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Digital Image Editing Using PowerPoint: Part 2, Practical Applications of the Image-Manipulation Commands

¹ Department of Regional Radiology, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, 9500 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, OH 44195.

View larger version (70K): [in a new window]   Fig. 1. —Screen shot of PowerPoint (2002, Microsoft) desktop shows Slide Sorter view and details of View menu.

View larger version (51K): [in a new window]   Fig. 2A. —Screen shots of portion of PowerPoint (2002, Microsoft) desktop with slides opened shows two manifestations of same entity (neurofibromatosis type 2) in two patients. Note difference in degree of cropping, size, contrast, and brightness between original images (A) that were eliminated by cropping left-sided image, resizing both images, and adjusting contrast and brightness of right-sided image (B).

View larger version (60K): [in a new window]   Fig. 2B. —Screen shots of portion of PowerPoint (2002, Microsoft) desktop with slides opened shows two manifestations of same entity (neurofibromatosis type 2) in two patients. Note difference in degree of cropping, size, contrast, and brightness between original images (A) that were eliminated by cropping left-sided image, resizing both images, and adjusting contrast and brightness of right-sided image (B).

View larger version (52K): [in a new window]   Fig. 3A. —Screen shots of portions of PowerPoint (2002, Microsoft) desktop with slides opened show use of PowerPoint commands to emphasize image findings. Slides contain original image (A) of patient with pineal mass and resulting image (B) when findings were emphasized by cropping and adding arrow to indicate mass.

View larger version (76K): [in a new window]   Fig. 3B. —Screen shots of portions of PowerPoint (2002, Microsoft) desktop with slides opened show use of PowerPoint commands to emphasize image findings. Slides contain original image (A) of patient with pineal mass and resulting image (B) when findings were emphasized by cropping and adding arrow to indicate mass.

View larger version (45K): [in a new window]   Fig. 4A. —Screen shots of portions of PowerPoint (2002, Microsoft) desktop with slides opened show managing space using Crop tool. Three original MR images of patient with brain neoplasm (T2-weighted, FLAIR, and contrast-enhanced T1-weighted images, respectively) (A) are modified by cropping and resizing (B). Borders were also added using Line Style command. Note efficient use of space and emphasis of MRI signal-intensity changes in lesion.

View larger version (56K): [in a new window]   Fig. 4B. —Screen shots of portions of PowerPoint (2002, Microsoft) desktop with slides opened show managing space using Crop tool. Three original MR images of patient with brain neoplasm (T2-weighted, FLAIR, and contrast-enhanced T1-weighted images, respectively) (A) are modified by cropping and resizing (B). Borders were also added using Line Style command. Note efficient use of space and emphasis of MRI signal-intensity changes in lesion.

View larger version (70K): [in a new window]   Fig. 5A. —Screen shots of PowerPoint (2002, Microsoft) desktop with slides opened show sizing of image. Original slide image (A), frontal chest radiograph of patient with pneumomediastinum, is larger than slide area. Image was resized (B) by dragging corner handle toward center of slide.

View larger version (50K): [in a new window]   Fig. 5B. —Screen shots of PowerPoint (2002, Microsoft) desktop with slides opened show sizing of image. Original slide image (A), frontal chest radiograph of patient with pneumomediastinum, is larger than slide area. Image was resized (B) by dragging corner handle toward center of slide.

View larger version (48K): [in a new window]   Fig. 6. —Screen shot of PowerPoint (2002, Microsoft) desktop shows same slide as Figures 5A and 5B after application of steps 1 and 2 of image editing (orientation and cropping).

View larger version (59K): [in a new window]   Fig. 7. —Screen shot of PowerPoint (2002, Microsoft) desktop shows same slide as Figure 6 after application of step 3 of image editing (adjusting dimensions and position). Details of Align or Distribute menu are also shown in left lower corner.

View larger version (60K): [in a new window]   Fig. 8. —Screen shot of PowerPoint (2002, Microsoft) desktop shows same slide as Figure 7 after application of steps 4 and 6 of image editing (adjusting contrast, brightness, and rotation). Rotation was performed by dragging green circle (arrow).

View larger version (55K): [in a new window]   Fig. 9. —Screen shot of PowerPoint (2002, Microsoft) desktop shows same slide as Figure 8 after covering angled margins with rectangular AutoShapes.

View larger version (53K): [in a new window]   Fig. 10. —Screen shot of PowerPoint (2002, Microsoft) desktop shows final outcome of editing after application of steps 8 and 9. Patient information (in right upper corner of image) was covered by adding AutoShapes. Arrows and text were added to image. Note that color of rectangles that were used in Figure 9 was changed to match background.

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