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webviewer
author | Sebastien Jodogne <s.jodogne@gmail.com> |
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date | Wed, 20 Jul 2016 10:48:43 +0200 |
parents | c23f02a64caf |
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--- a/Sphinx/source/plugins/webviewer.rst Wed Jul 20 10:15:42 2016 +0200 +++ b/Sphinx/source/plugins/webviewer.rst Wed Jul 20 10:48:43 2016 +0200 @@ -10,3 +10,96 @@ For general information, check out the `official homepage of the plugin <http://www.orthanc-server.com/static.php?page=web-viewer>`__. + + +Compilation +----------- + +.. highlight:: text + +The procedure to compile these plugins is similar of that for the +:ref:`core of Orthanc <compiling>`. The following commands should work +for every UNIX-like distribution (including GNU/Linux):: + + $ mkdir Build + $ cd Build + $ cmake .. -DSTATIC_BUILD=ON + $ make + +The compilation will produce a shared library ``OrthancWebViewer`` +that contains the Web viewer plugin. Pre-compiled binaries for +Microsoft Windows `are also available +<http://www.orthanc-server.com/browse.php?path=/plugin-webviewer>`__. + + +Usage +----- + +.. highlight:: json + +You of course first have to :ref:`install Orthanc <compiling>`. Once +Orthanc is installed, you must change the :ref:`configuration file +<configuration>` to tell Orthanc where it can find the plugin: This is +done by properly modifying the ``Plugins`` option. You could for +instance use the following configuration file:: + + { + "Name" : "MyOrthanc", + [...] + "Plugins" : [ + "/home/user/OrthancWebViewer/Build/libOrthancWebViewer.so" + ] + } + +.. highlight:: text + +Orthanc must of course be restarted after the modification of its +configuration file. The log will contain an output similar to:: + + # Orthanc ./Configuration.json + W0226 16:59:10.480226 7906 main.cpp:636] Orthanc version: mainline + [...] + W0226 16:59:10.519664 7906 PluginsManager.cpp:258] Registering plugin 'web-viewer' (version 1.0) + W0226 16:59:10.519696 7906 PluginsManager.cpp:148] Initializing the Web viewer + W0226 16:59:10.520004 7906 PluginsManager.cpp:148] Web viewer using 6 threads for the decoding of the DICOM images + W0226 16:59:10.520021 7906 PluginsManager.cpp:148] Storing the cache of the Web viewer in folder: OrthancStorage/WebViewerCache + W0226 16:59:10.522011 7906 PluginsManager.cpp:148] Web viewer using a cache of 100 MB + [...] + W0226 16:59:10.530807 7906 main.cpp:516] HTTP server listening on port: 8042 + W0226 16:59:10.581029 7906 main.cpp:526] DICOM server listening on port: 4242 + W0226 16:59:10.581066 7906 main.cpp:533] Orthanc has started + +Once a :ref:`DICOM series <model-world>` is opened using Orthanc +Explorer, a yellow button entitled ``Orthanc Web Viewer`` will show +up. It will open the Web viewer for that particular series. See also +the demonstration video on `official homepage of the plugin +<http://www.orthanc-server.com/static.php?page=web-viewer>`__. + + +Advanced options +---------------- + +.. highlight:: json + +The configuration of the Web viewer can be fine-tuned by adding some options:: + + { + "Name" : "MyOrthanc", + [...] + "Plugins" : [ + "/home/user/OrthancWebViewer/Build/libOrthancWebViewer.so" + ], + "WebViewer" : { + "CachePath" : "WebViewerCache", + "CacheSize" : 10, + "Threads" : 4 + } + } + +* ``CachePath`` specifies the location of the cache of the Web + viewer. By default, the cache is located inside the storage + directory of Orthanc. +* ``CacheSize`` specifies the maximum size for the cached images, in + megabytes. By default, a cache of 100 MB is used. +* ``Threads`` specifies the number of threads that are used by the + plugin to decode the DICOM images.