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English Instructions for Use NM Application Suite Extended Brilliance Workspace NM 1.0 PHI NM Application Suite INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE Release 1.0 English Philips Healthcare 4535 604 78081 Rev A PAI Warranty and Copyright Statement Philips Healthcare has taken care to ensure the accuracy of this document. However, Philips Healthcare assumes no liability for errors or omissions and reserves the right to make changes without further notice to any products herein to improve reliability, function, or design. Philips Healthcare provides this guide without warranty of any kind, either implied or expressed, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. Philips Healthcare may make improvements or changes in the product(s) and/or program(s) described in this manual at any time. This document contains proprietary information which is protected by copyright. All rights are reserved. 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PMS Quality & Regulatory Affairs Veenpluis 4-6 Philips Healthcare 5684 PC Best The Netherlands NM Application Suite Instructions for Use Document number 4535 604 78081 Rev A © 2009 Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V., 3860 North First Street, San Jose, CA 95134, USA Printed in the United States of America Contents 1 Introduction ......................................................................................................... 1 1.1 Intended Use ............................................................................................................. 1 1.2 Conventions Used in This Manual ............................................................................ 1 1.3 Overview ...................................................................................................................2 1.3.1 Intended Users............................................................................................. 2 2 General Information ............................................................................................. 5 2.1 Getting Online Help ................................................................................................. 6 2.2 Getting Remote Help from Philips ............................................................................ 6 2.3 Loading Files ............................................................................................................. 6 2.4 Using the Control Panel ............................................................................................ 8 2.4.1 Using the Patient Selector.......................................................................... 10 2.4.2 Using the Workflow .................................................................................. 10 2.4.3 Using the Data Managers........................................................................... 16 2.4.4 Using the Global Image Tools ................................................................... 46 2.5 Drawing ROIs ......................................................................................................... 59 2.5.1 Editing ROIs ............................................................................................. 61 2.5.2 Reusing ROIs ............................................................................................ 61 2.5.3 Changing the Edge Detection Type........................................................... 61 2.5.4 Using Isocontours...................................................................................... 62 2.5.5 Drawing Other ROI Shapes....................................................................... 62 2.5.6 Other ROI-related Tasks ........................................................................... 62 2.5.7 Creating a Custom ROI............................................................................. 63 2.6 Using Viewers .......................................................................................................... 63 2.6.1 Viewer Components .................................................................................. 64 2.6.2 Linking Viewers......................................................................................... 65 2.6.3 Moving and Resizing Viewers .................................................................... 65 2.6.4 Using a Curve Viewer ................................................................................ 66 2.7 Using Layouts .......................................................................................................... 66 2.7.1 Editing Layouts.......................................................................................... 69 2.7.2 Editing Layouts in AutoSPECT Pro .......................................................... 71 3 AutoSPECT Pro ................................................................................................. 73 3.1 The AC Map Workstep ........................................................................................... 74 3.1.1 Reviewing an AC Map............................................................................... 74 3.1.2 Using CT-AC Data ................................................................................... 75 3.1.3 Using Vantage AC Data............................................................................. 77 3.1.4 Using Chang’s AC ..................................................................................... 79 3.2 The Reconstruction Workstep ................................................................................. 79 Philips Healthcare 4535 604 78081 A Rev 3.2.1 Start/End ................................................................................................... 81 3.2.2 Zoom......................................................................................................... 81 NM Application Suite Release 1.0 iii 3.2.3 Method ..................................................................................................... 81 3.2.4 Bound ....................................................................................................... 83 3.2.5 Iterations................................................................................................... 83 3.2.6 Matrix Size ................................................................................................ 83 3.2.7 Subsets .....................................................................................................