Splitting a study means moving some of the images from one study to another study. Split is typically used when images from one patient are mistakenly associated with a study for another patient. Selected images are moved and all others remain with the original study.
 | Note: Within a multiple cluster environment, any structural changes such as those caused by split are not synchronized with the rest of the clusters in the enterprise. |
Scout images can be referenced by one or more images or series in a study. However, when splitting a study you do not need to determine which study to place the scout images in as IMPAX automatically detects which images reference each scout image.
| Note: You cannot split all images from a study. |
To split images from one study into another study
In the List area, use Advanced Search to find the study to be split.
In the search results, select the study to be split.
From the Advanced Search bar menu
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select Split.
The Split dialog opens. Use it to search for the RIS orders or PACS studies to split the study by.
Select RIS Order, PACS Study, or create a New Study.
Type or select a Search within last Days value.
Optionally, refine the search by entering values in any of the Patient ID, Patient Name, Accession Number, and Modality fields. To prefill any of these fields based on the selected worklist study, click the button in front of the field name.
Click Search.
In the Split search results, select an order to associate study images with.
Click Split.
Existing key image notes, voice comments, GSPS objects, CC objects, and CAD Mammo SR will not be moved.
A floating Split palette appears in the Image area, displaying the order with Segment and Cancel buttons. A symbol appears in front of the order. Any undisplayable DICOM objects will appear here.
In the Split palette, select the order.
Click the study images to associate with the selected order.
To select consecutive images, Shift + click the first image, navigate to the last image, and Shift + click on it.
You can also select a series to split.
The symbol used to mark the selected images matches the one displayed in the first column of the Split palette.
In the Split palette, click Split.
The marked images are associated with the selected patient's order and deleted from the original study. The Study Date and Study Time default to the date and time of the study being split.
To close the Split palette, click Cancel.
| Note: If the study has to be split into yet another order, repeat the entire process. |
To split a study into a new study
In the List area, use Advanced Search to find the study to be split.
From the Advanced Search bar menu
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select Split.
The Split dialog opens. Use it to create a new study to split into.
Enter the study information and click Create.
Select the study and click Split.
Existing key image notes, voice comments, GSPS objects, CC objects, and CAD Mammo SR will not be available in the new study.
A floating Split palette appears in the Image area, displaying the order with Segment and Cancel buttons. A symbol appears in front of the order. Any undisplayable DICOM objects will appear here.
Click Done.
The new study is created with the selected objects in it.
To see the split study in the List area, click Refresh.