Indicators overview

Flipped indicator

Shown in the viewport to indicate that the image has been flipped.

Cloned series indicator

Shown in the viewport and on the thumbnail of a cloned series.

CMPR Control Point Limit indicator

The curved MPR has reached the 20 control point maximum.

Invalid Zoom indicator

This indicator is displayed when the curve is too small to be rendered within the boundaries of the current viewport.

Limited Measurements indicator

Shown in the viewport to indicate that not all measurement types are available for the series. Click the for more information.

Partial Volume indicator

Shown in the viewport to indicate that the complete 3D volume cannot be rendered. A partial volume occurs when the original 2D data does not provide contiguous 2D slices.

SUV not available indicator

Shown in the viewport to indicate that there is not sufficient data to perform SUV measurements. Click the for more information.

Image error indicator

Shown in the viewport to indicate that there was an issue loading the image from the data source. Click More information to see additional information about the loading error.

Image loading indicator

Shown in the viewport to indicate that data is being loaded.

Image Sharpening indicator

Shown in the viewport to indicate that image sharpening is applied.

Unsaved auto-generated key image indicator

Shown in the viewport on an automatically generated, unsaved key image.

Offset not linked

Shown in the viewport, the offset broken link indicator displays when the series are no longer linked after a link offset is applied.

Lossy compression indicator

Shown in the viewport to identify the image data as lossy and summarize the compression ratio. Hover the cursor over the to display the following information: 

• the type of image compression
• the compression ratio
• derivation description, if one exists

If the image has multiple compression types and ratios, the tooltip displays all known type / ratio combinations. If eUnity calculates that the compression type or ratio differs from the values already in the DICOM header, it will add an extra type / ratio combination below any others. For example: 

If eUnity adds this extra entry, it may indicate the image was compressed twice, or it may be that the compressor used a different formula than eUnity. eUnity calculates the LossyImageCompressionRatio tag as (Uncompressed-Pixel-Data-bytes)/(Compressed-Pixel-Data-bytes) whereas some compressors use (BitsStored / BitsAllocated)*(Uncompressed-Pixel-Data-Bytes)/(Compressed-Pixel-Data-bytes). Those compressors would report a ratio that is 3/4 of eUnity's ratio for an image with BitsStored = 12 and BitsAllocated = 16.

Lossy compression indicator (reformatted and rendered views)

In MPR, 3D , and Fusion modes, hover the cursor over the to display the final JPEG render quality.

Name and version of CAD algorithm

If enabled, the name and version of the AI algorithm that is used for CAD objects is shown as part of the CAD overlay.

Quadrant View indicator

When in Quadrant View mode, this indicator is shown in the viewport on the non-breast wall side to indicate which quadrant of the breast is currently visible.

Related series indicator

In mammography studies, if the hanging protocol is set to Navigate Related Series, images of the same view type are stacked in the same viewport. This indicator is shown in the viewport to indicate how many images are stacked in the viewport and where you are in the stack.

System administrators can configure eUnity to include tomosynthesis images with the same view type in related series stacks.

Tomosynthesis indicator

Shown in the viewport for breast tomosynthesis studies to show the location of the current slice in relation to the other images in the series. The indicator shows directional markers to indicate whether you are scrolling in a caudal / cranial, or a medial / lateral direction. If CAD objects are available, the indicator will show additional lines to show which slices contains the CAD objects.

By default, the indicator shows caudal on the top and cranial on the bottom to reflect the acquisition order. If you prefer to have the indicator show cranial on top and caudal on the bottom, this can be configured by your system administrator. Note that the actual stack order is not changed when the indicator is flipped. The arrow of the tomosynthesis indicator will appear at the level of the first image of the tomosynthesis c-view series.

Multiphase indicator

Shown in the viewport for a multiphase series that has not yet been split into virtual series. The dividers represent the start and end of a phase. The arrow represents the slice position in the stack.

Shown in the viewport to indicate that the study is only partially downloaded and may not display all of its images. When you initially open a study that is in a partial state, you will also receive a Partial Study warning dialog that shows the Accession Number of the study that is in a partial state.

Presentation state applied indicator

Shown in the viewport to indicate that a presentation state is applied.

Red Free Filter indicator

Shown in the viewport to indicate that the red free filter is applied to the series.

Slice location indicator

Shown in the viewport to show the current slice's position in the stack. This indicator can be enabled or disabled for different modalities by your system administrator.

Saved viewport capture indicator

Shown in the viewport on a saved viewport capture.