When dealing with DICOM files, there are times when you need to include an image in a report or provide images to a patient so they can view the data without needing a DICOM-specific application. Thankfully, the LEADTOOLS Medical SDK makes it easy for you to create an application to extract an image from a DICOM file.

DICOM is the leading standard to store and transmit medical information and images. LEADTOOLS offers a feature packed zero-footprint DICOM viewer to display DICOM images and studies from all disciplines and modalities. Our customizable web solution is perfect for any developer that needs a fast DICOM viewer with advanced features such as 3D volume rendering, DICOM Overlay, Softcopy Presentation State, and so much more.

LEADTOOLS Version 19 is here! In case you missed it yesterday, we talked about all the new Document Imaging features in Version 19. To learn more about all the new features in Version 19, check out the full list.

Today, we will dive into the Medical Imaging SDK Technology in LEADTOOLS 19, which is headlined by the new HL7 SDK and redesigned HTML5 / JavaScript Medical Viewer.

As we continue down the road from our recent LEADTOOLS Version 19 April Update, we are particularly excited about the enhancement we're going into more detail about today. As you might see from the title, our engineers were able to speed up the HTML5/JavaScript Medical Viewer.

No, this isn't one of those "it's faster" kind of announcements because we tested it on a new server or installed Google Fiber (technically, that's still under construction but we're kind of excited about that here in Charlotte, NC...back to my point!!!). This is a really big deal, and are talking about improvements of up to 5 - 12 times faster loading speeds! This update loads DICOM images over the web at nearly the same speed as a desktop application.

A few days ago, we announced the latest major update to LEADTOOLS Version 19 and listed the updates made to the Document Imaging Engine. Today we're continuing in the excitement of this release and highlighting what's new in the LEADTOOLS Medical Imaging Engine.

HTML5 Medical Viewer

• MPR (Multiplanar Reconstruction) with cross hairs
• Reference line enhancements
• User-interface tools and actions
  • Equalization spyglass
  • Shutter
  • Probe
  • Revealer

Desktop Medical Viewer

• Customization options for cell borders, orientation, window level range and more
• Annotation types
  • Norberg
  • PolyRuler
• Cobb Angle
• Control order of click precedence for annotations and mouse actions
• Cine playback option for stopping playback on last frame

DICOM Storage Server

• New export feature with options to anonymize and/or create DICOMDIR
• Search for "Other Patient IDs" tag
• Logging improvements
• Security updates

PACS Framework

• Study Date option for Patient Updater
• Options for sending Storage Commit responses on the same connection
• Customization options for PACS service EXE

HL7

• Support for sending message versions 2.5.1 and 2.3.1
• Field validation
• Ability to save messages in HL7 demo

DICOM

• Memory optimizations for large images and C-Store requests
• New callbacks and helpers to help identify corrupt and problematic data set files

CCOW

• Redesigned server is simpler and more customizable
• CCOW web interfaces
• JavaScript library for communicating with CCOW components

To read more about this exciting update, see the official press release!