LEAD Technologies is pleased to announce the release of a major update to LEADTOOLS Version 17.5.
This free upgrade, available to registered v17.5 users and LEADTOOLS annual maintenance customers, is highlighted by many new features and enhancements within the
Document, Medical, Imaging, and Vector product lines.
After the successful release of HTML5 toolkits for Document and Medical imaging earlier this year,
LEAD has added significant new features, enhanced the user-interface tools, and accelerated the overall performance of these toolkits.
In addition to the HTML5 modules, various technologies throughout the LEADTOOLS product line were revamped and upgraded, including OCR, PDF, Barcode, Medical Viewer, DICOM, PACS, 3D, formats, and more.
What's new in the LEADTOOLS HTML5 SDKs
Both the document and medical HTML5 image viewer controls received major improvements to their ease of use, image display quality, and browser compatibility.
Additionally, many new features and enhancements were added to the Zero-footprint HTML5 DICOM Viewer and its customizable web application,
further establishing LEADTOOLS as the most powerful zero-footprint DICOM SDK on the market.
General HTML5 Image Viewer Control
Support for attaching any interactive mode to mouse wheel
New web service for converting existing LEAD annotation files to HTML5/JavaScript format
Medical HTML5 Viewer and Demo
Drag and Drop support
Faster window level
Comprehensive support for signed image display
Full support for DICOM display properties and tags
Modality & Linear Modality LUT
VOI & Linear VOI LUT
Min/Max Value
High Bit & Bits Allocated
Photometric Interpretation
Gesture sensitivity and custom palette support for window level
Added Cine Playback
Added reset to original window level value option
Screen Capture support
Burn annotations and save as PNG/JPEG to local machine
Burn annotations and save as derived series in local archive
What's new in the LEADTOOLS Document Engine
The extensive and diverse technology in the LEADTOOLS Document Engine received many improvements in speed, recognition accuracy, document formats supported, and searchable text output quality.
PDF
Support for reading and writing PDF annotations
Note
Text
Line
Rectangle
Ellipse
Polyline
Polygon
Pencil
Highlight
Underline
Strikeout
Squiggly
Added read and write support for latest PDF specification (v1.7)
Improved text extraction speed with full Unicode support
OCR
Dramatically improved recognition accuracy in Advantage OCR engine
Advantage OCR 50% faster, including auto table detection
Medical Imaging developers will enjoy some incredible new features and enhancements to the Medical Viewer Control, which was significantly upgraded across all programming interfaces.
Medical Viewer Control
Improved annotation support, including multi-select, lock object, events, and more
Single action can now be assigned to multiple buttons
Ability to use Magnify Glass without clicking mouse button
Optimized stack operation
Dramatically decreased image load times
Probe tool enhancements, including signed image and custom text support
