Sidebar
Navigate and organize studies and series in the Avara Viewer sidebar.
Overview
Section titled “Overview”The sidebar provides a hierarchical view of loaded DICOM studies and series. It serves as the primary navigation interface for selecting and organizing DICOM data within the viewer.
Studies are clustered by study, not patient, with each study containing one or more series. When more than one study is loaded, the study date appears in the viewport’s top right corner for quick disambiguation.
Users can interact with the sidebar to:
- Select series to display in viewports
- Drag and drop series to specific viewports
- View study and patient information
- Navigate to patient charts
- Collapse and expand studies for better organization
Series Click
Section titled “Series Click”Clicking on a series in the sidebar assigns it to the currently active viewport. This provides a quick way to load series into viewports without dragging.
The series will replace any existing series in the active viewport, allowing for rapid navigation through different series within a study.
Series Drag
Section titled “Series Drag”Dragging a series from the sidebar and dropping it onto a specific viewport assigns that series to the target viewport. A drag animation with the series name accompanies the mouse cursor, and viewports provide visual feedback to indicate which viewport the series will populate if the user releases the drag. If the target viewport already contains a series, the dragged series will replace the existing series.
Study/Patient Info Popup
Section titled “Study/Patient Info Popup”Clicking the “Study & Patient Data” button opens a popup displaying detailed study and patient information, including patient demographics, study date and time, study description, and other relevant DICOM metadata.
Chart Reroute
Section titled “Chart Reroute”The chart reroute feature allows users to navigate directly to the patient’s chart or electronic health record (EHR) from within the viewer. This feature is disabled by default and can be optionally enabled by the administrator who configured the viewer.
Study Collapse
Section titled “Study Collapse”Studies in the sidebar can be collapsed or expanded to manage the display of series. Collapsing a study hides all its series, providing a cleaner interface when working with multiple studies.