RadiAnt DICOM Viewer - Version History
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New features:- Print DICOM images on standard printers (in the 2D, 3D MPR and VR viewers).
- Added sorting options in 2D viewer (by instance number, spatial position, acquisition time, file name, ascending, descending).
- Added option to merge several series into a single panel (F4, select series, press Alt, click OK).
Improvements and bug fixes:- Added option to hide specific toolbar buttons in 2D viewer window.
- Added option to restrict proposed transfer syntaxes when connecting to legacy PACS servers.
- Added options to send current patient or current image to PACS servers.
- Improved multi-frame DICOM support (more than one multi-frame file can go into the same series - via concatenation).
- Improved caching of image parameters for multi-frame DICOMs.
- Improved database optimization process.
- Fixed issue with certain images not being exported due to special characters in some DICOM tags.
- Fixed issue with DSA mode producing image artifacts for rare type of source XA images.
- Fixed issue with fusion when the same series are opened in two panels.
New features:- Anonymize DICOM files (add-on package).
- Rectangle/square ROI tool.
Improvements and bug fixes:- Browse to the previous/next group of series when viewing multiple series side by side (Alt + Left/Right arrow).
- Export studies from a local archive to another one.
- 3D MPR and 3D VR windows keep their position / full screen state / layout after restart.
- Date/time tags defined in the overlay.xml file are formatted according to the local system settings.
- Improved import of add-on extensions.
- Added support for High-Throughput JPEG 2000 transfer syntax.
- Added optional CP950 and CP936 Windows character sets (they can be defined in the options.xml file).
- "Hide patient data" removes also patient birthday from the series preview bar.
- Ultrasound length measurements are now consistent with other modalities (precision and unit).
- Improved search in the DICOM tags window.
- DICOM dictionary updated to 2023d.
- Fixed issues with zoom & pan reset while browsing tomosynthesis series.
- Fixed issue with disappearing measurements after switching series in 2D viewer.
- Fixed window adjustment for certain RGB images not fully compliant with DICOM standard.
- Fixed missing length measurements for some obscure DICOM images.
- Fixed rare case of a broken association with a PACS server.
- Fixed rare crash caused by incorrect JPEG DICOM images.
- Fixed occasional crashes when sending DICOM images to PACS.
New features:- Length ratio calculation.
- Ellipsoid / bullet volume calculation.
- Added option to color and/or pin specific items to top in the DICOM tags window.
Improvements and bug fixes:- Search local archive using multiple keywords (separated by |).
- Added option to append birth date to patient name in the PACS search window (e.g., NAME|YYYYMMDD or NAME|YYMMDD or NAME|YYYY).
- Added support for certain DICOM files not fully compliant with the standard.
- Added support for some uncommon DICOM images with JPEG 2000 encoding.
- Added support for Windows-1251 code page in PACS search queries and results.
- Added option to force a specific character set when displaying PACS search results.
- Added option to replace non-ASCII characters with wildcards in PACS search queries.
Improvements and bug fixes:- Added support for certain US images encoded with JPEG YBR.
- Fixed rare activation issue.
Improvements and bug fixes:- Image position, zoom, rotation and flip is restored when switching series.
- Added support for long file paths.
- Added support for certain DICOM images not fully compliant with the standard.
- Improved distraction free mode.
- Fixed rare activation failure.
- Other small improvements and bug fixes.
Improvements and bug fixes:- Added support for certain DICOM images not fully compliant with the standard.
- Fixed rare issues with distorted 3D reconstructions and measurements for certain DICOM files not fully compliant with the standard.
New features:- Distraction free mode (Alt + Shift + Enter).
Improvements and bug fixes:- Added support for certain DICOM images not fully compliant with the standard.
- Added support for DICOM images with pixel data stored in 32-bit cells.
- Improved naming of folders when exporting all series (added patient ID, changed date formatting).
- Fixed display for certain US images with JPEG YBR compression.
- Fixed rare issues with activation on non-standard systems.
- Added option to create a keyboard shortcut for the "import zip to database" function.
- Added shortcuts for deleting multiple ROIs in 3D MPR window (Ctrl + Del, Shift + Del).
