VARIOXRAY ChangeLog

• ADDED: Polish GUI
• ADDED: Confirmation message box when deleting images
• FIX: Error when selecting image after deleting one from preview bar

• NEW: Optional read dose value from atal in Unicode format (admin options).

• NEW: Setting film density for Shimadzu generator.
• NOTE: xraydata_hum_de.dat database upgrade required on table tb_werte new field "density", add new field to view view_werte.

• CHANGE: Cutting ROI with zero width or height are invalid and will not be processed.
• NEW: New option to send a C-FIND Query instead of a Worklist Query.
• FIX: Corrected readed ms value on returned message from shimadzu generator.

• NEW: Optional specify auto crop dimensions.
• FIX: Body parts without filter setting (none) applies default filter.
• CHANGE: Last image is only loaded after xray window shows done status.

• NEW: Search by Bodypart.
• NEW: Close opened patient/study info (local database search).

• CHANGE: RAW image is moved to image directory before processing.
• FIX: FilterName is now directly queried from database instead of hard coded. All filters should work now with autofiltering.

• NEW: Optional Advanced Logging.

• NEW: Optional Atal Shutdown Delay, before starting reset.exe.
• CHANGE: Read also DAP meter when no image is received.

• CHANGE: Increased maximum time period of autodelete to 8 weeks (up from 6).

• FIX: Disabled switching between Prepare/Exposure window during ComCheckForm is active.
• FIX: Add mA, ms to DICOM header.
• FIX: Correct display of body part information on preview image after reset/crop original.
• FIX: Exit process, when forced shutdown of atal.exe successful.
• FIX: Reset progress bar, when forced shutdown failed.

• FIX: Bodypart list was not displayed on Xray window after editing bodyparts.
• CHANGE: Checking Detector 1 ready message by file exists on C drive.
• CHANGE: Enabled MAS change buttons in xray window. (bochum generator only)

• NEW: Study search shows available body parts in list.
• CHANGE: Reset is only called on communication error or when no image was retrieved.

• NEW: Remote service in file menu to directly startup TeamviewerQS (available with new installer)
• CHANGE: Handswitch state processing improvments.

• NEW: Default Atal path (admin settings) has always priority before body part setting.
• CHANGE: No timeout check on Atal.exe in NewImageTimer. (could be a problem on not repsonding atal.exe)

• NEW: Sending exposure values to Bochum generators.
• NEW: Optional Sending exposure values to generators.
• CHANGE: Modified receive structure on receiving the exposure values after xray. (Bochum Gen revised)
• CHANGE: Stop/Reset control application calls revised.
• CHANGE: Newimage timeout is now checked by running state/time of Atal.exe.
• CHANGE: Generator Port is kept open when starting the xray window.
• FIX: Detection field (body part settings) is always resetted when selecting a different bodypart.
• FIX: Applying Patient data to Xraywindow Labels.

• FIX: Handswitch state processing.

• NEW: New license required on enabled Generator interface.
• NEW: Check ATAL_LOG.txt for Detector 1 ready message.
• NEW: Reset.exe optional.
• FIX: Delete button caption will change now on worklist window.
• FIX: App shows status for Atal shutdown on Communication Error and cancelled prepare.
• NOTE: New Atal.exe available version 8.0.3.5

• CHANGE: Reset.exe is called when enabling stop control.
• CHANGE: Stop control is called when receiving a new image. Reset is done on following panel.
• CHANGE: Stop control is called for both panels on click on End Exam button.

• NEW: Added Reset button to communication form to manually reset panel if connection fails.
• FIX: Show Please wait status during exposure delay and applying new image.
• FIX: Exposure items locked during exposure delay and applying new image.
• FIX: Applied default style on "suspend exam" and "end exam" buttons.

• NEW: Calling app reset.exe in specified ATLAIM source dir after receiving a new image and xray window shutdown.

• NEW: Added Resend option of Shimadzu Generator values in Xray window.
• FIX: App show communication error on ATAL.exe freeze.
• FIX: Xraywindow will show ready status whether xray values are valid or not.
• FIX: Status will change back to ready, when prepare status is cancelled.

• CHANGE: Prepare/Exposure Buttons are disabled during "Please wait" status.
• CHANGE: Increased time out waiting for new image to 25 seconds.
• NEW: Checking for new image on image click of empty exposure item.
• NEW: Shimadzu Generator Communication.
• NOTE (1):Database update (xraydata_hum_de.dat) required due to Shimadzu integration.

