Stone Web Viewer quick start guide

This short guide highlights the main features of the Orthanc Stone viewer.

Overview

One or more studies can be loaded in the viewer. Here is a sample with 2 studies loaded:

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The viewer interface is made of 3 main areas: the side panel on the left, the toolbar at the top and the viewport in the main area.

Side panel

The side panel shows the list of the loaded studies. Each study has its own random color:

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Toolbar

The toolbar contains all the tools to interact with the series loaded in the viewport:

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Viewport

The view port will show one (or more) series:

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How to?

Show a series

Drag a series icon from a study in the side panel and drop it to the viewport.

Download a study

Click on the download icon in the side panel:

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Browse the instances

Use one of these:

  • Mouse wheel

  • Navigation buttons (bottom of the viewport)

  • Navigation bar (right of the viewport)

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Manage windowing

Click-drag to change the Hounsfield windowing level and modify the contrast/brightness of the image. The viewer comes with a series of windowing presets for lung, bone,… that are configured at installation. The viewer will also suggest presets that are stored in the image DICOM tags.

Zoom the image

Use the mouse right click and move the mouse up and down.

Compare two series

Use the viewport manager in the toolbar to display 2 viewports:

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Then, drag a different series on each viewport.

Annotate an image

Click on the annotate tool in the toolbar and then on the annotation tool you want to use:

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Hide/show series information

Click on the toggle button:

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