Orthanc (server)

Not to be confused with Orthanc (Middle-earth).
Orthanc
Original author(s)Sébastien Jodogne, Liège University Hospital, Osimis, Orthanc Team, Université catholique de Louvain
Initial release19 July 2012; 12 years ago (2012-07-19)
Stable release
1.12.4 / 5 June 2024; 3 months ago (2024-06-05)[1]
Repository
Written inC++, HTML, JavaScript
Operating systemLinux, Windows, macOS
Available inEnglish
TypeVendor Neutral Archive
LicenseGPLv3
Websitewww.orthanc-server.com Edit this on Wikidata

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.

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]

  1. ^ "Release notes". Retrieved 5 Jun 2024.
  2. ^ "Orthanc about page". Retrieved 2022-05-10.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ 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.