The layout manager is used to preview images selected to load into the viewer, and to specify how they will be organized for reading. The layout manager lets you select the following:
Monitors you want to use
Grid layout of each monitor
Size of the grids
Tiles to display in stacked or tile mode
Images and/or series to load into which grids
After defining a layout, the layout manager can store the configuration as a template to be used in future studies. The layout manager allows you to load all images into the viewer using your layout preferences with a single click.
The layout manager window contains these three sections:
The top section contains the menus and controls.
The middle section contains an emulated monitor display that looks like the main viewer screen, and is used to simplify monitor setup. One emulated monitor will appear for each monitor connected. Most functions such as window and level, scrolling and resizing operate the same here as they do in the main viewer.
The bottom section contains all images as stacked thumbnails.
To turn off the layout manager and prevent it from automatically displaying each time the viewer opens,
From the Settings menu, select Customize Settings.
In the customize settings panel, select the Layout tab.
Check the use hanging protocol assistant box.
Click OK.
To use the layout manager, press F6 to open it. Design the desired protocol, and save it as a unique name.
When you select a study from the worklist and the viewer first opens, the layout manager automatically appears unless you explicitly instructed the viewer not to do so.