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Magnifying Marker This tool opens the Magnifying Glass, as well as a magnifying marker. The difference is that now the magnifying glass no longer displays what is underneath it. It now displays the contents of the magnifying marker.

Maintenance Tool The tool used by System Admin to define various features of RamSoft Software.

Manual Linking Allows for customized cross series relationships.

Matrox Meteor II (Matrox Intellicam) High-performance frame grabbers for cost-sensitive applications. Designed to capture from standard analog color or monochrome video sources, Matrox Meteor-II combines extensive functionality with unprecedented value in a frame grabber

Max Number of Objects Maximum number of objects that the cache will store

Max OD Maximum Optical Density

Maximize Maximizes the image viewer area to be the full size of the browser window.

Maximize option Maximizes image to full screen to help with analysis

Maximum Number of Associations option Allows higher efficiency and faster transfers of files. Through the use of multi-threading, it allows the user to send studies through a number of threads, instead of only one thread. This increases the throughput of the system, ultimately decreasing the amount of time if takes for studies to be received by remote stations.

MDIntouch The service application which bridges functionality between the RamSoft software and the MDIntouch's MDWebtop system. The MDIntouch works in tandem with MDIntouch slingshot, an application designed to send files to the MDWebtop system and then create an audio file in the .WAV format.

MDIntouch MTWebTop system MDinTouch is an application service provider that specializes in the critical area of dictation, transcription, report distribution, and storage of medical reports

MDIntouch Output Directory The specified output directory where the RSMDintouchSvc stores the newly processed .WAV files

MDIntouch Query Interval The number of milliseconds the user wants to wait before polling the database. The default is 5000 or 5 seconds but the user has the option to change the interval. It is recommended to keep the interval to ten minutes or higher.

MDIntouch Slingshot An application designed to send files to the MTWebTop system

MDINTOUCHENABLED The option in System configuration menu enabling MDIntouch service.

Measure angle tool Allows you to measure an angle created by two structures in the image.

Measure Tool Tool used to create a line from one point to another including measurements of the line

Medium Type Type of medium the DICOM print will use

Medium Type drop-down list Method to select which type of medium to use

Medium Type Field The field informs the DICOM printer about the specific type of film or paper used.

Member (Coverage) A member covered under the insurance plan.

Merge Users The option which allows two users from different groups and/or different roles to be merged together.

MG study Mammography Study

Microsoft word documentation The documentation used by MS Word users to get a better understanding of the software.

Microsoft Word Reports Diagnostic reports created with MS Word using templates.

Microsoft Word Template A pre configured Word document in which vales are inserted automatically for predefined fields.

Min OD Minimum Optical Density.

Minimize Returns a maximized image back to the original size.

MIP Maximum intensity projection (MIP) is a computer visualization method for 3D data.

Modality Field Determines what modality the preset applies to.

Modality Refers to a specific machine that acquires images or class of machines that use the same basic technology

Modality drop-down Menu A drop-down menu containing various modalities. The menu is used to configure information regarding various types of modality. It includes a two letter representation of any of the various types of equipment or probes used to acquire images of the body, such as radiography, ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging

Modality Fee Schedule Used to store the amounts charged for specific Modalities

Modality Field Field specifies what modality the filter can be applied to.

Modality Modifier Specific modalities may have specialized subtypes (e.g. CT angiography), which are described using modality modifiers.

Modifiers A standard code that modifies the charge submitted to billing

Mouse Wheel scroll by Image Page option When unchecked, mouse scrolling will move the highlighted viewport to the next image on the screen if more than one viewport is present. When enabled, scrolling the mouse will move the highlighted viewport to the first image in the series which is not currently on the visible screen. This makes scrolling through a series much faster and removes the need to scroll multiple times to view the next images in a series."

MPPS Modality Performed Procedure Step is a method that allows stations to receive the most up-to-date status of the study. By selecting Support MPPS, MPPS can be sent to the receiving station when studies are being transferred.

MPPS Log MPPS is a method to allow a system to receive the most up-to-date status of the study. The MPPS log is a log of studies which have their status confirmed through MPPS.

MPR Multi planar Reconstruction, a term used in medical imaging to refer to the reconstruction of images in the coronal and sagittal planes in conjunction with the original axial dataset.

MPR tool Reconstructs two-dimensional views of a series after creating a three-dimensional volume. The reconstruction will take place on slices in the currently selected series only. A minimum of three slices has to exist and the slice spacing must not be too large.

MTWebTop A medical transcription tool from MDinTouch which allows medical transcription managers to access transcribed clinical reports.

MTWebTop account The account of the user using the MDIntouch software.

My Latest Exams Windows List of the latest exams taken by the user.

My Worklist An option that allows you to configure your own Worklist

MyFax The Internet fax service which allows users to send and receive faxes by email either manually or automatically.

MyFax Password The password issued to the authorized user of MyFax account

MyFax Radio button The option which allows MyFax to be used as the default fax software

MyFax Username The Name of the Authorized user for the MyFax Software.