The Non-Javascript Editor is an easily fillable web form. Be sure that you have an account and are logged in , and that you have some images ready for uploading .

1. After clicking on " Create New Case " from the Case Manager the Non-Javascript Editor will load in your browser. The form consists of structured fields for entering case text and metadata.

   

   You can fill out as much of the case form as you like, and come back later to complete it. Case fields are optional unless they are marked with a red asterix ( * ). Your administrator determines whether each field is optional, required, or disabled. Disabled fields will not appear in the case editor.

2. Enter a descriptive title. The title will appear at the top of the case and in the case abstract when training mode is not turned on. It is OK to mention the diagnosis in the title -- you won't be giving away the answer because the title will be hidden when users are viewing the case as an unknown .

   

3. Use the drop down menus to specify access control settings. Set Readable By to "Owner Only" if you want the case to be private. Set it to "All Users" if you want to share it with the public. If you belong to any groups, you can also specify group-level sharing.

   Set Writable By to "Owner Only" if you do not want other users to be able to edit your case. Alternatively, you can specify that the case is writable by members of a group you belong to. If the Writable By field does not show up, it means you do not belong to any groups. See Managing Groups for more information.

4. Enter patient information. If your system allows patient identifiers, you may be prompted to enter a name and patient number, which are useful for performing followup studies. To protect patient privacy, the patient name and number will be hidden from users other than the case author and administrator. Whenever someone visits the case, the system will keep a log of whether or not the patient information has been displayed. You may also be prompted for demographic information such as the age and gender.

   

5. You may enter additional information about the case, including the exam date, modalities, pathology, anatomy, keywords, and ACR codes . Your case will be classified according to the values you select using the dropdown menus for pathology and anatomy. The more information you fill out, the easier it will be for users to find your case using the Advanced Search form.

   

6. The owner and author of a case are now separated. A case can also have mulitple owners and authors. To add or remove owners and authors click edit to bring up a list of users.
   
   
   
   


7. Enter case text, including history, findings, diagnosis, discussion, and references if available.

   

   If you prefer, you can report findings in the image captions instead of in the general findings field (see: Adding Images to a Case ). All the case text will be indexed by the database search engine. The various fields will be revealed incrementally when your case is viewed with training mode turned on.

8. Optionally, you may enter private notes . This field will be hidden from other users. This field is searchable by you, so you can use it to add special tags or keywords for your own personal filing system.

   

9. When you are ready to submit the case, click the CREATE CASE button at the top or the bottom of the form. The case will be added to the database, and a unique case ID will be assigned to the new case. You will see a summary of the case you've created. If you chose to share the case, it will be immediately available for browsing and searching.
   
   
   
   
10. Before adding images to a case, you need to have those images saved as files on your hard drive and ready to upload. This may involve exporting images from your PACS, taking a screen capture, or emailing the images to yourself. Images can be in any common format, such as JPEG, GIF, PNG, PSD, TIFF, Bitmap, or DICOM. Please see Preparing Images for more information.

    To add images to a case:

    Access the Add Images form as follows:

    To add images to a case you just created , click "Add Images to this Case" which appears near the bottom of the screen after you submit the new case form:

    

    To add images to a case you created earlier using the Non-Javascript Editor , navigate to the case, click "Edit" in the case title bar to launch the Case Editor, then click "add images" which appears to the right of the case title: (Go to the File Upload tab if you are using the Tabs-Based Editor )

    

    
    This will take you to the Add Images form, which allows you to add up to ten images to a case (you can add more at any time):

    

    To specify the location of an image to upload, click the first Browse... button under the Source column, which will launch a Choose file popup:

    

    This popup window may look slightly different from the one displayed above, depending on your operating system. You will see either thumbnails or icons representing the files in a folder on your hard drive. To look in a different folder, click the folder name (e.g. "Sample Images" in the example above), and navigate to the desired folder from the drop-down tree menu:

    

    Once you have located the desired file to upload, double-click on the file icon or thumbnail, which will select that file and close the popup window, returning you to the Add Images form.
    
    You may optionally enter a caption for the image. The caption may simply identify the image parameters (e.g. "Axial Pre-Contrast T1"), or you it can include a paragraph describing the findings in the image. The caption will not appear when the user is viewing the case as an unknown during Training Mode , so it is safe to include findings in the caption. You do not need to enter a figure number, as those will be automatically generated.
    
    

    

    If you want to control when the image is displayed (the default is Always), specify the criteria using the drop-down menu under "When to Display":

    

    The choices are:

    • Always: the image will appear regardless of what stage of training mode the user is in. This is the most common setting.
    • Always except during "View as Unknown": the image will be omitted during the first stage of training mode. This is useful for images that explicitly reveal findings, such as close-ups or images marked with graphical annotations (e.g. arrows pointing out findings).
    • Only during "View as Unknown": the image will only appear during the first stage of training mode. If you have two copies of an image (one that is marked up with graphical annotations), you can use this setting to have annotations effectively turn on or off as the user switches between stages of training mode. Upload the two images in adjacent positions, then set the annotated image to display "Always except during View as Unknown" and the non-annotated image to display "Only during View as Unknown".
    • Only during "Reveal Findings & Captions": the image only appears during the 2nd stage of training mode.
    • Only during "Reveal Full Case": the image only appears during the final stage of training mode.
    Please see Adding Annotated Images to a Case to upload an annotated version of an image. Repeat the above steps for each image that you want to upload, then press "UPLOAD". Only click UPLOAD once. It may take several minutes for the images to upload, depending on the size of the images and the speed of your network connection. The resulting case is then displayed:

    

    The images are converted into JPEGs and resized for optimal web viewing. You can always retrieve the originally uploaded images by clicking on the "original format" link.