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.
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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
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:
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.
Type the correct information into the Patient Name (or Volunteer Ref) text boxes
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
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.
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.
Displays the DicomRef of the file currently selected in the Dicom File drop-down list.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
Click this button to close the dialog box without making any changes to the file data.
The following errors can be addressed by the DICOM correction dialog box:
Name Mismatch (N): the Patient Name and PatientID read from the DICOM header does not agree with the Volunteer name and Volunteer Reference recorded in the UKCTOCS System database. Usually, the problem is due to the Sonographer mistyping the Volunteer's name into the Ultrasound machine during the examination. You must correct this error before pressing the OK button.
Orphan (O): The Study Date read from the DICOM header does not match any record in the UKCTOCS System database for the Volunteer as identified by the Patient Name and PatientID fields in the same header. Sometimes a regional centre sends images to Maple House before creating the Appointment record and so this problem may need to be resolved later. For this reason that you can import Orphan files, but a warning message will appear when you close this DICOM Correction dialog by pressing the OK button.
Duplicate (D): The SOP Instance UID read from the DICOM header matches an existing record in the Image database (revision number is ignored). This indicates that the file has already been imported. You may overwrite the existing record with the data read from the selected file, but a warning message will appear when you close this DICOM Correction dialog by pressing the OK button.
Unspecified (xxx): There was an error reading the image or the header from the DICOM file. You cannot correct this type of error.
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.