<s>
DVTk	B-Algorithm
is	O
an	O
Open	B-License
Source	I-License
project	O
for	O
testing	O
,	O
validating	O
and	O
diagnosing	O
communication	O
protocols	O
and	O
scenarios	O
in	O
medical	O
environments	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
supports	O
DICOM	B-Algorithm
,	O
HL7	O
and	O
IHE	O
integration	O
profiles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
history	O
of	O
DVTk	B-Algorithm
goes	O
back	O
to	O
1997	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
was	O
a	O
DICOM	B-Algorithm
Validation	O
tool	O
with	O
a	O
command	O
line	O
interface	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Based	O
on	O
this	O
,	O
later	O
on	O
,	O
the	O
ADVT	O
(	O
DICOM	B-Algorithm
Validation	O
Tool	O
)	O
was	O
created	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
tool	O
with	O
a	O
Graphical	O
User	O
Interface	O
that	O
made	O
DICOM	B-Algorithm
validation	O
more	O
pleasant	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
version	O
was	O
the	O
transition	O
of	O
the	O
application	O
from	O
the	O
Philips-AGFA	O
cooperation	O
project	O
to	O
the	O
Open	B-License
Source	I-License
community	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2006	O
,	O
joined	O
the	O
DVTk	B-Algorithm
Open	B-License
Source	I-License
project	O
as	O
the	O
third	O
participating	O
company	O
next	O
to	O
Philips	O
and	O
Agfa	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2007	O
,	O
DVTk	B-Algorithm
started	O
participating	O
in	O
the	O
IHE	O
project	O
by	O
supplying	O
an	O
External	O
Validation	O
Service	O
(	O
DICOM	B-Algorithm
Validation	O
Web	O
Service	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2008	O
,	O
for	O
the	O
DVTk	B-Algorithm
Open	B-License
Source	I-License
project	O
was	O
introduced	O
.	O
</s>
