Playing CINE Objects

The Cine tool can be used to view studies such as Ultrasound in real time. It can also be used to quickly scroll through a large series of images without having to manually click the mouse buttons. This feature is accessible through the Viewing Tools toolbar. The tool is available if the study contains more than one image.

Clicking the Cine button will open the following window:

When you click on the button, the Cine window opens and the images in the selected frameset are played in Cine mode by default. To stop the Cine mode, click on the Stop button.

Choosing the Play or Playback buttons in the Cine Controls box determines the direction in which the tool will scroll through the series. Selecting the Pause button button will stop any scrolling. You can also pause a Cine player with a left-mouse click.

The Step button plays the Cine by one frame and pauses it.

Clicking on the Go to Start and Go to End buttons navigates you to the first and last images in the frameset.

The Speed of the Cine can be controlled by sliding the speed box bar to the left (slower) or right (faster). Having the bar in the middle corresponds to the real time speed of the captured Cine.

The Behavior box drop-down controls the way in which the Cine behaves when its reaching its end. Selecting Loop from the drop-down will cause the Cine to repeatedly start over every time the last frame is reached. Selecting Bounce will cause the Cine to reverse direction when it reaches the end or beginning. Scroll Once will only play the Cine until the end is reached, at which point it will stop.

By default, the behavior is set as Bounce.

Note: When a study with Cine objects is opened, by default, the Cine tool plays the Cine objects. The user does not need to click on the Cine toolbar button on the top toolbar of an open study.