• CHANGE: Increased time for connection re-check.
• CHANGE: Stop control is now also called on the end of an exam.
• FIX: Fixed an issue that exposure was not cancelled when handswitch was released during atal delay.
• FIX: Fixed an issue that no jpg preview files were generated on image import.

• NEW: Left/Right Marker buttons.
• CHANGE: Exposure State Change message is only logged on change.
• FIX: New image timer is stopped during generator timer is running, Generator timer set to 200ms.
• FIX: Generator Message was not processed.
• FIX: (Bochum Generator) Generator Port will be closed now on timeout.

• CHANGE: Optimized dataflow during exposure routine and image import.
• CHANGE: ATAL log is copied to app.logs folder for debugging on error/timeout.
• CHANGE: Recommended to enable comcheck feature. Com check will be automatically active on image receive timeout.
• NEW: (Admin Options) Optional enable stop control (executes stop.exe in Atlaim base directory on panel position change).
• NEW: (Admin Options) Added Shimadzu Generator to the generator communication list (Receive KV/MAS).
• FIX: (XRay Window) Fixed several issues on tab switching, delete exposure items. General improvements.

• FIX: Fixed a few issues with the handswitch communication. No hs-communication during planning the exposure. No hs-communication after cancelling prepare.
• CHANGE: Smaller font size when searching the local database preview images.

• CHANGE: (Collimator) 1 sec. delay between sending collimator settings and activation.

• FIX: Collimator logging (send process).
• FIX: Fixed an issue during image send process.
• FIX: (Local Database) Fixed an issue displaying the bodypart caption of cropped images.

• FIX: (Worklist) Xray window is not opened, when worklist window is cancelled.

• CHANGE: (Generator Com) Optimized communication flow.
• NEW: (Local Database) Results list in center window, all images shown as thumbnail.
• NEW: (Generator Interface) Requesting exposure values from Bochum generators.
• FIX: (XRay Window) Suspended studies will be completed by selecting another/same patient from worklist.
• CHANGE: All loaded images will be send, no extra check necessary.
• CHANGE: Last used operator name will be resetted on application exit.

• NEW: (Filters) Add, edit and remove filters.

• NEW: (Admin Properties) Accessable by an extra menu option in a seperated dialog now.
• NEW: (Admin Properties) Specify default ATAL interface for STAND and TABLE panel.
• NEW: (XRay Window) Panel position can be changed now by double click on the icon. In prepare modus only.
• CHANGE: (Collimator) Initialize the relay cards on startup.
• CHANGE: (BMD) Further development on calculation on storing the results.

• NEW: Worklist automatically updates every minute.
• NEW: (Edit Bodyparts) Additional button to apply the calibration path to all organs in current category.
• CHANGE: (ATAL Communication Check) Reduced communication check timeout from 10 seconds to 8 seconds.

• CHANGE: (Collimator) 4 States for each direction (x,y).
• CHANGE: (Reject Analysis) Show spreadsheet by Time period, exam type and operator name.
• CHANGE: Add unlimited operator names.
• CHANGE: Database rejection.mdb not necessary anymore.
• FIX: (XRay Window) Xray mode switches back visible to prepare, when suspending an examination.

• NEW: FOR DEMONSTRATION ONLY. Double click on panel status window to startup atal, when handswitch control is disabled.
• NEW: (MainForm) Additional button in top bar to close the current study.
• NEW: Rejected Analysis Overview (1)(2).
• NEW: (XRay Window) Suspend current examination.
• CHANGE: Removed Confirmation request on deleting uncompleted exposure items.
• CHANGE: (XRay Window) Selected Bodypart is automatically applied to exposure list.
• CHANGE: (XRay Window) Explicit unloading Exposure items in XRay window on end exam.
• CHANGE: (XRay Window) Explicit unload images on viewing element in Xray window on end exam.
• CHANGE: (MainForm) The first filter in list is automatically selected.
• CHANGE: (Global change) Image changes will be saved automatically, no explicit confirm necessary.
• CHANGE: (Clean Request) Images entries will be kept in database for reject analysis, we clear only the instance uid to not recognize the entry for queries.
• FIX: (XRay Window) Bodypart button row fits now in each window size.
• FIX: (Edit Bodyparts) Copy of bodypart item do not fail anymore, when Procedure ID is set.
• FIX: (Worklist window) XRay window will not opened, when worklist dialog is cancelled (Bodypart matching on).
• FIX: (Image List) Multiple selected entries will now open correctly.
• NOTE (1): Update of local database necessary. Additional field added in table images.
• NOTE (2): Additional database file necessary in GUI directory rejection.mdb.

