COMMERCIAL DISTRIBUTION PROHIBITED WITHOUT PERMISSION By installing or using the K-PACS software you consent to be bound by this agreement. If you do not agree to all of the terms of this agreement, you must not install or use the software. The software is provided as is without warranty of any kind. The entire risk as to the quality and performance of the software is borne by you. No use of the software is authorized except under this disclaimer. The author will not be held liable for any damages whatsoever arising from the use of the software. This software is for scientific use only. To prevent any harm from patients your are not supposed to use this software in healt care. The software is protected by copyright and other intellectual property laws and by international treaties. ------------------------------ Minimum requirements: ? Intel Pentium III 800-MHz processor ? Windows 2000/XP/NT 4 or later ? 256MB of available RAM ? 50 MB of available disk space ? Monitor Resolution 1024x768 pixel ? Mouse Recommended: ? Intel Pentium IV/Athlon XP 2000MHz (or more) processor ? Windows 2000/XP or later ? 512MB of available RAM ? lots of MB of available disk space ? Monitor resolution 1280x1024 pixel (or more) ? Wheelmouse ------------------------------ TO INSTALL K-PACS on a Windows computer: 1. Run KPSetup.exe from hier. 2. Follow the on-screen instructions 3. Launch K-Pacs by selecting it from the Start Menu or Desktop ------------------------------ The author provides limited technical support through email. I will do my best to answer your questions thoroughly and in a timely manner. I am also interested in your ideas concerning new features or functions. Please send your email to Andreas@k-pacs.de ------------------------------ Andreas Knopke author ------------------------------ K-Pacs utilizes a modified version of the ezDICOMax plugin by Chris Rorden. ezDICOM medical viewer Copyright (c) 2002, Wolfgang Krug and Chris Rorden All rights reserved. Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met: Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. Neither the names of the copyright owners nor the names of this project (ezDICOM) may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software without specific prior written permission. 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Leon Bernard * 35043 Rennes Cedex, France * * for CEN/TC251/WG4 as a contribution to the Radiological * Society of North America (RSNA) 1993 Digital Imaging and * Communications in Medicine (DICOM) Demonstration. * * THIS SOFTWARE IS MADE AVAILABLE, AS IS, AND NEITHER OFFIS, * OLDENBURG UNIVERSITY NOR CERIUM MAKE ANY WARRANTY REGARDING * THE SOFTWARE, ITS PERFORMANCE, ITS MERCHANTABILITY OR * FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR USE, FREEDOM FROM ANY COMPUTER * DISEASES OR ITS CONFORMITY TO ANY SPECIFICATION. THE * ENTIRE RISK AS TO QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE OF THE SOFTWARE * IS WITH THE USER. * * Copyright of the software and supporting documentation * is, unless otherwise stated, jointly owned by OFFIS, * Oldenburg University and CERIUM and free access is hereby * granted as a license to use this software, copy this * software and prepare derivative works based upon this * software. However, any distribution of this software * source code or supporting documentation or derivative * works (source code and supporting documentation) must * include the three paragraphs of this copyright notice. * */ Some other parts of this software within the dcmtk/dcmnet sub-package related to the DICOM Upper Layer Protocol are derived from software developed for the RSNA'93 DICOM demonstration and kindly made available to us by the Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology. Such software can be identifed by the following copyright notice located in each affected source file: /* * Copyright (C) 1993, RSNA and Washington University * * The software and supporting documentation for the Radiological * Society of North America (RSNA) 1993 Digital Imaging and * Communications in Medicine (DICOM) Demonstration were developed * at the * Electronic Radiology Laboratory * Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology * Washington University School of Medicine * 510 S. Kingshighway Blvd. * St. Louis, MO 63110 * as part of the 1993 DICOM Central Test Node project for, and * under contract with, the Radiological Society of North America. * * THIS SOFTWARE IS MADE AVAILABLE, AS IS, AND NEITHER RSNA NOR * WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MAKE ANY WARRANTY ABOUT THE SOFTWARE, ITS * PERFORMANCE, ITS MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR * USE, FREEDOM FROM ANY COMPUTER DISEASES OR ITS CONFORMITY TO ANY * SPECIFICATION. THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE OF * THE SOFTWARE IS WITH THE USER. * * Copyright of the software and supporting documentation is * jointly owned by RSNA and Washington University, and free access * is hereby granted as a license to use this software, copy this * software and prepare derivative works based upon this software. * However, any distribution of this software source code or * supporting documentation or derivative works (source code and * supporting documentation) must include the three paragraphs of * the copyright notice. */ The dcmjpeg sub-package includes an adapted version of the Independent JPEG Group Toolkit Version 6b, which is contained in dcmjpeg/libijg8, dcmjpeg/libijg12 and dcmjpeg/libijg16. This toolkit is covered by the following copyright. The original README file for the Independent JPEG Group Toolkit is located in dcmjpeg/docs/ijg_readme.txt. /* * The authors make NO WARRANTY or representation, either express or implied, * with respect to this software, its quality, accuracy, merchantability, or * fitness for a particular purpose. This software is provided "AS IS", and you, * its user, assume the entire risk as to its quality and accuracy. * * This software is copyright (C) 1991-1998, Thomas G. Lane. * All Rights Reserved except as specified below. * * Permission is hereby granted to use, copy, modify, and distribute this * software (or portions thereof) for any purpose, without fee, subject to these * conditions: * (1) If any part of the source code for this software is distributed, then this * README file must be included, with this copyright and no-warranty notice * unaltered; and any ad...
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