User manual

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GETTING STARTED (Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mAidqhL5qM)
When FilmQA
™
Pro loads, the following screen will appear:
As you can see, there are three sections. To the left is the “Case Data Selector Panel”
which allows you to add selected image objects from a saved file or directly from a
scanner. This panel contains the case tree and its branches are a collection of the case
objects required to execute a case. For instance to compare dose measurements to a
patient-specific plan, the tree requires a Film Calibration Object, a Dose Map Object and
a Dose-to-Plan Comparison Object. The objects added to the case tree are dependent
on preceding objects. For example, a dose map object cannot function unless the case
tree contains a calibration object. Click the “+” or “-“signs to expand or compress any
branch of the tree. The center section or “Image Panel” displays the selected images.
The section to the right the “Film Evaluation Panel” and displays the analytical data for
the particular image in the “Image Panel”. The right hand window can also display
properties of a selected image for example, its source, time stamp, image resolution,
dose range, data statistics as well as the cursor position and location/size of all user-