Default Series Settings
The Default Series Settings control how images are rendered in the viewport for both matched and unmatched series. These options appear in the hanging protocol configuration and are applied globally unless overridden by a per-rule Series Setting.
The same options (Scout Lines, Zoom Level) also appear inside the Series Settings for individual matching rules, where they override the defaults for that specific rule.
Scout Thumbnail
Checking Display scout thumbnail displays a small reference thumbnail in the bottom-right corner of each viewport, showing the scout image for that series.
Scout Lines
The Scout Lines field controls whether scout lines are displayed on images by default. Scout lines are reference markers that indicate where orthogonal images intersect — they are only available for studies that include spatial (positional) information in the DICOM data.
| Option | Description |
|---|---|
| (default — no option selected) | Scout lines are shown automatically when spatial data is present. |
| No Scout Line | Scout lines are hidden by default. Users can still enable them manually if needed. |
Zoom Level
The Zoom Level options determine the magnification applied to images when they load into the viewport.
| Option | Description |
|---|---|
| Fit Window | Resizes the image so it is fully visible within the viewport. |
| Fit Width | Resizes the image so its width is maximized within the viewport. |
| True Size | Displays the image at true anatomic size. For X-rays, film size is used instead. Activates the True Size Zoom Factor field, where 1.0 is the default (100% of true size). |
| Pixel Size | Renders every pixel without interpolation. Useful for inspecting fine detail. |
| Unspecified | Does not apply a zoom level. Uses the zoom setting from the current presentation state instead. |
| Auto Size (MG) | Automatically calculates the best-fitting zoom level for all images in the study. Only available for mammography studies with MG modality, and only when the MG license is active. |
Select
The Select option controls how the viewport scrolls through images in a frameset.
| Option | Description |
|---|---|
| Frame | Scrolling moves through individual images one at a time. This is the default. |
| Frameset | Scrolling moves through all images in a frameset at once. |
| Study | Scrolling moves through all images across the entire study. |
Slice Order
The Slice Order option defines the order in which slices are loaded and displayed.
| Option | Description |
|---|---|
| Default | Slices are displayed in the order they appear in the image data. |
| − To + | Slices are loaded from last to first (reverse order). |
| + To − | Slices are loaded from first to last. |
Window Preset and Filter
Choosing a value from the Window Preset or Filter dropdown automatically applies that preset or filter to the series as it loads.
Note: When a viewing protocol applies the Invert image preset, invert is always applied on load and will override any existing invert state from a presentation state already applied to the image.
Display Modality PRs across multiple stacks
This option splits studies that contain multiple presentation states into separate stacks for viewing. For example, a CT series with two presentation states would produce three stacks: the original CT images, the first presentation state, and the second presentation state.
Note: This feature only works with manufacturer-created presentation states and is primarily intended for viewing multi-echo studies.