14.3. Monitor
14.3.1 Set Up a Second Monitor
The DICOM Viewer makes it possible to show information on two Monitors without having to move windows manually.
To enable a second display:
- Select the Options menu and the Settings item.
- Open the Monitor section. The window similar to the one shown in Fig. 14.2 will pop up.
- Check the boxes in the Use monitor column to select the monitor(s) to be used.
- Click OK or Apply to apply the changes or Cancel to cancel the actions.
- In the restart confirmation window,click Yes to restart or No to cancel the restart and continue working.
The DICOM Viewer needs to restart to apply the changes. The studies currently opened in the DICOM Viewer will not be opened again after the restart. The DICOM Viewer will request confirmation before restarting: The changes you are made requires restarting the program to take effect. Do you want to restart the application?.
If you are still working with the opened studies, or if the information needs to be saved, click No to cancel the restart and set up the displays later. To restart the DICOM Viewer click Yes.
If only one display is selected, the DICOM Viewer will be opened on this display. If two displays are checked, the DICOM Viewer windows will be displayed on both. To close the DICOM Viewer just close any of the windows.
14.3.2 Split Screen
The DICOM Viewer allows you to split the screen into two parts, displaying two windows during the startup.
To place two windows on the screen:
- Select the Options menu and the Settings item.
- Open the Displays section. The window similar to the one shown in Fig. 14.2 will pop up.
- Check the boxes in the Split vertically column to select the display(s) to be split. If the split display is not currently in use, its Use display box is checked automatically.
- Click OK or Apply to apply the changes or Cancel to cancel the actions.
- In the restart confirmation window, click Yes to restart or No to cancel restart and continue working.
14.3.3 High resolution monitor support
To automatically scale the interface for high-resolution monitors according to the scale of the operating system, check the Enable High-DPI scaling box. The change will take effect the next time you launch DICOM Viewer.