• NEW: Handswitch pressed action is only recognized, when acquisition status is ready.
• NEW: Optional Communication Check between ATAL and Panel (requires DARK.exe in C:\ATLAIM directory).
• NEW: Configurable delay in ms on switching the exposure item after X-Ray.
• CHANGE: Added Edit Bodyparts Dialogs to language database.

• NEW: Rejected image is marked with label in the top center position.
• NEW: Specify up to 6 operators, which can be selected in the dose dialog window.
• NEW: Additional button in crop menu to switch the predefined sizes from portrait to landscape and vice versa.
• FIX: Save image changes confirmation dialog is not skipped on program exit.
• CHANGE: Removed option "Automatically check original images for sending"

• CHANGE: Additional check panel communication with Dark.exe (if exists in atal folder).
• CHANGE: The release for exposure is granted for 8 seconds, after atal.exe was successfully started.
• CHANGE: If prepare status was canceled, app waits until atal.exe shuts down to perform a further xray.
• NEW: Optional image reject feature.
• FIX: Image tansfer error message "Failed to connect to remote system" message was only logged, message on screen displays success.

• CHANGE: Default app interface path for new organs is C:\ATLAIM\Atal.exe.
• CHANGE: Worklist query also requests the StudyDescription field.
• CHANGE: Added StudyID (0020,0010) to DICOM images.

• NEW: New button "LUT only" in filter menu to apply only the LUT on the image.

• FIX: Switching between exposure items will reset the keep alive timer from Atal and don't tries to restart the Atal app.
• CHANGE:Image dimesion of cropped original image will be kept during image processing.

• NEW: Patient Details additional displayed in the xray window due to full screen.
• NEW: Delete button to remove worklist entries (1).
• FIX: Handswitch is now deactivated, if now more xray orders are available.
• FIX: Manual crop ROI marker disappears now when crop is not applied.
• NOTE (1): Latest version of worklist serivce necessary.

• CHANGE: Added Dansk language.
• NOTE (1): Update language database guilang.dat

• CHANGE: No exposure values (kv,mas) will be added to the image on disabled Dose dialog.
• CHANGE: Bodypart matching can be turned on/off optional.

• NEW: Pre-defined ROIs for crop function (18x24, 24x30, 35x43).
• NEW: Add additional Body Part and Body Part Region buttons.
• CHANGE: Referring Physician is applied from DICOM Worklist.
• CHANGE: XRay-, Edit Body Part Window, Worklist displayed in full screen size.

• NEW: Collimator configuration interface.
• NEW: Update Bodypart and View Position on existing images.
• FIX: Preview image immediately updates on image change.
• FIX: Current image was not saved under certain conditions.
• NOTE (1):Database upgrade necessary for collimator configuration.

• NEW: (Worklist) Requested Procedure Description will be addtional checked for Procedure ID, if no Requested Procedure ID exists.
• NEW: (Admin Settings) Configurable ATAL startup delay.
• FIX: (Edit Body Parts) Previously displayed Procedure ID will not applied on next body part, where no ID exists.
• FIX: (Tools) Image markers will be not flipped anymore on flipped images.
• CHANGE: (Worklist) Removed Worklist file logging.

• NEW: Secondary Handswitch control RTS/CTS communitcation.

• FIX: Optimized burn-in label function.

• NEW: Customizing Image Markers.

• NEW: Relais control for hand switch.

• NEW: Supporting the new acquisition software interface ATAL8.
• FIX: New images will be only recognized on actived exposure item.

• NEW: User Manual can be accessed by pressing the F1-Key (default browser is used).

• NEW: Pre-selected filter strength can be set to off, this will only apply the LUT but no image enhancement.
• NOTE (1): New ContextVision DLLs, update is required when using new filter settings.

• NEW: Optional Body Part matching (Set Procedure ID to auto select exposure items, see Note 2).
• NEW: Image X-ray values (kV, mAs, mgy) will be displayed as annotations.
• NEW: Optinal secondary DICOM Storage destination configurable.
• FIX: After L/R marker is set and applying ROI WL the image will not displayed inverted anymore.
• FIX: The app Raycap Master shutdown correctly in dual panel enviroment.
• CHANGE: Body Part is displayed in the preview image info.
• NOTE (1): Update to Raycap Master V 1.0.0.9
• NOTE (2): Body Part database requires update due to Body Part matching.
• NOTE (3): Update to DicomObjects V 4.3.206.92

• FIX: Option "double panel control" state is now correctly set on restart.

• CHANGE: Optional additional delay to wait until RaycapMaster is stopped after exposure.

• FIX: Pre-selected image filter for lung will be applied now.

