DICOM Correction dialog box

This dialog box allows you to correct errors in the information recorded in a DICOM file header. To open this dialog, select an item in the Import dialog box's Images needing Attention List and then press its Correct button. It is used by an Operator or  an Administrator.

DICOM Correction dialog box

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Normal Use

  1. Open the Import dialog box and follow the first four steps of its Normal Use instructions so you can select an item in the Images needing attention list and then press the Correct button in order to open this DICOM Correction dialog box

  2. Open the DICOM File drop-down list and review the error codes associated with each file in the examination. Select the file with the least number of errors and then attempt to correct them. For example, given an Name Mismatch error take the following steps:

    1. Press the Query UKCTOCS button to lookup the patient's details in the UKCTOCS system. Decide whether it is the Patient Name or her Volunteer Ref that is incorrect and then note the correction required. For example: If the system gave W^Scott as the Patient Name for the Volunteer Ref 99000001 then you could deduce that there was a typographic error in the Patient Name; Scott not Stott.

    2. Type the correct information into the Patient Name (or Volunteer Ref) text boxes

  3. When you are satisfied that the header information for the file selected in the DICOM File drop-down list is correct, press OK to close the dialog box and update the header information in all the other DICOM files for the same examination so that it matches your selected file.

Note: The patient name, patient reference number and appointment date information should be the same for each DICOM file recorded during a particular Volunteer examination. However, when you are using the DICOM Correction dialog in Tree or File mode the DICOM File drop-down list will contain just the file you had selected in the Import dialog box's Images needing attention list.

Controls

Dicom File drop-down list box

In Exam mode this control contains a list of the files associated with the examination selected in the Import dialog box's Images needing attention list. In Tree or File mode it contains just the file selected in the same Import dialog box list. The item selected in the Dicom File drop-down list is displayed when the control's list is hidden.

DICOM File dropdown list

Note: Click the button at the right hand side of the control to reveal the list of items it contains. Select an item in this list to close the dropdown list and display the item as the control's current selection.

Dicom Ref label

Displays the DicomRef of the file currently selected in the Dicom File drop-down list.

Volunteer Ref textbox

Initially displays the Volunteer Ref belonging to the person whose image is contained in the file currently selected in the Dicom File drop-down list, but you can correct this reference number by typing a new one into this control.

Patient Name textbox

Initially displays the Volunteer Name belonging to the person whose image is contained in the file currently selected in the Dicom File drop-down list, but you can correct this name by typing a new one into this control. Names must be separated with the ^ character, so William Stott becomes William^Stott.

Appointment Date calendar

Initially displays the Appointment Date for recorded for the image contained in the file currently selected in the Dicom File drop-down list, but you can correct this date using the Window Calendar control.

Error Description readonly textbox

Describes the errors found in the DICOM header of the file currently selected in the Dicom File drop-down list. It explains the meaning of the symbols that appear prior to the file name in the Dicom File drop-down list.

Query UKCTOCS button

Press this button to open the Query UKCTOCS dialog box so that you can try to find the correct values for the errors reported in the Error Description box.

View Image button

Press this button to open the DICOM Viewer dialog box so that you can view the image contained in the file currently selected in the Dicom File drop-down list.

Note: Information in the DICOM header is often written directly into the image

OK button

Click this button to close the dialog box and copy various fields from the header data of the selected DICOM file into the header data of any other files in the Dicom File drop-down list. When the dialog box closes the item you had selected in the Import Files dialog box's Images needing attention list will be moved to its Ready for Import List

Note: You may elect to ignore Duplicate or Orphan errors in which case press 'Yes' in the Warning Message box that appears when you press OK. However, you will need to correct other types errors before being allowed to close this dialog box by pressing OK.

Cancel button

Click this button to close the dialog box without making any changes to the file data.

Errors

The following errors can be addressed by the DICOM correction dialog box:

Various errors may exist in the headers of the DICOM files sent to Maple House due to the manual process of transcribing information from a paper form into the Ultrasound machine. It is important to correct these errors before importing the information into the Image database so that the resultant records can be correctly matched to the trail records in the UKCTOCS system.