2017 Release Notes
December 18, 2017 - Version 4.1.0.67
Studycast Online Help Update
- Help content is now searchable.
- Help content is now downloadable in PDF format.
Studycast Transcranial Doppler Reporting Update
- Users may comment on emboli per vessel.
- Users can set default emboli value.
Interactive Diagram Reporting Update
- Users can include/exclude interactive diagrams on all New Framework worksheets by default per study type/protocol.
- Users can override interactive diagram setting via worksheet checkbox.
December 9, 2017 - Version 4.1.0.66
Report Images
- Now include up to 40 images on your Studycast reports.
- Ability to auto fill images and specify image layout on the Report Images tab of the worksheets.
Obstetric Reporting Update
- Now supports up to 12 gestations.
Pelvic Reporting Update
- Now includes the ability to document 10 follicles.
Echo Reporting Update
- Ability to include LA and multiple AV measurements in Findings through worksheet preferences.
October 31, 2017 - Version 4.1.0.64
New Mesenteric Artery Worksheet
- Interactive diagram support for Stenosis, Graft, and Stent.
- Stenosis observation definition at SMA and Cel levels can be customized by client/division.
- Observations available for Stenosis, Waveform, Plaque, Type, and Patent.
Studycast Advisor Update
- New Advisor support for LV Hypertrophy (Based on ASE 2005 recommendations).
Batch Action Update
- Batch update support for Performing User and Location.
CoreShare Update
- CoreShare notification email address can be modified.
October 18, 2017 - Version 4.1.0.63
Studycast Advisor Update
- New Advisor support for LV Diastolic Dysfunction (Based on ASE 2016 guidelines).
Echo Worksheet Update
- Contrast agent added for Transthoracic Echo protocol.
- Worksheet now includes these measurements: SOV height, MVA duration, MVA planimetry, TDI s', RVOT VTI, RA Vol/BSA.
CoreShare Update
- CoreShare now remembers Expiration Date per Studycast user.
October 6, 2017 - Version 4.1.0.62
New Venous Intervention Worksheet
- This worksheet is designed to support Philips Volcano IVUS machine.
- Vessels for observation/measurement include IVC, and right/left CIV, EIV and CFV.
- Interactive diagram displays Stents and Annotation.
Renal Artery Worksheet Update
- Cortex supports commenting on Superior, Mid and Inferior levels.
- Resistivity Index calculated per laterality, based on mean Cortex velocities.
- Upper and lower normal range limits for Resistivity Index can be customized by client/division.
September 19, 2017 - Version 4.1.0.61
Date of Service Can Be Changed
- Date of Service for studies can be changed via Batch Action->Properties.
- Comment can be entered next to Date of Service to document reason for DOS change.
- Change Date of Service available to Client Administrators, by default.
- Change Date of Service permission can be granted via Admin.
Carotid Report Update
- Carotid Criteria table now includes Primary and Additional Parameter headings on study report if criteria option is enabled on report.
September 5, 2017 - Version 4.1.0.60
Modality Support for Studies
- Modality automatically set on study upload when present in DICOM tags.
- Users can select Modality from list via Patient section of Worksheet, Study Properties, and Batch action.
- Modality column available on Studies page.
Add More Than 3 Recipients to Final Report Notifications
- New Report Recipients tab to specify additional Final report recipients.
Venous LE Worksheet Update
- New Abdominal Venous protocol.
CoreShare Update
- Users can exclude report from shared study.
August 24, 2017 - Version 4.1.0.59
Carotid Worksheet Update
- New EDV ratio observation for ICA/CCA, in addition to PSV ratio.
- EDV ratio calculates automatically when sources and values specified for both ICA and CCA.
- Abnormal ratio statement in conclusions for EDV or PSV.
- Default location for EDV or PSV can be specified by user.
August 11, 2017 - Version 4.1.0.58
Echo and Screening Worksheets Update
- 2D values for IVSd and LVPWd measurements added.
- Boston Z-Score data now default source for all current Studycast Z-Score fields for which Boston data is available.
- For Studycast worksheets which support Z-Scores, users can select a default Z-Score source per field.
- Z-Score hover/hint in worksheet identifies the source used for the given Z-Score field.
- Echo and Screening worksheets - Users can capture both Mmode and 2D values for IVSd and LVPWd.
Nuclear Cardiac Worksheet Update
- Protocols updated to PET | MUGA | SPECT.
- Radiopharmaceutical section specifies Protocol in the label and Findings.
- For PET Protocol, FDG Uptake measurements added.
- User can manually enter LV EF, LV ESV, EDV values.
- Users can manually comment on Hypertrophy.
July 10, 2017 - Version 4.1.0.57
Pelvic Worksheet Update
- New protocols Sonohysterosalpingogram (SonoHSG) and Sonohysterography (SIS/Saline sonogram) allow: Contrast agent to be documented; Endometrial mass can be documented; Endometrium thickness can be documented both anterior and posterior.
Stress Echo Worksheet Update
- Contrast agent statement now appears as part of procedure statement on report.
- Contrast agent measurement can be entered as a value from 0.1-99.99.
Obstetric Worksheet Update
- Worksheet preferences allow clients to choose to document fetal anatomy observations Seen or Normal.
