Presentation States

eUnity supports display of DICOM Greyscale Softcopy Presentation State (GSPS) and Color Softcopy Presentation State (CSPS) objects. These objects can alter the display of an image by changing Window Level, zoom factor, shutters, or markup.

Presentation State Applied indicator

Shown in the viewport to indicate that a Presentation State is applied.

Presentation State Available indicator

Shown in the study folder in the Series Tray to indicate that Presentation States are available. Click the arrow to show the available Presentation States. If available, the name of the person who created the Presentation State will be shown in brackets beside the Presentation State name.

Apply a Presentation State

By default, the newest Presentation State will automatically be applied to a study. When a Presentation State exists for a study, the study folder in the Series Tray will include a Presentation State context menu . The label displayed in the menu comes from the presentation name and may include one or more related Presentation State instances.

Open a study that has available Presentation States in the viewer.
To activate or disable Presentation States, click in the Series Tray.
Click the Presentation State that you want to apply. To remove all Presentation States, click None .

When an image has a Presentation State applied, the indicator appears in the viewport. As well, the indicator on the study folder in the Series Tray changes from to .

Note: When exporting images, any Presentation State-related markup will not appear on the image.

See the name of the Presentation State creator

If available, the name of the person who created the presentation state will appear in brackets beside the presentation state name. If the creator's name is not available, nothing will be displayed.

Open a study that has available presentation states in the viewer.
Click in the series tray. If available, the name of the presentation state creator is shown in brackets beside the presentation state name.

Save Presentation States (markup-only)

If this feature is enabled by the system administrator, markup can be saved to the PACS. If your administrator has enabled saving Presentation States, a grayed out save icon is shown in the study folder in the Series Tray. The icon will be enabled once you add markup.

Note: If using a keyboard shortcut to save, you are initiating a save only on the currently selected study.

To save a DICOM Presentation State, click on the study folder in the Series Tray.
In the Save Presentation State dialog, select the types of changes that you want to save and click Yes.
To hide the dialog in future, select Do not prompt me again. If this option is selected, the default save values (see below) are selected.

After you save, eUnity checks the destination system to ensure the Presentation State or Key Object was successfully saved. In rare cases (for example, a timing issue) eUnity may not be able to find the saved object when it rechecks. Consequently, the Presentation State or Key Object is removed from the view. If this happens, and your annotations are removed from view after a save, it is likely that the save was successful, but you should contact your system administrator to make sure.

Configure default Presentation State save options

If available, default Presentation State save defaults can be set in the Settings menu. Note that the Settings menu must be enabled by the system administrator. The options that you choose will be selected in the confirmation dialog next time you save a presentation state. If the Save presentation state dialog option is disabled, the default save options will be used when saving.

Click > General Settings.
In the Save Dialog Options section, select any of the following options (the system administrator may not make all of these options available):

Save Dialog Options
Annotations / Measurements / Text	Have Annotations, Measurement, and Text selected by default in the Save Presentation State confirmation dialog.
Window / Level	Have Window / Level selected by default in the Save Presentation State confirmation dialog. This option must be enabled by an administrator.
Spine Labels	Have Spine Labels selected by default in the Save Presentation State confirmation dialog.
Disable Prompts	When selected, clicking will no longer cause a Save Presentation State confirmation dialog to display and the save will proceed automatically.
Save Changes On (available in the Save dialog only when Key Images are enabled)
All Images	Have "All Images" selected by default in the Save Presentation State confirmation dialog. When selected, changes will be saved on all images.
Images used to create Key Images	Have "Images used to create Key Images" selected by default in the Save Presentation State confirmation dialog. When selected, changes will be saved only on Key Image sources (that is, the images that Key Images are derived from).