Adding User-Created Vessel
Use the Vessel tool to add a user-created vessel. You can do the following:
- Extend an existing vessel
- You can add additional vessel segments to an extend a vessel.
- When you extend a vessel, you cannot terminate that vessel on the termination point of another vessel.
- Create a branched vessel
- You can attach each endpoint to the middle of two different vessel segments to create a branch.
- You can attach the endpoint of a detached segment to the middle of another segment to create a branch.
- A vessel cannot originate and terminate in the same vessel segment.
Steps
- Click
Vessel
on the vessel diagram toolbar. - On an existing vessel, click the point of origin for the new vessel. A red edit point displays to indicate the first point of the new vessel.
- Click the vessel path. Each click adds a new point to the vessel path.
- Click any existing point (except the originating point) or click an existing vessel to display the user-created vessel.
- Optional: Click the Vessel tool or press the ESC key to cancel the Vessel tool.
Results
Synapse replaces the points with a user-created vessel and displays a generic label to identify the new vessel. Synapse adds the properties for the user created segment in the Segment tab of the properties panel.
If you make anatomy changes to a vessel diagram which is part of a patient study, including the repositioning of segments or the addition and deletion of vessels, grafts and collaterals, Synapse uses these changes in the base diagram for any new studies for that patient. See Carrying Over Vessel Diagram Data.