Working with Images

Rotate an image	Airbrush Color on an Image	Annotate images with imaging components
Draw a Freehand Shape	Insert Text	Attach an image to a task
Draw a Straight Line	Insert a Ruler
Draw a Polyline	Draw an Angle
Draw a Shape	Hide Annotations
Draw an Arrow	Add Color to an Image
Highlight Part of an Image	Make an Annotation Transparent

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Imaging Components

Imaging components are medical images that can be imported from a specific file stored on your workstation or network and saved within the NextGen® Enterprise EHR system. Once a medical image is imported and saved as an imaging component, you can place it on an Imaging Component toolbar and use it to annotate a patient’s image. You must have user rights and permissions to import or edit imagining components, as well as to create and edit imaging component sets and toolbars. Contact your system administrator about your user rights and permissions. All imported images are stored as imaging components in the Imaging Component Gallery. You can store imaging components separately, or as part of a user-defined Imaging Component Set. Any imaging components stored in the gallery can be added to an Imaging Component toolbar. Note: After you import an image and store it as an imaging component, you can no longer delete it from the gallery. You hide a specific imaging component to prevent it bein

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Draw a Freehand Shape on an Image

Select an image. Select the Freehand button. If necessary, select a specific color and line style from the Style toolbar. Draw the desired object or line on the image. draw the desired image To move and resize the freehand shape, select the Select button, and then select the shape to select it. Multiple points appear along the shape. To move the shape, when the cursor changes to four perpendicular arrows, select and drag the shape to a new location. To change the shape, hover over a point on the shape until the cursor changes to four diagonal arrows, and then select and drag the point. change shape To save the image with the shape, select Save. Parent topic: Adding Annotations to an Image

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Insert Text

You can enter text with the preferred font and style on the image to label or for any other purpose. Text added to an annotation stays together when you select either the image or the text and perform a copy and paste. To select text and images individually, select Ctrl and then select the text or annotation. Select an image. Select the Text button. Select and drag to draw a text box on the image. To change the font before you enter text, select the Font button. The Font window opens. Select a Font, Font style, and Size and select OK. Font Enter text in the text field. To enter modifications or to move the text to a different location on the image, select the Select button and select the text. You can move the text box to the different location on the image. Right-click on the text box to change the font properties. text To save the image with textual annotation, select Save. Add a Text to Multiple Locations on an Image Change the Font You can change the font, style, size and add effec

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Draw a Polyline on an Image

You can draw a polyline that is made up of multiple straight-line segments. Select an image. Select the Line Style Line style button button, and then set up the style of the polyline. Select the Polyline button. Draw a single line on the image, and then select to end the line segment. Continue to draw a second line segment on the image, and then select to end. Repeat the process to add as many line segments as necessary. Double-click to complete the polyline annotation. polyline annotation If necessary, select the Select button to move and resize the annotation. resize the annotation To save the image with the annotation, select Save. Parent topic: Adding Annotations to an Image

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Using Transparency on Annotations

You can set an annotation to be transparent. Set an annotation as transparent to display the details of the image behind the annotation. The following annotations support transparency: Freehand Solid Ellipse Polyline Line Hollow Polygon Protractor Hollow Rectangle Solid Polygon All Imaging Components Solid Rectangle Arrow Hollow Ellipse Ruler Make an Annotation Transparent Parent topic: Adding Annotations to an Image

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Hide All Annotations

If you want to see an image without the annotations, you can hide them instead of deleting them. Hidden annotations do not appear in printed images. Right-click any area of the image that does not have an annotation. Select Annotations and Imaging Components, and then select Hide All Annotations. All annotations are hidden in the image. Also, a check mark appears next to the Hide All Annotations menu item to indicate annotations are hidden. To restore the annotations, right-click any area of the image, select Annotations and Imaging Components, and then select Hide All Annotations again. Parent topic: Adding Annotations to an Image

Working with Images

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Imaging Components

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Working with Images

Imaging Components

Draw a Freehand Shape on an Image

Insert Text

Draw a Polyline on an Image

Using Transparency on Annotations

Hide All Annotations