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Capturing a Video Image
The video tab is only visible for practices with a registered EXAMINE module.
- Click the Patients desktop from the Workspace Bar and select a patient.
- Click the Video tab to open the video window:
| Import an image file into EXACT. |
| Detailed information about the selected image, e.g., filename, size. Also allows you to modify the description. |
| Edit. Displays the highlighted image in the Video Window (you can also double-click an image in the list to view it in the video window). |
| Bin (Delete). Deletes the image currently highlighted in the list. This is not necessarily the image that you are currently viewing. |
| Flip the image. Vertically mirror the selected image. To set EXACT to automatically flip all captured still images: If your imaging equipment produces an inverted image and all images must be flipped, you can tick the Flip (Mirror) Still Images option under Configure > Local Parameters on the computer(s) where the image capturing takes place. |
| Print the selected image. |
| Capture multiple images, i.e. video input. |
| Select the required source of the image, e.g. Web Cam, Digital Camera. |
| Capture a single video image. |
| To apply Left and Right Labels to images On the computer(s) where the image capturing takes place, select Configure > Local Parameters and tick the Add Left-Right Labels to Still Images option. |
- Click the Scan button to open your video camera software.
- Pose the patient in front of the camera and click the Snapshot button to capture the patient’s photo.
- The image will display in the viewing area on the right.
- Click the Transfer button to display the Save Video Image window:
- Type a description for the image and click the OK button.
- Using the left mouse button, click and drag the mouse cursor over the patient’s head and shoulders.
When you release the mouse button a menu will appear with options to Copy to Clipboard or Save as Patient Photo:
- Click Save as Patient Photo. The image will now appear in the patient’s Edit Appointment window and in the Patient Preview window when the patient arrives for their appointment:
Import and View Stored Images
- Click on ‘Patients’ on the Workspace Bar and select a patient using normal methods.
- Click on the ‘Video’ tab.
- Click on the button and browse for the image to be imported. When found, click ‘Open’.
The following window will appear:
- Enter a description for the image and click ‘OK’. An entry for the imported image will show in the list at the top left:
- Select and double click on an image in the list, or click the button. The image will display in the viewing area.
- The image can now be used as if had been captured, including as a patient photo: