Import Single Images

Use the Single Import feature to add one or more individual images to a patient folder. This feature is especially useful for linking images to the patient's tooth chart, replacing images imported in error, or for completing a timepoint.

Use This Feature

Open Patient Imaging Page - You can open this feature in multiple ways: Use the method that's most convenient for you.

Patient Folder (from Patient tab) - Click the Patient tab, if needed > Double-click the patient image or image placeholder.

Patient Folder (from any patient folder tab) - Imaging tab > Click the Imaging tab at the top of the patient folder window to open the patient's Imaging page.

ViewPoint toolbar - Image Integration icon. If a patient record is already active, that patient's information will be loaded automatically. Otherwise, you use Fast Find (either typing information or swiping a registered reward card) to search for the patient to work with.

ViewPoint shortcut menu - Add-In > Image Integration. (You can press Alt+D on your keyboard to open the Add-In menu options.) If a patient record is already active, that patient's information will be loaded automatically. Otherwise, you use Fast Find (either typing information or swiping a registered reward card) to search for the patient to work with.
Choose Layout - Click the drop down button to select the layout you want to work with (i.e. Photos). You do not need to select the timepoint (i.e. Progress) yet.
Initiate Single Import - Click Single Import at the bottom-right of the screen.
Choose Image Details - Choose the image you want to import, then select the timepoint, the timepoint date, and the image type to assign to that image.

Image Path - Be sure the path where the image is currently located appears at the top of the window (i.e. C:\VPImages). If the correct path is not displayed, you may use the dropdown and select from the 5 most recently-used paths, or click [...] to browse to the appropriate location.

Filename - Select the image filename you wish to import from the list at the left of the window. A thumbnail picture of the file appears for your reference.

Timepoint - The "timepoint" (i.e. Initial) is a description of the treatment time period in which a group of images was taken. You can choose a standard timepoint name from the drop down list, or type a unique timepoint name for this patient. Unique timepoints are not added to your standard timepoint list.

Timepoint Date - If no images exist for the timepoint yet, the timepoint date defaults to today. If there are already images in the timepoint, the date defaults to the current timepoint date. If you change the date, the date for all images in the timepoint will be changed, too. (See "Edit Patient Images" for details about changing the date of an individual image instead.)

Image Type - Select the image type to assign to this image (i.e. Lateral ceph),
Begin Import Process - Click Import to start the import process. If an image already exists for the selected image type, you have the opportunity to overwrite the existing image, or cancel the import process. If your VP Imaging Properties are set to ask whether to delete original image files, you will be prompted to remove or keep the original file. However, if your VP Imaging Properties are set to always or never delete the original files, VP Imaging takes the appropriate action automatically.
Import Additional Images - You may repeat this process, importing additional single images into this layout and timepoint as needed. The "Count" field indicates the number of images you have imported so far. When you have finished, click Close to exit.
Review Images - Once the images have been imported, you will see the Image Editor, with the layout of the new images. You may now edit images, or simply save them as-is.
Save Images - When you are ready, click Save to save the current images and continue editing, or click Save and Exit to save the files and return to the patient's Imaging tab.If your VP Imaging system is set to burn labels onto this type of image, the label is imprinted at this time.

If you instead click the X in the upper-right corner of the window to exit the Image Editor, the source images are still imported, but the ID label will not be burned on to images, and thumbnail images will not appear on the patient's Imaging tab until you return to the Image Editor and click Save or Save and Exit.

More Information

Imported Image Size - All imported and scanned images are converted to the width specified in the [MaxImageWidth] section of your advanced settings file, up to a maximum width of 1280. The image size maximum helps prevent significant slowing down of your ViewPoint system during the import process.

Manually Delete Original Files - If you choose not to delete the original files as you auto import images, or your VP Imaging Integration settings are set to never delete the files as they are being imported, you will need to delete them manually from the Path to Capture location. See "Set Up VP Imaging Integration" for details.