- Changed shortcut for refreshing PACS series to Ctrl + F5.
New features:- Send studies to PACS (add-on package).
- CSV export in the local archive.
Improvements and bug fixes:- Added option to open quickly a series via context menu.
- Added option to draw horizontal or vertical segments when using angle or Cobb angle tools while holding Shift.
- Added option to hide DICOM overlays.
- Added F5 shortcut to refresh the list of series in the PACS search window.
- Added command line flag to show viewer in full screen mode (e.g. -wp 0 0 800 600 2)
- Added option to set custom directions for WL/WW adjustments in options.xml.
- For DICOM files with imager pixel spacing defined (e.g., CR/DX/XA), magnification factor is used for length measurements whenever possible. The length measurement's background color will turn blue if a radiographic magnification factor is applied (whereas for measurements at the detector plane, the color is purple).
- Fixed issues with not fully DICOM compliant tomosynthesis images (Hologic).
- Fixed issues with searching PACS by dates.
- Fixed rare issue (white lines) with images having lossless JPEG compression.
- Fixed WW/WL setting for certain images with VOI LUT defined.
- Fixed issues with certain PALETTE COLOR images compressed with JPEG2000 lossless codec.
- Removed support for Windows XP and Vista systems.
Improvements and bug fixes:- Improved "Split series" function for multi-sequence MR series.
- Fixed rare issue with trial activation.
Improvements and bug fixes:- Fixed issue with study downloads via C-GET protocol.
- Fixed issue with trial activation.
- Fixed rare issue with the local archive when new imports might cause files of older studies be overwritten.
New features:- DSA mode (digital subtraction angiography) - auto and manual pixel-shift, split mask, magic mask.
- Search and download specific image series from PACS locations.
- Set custom window (WL/WW or Min/Max) with the option to use SUVbw units for PET images.
- Custom window presets in 2D, 3D MPR and 3D VR viewers.
Improvements and bug fixes:- Added window presets (WL/WW) in 3D MPR mode.
- Improved responsiveness during WW/WL adjustment for high resolution images (mammography, etc.)
- Series miniature images are updated after loading to better represent series.
- Improved performance when loading large number of series into viewer.
- Improved performance when importing studies from PACS to a database located on a slow media (e.g., USB flash).
- Fixed issue when after loading a series, an image other than the first one was shown.
- Fixed occasional hangs in the database window during PACS downloads.
- Fixed issues with radiant:// URL protocol.
- Fixed STL export for certain volumes.
- Added option to search and download via command-line multiple studies from PACS locations using tags other than StudyUID.
- Other performance and stability improvements.
Improvements and bug fixes:- Performance and stability improvements.
New features:- Closed polygon tool - area, perimeter (2D, 3D MPR).
- Open polygon tool - length (2D, 3D MPR).
- Arrow tool (2D, 3D MPR, 3D VR).
- Ellipse tool - area, min, max, avg (3D MPR).
- Angle measurement tool (3D MPR).
- Native 64-bit ARM version for Windows 10 on ARM platform (e.g., Microsoft Surface Pro X, Samsung Galaxy Book S, Lenovo Yoga 5G).
Improvements and bug fixes:- SUVbw measurements in 2D and 3D MPR viewers (no fusion required).
- Stored last export settings.
- Added option to show destination folder in Explorer after export.
- Added option to import studies opened directly in the viewer to database.
- Added option to export specific image series from the local database.
- Added option to delete specific image series in the local database.
- Added info about the displayed image series to the title bar text.
- Added option to drop the 3D snapshots file onto the VR window to load it.
- Added Ctrl+F1 shortcut to show the About box.
- Improved rendering of structured reporting (SR) documents in the viewport - page breaks for longer content, XML/HTML tag stripping.
- Custom character encoding can be set for SR documents in options.xml.
- Changed version numbering scheme (YYYY.X.Z - YYYY: year of the public release, X: feature release number, Z: bugfix release number).
- Added support for TIC generation for MR studies with multi-frame DICOM files.
- Fixed PACS search presets button for Wine-based installations.
