OsiriX is a very powerful software and has full PACS implementation. It can behave as a PACS server or as a PACS workstation. For the purpose of this tutorial, we will be using OsiriX workstation as our PACS workstation to manage CT or CBCT data sets.

After setting up the dcm4chee PACS server from previous tutorials, you will learn how to access it from a different workstation on the network. more…

Running dcm4chee as a Windows service or daemon will enable dcm4chee to run during start up and in the background without user intervention. You don’t need to click ‘run.bat’ file found under apps/dcm4chee-mysql-2.14.x/bin every time you want to start the PACS server.

Here are the steps with pictures on how to accomplish that. Please make sure everything is running correctly before doing this step. (This tutorial is a continuation on the previous tutorial) more…

dcm4chee is an open source PACS software that can be used for storing, managing and retrieving medical images  It fully implements the DICOM protocol designed for healthcare. It is written in Java programming language for versatility and performance. It can run under Windows, Mac OS, and Linux. It supports different databases such as: PostgreSQL, MySQL, Oracle, SQL Server..etc

dcm4chee can be integrated with PACS workstation software or viewers such as: OsiriX, K-PACS, ClearCanvas…etc

Since many dental professionals use Windows as their primary operating system it would be easier to install dcm4chee under Windows. In addition, compression libraries such as JPEG 2000 LS are still not available under Windows 64 bit and Mac OS. So we will use 32bit version of Windows as our server’s operating system. We will be using Windows 7  since it is going to be the main stream operating system ; however, the tutorial should also work for Windows Vista or XP. more…