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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.

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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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New to Diagnostic Desktop: Start here
The Diagnostic Desktop is a single point of entry for all information, image viewing, and speech recognition features related to medical imaging.
- List area: Take a tour
  When the desktop opens, the List area appears. The List area is a dashboard that contains navigation controls, an actions toolbar, started tasks listings, activities overviews, and lists. You can manage and start all your work in the List area.
- Search: Take a tour
  The Search page contains search criteria and a panel for viewing search results. You can perform a simple or advanced search of the local system, a local folder, a CD/DVD drive, a DICOM device or an Enterprise search across multiple internal and external systems.
- Text area: Take a tour
  To work in the Text area, from the List area, start any task or open a study.
- Image area: Take a tour
  The Image area displays the study images associated with the current task and combines all image display, manipulation, and enhancement tools for reading.
- Logging in to Enterprise Imaging desktops
  You can log in to and use any Enterprise Imaging desktop if you have a valid username and password, as well as the required permissions, desktop profile, and license.
- Switching to a specific Enterprise Imaging cluster
  If you have multiple Enterprise Imaging clusters that serve as production, test, AUX, or VNA systems, click the tray icon to switch between these clusters.
- Using this Help system
  The Help system includes features that help you search and navigate the content, print topics, and provide feedback on the documentation.
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.
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.
Giving feedback on the documentation
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New to Diagnostic Desktop: Start hereTopic number: 1425415100481

The Diagnostic Desktop is a single point of entry for all information, image viewing, and speech recognition features related to medical imaging.

The Diagnostic Desktop offers advanced workflow management to streamline the process of reading, viewing, reporting, and signing off studies.

Managing work

All work in the Diagnostic Desktop is managed through the List area. In the List area, you can manage work through customized lists based on workflow and individual preferences. The lists are divided into groups that contain:

All "to do" items, or tasks to be completed, including reading and signoff tasks
Items you are waiting on from others, such as a report waiting to be transcribed before signoff
Tasks you have started but not yet completed
All the studies associated with the tasks you want to complete (tasks can exist without images being associated with them)
Specialized items for activities you have defined, such as Conference Papers, Teaching Examples, and so on

Reporting

In the Text area, you can:

Display and review the associated study information, including study comments and voice clips
Review study information and reports for comparison studies that are relevant to the study or studies being reported
Dictate, edit, and sign off reports

Viewing images

In the Image area, studies are presented in commonly used hanging protocols for easier comparison and review of study images. In the Image area, you can:

Transform images with standard imaging tools, such as window level and magnify, but with quick access via hot regions directly on the image
Manage large-volume studies with built-in advanced imaging tools
Compare the active study with relevant comparison studies simply by selecting a different hanging protocol or starting comparison mode from the Text area

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