Oviyam Release Notes 2

Release 0.6 - 26 December 2007

This release has taken longer than expected but I think you'll agree with me that the delay has been worth it. So as a Boxing Day special here's what's new:

We finally have a name! After going through several suggestions we now present Oviyam (IPA: ovɪyum - Tamil for art. In Tamil: ஓவியம்), Web DICOM browser. I now know the difficulties faced by parents in naming their kids. You have my sympathies (smile)

Under the hood

  • Now licensed under MPL 1.1/GPL 2.0/LGPL 2.1 to bring it in compliance with the dcm4che project
  • Now using Ant to create builds

WYSIWYG

  • Ground up rewrite using CSS & AJAX
  • W3C compliance
  • Single window interface - earlier versions would sometimes spawn a new window
  • Configuration option for Host name, port, AETitle & WADO port (WADO port issue pointed out by Phil)
  • Patient list slides out of view when a study or series is selected (Idea suggested by Ron Sweeney)
  • Toggle Series pane in & out of view
  • Keyboard shortcuts to navigate & move back and forth between images in a series
  • Display of non-square images with proportional scaling (Issue pointed out by Jan)
  • Pan & Zoom
  • Launch Oviyam with a study/series context (Peter & Damien had asked for this.) We're using the syntax defined by Bill for Xero.

Known Bugs

  • The query results present different studies for the same patient as separate lines
  • Sliders do not work properly in Safari
  • Date picker is MIA in the query screen
  • Not tested under Safari 2.0, Internet Explorer or Opera - results are unpredictable (Firefox & Safari 3.0 are the preferred browsers for now)

Keyboard shortcuts:

  • P - toggle patient list
  • S - toggle series preview
  • G - Grid view
  • M - Mosaic view
  • L - Plat images in a Loop
  • Up / Left arrow / - (minus) - move to next image in series
  • Down / Right arrow / + (plus) - move to next image in series

Release 0.5 - 26 November 2007

Initial public release