OsiriX-- PACS and DICOM Viewer

OsiriX 8.0.2 is now available Automatic Selection of Key Images ROIs and Key Images in thumbnails ROIs and Key Images Navigator in 2D viewer Automatically change ROIs colors Fully optimized for macOS Sierra 10.12 And more… macOS Sierra OsiriX 8.0 is compatible with macOS Sierra 10.12 and fully optimized for Apple’s new operating system. You can use OsiriX as a PACS server with these benefits: Based on OsiriX DICOM engine and Database (SQLite) engine Unlimited number of simultaneous clients Manage your PACS through OsiriX GUI Fully compatible with Mac hardware and software Fully compatible with DICOM protocol (C-Move, C-Store, C-Find, C-Get, WADO) Seamless integration with any DICOM viewers, through the DICOM protocol Web access through built-in web server, built-in Java viewer compatible with any OS Expansion: write your own plugins to extend the integration with any protocols/systems, including EMR, RIS or HIS. Typically a PACS network consists of a central PACS server which stores a database containing the images, and of multiple clients that can retrieve and display these images on medical imaging software. The images are stored in DICOM format. The modalities (MRI, CT, PET, Ultrasounds, …) send the images to the PACS Server by using a DICOM “push” (DICOM C-Store). The server and the clients communicates by using the DICOM protocol (DICOM C-Store, WADO or Query & Retrieve). The clients display the images by using a medical imaging software: a DICOM viewer. Each computer in a DICOM network are identified by their network address (IP address), a communication port (TCP/IP port) and a name (AETitle): each computer is a DICOM Node in the DICOM network. IP address, TCP/IP port number and AETitle is the information required to connect each DICOM Node to the DICOM network. These informations can be found in the Preferences > Listener window in OsiriX. Hence, to build a PACS, you need: The important qualities of a DICOM viewer are: Fast transferring time (only limited by the network bandwidth) Fast loading time to be able to load and browse 1’000 images in less than few seconds Complete DICOM protocol supports to handle all different types of DICOM images Powerfull 2D imaging functions to analyze the images (ROIs, window levels, zooming, ….) 3D post-processing functions to view the datasets in volume rendering, MPR or MIP Image fusion support to multi-modal modalities like PET-CT, PET-MR, SPECT-CT studies