The multiple search option is available so end users have flexible search options to use multiple criteria for finding exams.  When the magnifying glass search button is clicked these fields are all checked for user entered data to search with: MRN, DOB, Gender, Accession, Exam Date, and Modality.  The following INI options can be added to a mode section or the [COMMON] section in order to restrict access to certain search fields.  The options can be set to True or False. By default all the search options are allowed (set to True).  

  • MultipleSearchShowSelectorDOB
  • MultipleSearchShowSelectorMRN
  • MultipleSearchShowSelectorName
  • MultipleSearchShowSelectorGender
  • MultipleSearchShowSelectorDate
  • MultipleSearchShowSelectorAccession
  • MultipleSearchShowSelectorModality


Example:

Let's set all the search options in Multi-Search to false except for searching by MRN or accession number, and allow the user to choose a date range.

[Exam Search (MRN or Accession)]
ModeDescription=Use this mode to search for exams by MRN or Accession.
ModeWorkflow=Query
DefaultDICOMSearchMethod=Multiple
SeriesNumber=999
SeriesDescription=Scanned Documents
QuerySource=Archive
StoreArchive=Archive
DicomSearchModality=CR
MultipleSearchShowSelectorMRN=True
MultipleSearchShowSelectorAccession=True
MultipleSearchShowSelectorDate=True
MultipleSearchShowSelectorName=False
MultipleSearchShowSelectorDOB=False
MultipleSearchShowSelectorGender=False
MultipleSearchShowSelectorModality=False


 The result would look like this: