Arc Viewer Help File
Opening a study to review:
To open a study that has been copied with the Arc Viewer, double click on the [Link] file. If
more than one record has been copied with the viewer, the below window will pop up. Select a study from
the list and select Open to open the file for review. If only one study was copied, then the file will
automatically open for review.
Reviewing the study:
Following are descriptions and images of the icons that appear in the top toolbar of the study:
Left clicking on this icon, gives two options Help and About. Select Help to access this help file.
Select About to view information about the computer currently viewing the file.
The first two controls shown allow the Arc window to be minimized or maximized. The
red "x" closes out the study.
This option brings up the first impedance performed in the recording and has a list of all
impedances run during that particular recording, highlight the impedance to review and the display
updates accordingly.
Select this option to activate the pulldown and change the trace view. The only trace
view available in the free viewer is Full Screen.
This option shows a menu of the windows available to be displayed currently. Below is an
example of what that list may show. This list dynamically updates, if a video review window is already
displayed, the option will not exist in this menu.
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Select this option to add the video window.
The Q-Video software includes several features for review. Double clicking in the video window
starts/pauses video playback. Q-Video has digital zoom capability as well. To use this feature, click
and drag to draw a zoom window within the video image. A separate window appears with zoom
controls.
To expand the settings options, click on the dropdown icon in the title bar at the bottom of the video
window. Right click in the video window and select Display Behind Traces to have traces on top of the
video display. To remove the video from traces, right click on trace window and select Remove Video
from Traces.
The double arrow icons advance the data forward or backward one
page. The icons adjacent to the double arrows advance the data forward or backward by one video
frame. The play button starts the video playback, the blue sweep shows the area of EEG that is tied
to the current video frame. The play button turns into a pause button to pause video playback.
Select this option to enable/disable mouse tracking. This feature in the software when enabled,
allows the user to mouse over the trace window and see the video dynamically update based on
mouse position.
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*note: the right click menu in the trace window has a Set Video Position option, when this option is
selected, the mouse tracking feature is disabled. The Set Video Position option allows the playback
starting position of video to be placed. Mouse over the area of the trace data where video playback is
desired to start and right click select Set Video Position.
This option allows the user to speed up or slow down the playback speed of the video
window. For example, 1.0 is real time playback of the video.
This is the snapshot option. Selecting this option allows a still image to be stored. The Snapshot
window allows for comments to be added and there is a checkbox option to select the snapshot as
the patient profile picture. These snapshots are stored as events with the patient record.
This option is for Highlight Motion. This feature shows the frame to frame change in the video
as a highlighted region. Consider a patient covered in blankets, if they have a hand tremor, the
software would display that as a highlighted coloration in the video at the location of the hand under
the sheets.
These are the recording playback volume controls. Select the speaker icon to mute
the live playback. If the video recording source is in close proximity to the playback source, feedback
can occur, to prevent this, mute the live playback.
Select this option to launch the Video Recorder Settings Window. This window is read only in
review and reflects the video/audio source used and resolution for that particular recording.
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This option allows the current view to be locked. In this example of the icon, the view is
unlocked. If the user locks the padlock, this means that the state of the windows in the view will
remain fixed. Meaning, a floating window will stay floating and a docked window will stay docked. If
the user would like to dock a floating window, they can get those controls back for that window by
unlocking the padlock.
This is the My Settings icon, where each user's specific settings are stored. Selecting this icon
displays the Edit My Settings window.
Select a montage from the pulldown menu to change the current montage, the montages available in
the list are the montages that were used during the recording of the study. When in review, check the
As Recorded checkbox to go to the montage that was used during that portion of the recording.
Select the editor icon to edit the current montage. This will add a montage with the same name and
"*" with the changes and will only be available for that particular recording.
As Recorded Checkbox: When this box is checked, the waveform data will display with the sensitivity,
high cut and low cut filters used during the recording.
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In review,
select As Recorded to see the sensitivity and filters as they were at the time of recording. Select the
sensitivity and filter settings from the pulldown menu to change them for the linked channels. If Notch
is checked, then the configured notch is being applied. Select the desired paper speed from the
pulldown. To have paper speed displayed in sec/page change the My Settings for that user.
Following are details about the other tabs/sections available in the review application:
Patient Info: This window is where patient demographic data and other specifics are displayed.
Event List: This window displays all events that have occurred in the EEG recording. This list can be
filtered by either selecting the pre-programmed Types in the dropdown list, or by typing in the Search
text field, the list will dynamically filter based on what is typed. Single left click on an event in the
event list to reposition the EEG data to that event.
Associated Documents: This window can be added by selecting Associated Documents from the
Windows menu in the top toolbar. Any reports or documents that were copied with the record will
display in the list and can be viewed.
Right click menu options in trace window
To access more options, right click in the trace window. A checkmark next to a menu item shows that
the setting is currently selected.
Hide Trace Labels: Select this option to remove the trace labels from the left of the traces to
free up more screen display for trace data. Right click in the trace window and select Show
Trace Labels to add the labels back to the traces.
Waveform Alignment Tool: this option assigns a vertical blue line to the mouse. Drag the line to
the peaks of interest to get a better idea of their alignment across traces. To remove the vertical
line from the mouse, left mouse click anywhere in the trace window.
Enable Measurement Tool : Select this option to activate the measurement tool. This tool allows
the user to measure frequency, amplitude and duration. Right click in the trace window and
select Disable Measurement Tool to get paging cursor back.
Show Scale Indicator: when this option is checked, an L-shaped scale indicator will show up on
the trace window. This indicator can be positioned anywhere on the trace data to use as a quick
reference to ballpark the size of the waveforms. Click and drag the scale to position on the trace
data of interest.
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Set Video Position: this option allows the playback starting position of video to be placed.
Mouse over the area of the trace data where video playback is desired to start and right click
select Set Video Position. This will disable mouse tracking of the video.
Print Display: this option allows the user to print a capture of the current display of data.
Copy Display: this option will copy the display to the clipboard. The user can paste the display
into an email or a document.
Individual Trace Settings: left click on the trace label to change the settings and configuration for
that particular trace. The following menu displays, to close the menu click on the "x" icon.
Bottom Toolbar
Bottom Toolbar: this toolbar consists of a position bar, to reposition to different areas of the recording,
simply click and drag the button along the bar, the left most side of the bar is the start of the
recording, the right most side is the live data. Alternatively, clicking anywhere on the position bar will
reposition all data to that section of the recording. The left and right double arrow icons in the bottom
left of the toolbar allow the user to navigate a full page length backwards or forwards based on
current paper speed. The single arrows allow the user to navigate backwards or forwards by one
second. The play button in the bottom right corner initiates auto scrolling forward through the record,
the rate at which the record scrolls is set by the + or – buttons next to the play button.
The current page information is displayed in the center of the toolbar. Clicking on the icon brings
up the page annotation settings. If an item in the list is checked, the corresponding information will be
displayed in the toolbar. See image below for options available.
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