Windowing; Introduction - Brainlab Kolibri cranial Software User's Manual

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Configuring Views

Windowing

Introduction

About Windowing
You can adjust the windowing of images in the
these settings. These preplanned windowing settings are then available on the navigation
system.
You can also adjust the windowing of an image set in the navigation software.
Windowing
Settings
Image Type
CT
MR
Changing
Windowing
Settings
Changing the windowing settings may reduce the details displayed in the image
set. Before beginning patient treatment, verify that all details in structures are
displayed correctly.
If the windowing is set to 0 in MR image sets, the software will automatically
adjust it to 30.
Transferring
Windowing
Settings
Secondary or inverse windowing cannot be transferred from the planning soft-
ware to the navigation software.
Software User Guide Rev. 1.0 Kolibri cranial/ENT Ver. 2.7
iPlan
Settings
Density information is evaluated in Hounsfield units with a scale
from -1024 to 3071. Good initial values for best visibility of brain
tissue and a contrast-enhanced tumor are 0 for the left and 100-
150 for the right parameter.
You cannot adjust all Hounsfield units, but only a subset in a cer-
tain width.
An arbitrary scale from 0 to 255 is used. Within this scale, there
is no direct relationship to any physical density values. Instead,
the values are a function of the parameters defined on the MR
scanner.
software and then save the images with
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