Orthanc is a standalone DICOM server. It is designed to improve the DICOM flows in hospitals and to support research about the automated analysis of medical images. Orthanc lets its users focus on the content of the DICOM files, hiding the complexity of the DICOM format and of the DICOM protocol.[2][3][4][5] It is licensed under the GPLv3.
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| Original author(s) | Sébastien Jodogne, Liège University Hospital, Osimis, Orthanc Team, Université catholique de Louvain |
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| Initial release | 19 July 2012 |
| Stable release | 1.12.5
/ 17 December 2024[1] |
| Repository | |
| Written in | C++, HTML, JavaScript |
| Operating system | Linux, Windows, macOS |
| Available in | English |
| Type | Vendor Neutral Archive |
| License | GPLv3 |
| Website | www |
Orthanc can turn any computer running Windows, Linux or OS X into a DICOM store (in other words, a mini-PACS system). Its architecture is standalone, meaning that no complex database administration is required, nor the installation of third-party dependencies. Orthanc is also available as Docker images.
Orthanc provides a RESTful API on top of a DICOM server. Therefore, it is possible to drive Orthanc from any computer language. The DICOM tags of the stored medical images can be downloaded in the JSON file format. Furthermore, standard PNG images can be generated on the fly from the DICOM instances by Orthanc.[6]
Plugins
editOrthanc also features a plugin mechanism to add new modules that extends the core capabilities of its REST API. As of May 2022, a dozen of plugins are available:
- multiple DICOM Web viewers,
- a PostgreSQL database back-end,
- a MySQL database back-end,
- an ODBC database back-end,
- a reference implementation of DICOMweb,
- a Whole Slide Imaging viewer and tools to convert to/from WSI formats.
- 3 Object storage storage back-end,
- a Python (programming language) plugin
- a plugin to access data from The Cancer Imaging Archive
- a plugin to index a local storage
- a plugin to handle Neuroimaging file formats
History and awards
editOrthanc was initiated by Sébastien Jodogne in 2011 as a postdoctoral researcher at CHU de Liège. The initial public release happened on 19 July 2012.
For his work on Orthanc, Sébastien Jodogne received the 2014 Advancement of Free Software award.[7] Orthanc also received the Agoria award for the best 2015 e-health project in Belgium.[8]
Between 2017 and 2021, the development has been supported by the Osimis company, still with Sébastien Jodogne as the lead developer. Since 2021, the development has been handled both by Alain Mazy with financial support from Open Collective, and by the health informatics research team led by Sébastien Jodogne at Université Catholique de Louvain.
Orthanc was recognized as a digital public good by the Digital Public Goods Alliance in August 2023.[9]
Distribution
editOrthanc is part of the Debian Med project.[10] Official packages are available for numerous Linux distributions including Debian,[11] Ubuntu[12] and Fedora.[13] Ports are available for FreeBSD and OpenBSD. Windows/MacOS binary installer packages may be freely downloaded from the Orthanc website but are provided by a commercial partner.
Orthanc is also available as a Beta-package through the package center for Synology NAS users.
See also
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References
edit- ^ "Release notes". Retrieved 17 Dec 2024.
- ^ "Orthanc about page". Retrieved 2022-05-10.
- ^ S. Jodogne; C. Bernard; M. Devillers; E. Lenaerts; P. Coucke (2013). "Orthanc - A Lightweight, RESTful DICOM Server for Healthcare and Medical Research". Proceedings of the IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging. pp. 190–193.
- ^ S. Jodogne; S. Sobczak; M. Devillers; E. Lenaerts; P. Martinive; P. Coucke (2013). "Orthanc - Lightweight, Scriptable DICOM Server for Medical Image Management in Radiotherapy". Radiotherapy & Oncology. 106 (2): S488. doi:10.1016/S0167-8140(15)33607-0.
- ^ S. Jodogne (2018). "The Orthanc Ecosystem for Medical Imaging". Journal of Digital Imaging. 31 (3): 341–352. doi:10.1007/s10278-018-0082-y. PMC 5959835. PMID 29725964.
- ^ Jodogne, S.; Bernard, C.; Devillers, M.; Lenaerts, E.; Coucke, P. (April 2013). "Orthanc - A lightweight, restful DICOM server for healthcare and medical research". 2013 IEEE 10th International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging. pp. 190–193. doi:10.1109/ISBI.2013.6556444. hdl:2268/163949. ISBN 978-1-4673-6455-3. S2CID 11376162.
- ^ "Sébastien Jodogne, Reglue are Free Software Award winners — Free Software Foundation — working together for free software". www.fsf.org. Retrieved 2017-02-12.
- ^ "Le CHU Liège remporte l'Agoria eHealth Award avec une première mondiale pour les images médicales". 2015-06-08. Retrieved 2017-02-12.
- ^ "Orthanc in the registry of Digital Public Goods Alliance". 2024-08-22. Retrieved 2024-08-22.
- ^ "Debian Med Imaging packages". Archived from the original on 2014-03-23. Retrieved 2012-12-10.
- ^ "Debian - Details of package orthanc".
- ^ "Ubuntu packages".
- ^ "Fedora packages". Archived from the original on July 4, 2013.