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+Why "Orthanc"?
+==============
+
+The spelling "`Orthanc
+<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orthanc#Orthanc>`__" originates from
+`J.R.R. Tolkien <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._R._R._Tolkien>`__'s
+work.
+
+Orthanc is the black tower of Isengard that houses one of the
+**palantíri**. A `palantír
+<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palant%C3%ADr>`__ is a spherical stone
+whose name literally means "One that Sees from Afar". When one looks
+into a palantír, one can communicate with other such stones and anyone
+who might be looking into them. This is quite similar to the Orthanc
+server, which is designed for a simple, transparent, programmatic
+access to medical images in the entire hospital DICOM topology.
+
+"Orthanc" also contains the trigram "RTH", standing for
+**Radiotherapy**. This is a reference to the fact that Orthanc
+originates from research on cancer that is carried on at the
+`University Hospital of Liège <http://www.chu.ulg.ac.be/>`__, in the
+Department of medical physics.