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Merry X-mas!
by RadiAnt on December 21, 2013
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We would like to take this opportunity to wish you a joyful holiday season and a happy, healthy and prosperous New Year.

Thank you for choosing RadiAnt DICOM Viewer -- we hope to continue to improve it and to introduce many new features in 2014 and beyond!
RadiAnt DICOM Viewer 1.9.10
by RadiAnt on November 7, 2013
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This time we have a few improvements in version 1.9.10:

Download the new version here.
RadiAnt DICOM Viewer 1.9.4
by RadiAnt on September 29, 2013
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The latest version – 1.9.4 - introduces two new features:

There are also a few changes to the structure of the CD/DVD version.
And, as usually, a few minor improvements and bug fixes.

Download the new version and check the complete list of changes here.
User manual
by RadiAnt on June 30, 2013
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When we started developing RadiAnt DICOM Viewer we had one goal in mind, to keep it as simple as possible. This is probably why we kept on procrastinating on writing a user manual for our software.

Well, that is, until today. Because today we are presenting you a complete user guide which hopefully will help you get the most out of RadiAnt DICOM Viewer.

The manual is available as a searchable online help or a PDF file for downloading and printing.

Enjoy the reading!
RadiAnt DICOM Viewer 1.8.6
by RadiAnt on June 2, 2013
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We are happy to announce a new release version of RadiAnt DICOM Viewer - 1.8.6
There are two major new features: multi-touch support for Windows 8 and time-intensity curves. The biggest improvement in our opinion is much faster CD/DVD loading, in certain cases up to 3x faster than in previous versions.

Below you will find a list of 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.

Download here
RadiAnt DICOM Viewer 1.7.7 BETA
by RadiAnt on May 1, 2013
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RadiAnt is believed to be a speedy DICOM viewer. Well, we tried hard and made it even faster - CD/DVD loading times can be up to about 3 times faster than before. Download our latest beta version and try for yourself!

New features and improvements:
  • Significant reduction of CD/DVD loading times (up to 3x faster).
  • Pet20 color scale.
  • Displayed info about compressed DICOM images (left top corner, below series number).
  • CTRL + C copies value to clipboard in DICOM tags window.
  • Scroll wrapping can be disabled in options.xml file.
  • Detection of CD/DVD/Flash removal - to remedy problems with opening consecutive CDs without restarting RadiAnt.
  • New command-line parameter "-cl" closes all running instances of RadiAnt DICOM Viewer.
  • Further refinements in large multi-frame files handling.
  • Fixed problem with opening zip files that have non-standard characters in a filename.
  • Other small fixes.

Download here
RadiAnt DICOM Viewer 1.5.10 BETA
by RadiAnt on April 6, 2013
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Our latest beta version brings these new features and improvements:
  • New controls for CINE, overlayed at the bottom of the screen when mouse hovers over image.
  • Cine auto start for US and XA series.
  • Improved multiframe DICOM file reading from CD/DVD.
  • 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)
  • Fixed patient data anonimization in series preview bar hints.

Download here
RadiAnt DICOM Viewer 1.5.7 BETA
by RadiAnt on March 16, 2013
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This time we have a small update:
  • Open quickly multiple series (F4).
  • Close all panels (SHIFT + F4).
  • Open DICOM folder in RadiAnt using right-click context menu on a folder in windows explorer.

Download here
RadiAnt DICOM Viewer 1.5.5 BETA
by RadiAnt on March 1, 2013
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We have a new beta version with a few improvements:
  • Tools can be assigned to the middle mouse button (with WL/WW adjustment default).
  • Command line parameter -b shows expanded folder tree, lets user choose a subfolder to be scanned for DICOM files.
  • ROI can be duplicated in all images of the series.
  • Source images with ellipse ROI used for calculations are added to the series with a time-intensity curve.
  • Other minor features and bug fixes.

Download here
RadiAnt DICOM Viewer 1.5.1 BETA
by RadiAnt on January 16, 2013
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In this version we have implemented multi-touch support for Windows 8 touch-enabled devices:
  • use one finger to browse images of the series
  • use two fingers to pan and zoom (pinch) images
  • use three fingers to change window settings (brightness/contrast)

Also, compatibility with Windows Server 2008 system was improved by removing the dependency on wmvcore.dll library.

As always, we will appreciate your comments and suggestions!
Download here