We worked on adding extra new cool features to the posts section of the website. It is now possible to have a printer friendly version of the article. You can now use “Share This” button to share the article with your colleagues and friends. In addition, related posts were added to provide easy access to other relevant posts. If you have other features you would like to see, drop us a comment and we’ll see what we can do.
NVIDIA Professor Partnership Program

NVIDIA Professor Partnership program offers new possibilities for researchers around the world to work and collaborate with NVIDIA. It aims to provide access to cutting-edge technology to drive innovation in research at the universities. Professor Partnerships may include:
- Financial support for research projects, typically in the form of unrestricted cash grants
- Equipment donations and/or discounts for labs, teaching facilities, and research projects
- Sponsoring and/or support of curricular initiatives in GPU computing, parallel computing, and computer graphics Continue reading
Cone Beam CT physical principles
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Cone Beam CT provides clinicians with three dimension views of patient’s head and neck area at relatively low radiation dose compared with medical CT. There are different steps involved in obtaining the final image volume. It is important to understand the underlying principles of action for Cone Beam CT in order to obtain the best image quality while lowering the radiation dose to the patient. Continue reading
Better multilingual support
We have updated the theme on the website to better support multilingual features in different sections of the website. Thanks to WPML (WordPress MultiLingual) powerful translation features, it was possible to have the title, header, introduction and footer completely translated.
Translators for languages other than Portuguese and Spanish are welcome to join.
Enjoy the new experience!
Running dcm4chee PACS as a Windows service or daemon

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) Continue reading
Kodak Dental Imaging Software (KDIS) a new CBCT DICOM viewer hitting the market very soon

Kodak demonstrated their new CBCT software during the AAOMR meeting in Louisville, Kentucky this year. The software is feature packed and has an intuitive interface. We just got our hands on the latest beta of their 3D viewer called: Kodak Dental Imaging Software 3D v2.2 (KDIS).
The software is still in beta stage and under development. From what we heard from Kodak, they intend to release the software as a shareware or freeware. Yes, you heard it right! (Update: the software will burned to the disc if you own a Kodak machine as a viewer but it is free). The software will be You might wonder: but it would open just Kodak CBCT volumes, right? Not really, the software is able to open not only Kodak CBCT volume but all other 3rd party CBCT volumes as well. (Update: there are issues with mis-orientation of the volume from 3rd party Cone Beam CT data sets). In this article we will review KDIS and see what it has to offer. We will explore the interface, see a list of features, and limitations in the current version. Continue reading
Happy Birthday MARCILAN! 10 Free iCBCT Anatomy codes give away

Happy Birthday MARCILAN! It’s been exactly 1 year since Marcilan.com domain was registered and the website was launched to the whole world. We are celebrating this day and we want to share our excitement with all of you. We decided to give away 10 free promotional codes for the iCBCT Anatomy for iPhone or iPod Touch!
Here are the rules:
- The first 10 registered users to post comments will get the code. Just put any comment you like, ex: I want, give me, cool …etc
- The promotion only applies to iTunes U.S Store since it is the store where iCBCT Anatomy is currently being sold
- Cheating disqualifies the user immediately. Every user is allowed only a single code.
- The offer expires on 12:00 Am Nov 29, 2009 EST.
It a great opportunity to learn anatomy on CBCT on your iPhone and iPod Touch.
Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
iCBCT Anatomy, the First! Cone Beam CT anatomy app to hit the App Store
I am very pleased to announce that Apple has just approved our Cone Beam CT anatomy app. We decided to call it iCBCT Anatomy
iCBCT Anatomy is the first CBCT app to hit the App Store. The app can run on your iPhone and iPod Touch. Get the app either by typing its name or by searching the app store on your iPhone or iPod Touch for keywords like: Cone Beam CT or CBCT. You can also get the app by downloading it from the link here. After the app is downloaded, plug your iPhone or iPod Touch to your computer and iTunes will install it for you. Enjoy learning anatomy landmarks on CBCT while you are on the go.
All comments are welcome and please don’t forget to rate the app!
Installing dcm4chee an Open Source PACS under Windows 7 with MySQL Database

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. Continue reading
IE8 pathology gallery fix

If you have been using Internet Explorer 8 then you might have noticed that the pathology gallery feature of the website was not working properly. A fix has been added and IE 8 users should be able to navigate the gallery just like the other browsers. Continue reading
