Study Retriever for mac OS

The Study Retriever is available for mac OS, packaged along with OnePacs Workstation for macOS.  The OnePacs Study Retriever for mac OS may be installed with or without the OnePacs Workstation medical imaging viewer. 

System Requirements

System requirements for the mac OS version are as follows:

• Mac OS X v10.12 or later
• Requires a minimum of 2 GB of RAM, 8 GB or more recommended
• Requires a DICOM viewer application capable of receiving studies by C-STORE, such as OnePacs Workstation for macOS.

To install the Study Retriever, run the OnePacs Desktop for mac OS installer.  You may deselect the OnePacs Workstation option if you are using a third-party viewing application.

During normal operation, the Study Retriever creates, and frequently updates, a large number of small files on your disk. This may add a small, but unnecessary, overhead to the Spotlight search indexing process. To avoid that, we recommend excluding the Study Retriever data folder from the Spotlight search database by performing the following steps.

1. Open the System Preferences application.
2. Click the Spotlight icon.
3. Select the Privacy tab.
4. Add the onepacs folder in your home folder to the list of locations excluded from Spotlight.

App Nap

mac OS has a feature called "App Nap" which puts long running apps into a power saving mode. This can affect the Study Retriever app because it needs to download studies, even when running in the background. It is possible to "Prevent App Nap" for specific applications. It is recommended that this option is enabled for the Study Retriever.  See http://www.cultofmac.com/253064/how-to-turn-app-nap-off-for-specific-apps-on-your-mac-os-x-tips/ for instructions.

Third Party Viewer Integration

Setting up the OsiriX^TM DICOM viewer to work with the Study Retriever

The Study Retriever can be configured to store and open studies in OsiriX^TM. To enable this integration, follow these steps after installing the Study Retriever.

1. Ensure that the OsiriX DICOM Viewer version 6.0 or later (most recent version recommended) is installed.
2. Launch the OsiriX viewer.
3. Open the Preferences window and select the Listener icon. (See screenshot below)
   
4. Ensure that the option "Activate DICOM listener when OsiriX is running" is checked. (See screenshot below)
5. Increase the time-out for DICOM communications to 300 seconds (to accommodate very large multi-frame instances).
6. Note the AETitle and port number. You will need to configure the same values in the Study Retriever preferences.
7. Ensure that the option "Activate the osiriX:// URL support and HTTP XML-RPC Server on port" is checked. (See screenshot below) The actual port number can be any value that doesn't conflict with another application running on your computer. The default value of 8080 should be fine in most situations.
8. Open the Study Retriever preferences and configure and activate a store destination with the AE title and port from step (6).

At this point, the Study Retriever will be able to store studies to OsiriX (while OsiriX is running), and to open studies with OsiriX when you select the View command in the Study Retriever download manager window or the OnePacs worklist.

To completely remove the Study Retriever from your computer, run the installer and select the "Uninstall OnePacs software" option.

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^*Osirix^TM, Horos^TM, and Aycan^TM are trademarks of Pixmeo SARL, The Horos Project (Purview Inc)., and Aycan Medical Systems LLC. These companies and products are not affiliated with OnePacs. No endorsement of these companies or products by OnePacs, or endorsement of OnePacs by these companies, is implied.