Using the Detect AI AIDE tool

You can use the Dentrix Ascend Detect AI's Artificial Intelligence with Diagnostic Enhancement (AIDE) tool to quickly zoom in on an image and apply various filters (such as colorization) all at once. This provides you with a better view of an area of concern without you having to manually apply image enhancements.

To use the AIDE tool

1. If the correct patient is not already selected, use the Patient Search box to access the patient's record.

   Note: You can include inactive patients in the search results by setting the Include inactive patients switch to On.

2. Do one of the following:

   • View an image from the patient's image history list.

     1. On the Patient menu, under Clinical, click (or tap) Chart, Progress Notes, Quick Exam, Perio, Tx Planner, or Imaging. Then, on the Imaging tab's menu, click (or tap) Show Image History.

        

     2. On the Images tab, select an exam for an individual bitewing or a series of bitewings.

        

     3. If you have selected a series, under Image Navigator, click (or tap) an image of that series.

        

        The selected image appears in the viewing area.

   • View one of the patient's most recent images.

     1. Do one of the following:

        • On the Patient menu, under Clinical, click (or tap) Imaging.

        • On the Patient menu, under Clinical, click (or tap) Chart, Progress Notes, Quick Exam, Perio, Tx Planner, or Imaging. Then, on the Imaging tab's menu, click (or tap) Show Most Recent Images.

          

     2. Click (or tap) an individual bitewing image or an image in a series of bitewings.

        

        The selected image appears in the viewing area.

   • View one of the patient's images for selected teeth.

     1. On the Patient menu, under Clinical, click (or tap) Chart.

        The patient's clinical record opens with the Chart tab selected.

     2. Do one of the following:

        • Select one or more teeth with associated images, and then click (or tap) Image Peek. The button is available only if at least one tooth with an image is selected.

          

        • Select one or more teeth with associated images, and then click (or tap) the Progress Notes tab. On the Progress Notes tab, click (or tap) the imaging icon next to a procedure.

          

        • Select one or more teeth with associated images, and then click (or tap) the Quick Exam tab. On the Quick Exam tab, click (or tap) Image Peek (the button appears as a white tooth on a blue background if there is not enough room to display the button with a text label). The button is available only if at least one tooth with an image is selected.

          

        The Image Peek dialog box appears.

     3. If there are multiple images, use the Back and Forward buttons to navigate between the images.

   In Imaging

   

   In Image Peek

   

3. Click (or tap) a finding (caries, RBL, calculus, or PRL) on the image, and then select AIDE.

   

   The AIDE tool viewer appears, and displays the following four views:

   • Zoomed in, filtered (upper-left quadrant).

   • Zoomed in, inverted (upper-right quadrant).

   • Zoomed in, colorized (lower-left quadrant).

   • Zoomed in, unfiltered (lower-right quadrant).

   AIDE in Imaging

   

   AIDE in Image Peek

   

4. Do any of the following as needed:

   • To view the AIDE tool full screen, click (or tap) the Full Screen button . To return to the normal view mode, click (or tap) the Normal Mode button .

   • To switch between showing and hiding the Detect AI indicator in all four views, click (or tap) the Show/hide AI finding button. If the details are not being displayed, the button is gray . If the details are being displayed, the button is orange .

   • To switch between applying and removing enhancements for the upper-left view, click (or tap) the Enhancement button. If the enhancement is turned off, the button is gray . If the enhancement is turned on, the button is orange .

   • To increase the zoom level (zoom in) for all four views, move the Zoom slider to the right. To decrease the zoom level (zoom out) for all four views, move the slider to the left. If you are using a mouse, you can also zoom in and out by positioning the pointer over the image (the pointer will change to cross hairs) and then rotating the scroll wheel of your mouse.

     

   • While you are zoomed in on the image (so that the whole image is not visible in the views), to pan across the image (move the visible area of the image up, down, left, and/or right) for all four views simultaneously, right-click a view, and drag anywhere inside that view.

   • To adjust the brightness of a view, click in that view, and then drag up or down to respectively increase or decrease the brightness.

   • To adjust the contrast of a view, click in that view, and then drag left or right to respectively decrease or increase the contrast.

   • After adjusting the brightness and/or contrast of a view, to reset the brightness and contrast of that view, double-click in that view.

5. Click (or tap) Finish AIDE.