Perennity Dicom v4 00

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PERENNITY DICOM v4.00New Features & Improvements


General Overview

Simplified installation/upgrade procedure

Improved support for Windows 7 & 64-bit platforms

Flexible activity reporting

Storage management – Data replication

Transfer of studies/series to remote AETs

Editing of DICOM tags

Custom menu

Diagnostic reports in PDF

Perennity Dicom Server available as an Applet

Auto-warming up of Everest printer

Worklist filtered on AET

Additional languages

Improved DICOM Server user interface

Improved log display


Simplified Installation Disc

New simplified “Next-Next-Next” wizard

Complete installation performed in less than 5 minutes

Important required parameters (e.g. storage path) are entered during the installation

Automatic configuration of the CD robot (e.g. automatically detects type of printer)

The installation package now includes and installs all required components

JAVA Virtual Machine (JVM)

Perennity requires JVM v6 update 23 or higher

If JAVA is already installed the version is check prior to install Perennity

MySQL Database engine

Apache Tomcat Web Server

Perennity DICOM Sender with one study for test purpose

Includes the SDK/APIs toolkit if required (e.g. Epson & Primera robots)

Improved support for Windows 7

All settings are now stored in “Documents and Settings” folder

Requirement for Windows 7 security

IQ-Lite 2.7 fully supports Windows 7


Simplified Installation Disc

8 different installation CD packages

One installation package per robot vendor

Rimage

Epson

Includes the installation of TD-Bridge

Checks the version of Epson software

Primera

Includes the Primera SDK

Checks the version of Primera software

Perennity DICOM Level 1B

Perennity DICOM Server only

No supporting robots

32bit and 64bit packages

Installs the right JAVA Virtual Machine (JVM)

Installs the right Apache Web Server


Simplified Installation

Straightforward installation wizard


Configuration Files

Now located in “Document & Settings”

Required for Windows 7 compatibility


Reporting

New tool for a “’Leasing” Solution

Print or export (PDF, XLS, …) activity reports

List of Patient CDs per day

Statistics

Reports can easily be customized

Using user friendly free iReport report design tool

Add you own reports

Create any kind of report using iReport

Include parameters (e.g. date range) without writing a line of code

All reports, standard and customized, are available from the “Report” menu

In the Perennity Dicom Burner

Using the Perennity Dicom Burner Applet in a web browser


Reporting


Storage Management

“Pre- PACS” Ready

Data replication

All DICOM studies sent to Perennity are stored locally

A copy can automatically be made to secondary storage

NAS (Network Attached Storage)

Silent Cube for long term archiving

External cost-effective HDD

Network share on a server

All we need is a UNC path !

Study deletion is performed by the Dicom Server

You may still decide how many days you want to keep the images

Expired images were formerly deleted by the Dicom Burner

Makes more sense to delegate deletion process to the Dicom Server

Perennity Level 1B (archive only) does not have the Dicom Burner

History is always kept in the database

Used to be an option


Data Replication


Transfer Studies to Remote AETs

New button in the Dicom Burner interface

Examples

Transfer studies to a Diagnostic Workstation

Transfer studies to a central PACS


Editing DICOM Tags

Edit Studies information (e.g. patient name, ID, …)

All changes are accurately logged

e.g. Study123: patient name was Smith changed to Johnson

Option is disabled by default

Must be activated in the configuration file of the Dicom Burner


Custom Startup Menu on Patient CD

Automatically launched by the autorun

Provide the list of the studies contained on the disc

Direct link to PDF report

Preview of images (JPEG)

Fast access for reviewing the studies

Enable the autorun which is disabled by default in Windows 7


Custom Startup Menu on Patient CD

Very easy to customize

Change the background

The size of the image defines the size of the menu window

Customize up to three buttons

Text

Icon

Application (e.g. html page, executable, PDF, …)

Position & size

Position the list of the study anywhere in the window

Simply edit an .ini file


Diagnostic Reports in PDF

Retrieved reports from a RIS/PACS or/and DICOM Structured Report sent to Perennity are now converted to PDF and added to the Patient CDs

PDF report is accessible using our custom menu


Perennity Dicom Server Applet

Access the DICOM Server user interface using any web browser

Remote monitoring and configuration of the DICOM Server


Auto Warm-up of Everest

Everest printers are put to sleep after 45 minutes

Save power and improve longevity

Warming up process can take up to 5 minutes

Perennity wakes up the printer when receiving a new study

Dramatically improves performance

Everest is warming up while images are pre-processed

Reduced waiting time for the CD printing any longer

Definitely efficient when performing long examinations

e.g. MRI


Improved Support of Worklists

Generate Patient CD on request using the RIS

Perennity is listening to the Worklist of a RIS

Filter inputs based on DICOM Burner AET(s)

Perennity processes studies that have been added to the Worklist

Retrieve the images belonging to the study

Create a Patient disc

Feedback to the RIS once the Patient CD has been produced (MPPS)


Languages

New languages

German

Updates

Brazilian Portuguese

Chinese

Russian

Language can now be defined when using the Dicom

Burner Applet in a web browser


Improved Dicom Server GUI

Password protected

New “System” tab

Shows IP settings

Detailed explanation for each tab


Improve Logs Display

Always displays the last 100 events

Does not empty the log window at each restart of the DICOM Burner and Server


Licensing and Downloading

Trial mode

The 2 hours trial mode has been removed

You can only send 25 images without a valid activation key (unlimited

or demo)

Download of Perennity DICOM has been removed from our web site

We need to know who is downloading what

Avoid end-users to upgrade themselves

Download links can be requested by email

[email protected]

A form will be available soon on our web site

mailto:[email protected]


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