The Disect Pro viewer toolbar
All of the options represented by icons on the toolbar have corresponding options in text in the main menu. Reading from left to right, the toolbar buttons invoke the following functions:
| Load Data from CD | Loads DICOM data from a CD or DVD |
| Scan folder for data | Prompts for a folder to scan for DICOM data |
| Load data from disk | Loads DICOM data or a *.dsv file from hard disk |
| Reset all views | Resets all 2D and 3D views to default settings |
| 3D Volume view | Selects volume view in the 3D window |
| 3D MIP view | Selects maximum-intensity projection view in the 3D window |
| 3D MPR view | Selects multi-planar reconstruction view in the 3D window |
| C3 Cut-planes | Selects cut-plane view in the 3D window |
| Four-way split | Displays all four views simultaneously |
| Maximise 3D | Maximises 3D view only |
| Maximise 2D (x) | Maximises the 2D x-axis projection (normally sagittal) |
| Maximise 2D (y) | Maximises the 2D y-axis projection (normally coronal) |
| Maximise 2D (z) | Maximises the 2D z-axis projection (normally axial) |
| Toggle text info | Toggles the display of textual information in each view |
| Toggle grey scale level | Toggles between displaying/not displaying the grey scale level directly under the tip of the cursor arrow on the display |
| Toggle border lines | Toggles between displaying/not displaying the blue border lines around the cut planes |
| Toggle anonymise | Anonymises patient info in text areas |
| Toggle cross-hairs | Toggles the display of cross-hairs in 2D views |
| Configure network | Displays the network connection dialog for a conference session |
| Remote control | Takes over control of all PC’s in a conference session |
File Menu
The File Menu contains the following menu items:
| Open DICOM CD | Scans any loaded CD or DVD for a DICOM directory (DICOMDIR) or DICOM data files. |
| Scan folder for DICOM or *.dsv | Scans the selected folder for DICOM data sets and *.dsv files. |
| Open DICOM or *.dsv file(s | Shows a standard FileOpen dialog from which you may either locate a *.dsv file, a DICOMDIR file, or an individual DICOM file. If an individual DICOM file is selected, any DICOM files found in the same folder will also be loaded providing they belong to the same study. |
| Import | Shows a dialog from which you can select the range of slices to import. Supported file formats are BMP (8bit and 16bit), TIFF (8bit and 16bit), JPEG (8bit and 16bit), JPEG 2000 (8bit and 16bit) |
| Close | Closes the current file. |
| Save As | Shows a standard FileSave dialog, in which you can specify a filename and location to save the current data in a single compressed file (*.dsv) for later loading and display. |
| Exit | Exits the application. |
Edit Menu
The Edit Menu contains the following menu items:
| Options | Displays the options dialog, from which you can enable/disable various features such as inertial spin, animation, and anonymise prompts. |
| Edit Colourisation | Displays the transfer function dialog to allow the display look-up table to be amended interactively. |
View Menu
The View Menu contains the following items:
Rendering Mode
| Normal volume view | Displays the normal volume view in the 3D window |
| Maximum intensity projection (MIP) | Displays the MIP view in the 3D window |
| Multi-planar reconstruction (MPR) | Displays the MPR view in the 3D window |
| Adjust standard cut planes | Displays the cut-plane view in the 3D window |
Select View
| Four-way split | Displays the four-way split screen |
| Maximise top left | Maximises the 3D view |
| Maximise top right | Maximises the 2D x-axis view (normally sagittal) |
| Maximise bottom left | Maximises the 2D y-axis view (normally coronal) |
| maximise bottom right | Maximises the 2D z-axis view (normally axial) |
| Presentation view | Toggles between presentation view and normal view |
| Show planes | Toggles the display of lines defining the border of the cut planes |
| Show grey scale values | Toggles the display of the grey scale level directly under the tip of the cursor arrow |
| Show Cursor | Toggles the display of the cross-hair cursor on the 2D views |
| Show Text | Toggles the display of textual information on the 2D and 3D views |
| Anonymise | Anonymises or reveals the underlying patient name and hospital ID in the textual information. |
| Refresh | Refreshes all displays in case of spurious corruptions or artifacts. |
| Reset to default view | Resets all views to their default size and position and stops any spin in the 3D view. |
| Show message log | Shows diagnostic information. |
| Volume measurement | Presents a table to enter date from which to compute volume using a 3rd party application, such as Excel. |
| Continuous scroll view | Toggles demonstration mode for the selected 2D view. |
| Set continuous scroll speed | Set the speed of the demonstration mode in frames per second. |
Pop-Up Menu
The pop-up menu may be invoked at any time by clicking with the RIGHT mouse button on any of the 2D or 3D views.
The pop-up menu contains the following menu items:
| Windowing | Sets the middle mouse button for interactive adjustment of the window level and width. |
| Zoom | Sets the middle mouse button for interactive adjustment of the zoom level. |
| Roam | Sets the middle mouse button to roam mode |
| Scroll | Sets the middle mouse button to scroll mode. |
| Measure | Sets the middle mouse button to measurement mode. |
| Reset Zoom | Resets the selected view to the default zoom level. |
| Flip Up / Down | Flips the selected 2D view from top to bottom |
| Flip Left / Right | Flips the selected 2D view from left to right |
| Flip Reset to default | Undoes the effect of any previous flips in the selected 2D view |
| Copy to clipboard | Copies the selected 2D or 3D view to the clipboard |
| Save to bitmap | Prompts and saves the selected 2D or 3D view to a bitmap |
| Presentation view | Toggles presentation view |