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For instructions on downloading and installing MyFreePACS, please refer to the "Download" and "Install" pages on the menu at left.

August 4th, 2005 - v0.1.8
So, a year later, I figure it's probably time to address a number of the bugs that have plagued MFP over the past year. I don't even remember everything that's been fixed. The number on the front page is actually correct this time, JPEG exporting of color images works now, there were lots of image parsing bugs fixed, as well as a number of image transfer bugs. The "Error 1" bug that happened so often for telerad people should be either gone or at least greatly minimized now. It should also deal with a number of the problems that Windows XP SP2 brought about.

So, if you want to update to 0.1.8, download the update .ZIP file off the download page, and then uncompress it on top of the existing web page directory (which should be c:\inetpub\wwwroot) and overwrite everything it asks for.

I'm also adding forums to the website so that people can help each other out as well as emailing me. They're available on the menu at left. Please use them!


July 13th - v0.1.7
Notes:
  • A few minor changes to work with the new MSDE and PHP.
  • The installation instructions have been updated for newer releases of the software used - PHP 4.3.7 is now supported, as well as MSDE 2000 Rel A (which contains W32.Blaster fixes and is also a much smaller download than SP3)
  • Note: You can't upgrade from MSDE 2000 SP3 (original installation version) to the new MSDE 2000 Rel A. You must completely uninstall your old installation and then install the new version from scratch...

June 16th - v0.1.6 Released
Notes:
  • More misc. bugfixes found over the preceeding few months.

January 16th - v0.1.5 Released
Notes:
  • A few misc. bugfixes. Nothing particularly important.

October 22nd - v0.1.4 Released
Notes:
  • Updated Mallinkrodt DICOM Server to 3.0.5 (was 3.0.4)
  • Fixed some bugs in said updated server - The Series Description bug and a few annoying crash bugs
  • Updated DICOM server to allow image databases larger than 2.1TB. Now stores a 64-bit value for maximum size. This means the database format changed. If you know what you're doing, you can just change STA_FIS/Limits's DBSize and DBLimit columns to bigint types. Otherwise, you'll need to completely re-initialize your database.
  • Fixed some bugs with MPR. Series that weren't in perfect tower form weren't working properly. They now do. In addition, some bugs with slice spacing are now fixed as well.
  • Some minor bugs with the search engine have been fixed.
  • Fixed a display bug in the admin panel
  • Misc. other fixes and changes that I can't remember

August 6th - v0.1.3 Released
Notes:
  • Fixed a few crash bugs in array mode
  • Made fix to DICOM server to properly display series name
  • Fixed crash bug with re-downloading duplicate series/studies/patients
  • Made space bar go in and out of the search window
  • Included SRVANY and INSTSRV in the package for installing MyFreePACS as a service if you wish

August 1st - v0.1.2 Released
Notes:
  • Changed layout around a bit more (old one was a big unbalanced)
  • Fixed up some Array Mode<-->MPR Interaction Issues
  • Added progress bars for unloading/cache clearing when closing the app so it doesn't look like IE is just frozen
  • Fixed a large crash bug in color image viewing
  • Actually updated the version number on the front page this time
  • Started signing everything with the new Verisign Digital ID
  • Fixed a few misc interface-changing issues with MPR
  • Fixed a few misc crash fixes

July 31st - v0.1.1 Released
Notes:
  • Clear All Windows button fixed up (this button was added in v0.1.0)
  • Fixed up progress bars to not display all the time, now will only pop up when actually doing long operations
  • Fixed a number of bugs with array mode
  • Fixed bug preventing a few modalities from properly functioning (was a problem from a recent addition, not sure how far back it goes) - US and XA, specifically

July 30th - v0.1.0 Released
Notes:
  • Patient/image info overlays completely redone
  • Added CT preset hotkeys (1/2/3/4)
  • Pressing space bar now opens search instead of middle clicking
  • Added progress bars for slow operations (loading huge sets for MPR, or emptying out the image cache)
  • A number of steps in the install process fixed up. It should actually work start to finish without problems this time!
  • Some behavior changes with the various tools, MPR especially
  • Memory management cleaned up - the "garbage collection"-ish function I use had a bug where it was only clearing out half the unneeded images every call. After loading multiple series, MFP should no longer slow to a halt as it runs out of memory and uses swap!
  • Cleaned up a couple security-related issues
  • Innumerable small bugfixes

July 25th - v0.0.9 Released
Notes:
  • Couple fixes to the client, nothing major. Mostly a few tiny layout issues. Monday will bring bigger changes.

July 24th - v0.0.8 Released + Documentation Written
Notes:
  • Redid the icons for the tools. This should now be the final tool layout for a MyFreePACS release. The only thing left that will change for sure is the text overlay on the image window.
  • I've written the first draft of the documentation for MyFreePACS. It's available under "help" on the menu at left.

July 23rd - v0.0.7 Released
Change Log:
  • Added filtering on MPR-generated sets
  • MPR-generated sets now are viewable in non-32-bit color
  • Fixed JPEG saving - should work perfectly now
  • Fixed small issue with the MPR auto-formatting
  • Fixed bug with zooming in on MPR sets
  • Fixed crash on session timeout with trying to retrieve images
  • Added a way to reset/clear the image database from the admin panel

July 21st - v0.0.6 Released
Fix List:
  • Fixed dozens and dozens of minor tool interaction problems
  • All tools should now work properly in all states of flipping/rotation
  • MPR now automatically flips the generated image series in order to put them into standard saggital/coronal/axial view directions
  • MPR now plays nicely with the rest of MyFreePACS - most tools should work with it. Those that don't yet will display an error message (info at point and rotation.)
  • All major bugs are now worked out except that if you zoom in far enough on an MPR-generated set, it goes rather haywire

July 18th - v0.0.5 Released
Fix List:
  • Interface has been changed a bit
  • Customizable idle timouts
  • Added more tools to the layout and redesigned it a bit
  • Fixed up a few bugs in MPR (note: tons still left)
  • Uncountable little bugfixes
  • Note: All aspects of the user interface in this release will probably be very close to the final interface. As such, documentation will be drafted shortly based upon this interface.

July 15th - v0.0.4 Released
Fix List:
  • Orientation issues should all be fixed now
  • The last known bugs with the installer have been fixed
  • Lots of interface changes in the web interface, especially the administration panel
  • The backend Users DB has changed a bit, so re-run firstsetup.php if you're installing 0.0.4 over an older version
  • Tons of misc smaller fixes/changes/additions all over the system in response to user feedback

July 14th - v0.0.3 Released
Fix List:
  • Lots of crash bugs fixed
  • Orientation issues fixed
  • Other stuff...

July 11th - v0.0.2 Released
Fix List:
  • Fixed sporadic crash bug on downloading cases while doing strange combination of other actions simultaneously
  • Random display bugs in client fixed
  • Added heading display for the 4 corners of each image
  • MPR mode has recieved some behavioral tweaks

July 10th - v0.0.1 Released
First packaged version of MyFreePACS.