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## About display protocols

This section describes display protocols.

What is a display protocol

A display protocol is a digital equivalent of a hanging protocol. It contains an ordered collection of display protocol stages through which the user can navigate to view the anchor study and any reference studies in a useful and organized fashion. Display protocols enable Radiologists to view images efficiently.

Display protocol stages can be interpreted as display protocols within display protocols. They define the image display area, by specifying which stages are displayed and how they are displayed. See Understanding display protocol stages.

Attributes of a display protocol

The attributes of a display protocol are specified when the display protocol is created in Radiology Station. Display protocols cannot be created in the Disc Advanced Viewer.

Each display protocol contains the following attributes:

Attributes | Details
General Properties | The General properties include:
| • | Name and author of the display protocol
| • | Anchor Applicability Rules, which are the filter criteria that determine whether the display protocol is relevant to an open study (see What is a relevant display protocol)
| • | Viewport layout and appearance options
Note: Once a display protocol is created, the ownership level, and viewport layout and appearance options cannot be modified.
Reference Studies properties | The Reference Studies properties, also known as the Reference Relevancy Rules, include:
| • | Filter criteria that identify studies relevant for interpreting the anchor study
| • | Whether to open the relevant studies automatically
| • | Options that specify which relevant studies to open
Layout and presentation settings of each display protocol stage | The layout includes:
| • | Number of viewports on each screen
| • | Layout of images in each viewport
| • | Series placement in each viewport
The presentation settings include:
| • | Window/Level for each viewport
| • | Zoom/Pan settings for each viewport
| • | Image orientation (rotation and flip) for each viewport
| • | Series display mode for each viewport
| • | Linking status for each viewport
See Attributes of a display protocol stage.

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