Mainecoon

Mainecoon is a powerful web-based digital pathology viewer, designed to allow researchers, pathologists, and healthcare professionals to explore and analyze pathology images directly in the browser.

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About

• Mainecoon features a user-friendly interface with full support for responsive web design (RWD), eliminating the need for additional software installation.
• Provides five annotation tools, including "point, polyline, polygon, ellipse and rectangle"
• Passed the "Creator" and "Viewer" roles in the 2024 ECDP Annotation Connectathon, enabling the creation of annotations in the DICOM standard format.

Features

• Whole Slide Image (WSI) Viewer: Display pathology images using efficient tiling and progressive loading techniques.
• DICOMweb Compliance: Integrate with DICOMweb for seamless image rendering and annotation support.
• Annotation Support: Create and manage annotations of graphic types defined in the DICOM Graphic Annotation Module for precise image labeling and analysis. Annotations can be stored to the connected DICOMweb server.
• Advanced Image Interaction: Pan, zoom, and rotate multi-layer images through OpenLayers for detailed analysis.

Installation

Before starting, ensure you have configured the environment variables as needed. See the DICOMweb Server Configuration section for more information.

Docker

To quickly start Mainecoon using Docker:

docker compose up -d

Build from source

Dependencies

To run Mainecoon from source, ensure you have the following installed:

• Node.js (v18.18 or later)
• npm

Building

Install the dependencies and build the project:

npm install
npm run build

Running

node .\app\server.js

The viewer should now be accessible at http://localhost:3000.

DICOMweb Server Configuration

To set up the DICOMweb Server, make changes to the following file: .src/config/DICOMWebServer.config.js

DICOMweb Server Configuration Example

This configuration file is used to set up the DICOMweb Server details for different environments.

export default {
  SERVER_NAME: {
    QIDO: {
      enableHTTPS: true,
      hostname: "your.server.com",
      port: "",
      pathname: "/dicom-web",
      Token: null,
    },
    WADO: {
      enableHTTPS: true,
      hostname: "your.server.com",
      port: "",
      URI_pathname: "/dicom-web/wado",
      RS_pathname: "/dicom-web",
      Mode: "rs",
      Token: null,
    }
  }
}

Environment Variables

The following variables are used to configure the runtime settings:

• PORT: The port number the server listens on (default: 3000).

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.