Posts by stridde

    Dear Mike


    Generally, both iQ-VIEW and K-PACS can, of course, handle the display of ultrasound images.


    As ultrasound images are often multiframe objects (i.e. image sequences), they can get pretty big, which could result in memory issues. I would suggest that first you check the log files of the application to see if any error messages come up when trying to display the images. You may also check if the images are compressed (in the original) and make sure that they are uncompressed when imported into iQ-VIEW or K-PACS. Lastly, you may use DICOM check tools to verify that the images you are trying to view aren't corrupted.


    If you post some more details about what application (version) you use and what exactly does not work (steps to reproduce, error messages coming up, etc.), then the forum community may be able to give you more explicit advice.


    In case you are running iQ-VIEW, please contact your local reseller for assistance.

    Dear Britt


    Did you change anything in the procedure of burning media? Like using a different brand of blank media or inserting the medium only after opening the medium creator vs. inserting the medium before selecting the study to burn from the study browser and then opening the medium creator? Or changing the user account? Or using even a new computer?


    It sounds to me as if iQ-VIEW is either not given enough time to properly load the medium or it can't do that for some reason (e.g. incompatible medium brand). What has me puzzled, though, is that you say the status bar remains green. Are you sure you don't mean red? Does the status bar show the correct size of the medium including how much space the study would need? If not, use the CD button next to the status bar to try and load the medium manually again.


    Which iQ-VIEW version are you on?


    If the issues continue, contact the local reseller from whom you have purchased your iQ-VIEW workstation license for further assistance.

    Dear Louis


    No, there are not that many options for compression manipulation in K-PACS. Only iQ-VIEW allows you to accept images via DICOM and store them in a different format. Or to send DICOM images stored in its local imagebox with a specific compression (transfer syntax) to another DICOM node.


    Another very nice alternative is our product DICOMReader. It lets you read in DICOM data from directories and media and allows you to send this data to specified DICOM stations, e.g. ConQuest or K-PACS. For every station you can define which transfer syntax you would like to use. The read-in data will then be converted and send to the selected DICOM station.


    Check it out! Trial versions of both iQ-VIEW and DICOMReader are available in the Download Center of our website.

    Dear lpugliese


    K-PACS does only provide very limited support for transfer syntaxes. To import and store JPEG lossless data you need to do the following:


    1. For import via DICOM: Open the Server Admin Tool. Stop the K-PACS server. In section "Dicom configuration" activate the setting "Prefer JPeg lossless". As additional parameter set "-nd". Afterwards restart the server. Now you can send images with transfer syntax JPEG lossless to K-PACS and they will be stored that way.


    2. For import via Filesystem: Close K-PACS, open the k-pacs.ini and set the parameter "NoTSConvertionOnImport=" from default value "0" to value "1". Save the settings and restart K-PACS. All images will now be stored with the same transfer syntax that they already have. There is no option, though, to change the TS during import.


    WARNING: K-PACS will not always be able to display compressed images in the viewer. The display may be corrupted or no images may be displayed at all. To ensure a correct image display, use the default setting for decompression.


    For a much enhanced handling of the different transfer syntaxes in both communication and display as well as lots of further useful features, please use our professional software, the radiological reading station iQ-VIEW.

    Check the DICOM communication log files at the receiving end. It seems that the DICOM association can be established successfully but that the data packages don't come through. This might be an issue in the VPN network configuration. Maybe the iQ-VIEW station is not allowed to send data packages through. Is it possible to simply copy data from the iQ-VIEW computer to the target machine?


    Your IT administrator might be able to shed light on this. You may also contact your local reseller for further assistance.

    dovercast's information is incorrect. It is possible to use K-PACS to query a connected archive and retrieve DICOM images from there. However, K-PACS itself cannot be used as a query/retrieve SCP, meaning that you cannot successfully sent a query to K-PACS and retrieve images.


    srssoft1, if the query and/or retrieve from the connected PACS is not successful, this is probably a configuration (wrong port, dynamic IP, etc.) or a firewall issue. Or you simply forgot to also add K-PACS to your PACS so that it can communicate with this new station in the network. Check the corresponding log files for clues.

