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adding_cases_to_tf [2010/06/26 13:53]
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adding_cases_to_tf [2012/04/08 13:06] (current)
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 There are a lot of ways one can digitally squirrel away cool cases. ​ The most socially acceptable way is to put them on our online teaching file so that others can see them and share them. There are a lot of ways one can digitally squirrel away cool cases. ​ The most socially acceptable way is to put them on our online teaching file so that others can see them and share them.
  
-There are many ways to put new cases in our online teaching file.  Many of them are a pain in the butt -- largely because our PACS system has such crude output ​tools.  ​+There are many ways to put new cases in our online teaching file.  Many of them are a pain in the butt -- largely because our PACS system has such crude export ​tools.  ​If this process seem a bit Byzantine at first, please point any blame at the PACS system and not at our teaching file system.
  
-To minimize ​this glutealgia, we highly recommend that you e-mail your cases directly into the teaching file from your PACS workstation in DICOM format. ​ Steps for doing this are shown below...+To minimize ​the glutealgia, we highly recommend that you e-mail your cases directly into the teaching file from your PACS workstation in DICOM format. ​ Steps for doing this are shown below...
  
 ===== Step 1.  Select "Send Exam" under the "Exam Functions"​ menu on PACS ===== ===== Step 1.  Select "Send Exam" under the "Exam Functions"​ menu on PACS =====
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  If you don't see these icons, it means that PACS has failed miserably in its pathetic attempt to export these cases. ​ Your Plan B in this case is to cancel the e-mail box, and move back one step, select 16 bit TIFF as your image format, and then try this step again.  If you don't see these icons, it means that PACS has failed miserably in its pathetic attempt to export these cases. ​ Your Plan B in this case is to cancel the e-mail box, and move back one step, select 16 bit TIFF as your image format, and then try this step again.
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 =====Step 4. Enter your teaching file username===== =====Step 4. Enter your teaching file username=====
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 +This step assumes that you are a member of the UW Radiology department, and already have a username on our teaching file system. ​ If not, please contact [[jrpowell@uw.edu|John Powell]] or [[mrich@uw.edu|Mike Richardson]] to have your name added to the user list.
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 In the "​To:"​ field of the e-mail box, type your teaching file username, followed by "​@tf.rad.washington.edu"​. In the "​To:"​ field of the e-mail box, type your teaching file username, followed by "​@tf.rad.washington.edu"​.
  
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 {{:​email-box-findings.png|}} {{:​email-box-findings.png|}}
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 ====Notes==== ====Notes====
  
 There are a number of other database fields we can populate in this manner. ​ However, the other main field to know about is the "​Notes:"​ field. ​ This is a spot where you can put information that only you, the case author, will ever see.  This is a fine place to place sundry case details that don't fit in other spots. There are a number of other database fields we can populate in this manner. ​ However, the other main field to know about is the "​Notes:"​ field. ​ This is a spot where you can put information that only you, the case author, will ever see.  This is a fine place to place sundry case details that don't fit in other spots.
  
-{{:​email-box-6-notes.png|}}+{{:​email-box-notes.png|}} 
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 +=====Step 6. Click the "​Send"​ button ===== 
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 +Assuming that PACS and the TF server are both not currently infested with demons, the case will be sent to the TF server. ​  
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 +If this is the first time you have entered images from this patient, a new case will be created, containing the images and the information you entered. 
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 +If you have already sent prior images to the TF server for this patient, these new images should be merged with the existing file for that patient.
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