- Fixed occasional crash during VR movie export.
- Updated DICOM dictionary to 2020a.
- New mouse button indicators (back and forward buttons added).
- ESC deletes the unfinished measurement.
Improvements and bug fixes:- Fixed issue with opening multiple viewer windows when in full screen mode.
New features:- 3D snapshots for 3D VR views.
- 3D VR movie creator (quick movies and 3D snapshot based videos).
- Unlimited scalpel undo/redo in the 3D VR window.
- Image filters (sharpen, smooth, edge...).
Improvements and bug fixes:- Improved fluidity in the 3D VR and MPR windows on NVIDIA GPUs (progressive rendering).
- Added option to hide annotations and the orientation cube in the 3D VR window.
- Added option to set the quality of rendering during interactions in the 3D VR and MPR windows (the Settings button).
- Added support for extended mouse buttons (the forward button for ROIs / the back button for panning).
- Added option to select multiple folders when opening/importing DICOM files.
- Added option to disable horizontal mouse wheel (via options.xml).
- Added option to configure viewer window position in options.xml.
- Added option to export movies in MP4 format from 2D viewer.
- Added support for certain not fully conformant JPEG compressed DICOM files.
- Added Ctrl+Alt mouse modifier for 2D roll in VR window.
- Added option set resolution during STL export.
- Fixed STL export for large volumes.
- Fixed several bugs causing crashes and hangs.
Improvements and bug fixes:- Fixed several bugs causing crashes and memory leaks.
Improvements and bug fixes:- Fixed TIC generation for studies acquired on certain scanners.
New features:- Local archive - import DICOM studies from CD/DVD discs, USB flash drives, local and network folders or PACS servers, and store them on your computer in RadiAnt database.
- Export 3D models to STL files.
- Added support for password protected ZIP files (ZIP 2.0, AES-128, AES-192, AES-256).
- Added the "Save RAW value" option in the DICOM tags window.
Improvements and bug fixes:- Improved mouse wheel behavior for precision devices (e.g., Surface Precision Mouse).
- Changed the maximum split screen layout to 5x5.
- Changed: the location overlay now shows the position of the center of frame for images with non-orthogonal orientation.
- Added support for overlays with non-zero origin.
- Added support for per-frame overlays in multi-frame DICOM files.
- Added option to launch structured reporting documents in the external web browser (Ctrl + Enter).
- Added option to display a logo image in the HTML SR documents (via options.xml).
- Added support for SUV calculations in studies acquired with Siemens Biograph PET-CT.
- Added support for TIC generation in studies acquired with Toshiba Vantage MRI.
- Fixed several bugs causing crashes and memory leaks.
- Other performance improvements.
Improvements and bug fixes:- Added support for large volumes (>2GB) in 3D VR and MPR (64-bit version).
- Improved support for breast tomosynthesis images (DBT).
- Improved support for files that are not fully compliant with the DICOM standard.
- Improved support for ultrasound images retrieved from Synapse PACS.
- Fixed occasional crashing issues.
New features:- GPU accelerated Volume Rendering and 3D MPR (MIP/MinIP/Avg) for NVIDIA graphics cards (available only in 64-bit version).
- 3D presets (angio, airways, bones and skin, MIP, etc.) in the 3D Viewer window.
- 3D cursor tool in the 2D Viewer window.
Improvements and bug fixes:- Added option to display studies pushed from PACS locations.
- Added query timeout option for PACS connections.
- Added configurable key modifiers and mouse button combinations for all tools.
- Added option to disable/enable shading in the 3D VR
- Added shortcut for hiding toolbar in the 3D VR and the 3D MPR windows (Ctrl + Alt + F3).
- Added support for changing series with mouse wheel (horizontal scroll).
- Added modality column to the "Open multiple series" window
- Improved command line PACS integration - multiple studies/series/images can be downloaded with a single command.
- Fixed image fusion for non-standard (non-orthogonal) orientations.
- Fixed occasional crash when exporting WMV videos.
- Fixed rare issue with transfer syntax negotiation with PACS servers.
- Fixed crash when opening DICOM files with certain LUT Descriptor.
