' DICOM information. The editable information includes:

  • series date,
  • series modality, and
  • series description.

Procedures

  • Make sure the series is loaded on the View Page.
  • Using the Select tool, either
    • select one series, or
    • select each image in a series (including any hidden images), or
    • select the image in a series that only has one image.
  • Click the Edit tool on the right vertical toolbar.
  • On the Series Edit panel, change or update the date, description, or modality.
  • To abandon your changes, click the circle-x in the upper right corner.
  • Otherwise, click Submit.
  • Apteryx should prompt you with a confirmation alert show your intended changes, where you can:
    • Click Close to abandon your changes, or
    • Click Confirm to accept your changes.
  • You should be returned to the View Page.

 

Editing DICOM Information in an Image

With the Edit tool, you can update an images' DICOM information. The editable information includes:

  • Acquisition date,
  • Image type
    • Original/Derived/None
    • Primary/Secondary/None
    • Ghosted/Retaken/None
  • Anatomical region
  • Teeth numbers
  • Image comments

Only one (1) image can be edited at a time.

Procedures

Given that you are logged in to Apteryx as a user with Edit privileges, choose a patient who has a series to update.

  • Click on the series with the image with info to update.
  • Using the Selection Tool, select that one image.
  • Click the Edit Tool on the right vertical toolbar.
  • On the Series Edit panel, change or update the date, description, or modality.
  • To abandon your changes, click the circle-x in the upper right corner.
  • Otherwise, click Submit.
  • Apteryx should prompt you with a confirmation alert show your intended changes, where you can:
    • Click Close to abandon your changes, or
    • Click Confirm to accept your changes.
  • You should be returned to the View Page.

 

Article Version 2.3 2022.08.22

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