Studycast uses Structured Report data sent from the modality to auto-populate measurements on the Studycast worksheet. In order for measurement data to be included in the Structured Report, values need to be captured using the calculation packages on the imaging device for the type of study being performed.
One way to determine if a calculation package was used when taking measurements, is by looking at the study images. The sample images below are a good representation of this:
In this first image no calculation package was used. You can see the image has a value, but no label to identify what the measurement is for. In this example all we see is Length=1.33cm/1.27cm.
This next image is an example of a calculation package being used correctly. Here we see not only a measurement value, but also a label of LVOT Diam and LVOT Area to accompany it. This tells Studycast where the measurement belongs on the worksheet.
There are a variety of reasons why measurements may not populate the Studycast worksheet even when a calculation package is used, including:
- The Structured Report option needs to be enabled on the imaging modality.
- The equipment doesn't support export of Structured Report data.
- Studycast doesn't recognize the label being sent for the measurement, and a mapping update is needed to populate it correctly in the future.
- The label sent by the machine is missing required information like laterality (right/left), or vessel segment (prox, mid, distal).