- Fixed: some endemic DICOM files with certain private tags could not be opened.
- Added support for not fully compliant DICOM JPEG files.
New features:- C-GET protocol support for retrieving studies from PACS locations.
- PACS search custom presets.
Improvements and bug fixes:- Fixed display of certain RGB lossy JPEG DICOM images.
- Character set used in searches, wildcards and carets can be configured for each PACS location.
- Warning message is displayed if Windows Firewall blocks PACS connections.
- Added "Custom date" option to the PACS search window.
- Configurable units and precision for length measurements (options.xml).
- Added option to display a mark in the middle of a segment (options.xml).
- Added option to display a mark in the center of an ellipse (options.xml).
- Configuration files moved from AppData\Local to AppData\Roaming folder.
Improvements and bug fixes:- Added quick search in the "Open series" window (F4) - comes handy when browsing a large collection of studies.
- Added custom PACS search fields (via options.xml).
- Added automatic online activation via command line: radcmd.exe -activateonline SERIALNUMBER.
- Added support for radiant:// URL protocol (RadiAnt can be launched from a web browser and perform certain actions by clicking a link).
- Added support for DICOM Deflated Little Endian Transfer Syntax (Explicit VR) (1.2.840.10008.1.2.1.99).
- Improved series sorting in the "Open series" window (F4).
- Improved VR/3D MPR support for multi-frame series.
- Improved default WW/WL calculation for multi-frame images.
- DICOM dictionary updated to 2017d.
- Fixed: RGB images with incorrect WW/WL were not displayed properly.
- Fixed: rare type of JPEG compressed images could not be opened.
- Optimized memory management.
New features:- 3D oblique MPR (Multiplanar Reconstruction) with MIP/MinIP/Avg modes (Maximum Intensity Projection / Minimum Intensity Projection / Average)
Improvements and bug fixes:- Images from non-volumetric series (CR, DX, MG, US, XA, etc.) can be split into separate panels
- Setup improvements - installation is now possible for accounts without administrator privileges
- New license activation system
- Improved support for certain palette color DICOM images (US Philips)
- Improved support for series of images without StudyUID or SOPInstanceUID
- Improved support for certain files not fully compliant with the DICOM standard
- Default DICOM character set can be overridden in the options.xml file
- Language xml files are now checked for incorrect format specifiers
- Added -fl command line parameter for loading DICOM files listed in a text file
- Fixed silent installation mode
- Fixed PACS downloads for DICOM MPEG2/4 videos
- Fixed several bugs causing crashes and memory leaks
New features:- Copy all visible panels to clipboard as one image.
Improvements and bug fixes:- Added support for certain type of ultrasound images (Aloka).
- Added custom split screen setup via command line parameters (e.g. -sp 3 2) or the options.xml file.
- Fixed: MPEG2/MPEG4 DICOM videos failed to download from PACS locations.
- Fixed: JPEG compressed images could give linear artifacts in MPR views.
- Fixed: MPR and VR features were not available for certain type of SPECT images.
- Fixed window positioning via command line arguments.
- Other minor improvements.
New features:- Manual series synchronization (slice position, zoom&pan, window settings).
- Separate toolbar button for changing synchronization mode.
- New functionalities in the DICOM tags window: search text, copy all items, copy selected item, show DICOM file in explorer.
- 3D Volume Rendering and 2D MPR now work with CT series acquired with tilted gantry.
Improvements and bug fixes:- Improved auto synchronization - non-parallel series with a dihedral angle up to 5 degrees are now synchronized automatically.
- Fixed: the encapsulated MPEG videos were not opened properly without VLC installed.
- Quicker series thumbnail generation when multiple series are located in one folder and the DICOMDIR file is present.
- Other performance improvements.
Improvements and bug fixes:- Sorting mode of studies in the series preview bar can be changed to "newest first" via options.xml file.
- Fixed: cine loops exported to WMV files had sometimes incorrect frame rate.
- Fixed: ejecting removable media could cause crash when the "import license" window was shown.
New features:- Support for the encapsulated PDF documents (opened in an external viewer).
