<s>
Orthanc	B-Language
is	O
a	O
standalone	O
DICOM	B-Algorithm
server	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
designed	O
to	O
improve	O
the	O
DICOM	B-Algorithm
flows	O
in	O
hospitals	O
and	O
to	O
support	O
research	O
about	O
the	O
automated	O
analysis	O
of	O
medical	O
images	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Orthanc	B-Language
lets	O
its	O
users	O
focus	O
on	O
the	O
content	O
of	O
the	O
DICOM	B-Algorithm
files	O
,	O
hiding	O
the	O
complexity	O
of	O
the	O
DICOM	B-Algorithm
format	O
and	O
of	O
the	O
DICOM	B-Algorithm
protocol	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Orthanc	B-Language
can	O
turn	O
any	O
computer	O
running	O
Windows	B-Application
,	O
Linux	B-Application
or	O
OS	O
X	O
into	O
a	O
DICOM	B-Algorithm
store	O
(	O
in	O
other	O
words	O
,	O
a	O
mini-PACS	O
system	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Orthanc	B-Language
is	O
also	O
available	O
as	O
Docker	O
images	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Orthanc	B-Language
provides	O
a	O
RESTful	B-Protocol
API	I-Protocol
on	O
top	O
of	O
a	O
DICOM	B-Algorithm
server	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Therefore	O
,	O
it	O
is	O
possible	O
to	O
drive	O
Orthanc	B-Language
from	O
any	O
computer	O
language	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
DICOM	B-Algorithm
tags	O
of	O
the	O
stored	O
medical	O
images	O
can	O
be	O
downloaded	O
in	O
the	O
JSON	B-General_Concept
file	O
format	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Furthermore	O
,	O
standard	O
PNG	O
images	O
can	O
be	O
generated	O
on	O
the	O
fly	O
from	O
the	O
DICOM	B-Algorithm
instances	O
by	O
Orthanc	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Orthanc	B-Language
also	O
features	O
a	O
plugin	O
mechanism	O
to	O
add	O
new	O
modules	O
that	O
extends	O
the	O
core	O
capabilities	O
of	O
its	O
REST	B-Protocol
API	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
multiple	O
DICOM	B-Algorithm
Web	O
viewers	O
,	O
</s>
<s>
a	O
PostgreSQL	B-Application
database	O
back-end	O
,	O
</s>
<s>
a	O
MySQL	B-Application
database	O
back-end	O
,	O
</s>
<s>
an	O
ODBC	B-Application
database	O
back-end	O
,	O
</s>
<s>
Orthanc	B-Language
was	O
initiated	O
by	O
Sébastien	O
Jodogne	O
in	O
2011	O
while	O
working	O
at	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
his	O
work	O
on	O
Orthanc	B-Language
,	O
Sébastien	O
Jodogne	O
received	O
the	O
Free	O
Software	O
Award	O
for	O
2014	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Orthanc	B-Language
also	O
received	O
the	O
eHealth	O
Agoria	O
award	O
for	O
2015	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Orthanc	B-Language
is	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
Debian	B-Application
Med	I-Application
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Official	O
packages	O
are	O
available	O
for	O
numerous	O
Linux	B-Application
distributions	I-Application
including	O
Debian	O
,	O
Ubuntu	B-Operating_System
and	O
Fedora	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ports	O
are	O
available	O
for	O
FreeBSD	B-Operating_System
and	O
OpenBSD	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Windows/MacOS	O
binary	O
installer	O
packages	O
may	O
be	O
freely	O
downloaded	O
from	O
the	O
Orthanc	B-Language
website	O
but	O
are	O
provided	O
by	O
a	O
commercial	O
partner	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Orthanc	B-Language
is	O
also	O
available	O
as	O
a	O
Beta-package	O
through	O
the	O
package	O
center	O
for	O
Synology	B-Operating_System
NAS	O
users	O
.	O
</s>
