After an intense development and testing cycle, ClearCanvas RIS/PACS 2.0 is now finally available! This big new release introduces a number of new features, including MPR in the Workstation, personal worklists in the RIS, and a number of performance improvements in the ImageServer. We are very excited about all the things that 2.0 has to offer. We hope you enjoy using it as much as we enjoyed building it! Be sure to check our great new videos too! (Note that this release also resolves the issue described in Product Bulletin 002.)

A defect has been discovered in ClearCanvas Workstation 1.5 and 1.5 SP1 that has resulted in a product recall. Though the risk of harm to patients is low, we have decided to suspend access to the downloads so that new users will not be affected. Please read Product Bulletin 002 to understand the problem and take the appropriate actions. We apologize for any inconvenience this issue may cause.

We are very pleased to announce that the ClearCanvas RIS/PACS is now Health Canada licensed, allowing it to be used for clinical purposes in Canada. Health Canada is the first in a series of regulatory licenses we will be applying for in 2010. Stay tuned for more!

 ClearCanvas is not only a RIS/PACS, it's also a development platform that allows you to extend it the way you see fit. See what some folks in the medical imaging research community have done with ClearCanvas on our new Videos page!

We're only a few weeks away from releasing 2.0, but we wanted to make the next pre-release version available to you all so you can help us catch any last remaining bugs. Download 2.0 Beta and let us know what you think!

Well, it's that time of the year again! As in previous years, we'll be walking the show floor at RSNA from Sunday to Wednesday. If you'd like to meet up with us this year, just drop me a note at norman AT clearcanvas DOT ca and we can arrange a time and place that works for both you and us.

We are very pleased to announce that the ClearCanvas RIS/PACS is the first open source RIS/PACS to be ISO 13485:2003 certified! We've always taken pride in creating top quality software and this makes it official. In the coming months, we will be pursuing certifications from various regulatory bodies as well, including Health Canada and the FDA, so please stay tuned!

We know that service and support for ClearCanvas products is important to you. That’s why we’ve partnered with Oso Healthcare Inc. to help provide a formal support option for organizations requiring dedicated ClearCanvas product support services. Oso Healthcare will provide technical support services for ClearCanvas users in North America starting October 14. Our decision to partner with a third party service organization allows us to maintain our focus on developing the industry’s most powerful open source RIS/PACS products.

Oso Healthcare has a team of healthcare IT service specialists with expertise in the ClearCanvas Workstation and ImageServer products.  

Oso Healthcare provides online remote technical support coverage Monday through Friday from 8 AM – 5 PM ET as well as web-based remote assistance, server access via VPN (additional cost), knowledge base, support forum and ClearCanvas Workstation eLearning user education modules (additional subscription)....

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After much effort, we've finally completed the migration of SVN and Trac to our own servers. Visit our developer's portal to get the new SVN URLs. If you run into any issues, please let us know on our forums.

Want to help make the next version of ClearCanvas Workstation and RIS even better? Then help us test Workstation/RIS 2.0 Alpha, which is now available for download! (Yes, we're calling it 2.0 instead of 1.6.) There are a number of new features in this new version, including MPR, memory management, the ability to launch external apps like ImageJ from within CCW, user-definable worklists and incoming fax workflow. Note that we haven't updated the user guide yet, but we think you'll be able to find most of the new features on your own. And remember, it's an alpha version, so expect to find bugs. Also, as important as it is to test the new features, we encourage you to test out the old features as well, just in case we've broken anything. When you find a bug, go to our Beta Testers forum and tell us all about it. Happy testing!