What's new in Portable RadiAnt DICOM Viewer 4.6.8

Oct 16, 2018
  • 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.

New in Portable RadiAnt DICOM Viewer 1.9.16.7446 (May 26, 2014)

  • 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 occasional crash of the viewer.
  • Other minor improvements.

New in Portable RadiAnt DICOM Viewer 1.9.14.7431 (Jan 15, 2014)

  • Fixed display of rare type of images with big endian transfer syntax.

New in Portable RadiAnt DICOM Viewer 1.9.12.7424 (Jan 10, 2014)

  • Fixed display of certain types of images with PALETTE COLOR photometric interpretation.
  • Other minor improvements.

New in Portable RadiAnt DICOM Viewer 1.9.10.7393 RC (Oct 28, 2013)

  • New features:
  • Support for length measurement using estimated radiographic magnification factor (e.g. in mammography images).
  • Improvements and bug fixes:
  • Enhanced PET SUV measurements (e.g. Philips scanners support).
  • Fixed display of certain types of images with VOI LUT.
  • Other minor improvements.

New in Portable RadiAnt DICOM Viewer 1.9.4.7257 (Oct 18, 2013)

  • New features:
  • Customizable annotations.
  • Support for manual length calibration.
  • US calibrated regions support (length or other parameters such as time, velocity, depending on the region).
  • Improvements and bug fixes:
  • Changes to the CD/DVD autorun package version:
  • Changed structure of folders and filenames (for compliance with ISO 9660 Class 1 8+3 filename system)
  • CD/DVD scanning can be narrowed down to specified folder(s) (-d command-line parameter)
  • The "run.bat" file starts launcher.exe tool, which runs either 32-bit or 64-bit version of RadiAnt DICOM Viewer (previously always 32-bit version was opened)
  • Imager pixel spacing is used for measurements when available (which is often the case for XA images).
  • Faster opening of large image series from cd/dvd media (in systems low on memory)
  • Fixed handling of certain JPEG2000 DICOM files.
  • Fixed visual artifacts in ROI elements in exported images.
  • Improvements in DICOM tags preview window (fixed incidental crashes, enhanced tag descriptions, corrected display of tags with multiple numerical values).
  • Other minor improvements.

New in Portable RadiAnt DICOM Viewer 1.8.6.6744 (May 30, 2013)

