23.8. Automatic Protocol Selection Criteria

The layout and arrangement rules are selected automatically according to the following criteria:

1. Study matching (applicability). The program analyzes the loaded images and excludes protocols not intended for the current study type.

2. Matching study series to the defined series types:

   • each series type in the protocol has its own selection criteria;

   • the more series from the open study can be assigned according to the protocol rules, the higher the priority of that protocol.

3. Priority of personal and system settings. If multiple protocols match a study equally well, the system selects one using the following hierarchy (from highest to lowest priority):

   • personal user protocols SINGLE_USER — personal settings have the highest priority;

   • group protocols USER_GROUP — user group settings;

   • site protocols SITE — clinic-wide templates;

   • predefined protocols MANUFACTURER — the basic factory templates of the system.

If the user has created multiple layout protocols with the same priority, the program automatically applies the most recently created one.