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Portable RadiAnt viewer

Jul 24, 2011 05:27 PM
by Tommy
I'd like to have a portable RadiAnt viewer to keep in my USB drive in order to watch DICOM files in computers where RadiAnt is not installed

I've seen that there's an USB release here: http://www.radiantviewer.com/download.php

but it seems more intended as an autorun software for CDs or USB drives already containing DICOM files.
Jul 25, 2011 06:04 AM
by jens
simply copy radiant to usb drive. important: put the license- file from C:\documents and settings\All Users\App data\RadiantViewer to the radiant directory

works fine!
Jul 25, 2011 07:22 PM
by Tommy
@jens

C:\documents and settings\All Users\App data\RadiantViewer ?

I don't have such a folder.... (Vista 64 bit)
Jul 25, 2011 08:42 PM
by RadiAnt
Check this folder:

c:\ProgramData\RadiAntViewer
Jul 26, 2011 06:07 AM
by jens
@tommy

sorry, this is the path for win xp :/
Sep 8, 2011 09:35 AM
by Guest
@RadiAnt @jens

OK. I solved.
By the way I think it would be much better to change the licence.dat file inside the installation folder as well...
so people could easily move their RadiAnt viewer wherever they want.
Sep 8, 2011 09:36 AM
by Tommy
sorry, forgot to sign the previous post.

I meant: "it would be much better to change the licence.dat file position inside the installation folder as well..."
Sep 8, 2011 03:55 PM
by Tommy
you should think about people working on computers where software installation has been disabled by system adminstrators.

RadiAnt Portable would be a bless for them
Sep 8, 2011 08:04 PM
by RadiAnt
RadiAnt can be installed even by the user without administrative rights (Documents and Settings\USERNAME\Application Data\RadiAntViewer32bit folder will be chosen automatically). Anyway, I'll think about portable version.

Greetings,
Maciej
Sep 9, 2011 12:22 PM
by Tommy
a friend of mine working in a Swiss hospital told me he couldn't install RadiAn because of system administration restrictions
Sep 9, 2011 01:15 PM
by RadiAnt
Ok. It works on Windows XP but Vista and 7 still require administrative rights... I'll look into it.
Sep 9, 2011 02:49 PM
by Tommy
my suggestion, is to change the licence path into RadiAnt installation folder... in this way, installed version would became fully and easily portable.

USB portability is now an added value that users enjoy a lot
Dec 13, 2011 08:02 AM
by Tommy
is the "portability issue" going to be addressed in 0.70?
Dec 13, 2011 12:16 PM
by Jens
hey tommy,

simply copy the license file into the installation folder, it works. so u can copy the radiant to stick and all is fine.
Dec 13, 2011 04:42 PM
by Tommy
@jens

I know... you told me that before...
I was talking about changing the location of the licence in order to make RadiAnt natively portable without user interaction
Dec 13, 2011 06:41 PM
by RadiAnt
No, in our opinion it's not that important an issue. We'll think later how to deal with it. And for very determined ones there's a solution presented by Jens ;-)
Dec 13, 2011 07:57 PM
by Tommy
Ok. I'll do the manual way...
it's an easy hack :-)
Feb 10, 2014 09:46 AM
by jo
How can I put in the licence information ?
Feb 12, 2014 04:11 PM
by RadiAnt
We officially support only Publication License to run without installation, but it's purpose is to open patient study recorded on the cd/dvd media. The standard version of RadiAnt has to be installed on the system it is being used under.
Apr 10, 2016 12:49 PM
by Shervane
Hi, I use RadiAnt most as portable version. It works until it wants a new licence-file. So I have to trash my CD/DVD and create it new; background: most of my doctors are not as modern as they should be. I have to put more than one picture results, which I want to group on DVD for the medical round. But if the licence wants to get renewed, I have to create this DVD new.
Any solution? Because; if RadiAnt nags on my home-PC, which is connected to internet, it gets a new licence and ok. So - why a licence?
Thx.
Apr 10, 2016 04:29 PM
by Tommy
I suggest to buy a licence as I did.
it's cheap and the software is great
so the money are well spent
Apr 10, 2016 08:15 PM
by RadiAnt
Shervane,

Actually RadiAnt DICOM Viewer is not meant to be portable.
For the purpose of distribution on the optical media we have the RadiAnt DICOM Viewer CD/DVD version. This version doesn't have the auto renewal of the evaluation license, as it is for testing purposes only. You need to purchase the RadiAnt DICOM Viewer CD/DVD license to legally record our viewer on the optical disks.
You ask "why a license?". Medixant is a for-profit company, we have to earn a living somehow...

Greetings,
Maciej
Feb 14, 2020 03:40 PM
by RadioGyan
We can install a portable version of Radiant.

Here is a guide: radiogyan.com/radiology-software/#windows-dicom-viewer

Hope that helps :)
Mar 1, 2020 08:05 AM
by Tommy
I wanna ad d that buying a CD/DVD RadiAnt license is worth it for your business.

since we changed our CD default DICOM viewer from the Siemens syngo FastView to RadiAnt, we had very positive feedback from patients and from referring physicians.

the intuitive interface of RadiAnt and the great loading speed of the DICOM images impressed a lot of them and made easier and more comfortable to review our exhaminations.
Mar 4, 2020 09:16 AM
by RadiAnt
Thanks, Tommy.
There will be one exciting addition to the next version of the CD/DVD viewer. It will support encrypted DICOM studies (using a very safe AES-256 algorithm). The study will only load when a correct password is entered in RadiAnt.
Aug 8, 2024 01:45 AM
by dreqps
Hi,

Nice for fixing the hack in the new version that had allowed using Radiant without paying by keeping the message and opening a new window.

Have you considered again developing a portable version? Or is it better to switch to Weasis?

I personally use Radiant on about ten different computers, but I know I’m just one user. You should think about the needs of small radiology practices.

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