Filter:

Submit Search

# About this guide

This section provides information to help you understand the Change Healthcare Radiology Solutions Disc Advanced Viewer User Guide and how to most effectively use it.

A Change Healthcare product user guide represents the body of knowledge necessary for users to safely and effectively use the medical device.

Any addition, modification, deletion, or abridgment of this information by a party other than Change Healthcare is not warranted by Change Healthcare as a body of knowledge suitable for users to safely and effectively use the medical device.

Note: No instructions are provided on how to use the medical equipment in your facility or how to perform medical diagnostic examinations. For this information, refer to the relevant manufacturer’s manual and internal standard operating procedures.

Purpose

This document describes the Disc Advanced Viewer application of the Change Healthcare Radiology Solutions Disc tool and how to use it. In the remainder of this document, the application is referred to as Disc Advanced Viewer.

Audience

This document is written for the following users of Disc Advanced Viewer:

| • | Technologists (Radiographers)

| • | Radiologists

| • | Radiology residents

| • | Referring physicians

| • | Emergency Department (ED) staff

| • | Intensive Care Unit (ICU) staff

Organization

This following major sections are included:

| • | Getting started describes how to start using Disc Advanced Viewer.

| • | Working with images describes how to manipulate images within a study.

| • | Working with series describes how to display and view series.

| • | Working with cine clips describes how to manipulate cine clips within a study.

| • | Viewing patient information and documents describes how to access and view patient and study information, and documents that are related to the study or the associated patient.

| • | Working with display protocols describes how to use and manage display protocols.

| • | Setting preferences describes how to set preferences for using Disc Advanced Viewer.

| • | Closing studies and exiting describes how to close studies and exit Disc Advanced Viewer.

| • | Disc Advanced Viewer work area describes the Disc Advanced Viewer work area.

| • | Using shortcuts describes the shortcuts in Disc Advanced Viewer.

| • | Customization for the UK NHS describes features and workflows that are customized for use of Disc Advanced Viewer in the UK NHS deployment.

Intended use for Disc Advanced Viewer

This software is indicated for viewing of medical images that are exported from Change Healthcare Radiology Solutions.

It is intended to be used by qualified healthcare professionals for clinical reference viewing of medical images in an offline environment.

It is not intended to be used by radiologists for primary interpretation. For primary interpretation of the exported images on the removable media, it is expected that radiologists will view the images on a workstation that complies with the applicable regulations in their region or country.

About the screenshots

| • | The names and any personal and medical information in the screenshots do not belong to real individuals. Any similarity or likeness to actual individuals is purely coincidental and not intentional.

| • | The screenshots do not reflect release-specific details.

Referenced applications and tools

This guide refers to the following applications and tools of Change Healthcare Radiology Solutions:

| • | Disc

| • | Disc Quick Viewer

| • | Jot Pad

| • | PACS Admin

| • | Radiology Report

| • | Radiology Station

| • | Retention Management

Tips, notes, cautions, and warnings

The following internationally accepted conventions describe information that requires further attention by the user:

Type of additional information | Symbol | Purpose
Tip | None | Provides a helpful hint for using the feature or functionality described in the text.
Note | None | Provides neutral or positive information that emphasizes or supplements important points of the main text.
Caution |  | Advises users of a potentially hazardous situation which, if not avoided or adequate precautions not taken, could result in minor or moderate injury to the user or patient, or potential device damage.
Warning |  | Advises users of a potentially hazardous situation which, if not avoided or adequate precautions not taken, could result in loss of life or serious injury to the user or patient, and potential device damage.

Important product icons

The following important icons are used this product:

Icon | Label
--- | ---
| Manufacturer
| Authorized Representative in the European Community
| Consult instructions for use
| CE marking followed by the Notified Body number where applicable
| United States law restricts this device to be sold by or on the order of a physician or a properly licensed practitioner.

Abbreviations

The following abbreviations are used in this document:

Term | Definition
CAD | computer aided detection
CR | computed radiography
CT | computed tomography
DICOM | Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine
DR | digital radiography
DX | digital X-ray
GSPS | Grayscale Softcopy Presentation State
HIS | hospital information system
MG | mammography
MPR | multiplanar reconstruction
MR or MRI | magnetic resonance
RIS | radiology information system
US | ultrasound
XA | X-ray angiography

Your search for returned result(s).