Saving presentation states

 

To save all presentation states to the server after creating them with the automatic upload setting disabled, do the following:

  1. From the File menu, select Send presentation states to server.

To save a single presentation state or presentation state group (i.e., a thumbnail series) to the server after creating them with the automatic upload setting disabled, do the following:

  1. Right click the presentation state thumbnail to display the pop-up menu.

  2. Select Send presentation state to server.

To save a presentation state for the purpose of viewing it on a devices or workstation that does not support DICOM Presentation State objects, save it as a screen shot, also called a DICOM Secondary Capture object. To save a presentation state as a secondary capture object, do the following:

 

  1. Select the image you want to save and press the Create Presentation State button, .

  2. In the Presentation State panel, check the box Add Presentation State as Secondary Capture to the study.

Make the option to create secondary capture objects the default from the Presentation State settings.

 

Unlike presentation state objects, secondary capture objects include the entire image in every instance. The consequences of this as follows: