Orthanc Book
  • Content
      • User’s guide
      • Understanding DICOM with Orthanc
      • Plugins
      • Developer’s guide
      • Integrations
      • Frequently asked questions
      • Contributing to Orthanc

Frequently asked questions¶

General questions about the project¶

  • What DICOM viewer is compatible with Orthanc?
  • Licensing of the Orthanc ecosystem
  • Terminology of advanced features
  • Scalability of Orthanc
  • Securing Orthanc
  • Software X from vendor Y is not compatible with Orthanc
  • Why “Orthanc”?
  • How can I donate money to the project?

Questions related to Orthanc and DICOM¶

  • Troubleshooting
  • Troubleshooting DICOM communications
  • Compiling Orthanc
  • Configuring DICOM Query/Retrieve
  • Configuring DICOM TLS
  • Finding samples for the REST API
  • Transcoding of DICOM files
  • How does Orthanc store its database?
  • How to authenticate users?
  • Debugging Orthanc
  • Crash analysis

Features supported by Orthanc¶

  • Orthanc Explorer is not user-friendly enough for my use
  • Supported DICOM images
  • Does Orthanc support videos?
  • Does Orthanc support worklists?
  • How to find out where a DICOM instance originates from?

Specific FAQs¶

  • Collecting logs
  • Orthanc identifiers
  • Orthanc versioning
  • Starting Orthanc as a GNU/Linux daemon
  • Accessing an Orthanc instance running inside Fedora/RHEL/CentOS
  • How can I run Orthanc behind Apache?
  • How can I run Orthanc behind nginx?
  • How can I run Orthanc behind Microsoft IIS?
  • HTTPS encryption with Orthanc
  • Same-origin policy in JavaScript
  • Interfacing with Matlab and Octave
  • What does the series completion status mean?
  • Some tricks with DCMTK

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