    Dear qvet


    It is difficult to give you any recommendations based on your very general error description. If you would post some more details of what exactly you are doing and what exactly the error is, someone may be able to help you with the issues encountered. E.g. are you using the internal email client or your general email program for sending, are you using encryption and or anonymization, do you sent the images with compression, are the emails not sent at all or do they arrive but the attachments are corrupt, are any error messages given (e.g. on screen or in the log), etc.


    Depending on what the actual issue is, it might also help updating to the latest K-PACS version 1.6.0.


    Alternatively, check out our professional software iQ-VIEW, where all functions are regularly updated and tested and technical support is given through our reseller network or us.

    Dear vitapablo


    That's exactly the same situation. As a radiological reading station also iQ-VIEW does not support query/retrieve as an SCP. You can only send DICOM images from iQ-VIEW to K-PACS or the other way round. Neither application can be queried.


    What you seem to be in need of is a PACS that functions as image archive and regulates the distribution of DICOM images amongst the different workstations. As discussed before, iQ-WEBX would represent such a solution.

    Dear vitapablo


    What you describe here is not an error or a bug in iQ-VIEW. K-PACS does not support query/retrieve as an SCP. This means you cannot send a query to K-PACS to retrieve images from it. This is why you receive the error in the log that you have posted.


    Since K-PACS is a viewer and not an archiving software, you may only use K-PACS to send images stored in its imagebox to iQ-VIEW. If you are looking for a storage/archiving solution, you may want to try the ConQuest server.


    Please remember, however, that neither K-PACS nor ConQuest are certified as medical devices and must therefore not be used in a diagnostic environment, such as a hospital, imaging center or private practice. For such environments we recommend the use of iQ-VIEW (for a diagnostic reading station) and iQ-WEBX as PACS solution.


    For project requests feel free to check our website for a local distributor or contact us directly via web form at http://www.image-systems.biz.

    Dear qusay


    Feel free to try out our PACS software iQ-WEBX. It can be tried out for free with a 30-day evaluation version.


    The software comes with a web interface and, optionally, a web DICOM viewer, is available in different editions depending on how many DICOM nodes you would like to connect and is certified as a medical device according to CE and FDA 510(k) as well as other medical device registrations.


    Check out the available features on the product website. There you can also download the product brochure and a trial version of the software.

    Please refer to the thread that already exists for the same topic.


    We kindly ask you to browse the forum first to check if your question is already answered before opening a new topic. Thank you.


    BTW, the current K-PACS version is 1.6.

    Dear Ms. Albert


    Generally the maximum size that K-PACS can handle would be the limit set by Windows for 32-bit applications. So everything needing memory (RAM) higher than about 1.5 or 1.6 GB could get problematic. Check if the images that you try to import are compressed and need to be decompressed. Also crank up the log to the highest level, try again and check if the log gives you any indication of what goes wrong.

    Dear EOS user


    Simply left-click the "Zoom/Pan" button and then use the periphery of the image view to zoom into or out of the images by holding the left mouse-button left and moving the mouse up or down.


    Isn't that the scalable zoom you are looking for?


    By the way, our medical device software iQ-VIEW even provides a scroll zoom feature, where you can use the mouse's scroll wheel to zoom into or out of one image or even an entire series.

    Dear steve76


    K-PACS is not a server software but workstation software and it is not meant to function as a central archive. You are also right that it is currently not fully supporting Windows 7 or 8.


    What you seem to be looking for is a central archive such as our PACS iQ-WEBX, which can store all images in one database and make them available for the workstations to retrieve (or even to be automatically forwarded).


    As a radiological reading station, we would recommend using iQ-VIEW, which also can be used on Windows 7 computers. iQ-VIEW provides all necessary tools for image reading and manipulation and also allows the import and export of data, e.g. from and to portable media.


