Released: Dec 18, 2014

Updates in this release

Updates in Medical Engine V19

New HL7 SDK

• Message encoder and decoder
• Listener service
• Integration with Modality Worklist (MWL) demos

DICOM Storage Server

• New optional third-party cloud storage integration
• Cloud storage can be automatic or managed through a Cloud Scheduler
• Includes source code for add-ins for popular cloud storage services
  • Microsoft Azure
  • EMC Atmos
  • Create your own add-in for any cloud storage provider

HTML5 Medical Viewer

• New and improved design and UI interface
• New standalone control
• Redesigned with AngularJS
• Increased overall performance
• Improved reference line support
• User-interface tools and actions
  • Hounsfield Unit
  • Probe
  • Spy Glass with various options
  • Shutter tool that supports multiple objects
  • Cobb Angle
• A simple, yet effective synchronization tool
• New mapping index array feature
• Assign weight to overlay text
• Added patient projection support
• Interval / delay option for requesting the full image
• Added support for selected / unselected border color for cells and sub-cells
• Added multiple selection support
• Exploded property
• Added drag & drop support
• Enhanced symmetric sub-cell layout
• New events and callbacks
• Added .NET and JavaScript interfaces for externally/programmatically controlling the viewer

Desktop Medical Viewer

• Added manual zoom options for Spy Glass
• New Nudge and Shrink tools
• New Shutter tool
• Added Cobb Angle tool for all platforms
• Added full support for LEADTOOLS annotations
• Added image orientation for each frame in a series
• Added support for annotation automation
• Enhanced image alignment
• New options for saving images
• Added ability to edit any selected annotation
• Improvements to Medical Viewer Demo including Stent, Image Processing, Reset and more

Dental Display Module

• Hanging protocols using DICOM structured display files
• Custom dental image processing functions including Perio, Endo and Dentin
• Monitor calibration options
• Viewer displays list of all available series
• Search results custom-tailored for dental imaging

Medical 3D

• New color map tool that remaps the VRT volume RGBA histogram, apply various preset palettes, and save the channels’ curves
• Added ability to save 3D object as a raster image
• Added ability to save MPR images as DICOM with complete metadata including orientation, position, window level, etc.

New Fusion Demo

• Load DICOMDIR support
• Use palette for fused image and original image
• Scale, Offset and Rotate any fused image
• Support for transparency action
• Window level each fused image
• Combine fused cells with automatic alignment

Additional Medical Updates

• DICOM IODs updated to latest DICOM specifications
• CCOW web interface
• New medical-specific image processing
  • G-Wire
  • K-Means
  • Lambda Connectedness
  • Level Set
  • OTSU Thresholding
  • Perspective Alignment
  • Shrink Wrap
  • Speckle-reducing Anisotropic Diffusion
  • Tensor-guided Anisotropic Diffusion
  • Watershed