New in IMPAX 6.5 Application Server

Key new features and improvements introduced in IMPAX 6.5 Application Server include:

• Provided a link to the IMPAX 6.5 DICOM Conformance Statement (PDF).

• The IMPAX 6.5 Application Server platform is either Windows Server 2003 or Windows Server 2008. Note that on the Application Server, Windows 2008 is supported for fresh installations only.

• All Application Servers in a cluster must use the same Operating System—either Windows 2003 or Windows 2008.

• When leveraging new hardware, user data can be migrated from the ADAM database on a Windows 2003 Application Server to an AD LDS database on a new Application Server running Windows 2008. Note that migrations from ADAM to AD LDS are supported when both the Windows 2003 and Windows 2008 Application Servers belong to either a domain or a workgroup.

• The Application Server supports the IMPAX Results Viewer. IMPAX Results Viewer, a browser-based application used by a physician or healthcare professional to access medical images and other evidence documents to provide care to patients, is provided as a core component of IMPAXIMPAX6.5. Fundamental IMPAX features and tools such as search, displaying reports, and basic transformation of study images are available in IMPAX Results Viewer.

• The Application Server includes support for textual DICOM SR objects generated by the Connectivity Manager.

• Windows firewalls are used to block unwanted network traffic.

• The following role services are supported on Application Servers running Windows Server 2008:

  • ASP.NET

  • Windows Authentication

  • IP and Domain Restrictions

  • Dynamic Content Compression

  • IIS 6 Management Compatibility

• The following roles are supported on Application Servers running Windows Server 2008:

  • Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services (AD LDS)

  • Web Services IIS Features

• The IMPAX 6.5.1 Application Server requires the latest patches for the Oracle 10g 10.2.0.4.0 Client as well as ODP for .NET 2.0.