    You may try out the software on your own. Trial versions are available on our website. If you are interested or need more information, check out our distributor list to find someone in your vicinity who could help you assemble what you need.

    Dear steve76


    If I understand you correctly, you have tried to use one of the K-PACS Workstations as a central node to provide the database for one or more K-PACS Workstations. Now you try to scan the entire database of the central workstation each time a new image has been received. No wonder this will take long.


    K-PACS is not an archive to be used as a central database. K-PACS is a non-diagnostic viewing station that should keep its own database. It sounds like you need some form of PACS, e.g. ConQuest, which you will find in this forum as well. A PACS archives centrally all images and will distribute them amongst the workstations. You can query the PACS from K-PACS using search filters and then retrieve the studies you need via DICOM. Or you can send images from one K-PACS station to the PACS to make the data available for other stations.


    Please remember that both K-PACS and ConQuest can only be used in a non-diagnostic environment. For software certified as medical devices according to CE and FDA 510(k), please check out our products iQ-VIEW (radiological reading station) and iQ-WEBX (PACS) at http://www.image-systems.biz.

    Dear Lancefman


    In theory, yes, the database size is hardware-limited. However, only a maximum of 20.000 studies will be displayed in the study browser by default.


    In general a radiological reading stations (such as iQ-VIEW) or a free DICOM viewer (such as K-PACS) should only keep local those studies that currently need to be read, viewed and/or processed. The central archive should always be a PACS system and not a workstation. Only a PACS is structured to keep such an amount of studies and distribute it amongst the workstations. PACS systems also offer backup options to safeguard your data, something that you won't find with K-PACS.


    The more studies the K-PACS database contains the slower the system will get. Opening of the application, database searches, study ordering, etc. will take a much longer time if you have thousands of studies in the local imagebox.


    I would highly recommend to you to search for a PACS to keep such an amount of data. Check out our solution iQ-WEBX for a PACS certified as medical device according to CE/FDA to use it in a diagnostic environment or check out the freeware ConQuest, if you are in an academic or research environment and do not use the data diagnostically.

    Dear VJG1588


    Keep in mind that K-PACS is not a PACS but a DICOM viewer. You can use it to query a PACS (with query/retrieve SCP function) or to send DICOM data to another DICOM node. However, K-PACS cannot be queried. There is no Q/R SCP function implemented.


    If you are not working diagnostically, you may try ConQuest (see this forum) as a central archive. It has the functionality you are looking for. However, if you are working diagnostically, then you should be looking for applications certified as medical devices according to FDA 510(k) and/or CE. Feel free to check out our products iQ-VIEW as certified radiological reading station and iQ-WEBX as professional PACS server (incl. web viewer and mobile device viewer).

    Protecting your computer from virus and malware attacks is important. Maybe it would be sufficient to configure an exception in your anti-virus application to allow iQ-VIEW/K-PACS access to the media drives. This way you could enable your anti-virus protection again. Your local IT should be able to help you with that.

    I don't remember getting reports about the media drives not showing up in iQ-VIEW after installing the Nero Burn Rights. I wouldn't expect K-PACS to behave differently.


    What operating system do you use? Is the User Account Control (UAC) activated on the system? If so, please try the following to see if that solves the issue:



      - Right-click the K-PACS executable and select "run as administrator". Check if the media drives show up regularly when doing so.
      - Temporarily deactivate the UAC (you may have to reboot after doing so). Start K-PACS to check if the media drives show up then.

    Dear afm1191


    Make sure to install Nero Burn Rights under an administrator account. Then it should be working to burn under restricted user accounts.


    If the medium does not read in at first, try reading it in manually again by using the CD button to the left of the status bar in the medium creator. Your CD drives must be enabled for writing, of course. You may also want to try high(er) quality blank CDs in case you've got problems properly reading in the media.