  • New features:
  • Multi-touch support for Windows 8 touch-enabled devices:
  • Use one finger to browse images of the series (or perform other function selected from the toolbar).
  • Use two fingers to pan and zoom (pinch) images.
  • Use three fingers to change window settings (brightness/contrast).
  • Time-Intensity Curve generation (CTRL + SHIFT + E).
  • Export files in DICOM format.
  • Zoom & pan synchronization.
  • Window settings (WW/WL) synchronization.
  • New controls for Cine mode, overlayed at the bottom of the screen when mouse hovers over image.
  • Cine auto start for US and XA series.
  • Edit ROIs:
  • Copy selected ROI (CTRL + C)
  • Copy all ROIs in displayed image (CTRL + SHIFT + C)
  • Paste ROI(s) in the same or in different image (CTRL + V)
  • Duplicate ROI in corresponding series (CTRL + SHIFT + D)
  • Duplicate ROI in all images of the series (SHIFT + ALT + D)
  • Delete ROIs in all visible images (SHIFT + DEL)
  • Open quickly multiple series (F4).
  • Change color scale in fusion images (click color bar).
  • Change fused image opacity (left mouse button down and drag over color bar).
  • Maximize/restore panel (button/double click on image/CTRL + M), you can switch between opened series in maximized panel using TAB.
  • Anonimize all visible patient data (SHIFT + F12).
  • Tools can be assigned to the middle mouse button (with WL/WW adjustment default).
  • Open DICOM folder in RadiAnt using right-click context menu on a folder in windows explorer.
  • Command line parameter -b shows expanded folder tree, lets user choose a subfolder to be scanned for DICOM files.
  • New command-line parameter "-cl" closes all running instances of RadiAnt DICOM Viewer.
  • Improvements and bug fixes:
  • Significant reduction of CD/DVD loading times (up to 3x faster).
  • Improved multiframe DICOM file reading from CD/DVD.
  • Detection of CD/DVD/Flash removal.
  • Toggle series preview bar visibility (CTRL+SHIFT+F4).
  • Toggle toolbar and status bar visibility (CTRL+SHIFT+F3).
  • Toggle ROI visibility (ALT+F12).
  • Change ROI label font size (CTRL+SHIFT+PLUS/MINUS).
  • Hold SHIFT during ellipse drawing to make it a circle, hold it while drawing a segment to make it horizontal or vertical.
  • Hold CTRL during ellipse drawing to show actual DICOM pixels area (only when image is magnified).
  • Ellipse ROI label shows actual DICOM pixels number used for calculations.
  • Close all panels (SHIFT + F4).
  • Click panel close button with CTRL pressed to clear the panel instead of closing it.
  • Options.xml file (ProgramData/RadiAntViewer folder in Windows7) - change default options (currently only by manual editing).
  • Zoom-to-region mode for zooming tool (available in options.xml).
  • Off-center zooming (retains desired image region visibility during zooming - available in options.xml).
  • Scroll wrapping can be disabled in options.xml file.
  • Added WW/WL presets for modalities other than CT.
  • Status bar shows remaining files during folder scan.
  • Displayed info about lossy compression of DICOM images (left top corner, below series number).
  • CTRL + C copies value to clipboard in DICOM tags window.
  • Improved support for images with VOI LUT defined.
  • Fixed a rare crash caused by images with "RAW" modality.
  • Fixed display of certain US images (e.g. Philips US systems, GE Vivid 7).
  • Fixed default cine rate setting (FPS).
  • Fixed problem with opening zip files that have non-standard characters in a filename.
  • Compatibility with Windows Server 2008 system was improved by removing the dependency on wmvcore.dll library.
  • Other minor features and bug fixes.

New in Portable RadiAnt DICOM Viewer 1.1.8.4646 (Sep 10, 2012)

  • Better support for the new enhanced multi-frame DICOM CT and MR files -
  • measurements, default window parameters, auto synchronization, cross reference lines,
  • MPR and image fusion.
  • SD (standard deviation) calculation in ellipse ROI.
  • Fixed issue with ellipse ROI calculations in fusion MPR (coronal and sagittal)
  • images.
  • Faster DICOM load and export times.
  • Better memory management.

New in Portable RadiAnt DICOM Viewer 1.0.4.4439 (May 16, 2012)

  • New features:
  • Multiplanar reconstructions.
  • PET-CT fusion (other types of images can be also fused, e.g. DWI and conventional MRI sequences).
  • Screen splitting with a predefined column/row number (drag and drop series thumbnail images into viewports).
  • DICOM tags inspection window.
  • Angle measurement.
  • Cobb angle measurement.
  • Improvements and bug fixes:
  • The autorun package for CD/DVD contains both 32 and 64 bit versions.
  • More keyboard shortcuts (series navigation - Home/End, tool selection -
  • C/B/M/W/Z).
  • Middle mouse button adjusts window level/width.
  • Auto synchronization on/off switch.
  • Display cross-reference lines on/off switch.
  • Ellipse tool shows minimum and maximum values in covered area.
  • ROIs drawn with an outline for better visibility on brighter backgrounds.
  • Movable ROI text labels.
  • More zoom presets added - 200, 400 and 800%.
  • The installer supports silent setup mode.
  • Crash reporting tool.
  • Improved look of certain dialog windows when using non-standard DPI settings.
  • Support for PALETTE COLOR DICOM images.
  • Improved support for JPEG DICOM images.
  • Other minor features and many bug fixes.