- Support for the MPEG-2 / MPEG-4 DICOM files (opened in an external media player).
- New measurement tool: Deviation.
- Keyboard shortcuts customization (drop-down menu from the Help icon).
Improvements and bug fixes:- Added support for small values in the ellipse and length measurements.
New features:Improvements and bug fixes:- Added support for extended characters sets in PACS search result list (Chinese, Japanese, etc.)
- Negative mode can be enabled by default for NM (Nuclear Medicine) images via the options.xml file.
- Last export destination folder is remembered after closing RadiAnt.
- Option to accept all presentation contexts during association with a PACS host.
- Improved stability and efficiency.
- Fixed: exported files are not overwritten during subsequent exports to the same folder.
- Fixed: sometimes the PACS host's IP address was not resolved properly and the connection could not be established.
- Fixed: a bad date in a DICOM file could cause RadiAnt crash.
- Fixed: a specific type of JPEG LS compressed images was not displayed.
Improvements and bug fixes:- Fixed issue that caused DICOM files retrieved from PACS locations and then exported in DICOM format sometimes could not be opened in other viewers.
- Fixed issue with measurements showing 0mm in images obtained from Philips Achieva MRI scanner.
Improvements and bug fixes:- Improved support for a specific type of DICOM images (HITACHI MRI).
- Improved performance and stability.
- Fixed a bug that sometimes caused incomplete PACS downloads.
- Fixed a bug that could result in an unsuccessful association with a PACS peer.
- Fixed a rare crash while scanning for DICOM files.
Improvements and bug fixes:- Improved support for legacy DICOM overlays.
- Fixed rare crashes on Windows 7 64-bit without SP1.
- Fixed rare crashes on Windows XP 32-bit with older CPUs.
Improvements and bug fixes:- Improved support for specific DICOM files (Philips Intera MRI, GE Optima MRI).
New features:- Support for the SR (Structured Reporting) Documents.
Press Enter to display a SR DICOM file in the HTML browser.
Improvements and bug fixes:- Improved stability, other small fixes.
New features:- PACS client functionality - search and download studies from PACS servers/workstations/modalities.
- New integration possibilities - command line parameters for searching and downloading studies from PACS nodes using specified DICOM tags.
- "Split series" feature detects multiple volumes contained in one series (e.g. arterial/venous post-contrast, DWI, cardiac CT multi-phase) and opens them in separate panels.
- "Duplicate window" feature (CTRL+SHIFT+N) - opens a new viewer window with the same image series as in the active window.
- Series from the same study opened in multiple windows can now be synchronized and fused. Also, cross-reference lines are supported across multiple windows.
- Dedicated window presets for PET modality (0.5, 1, 2.5, 5, 10, 25, 50 and 100 percent of the entire dynamic range of the displayed series).
Improvements and bug fixes:- In series consisting of multiple volumes (sequences), MPR is applied to the volume whose frame is currently displayed.
- Improved display of PET images with small pixel values (especially those without attenuation correction).
- Improved calculation of the default contrast/brightness values for PET images.
- Default color look-up table for PET changed to Hot Iron.
- Fixed MPR and Fusion functionality for special type of PET images (Siemens scanner).
- Improved export of all opened series.
- "Exit" menu item in popup menu under "Folder" toolbar button (Ctrl+Alt+F4). If multiple windows are opened, application can be also closed by pressing CTRL key while closing one of the RadiAnt windows.
- RadiAnt is automatically restarted after new language is chosen or a license key is imported.
- Enhanced support for compressed images.
- Fixed display of rare ultrasound images.
- Fixed drag&drop folder and files to RadiAnt running with admin privileges.
- Under Windows XP, the Service Pack 3 is now required during setup.
- Improved stability, lowered memory usage, other small fixes.
Improvements and bug fixes:- Improved support for SPECT-CT studies (synchronization, MPR, fusion).
- Improved automatic synchronization of series with small difference in patient orientation (e.g. MR).
- Added support for a rare type of dicom files with little endian implicit transfer syntax.
- Fixed ocassional crash of the viewer.
- Other minor improvements.