• NEW: Optional CPR detection (Dansk Patient ID) to Date of Birth.
• CHANGE: Color layout.
• FIX: Patient name of related image instance UID will be displayed when open images from local database.

• Change log lost due to disk crash.

• CHANGE: Image processing and cropping does not create an additional image anymore.

• NEW: Updated filtering module, new ddls and filter parameters. (probably CVLicense needs to extended to CVIE-Scheaf-XR2-ADi).
• NEW: The source directory of the used calibration files can be specified for each bodypart.
• NEW: The patient position can be previously specified now for each bodypart.
• FIX: Dose data, Patient Position, View Position and Series Description is applied now to all subimages.
• FIX: The correct annotations will be updated, after editing current patient data.
• FIX: Optimized image display routine to avoid display errors.
• FIX: Settings of the last displayed preview image will saved.
• FIX: Image Rotation/Flip settings are correctly applied now, when sending to DICOM SCP.

• CHANGE: All dicom images get different Series UIDs.
• CHANGE: Original DICOM image flip/rotation is now permanent at creation time.
• FIX: "New Study" button creates now a new Study UID, when current patient data is kept.
• FIX: Image flip/rotation is kept on additional filtered images.
• FIX: Images with burnt in annotations can be re-windowed now to see all previous image details.

• NEW: The user can specify the font type and size for the Burn-In-Annotations.
• NEW: All selected Main Bodyparts will be collected in the StudyDescription DICOM Tag.
• NEW: The Window Width/Level Calculation can be set different now for each bodypart. Available modes "OFF", "AUTO", "SEMI-AUTO", "CUSTOM".
• CHANGE: The F1 Help option is not available anymore.
• CHANGE: The dose value entry shows now "mGy mē" instead of "mGy".
• FIX: Both data fields of DICOM Tags Pixel Spacing and Imager Pixel Spacing are filled now.
• FIX: Image Rotation/Flip settings are correctly applied now, when extended image acquisition window is disabled.
• FIX: The default interface shows now all available buttons.

• NEW: Burn-in free text notification into image.
• NEW: The pixel spacing at imager value can be specified in the admin options now.
• NEW: Dose area product value will be resetted, when "auto dose" is activated.
• NEW: Select pre-defined Patient Position and Referring Physician in dose dialog window.
• CHANGE: Reset will reload current image now to set all changes back.
• CHANGE: All burned-in notifications will be gray coloured in the new image.
• FIX: PAN Button in touchscreen interface enables now the function to move the image.
• FIX: The selected mouse function will be kept when using the magnifier on 3rd mouse button (mouse wheel).

• CHANGE: RAW images of acceptance test images will be saved now for further processing.
• CHANGE: Image interpolation filter is now set to CubicSpline for better image quality.
• FIX: Position marker label L/R will be also well-placed on simple click.
• FIX: Preview image size will be resetted on delete.
• FIX: Activated Modality parameter CR is not changing back to DX on restart.
• FIX: ImageID is starting now by 1 on new study.
• FIX: Patient information will be not overwritten on loaded images form database after registering a new patient.

• NEW: Query parameter Modality can optional specified in the Worklist options now.
• NEW: Extended Window Width/Level calculation can be turned on/off in administrative options.
• NEW: Delete button in Tab-Edit menu (Bodypart configuration) is now enabled and usable.
• CHANGE: Application Title Name is now used in Software Version Header Element 0018,1020.
• CHANGE: Current image comment will be applied to cropped image.
• CHANGE: Removed Animal Filter Names from human database.
• CHANGE: Removed Window Width/Level and Pan dialog in touchscreen interface.
• FIX: Faulty image header when creating DICOM images without extended image acquisition window.
• FIX: Loaded configuration of bodypart settings were not immediately updated on copy/delete.
• FIX: Magnifying glass showed wrong zoom factor on initial image display.
• FIX: Unfiltered DICOM image was overwritten from XR2 default filtered image.

• NEW: Confirmation message by deletion of image/bodypart element in extended image acquisition window.
• FIX: When patient information from database was applied after program startup, no studydate/time was set.

• NEW: Press F8 in the extended image acquisition window to activate the Acceptance Test mode. No filters or window width/level calculations will be processed.
• CHANGE: The default bodypart configuration table is now shown, when the extended image acquisition is turned off.
• FIX: The comment text field was not updated on image change.

• CHANGE: Bodypart specific generator settings can be freely edited now.
• FIX: The StudyUID was missing on some images, if the patient information was keyed in manually or applied from database.
• FIX: The Magnifying glass freezed when pressed additional mouse buttons during magnify view.
• FIX: Rotate-/Flipstate was not applied to initial filtered image.