- Worksheet preferences allow clients to define the prioritization list for default Best Assessment of EDD selection.
June 26, 2017 - Version 4.1.0.56
Studies Page Update
- Study Protocol dropdown list only shows protocols for client's available study types.
CoreShare Update
- CoreShare now saves recipient email addresses per user.
- Recipient autocomplete displays last 100 email addresses.
Worksheet Previous Results Update
- Previous Results button is only active when Previous Results are available.
May 31, 2017 - Version 4.1.0.55
Studycast Advisor Update
- Studycast Advisor automatically regenerates Findings corresponding with the target of applied advice.
- Automatic regeneration of the corresponding Findings can be disabled on a client or division basis.
- Users can override the default setting on a per worksheet-session basis via the Regenerate corresponding Findings checkbox.
Obstetric Worksheet Update
- PSV percentiles calculated for Umbilical and Middle Cerebral Arteries.
- Charting available for Fetal Vessels Doppler fields.
May 19, 2017 - Version 4.1.0.54
New Studycast Advisor
- The Studycast Advisor will provide users with advice based on published guidelines.
- Currently available with the Echo worksheet for the new ASE Valvular Regurgitation Guidelines.
Echo Worksheet Updates
- New Studycast Advisor for Valvular Regurgitation.
- New measurements and observations: MV VCW, AV VCW, TV VCW, TV EROA, TV Reg Vol, PV Decel Time, PV PPHT, PV Reg Fract, Additional observations for TV/AV prolapse, Grades added to Regurgitation for MV/AV, Doppler observations added to all four valves.
April 17, 2017 - Version 4.1.0.53
Obstetric Worksheet Updates
- New Fetal Vessels Doppler section with measurements and calculated percentiles for Umbilical and Middle Cerebral arteries.
- Cerebroplacental Ratio calculation and percentile.
April 4, 2017 - Version 4.1.0.52
Stress Echo Worksheet Updates
- Users can specify Heart Rate predicted percentage.
- AS added to Rest/Stress observations and will appear in findings and conclusions.
Arterial LE Worksheet Updates
- Graft proximal, mid and distal observations added.
A-V Fistula Report Updates
- Report supports display of laterality selected on worksheet.
March 24, 2017 - Version 4.1.0.51
Obstetric Worksheet Updates
- Multiple fetal anatomy observations can be selected/set at once using click, shift-click and control-click.
- All dimensions converted to Sag x AP x Trans.
- Additional Maternal Anatomy observations and descriptors.
- Findings and conclusion statements behave consistently for fields also present in the Pelvic worksheet.
Nuclear Cardiac Worksheet Updates
- Test Types replaced with Protocols.
- Default protocol can be specified.
- Default values for observations may be specified by protocol.
CoreShare Updates
- Users can specify which images are included in shared study.
- CoreShare usage appears in Access log.
March 10, 2017 - Version 4.1.0.50
Arterial Graft LE Study Type
- Arterial Graft LE is now available as a 'Protocol' on the Arterial LE worksheet.
- Arterial LE worksheet now contains two protocols: Duplex and Graft.
Arterial Duplex LE Protocol
- Pre-existing features for Arterial LE now part of the Duplex protocol.
- Ability to document velocities and ratios for Abdominal Aorta.
- Ability to annotate on the interactive diagram.
Arterial Graft LE Protocol
- Ability to draw up to 8 grafts on the interactive diagram.
- Grafts are visible by selecting observations values on the Graft tab of the worksheet or by clicking on the diagram.
- Ability to annotate on the interactive diagram.
February 19, 2017 - Version 4.1.0.49
Thyroid Worksheet Update
- Lymph node, nodule, and parathyroid gland measurements now in mm.
- Measurements reordered as Length, AP, and Trans.
- Vascularity, lymph nodes, and parathyroid glands now generate Findings statements with additional descriptors.
February 10, 2017 - Version 4.1.0.48
Study Status Permission Updates
- Approve Study replaces Mark Study Final permission.
- Reset Study Status replaces Unmark Study Final permission. Permission is only for changing status of approved studies.
- New permission - Change Study Status: allows changing the status of any study unless it has already been approved.
Obstetric Worksheet Update
- Worksheet Presets now available in Obstetrics worksheet.
- Reload Measurements now available in Obstetrics worksheet.
- Default fetal anatomy checkbox functionality replaced by Configuration dialog.
- Reporting on extremities configurable by detail or by general location.
Obstetric Report Updates
- Ability to display primary measurements immediately after heart rate, before other measurements.
January 27, 2017 - Version 4.1.0.47
Obstetric Worksheet Update
- GA and General section now in its own tab.
- New Protocol field including Trimester selections.
- Study Description is now editable.
- Additional presentation options.
- New observations.
Obstetric Report Updates
- Ability to HIDE GA values on report.
- Ability to reorder sections on report.
- Ability to include study description in report header.
January 13, 2017 - Version 4.1.0.46
Custom Fields
- Clients can now define Custom Fields to store study data.
- Custom Field values can be displayed on Studies page.
- Custom Fields replace Study Options.
Carotid Worksheet Update
- Conclusion statements ordered with priority of ICA over CCA over ECA.
Nuclear Cardiac Worksheet Update
- For Intravenous test types, duration units of seconds now included in Findings.