| PackageDescription | Lightweight, RESTful DICOM server for medical imaging
Orthanc aims at providing a simple, yet powerful DICOM server for
medical imaging. Orthanc can turn any computer running Windows or
Linux into a Vendor Neutral Archive (in other words, a mini-PACS
system). Its architecture is lightweight, meaning that no complex
database administration is required, nor the installation of
third-party dependencies.
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What makes Orthanc unique is the fact that it provides a RESTful
API. Thanks to this major feature, 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.
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Orthanc lets its users focus on the content of the DICOM files,
hiding the complexity of the DICOM format and of the DICOM protocol. |