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Customizing the desktop look and feel options
Define Collaborator, list, and search options at the user, desktop, or system level.
Defining workstation settings
You can define certain settings of the workstation that the Enterprise Imaging Desktop is running on.
Setting idle time for your workstation
Set the amount of idle time required before locking your workstation and logging off.

Diagnostic Desktop Help
The Diagnostic Desktop combines the features of a RIS, PACS, and reporting program into a seamless, single program for medical imaging departments.
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The Diagnostic Desktop is a single point of entry for all information, image viewing, and speech recognition features related to medical imaging.
Understanding Agfa HealthCare Enterprise Imaging
Learn the basic concepts of Agfa HealthCare Enterprise Imaging.
Organizing your work
Complete your work with tasks, optimize your workflow, and communicate with others who work on tasks.
Consulting studies
You can consult studies and compare them to the active ones.
Processing orders
Order information provides procedural details relating to images being taken.
Printing procedures and study labels
You can print selected procedures as well as the study label with a barcode.
Working with procedure plans
View, modify, and switch procedure plans.
Managing attachments
Use attachments to collect and communicate additional information about the patient, study, order, report, or procedure.
Reporting
Learn how to consult patient data, and work with reports to create your diagnosis.
Reading images
To view and analyze images, use the Image area tools.
Learning and improvement
Peer learning workflows and teaching files can be used within Agfa HealthCare Enterprise Imaging.
Scheduling events in the Calendar
Review scheduled procedures and conference sessions in the Calendar.
Radiation management
You can keep track of the total amount of radiation a patient has received.
Performing quality control
Quality control is a process of aligning the data about patients with their images, which come from different sources. Quality control is an automatic step in the unverified study workflow, but it can also be performed manually.
Accessing desktop integrations from client desktops
You can access and use third-party applications that are integrated with Agfa HealthCare Enterprise Imaging from client desktops.
Finding studies
To find studies, use either the simple or the advanced search interface.
Customizing the desktop look and feel options
Define Collaborator, list, and search options at the user, desktop, or system level.
- Setting List area options
  You can define the appearance and behavior of the List area. Desktops for viewing images and for reporting have extra options.
- Configuring quick tags
  To link keyword attachments to studies from the List or Search area, configure quick tags.
- Setting options for Text area reporting
  You can define reporting options such as preferred method, font size, toolbar display, and spelling check.
- Setting options for viewing reports
  You can define whether the letter, all sections, or the conclusion of reports and comparison studies are displayed by default in the Text area.
- Setting options for dictation controls
  You can define dictation control options such as acoustic feedback, voice-operated recording, and playback speed in the Text area.
- Setting options for SpeechMikes
  You can configure which actions in the application are triggered when using the SpeechMike buttons.
- Setting options for foot pedals
  You can configure which actions in the application are triggered when using foot pedals.
- Setting Image area display options
  You can specify default options for the Image area, such as series display, image quality, and composition type.
- Setting Image area user interface options
  You can set Image area user interface default options such as task toolbar display, study display in the sidebar, and scrolling speed when viewing series.
- Setting Image area mammography options
  You can specify default options for viewing mammography studies, such as initial magnification and stacking options.
- Setting default key images for markup tools
  You can set for which markup tools a key image note is automatically created.
- Setting Image area save options
  Specify default options for saving from the Image area.
- Setting keyboard shortcuts for the Image area
  You can specify which shortcuts to use for actions in the Image area.
- Setting Image area user interaction options
  You can set Image area user interactions options such as multiscale window leveling, series navigation methods, mouse cursor directions, and window center and width directions.
- Setting whether Collaborator launches on startup
  Set whether the Collaborator instant messaging window is displayed at system startup.
- Resizing text panes
  You can resize text panes such as preview panes and tab pages.
- Customizing fields
  You can customize which fields are displayed on desktop details screens, in what order, for one user or for all users.
- Customizing search fields
  Customize simple search fields by selecting which search fields are visible and how they appear.
- Switching Text area layouts
  Text area layouts are an arrangement of areas of the screen into different panes. Switch the Text area layout to one that best suits your needs for a given context of use.
- Customizing lists
  Customize the settings for specific lists or for all collection, task, or study lists.
- Defining workstation settings
  You can define certain settings of the workstation that the Enterprise Imaging Desktop is running on.
  - Defining scanner settings
    You can adjust the settings of a scanner attached to your workstation.
  - Defining workstation camera settings
    You can define certain settings of the cameras available on your workstation.
  - Selecting print options for workstations
    Use workstation Print order options to define defaults for printing labels and documents when saving orders.
  - Setting idle time for your workstation
    Set the amount of idle time required before locking your workstation and logging off.
Maintaining security and access
In Agfa HealthCare Enterprise Imaging, sets of access-controlled features are combined into permission sets. One or more permission sets are included security roles. Security roles are assigned to users.
Troubleshooting: Log files and known limitations
Use system log files supplied with Agfa HealthCare Enterprise Imaging for basic troubleshooting.
Keyboard shortcuts
Use the keyboard shortcuts for quick access to your everyday tasks.
Testing the connection speed
Your administrator might ask you to communicate the bandwidth and latency values to optimize the configuration for your workstation in Administrator desktop.
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Setting idle time for your workstationTopic number: 1477392210667

Set the amount of idle time required before locking your workstation and logging off.

To set idle time for your workstation

Select Tools > Workstation.
Switch to the Machine tab.

Under Lock and unlock, select the amount of idle time required before locking a workstation and logging off:

Option	Description
Use workstation group settings	This option is selected by default. The amount of idle time defined by your administrator for the workstation group to which your workstation is linked is applied.
Use custom settings for this workstation	Select from 5 minutes to 8 hours for the amount of idle time required before locking a workstation, and from 0 to 8 hours for the amount of idle time required before logging off.

Click Save or Save & close.

Required permissions: Can change workstation configurations. (For more on permissions, see Security roles: Concepts.)