Some mammography modalities minimize images size by offering multiple detector sizes. This allows them to print images of small breasts on 8x10 film and large breasts on 10x12 film. When printing an MG image in IMPAX, the user often has no easy way of knowing which film size should be used.
The configurable film size feature allows IMPAX to select the film size for printing MG images automatically. By default, this feature is enabled. To disable the feature, manually set the INI_KEY value of the MAP_INI table to F using a SQL statement:
select INI_VALUE from MAP_INI where INI_KEY = 'AUTO_SELECT_BEST_FILM_SIZE' and INI_SECTION = 'SITE' update MAP_INI set INI_VALUE = 'T' where INI_KEY = 'AUTO_SELECT_BEST_FILM_SIZE' and ini_section = 'SITE'
 | Note: The configurable film size feature does not work for WYSIWYG Print |
Before printing, image attribute values from the DICOM tags are matched to the following columns of the MITRA_MODALITY_AND_FILM_SIZES table in the database:
MANUFACTURER_MODEL_NAME
IMAGE_ROWS
IMAGE_COLUMNS
If a match is found, the image is printed with the film size value in the FILM_SIZE_FOR_PRINTING column. If no match is found, the film size specified by the printing preset is used. When printing both large and small images in one print job, all images are printed using the large film size (10x12 inches). The MITRA_MODALITY_AND_FILM_SIZES table is created and pre-populated with the most commonly used MG modalities. Contact your Agfa Service representative to add new modalities to the table.
| Note: The configurable film size assumes that the site has an MG printer capable of printing to 8 x10 and 10x 12 inches, and an appropriate printing preset is configured to print MG images to this printer. |
Existing functionality automatically determines which preset is used for printing. The configurable film size feature changes the preset’s designated film size, but only if the associated printer is capable of printing to that film size. If you manually edit the auto-selected preset, or select a different preset, the film size is not automatically detected, but the recommended film size is displayed in the Film Size label of the Printer Properties dialog.