Options dialog box

The Options dialog allows you to change various user defined settings for the application. Open is dialog by applying Tools | Options from the main menu bar. It may be used by all types of users.

Options dialog

Click on the controls in the picture to access links to appropriate information

Normal Use

  1. Open this Options dialog box (Tools | Options)

  2. Set the Import Mode  to DICOM files organized by examination directories (exam mode)

  3. Type  \bE\w*\b into the Exam directory name pattern textbox

  4. Press OK

Note: The options set by this dialog box are saved in the Windows registry so that they will be retained between separate sessions of using the application.

Controls

Expect Surname, Firstnames

When this checkbox is checked the Query UKCTOCS dialog box interprets the first element of the Volunteers name as the surname and subsequent elements as first names; e.g. Stott^William gives the surname as Stott and the firstname as William. When this checkbox is uncheck the order is changed so that Stott^William gives the surname as William and the firstname as Stott.

Note: This facility is only provided as a convenience for the user can always type the names into the appropriate textboxes in the Query UKCTOCS dialog box.

Import Mode - sets the mode of the Import dialog box to one of the following:

Exam Directory Name Pattern (enabled only in Exam mode)

Type a regular expression into this text box in order to define the name of the subdirectories on a disk being imported that may contain one or more images files for a volunteer examination. The regular expression in the picture defines all subdirectory names starting with E.

Automatically Read after Browse

When this checkbox is checked the Import dialog box's Read button is automatically activated when a user closes the standard Windows directory (or file) selection dialog box, opened by pressing the Browse button.

OK button

Click this button to close the dialog box and save the option settings in the Windows registry. The options you have saved will determine the future behavior of the application as described above.

Cancel Button

Click this button to close the dialog box without changing the application's options.