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NEWS: a free registration is now required in order to download the files. You can of course use your forum or Mantis account.

Version V1.5.0  What's new?

• have a look at the announcments in the forum

 Installation instructions 

1. Download and start K-PACS all-in-one installer 
2. Run K-PACS Workstation from startmenu or desktop
3. To start K-PACS Server on Windows startup, link the file KPautostart.exe in (your K-PACS directory)\K-Pacs-Server to the autostart directory of the startmenu 
4. In order to communicate with a DICOM Server, you have to state the servers dicom properties under DICOM Settings (second button in the righthand top corner, see CONQUEST Example) and do the same with the K-PACS Server AET, port and IP at the addressed server.

Short user guide

Server query

• Click NETWORK or DATABASE tabulator to change between the local available data (Database mode) and server communication (Network mode).
• In order to send images to a server, select wanted studies (multiselect possible), click on the transfer button and select the target server. Attention: in DICOM mode (table color is gray) a c-Move request will be sent to the queried server. Images do not have to be stored locally, but the queried server must know the target servers DICOM properties. In local mode (table color is green) a c-Send request will be sent to the target server, therefor the target server should accept K-PACS server requests (check target server settings).
  

Import of DICOM images into local database

• Click the 'Filesystem' tabulator in query panel and select the folder of the dicom images you want to import. After clicking 'Accept' the found studies will be displayed in the studygrid similarily to a 'real' DICOM archive query. Double click a study to view it. 
   

Import of BMP and JPG- images into local database

• After clicking the "Import" button you can select the images you wish to convert (hold down SHIFT or CTRL key for multiselection). Fill in the patient data fields and click 'Create DICOM studies'.  The created DICOM images will be registered into the local database. 

Sending images via e-mail

• Select wanted study(ies) and leftclick on the E-mail button.. The receipient's address must be registered in the local address manager ("manage E-mail addresses")

Image viewing

• To view single studies just doubleclick on them. On multiselection (hold SHIFT or CTRL-Key) click on Viewer button. 
• In the K-PACS Viewer you select series via the series preview bar. Buttons should be selfexplaining, some settings are accessible through rightclicking on them.

K-PACS server settings

• To adjust server settings use the K-PACS Admin Tool (under "custom settings", "Server Admin Tool" Button) or run kpserveradmin.exe in the /K-Pacs-Server directory. 
• Currently, only the automatic exclusion of studies from the local database on reaching a given time limit is available as filemanagement option. More options will follow.