In the MPR meta-data control group you can customize the default preference settings of parameters used in the MPR window for managing a series of CT (or MR) images from which planar and spheroidal surfaces can be reconstructed and used directly or captured as PSImages for additional processing in the Image window. This technology will be "officially" introduced in version 7 of Plaque Simulator but you can preview it beginning with version 6.8.6. PS version 6.8.6 requires a folder named DCMTK that contains a series of uncompressed HFS, axial, 16-bit MONOCHROME, little endian transfer syntax UID DICOM images that have been converted to Dicom Toolkit DCMTK's .xml file format. Slice thickness should be <= 1 mm (e.g. CT with 0.5 or 0.625 mm slice thickness are commonly available).

Optionally, you can also use OsiriX to export images in Raw.nnn file format along with a file containing the DICOM meta-data of the first slice in .xml format as a file named "PatientName.xml", all located in a folder named "RAW".

In the Customizable pseudo color palette control group you can adjust the pseudo colors that are used when mapping spheroidal surface reconstructions on retinal diagrams. The default color palette is designed to highlight the tumor base using shades of brown to assist in mapping the tumor base.

The PSImage captures control group includes the settings used by the MPR window's auto capture feature which creates the six planar reconstructions used by the Images window for fine-tuning the eye model.

In the Annotations control group you can customize the appearance of annotations and the display time of the coronal thumbnail that appears when adjusting the displayed slice.

Either a DCMTK or RAW folder can be placed in the patient folder along with any other images. If present, a "DCMTK" or "RAW" folder will be parsed when dragging and dropping the patient folder on the PS Images window.