See Release Notes and manuals for more information on changes and new features.
· TwinCAT communication software updates will now use FIPS (Federal Information Processing Standard) supported encryption (SHA-256).
o For systems with FIPS enabled, this update will require a one time manual transfer of the TCMonitor/TCHost executables to the PLC/HMI.
§ Contact NSI Service for help with this process.
o Updates in the future will be automatic.
· Add tooltip to show the range of values that the XRD 4343n accepts for the offset floor.
· Fixed issue where Gulmay MP1 focal spot mode could get out of sync with efX-dr.
· Fixed issue inches unit conversion in the Ug dialog and set a min decimal precision for values.
· Fixed issue where Job List would not display volume name in progress bar.
· Fixed issue where rendering a 2D slice on a resampled volume would briefly revert to the original min/max of the volume.
· The user will now be prompted to save changes before entering slideshow mode (if required).
· Fixed issue with contrast normalization locking contrast button.
· Fixed issue where file tab would be disabled when only loading layered frame images.
· Modified the layout and content of the view dialog for the line profile, spatial resolution, and focal spot measurement tools to make them more consistent with each other.
· Made the “Show log” and “Show settings” keyboard shortcuts be available in more windows.
· Added Box annotation.
· Fixed issue the ROI Stats measure wouldn’t report negative coordinates for the location and ROI size.
· Added SMS/email Notifications for when a CT scan pauses or fails a luminosity check for half the max duration.
· Added an option to show an ROI’s histogram to ROI Stats, SNR, and CNR measures.
· Added button to clear external commands for the selected motion step in the motion program dialog.
· Re-enabled toggle pixel column option for LDA detectors.
· Improved efX-dr startup time when failing to connect to TwinCAT proxy.
· Fixed an issue with resetting a 2D histogram.
· Fixed an issue when modifying filters with thick slice enabled would trigger reload of thick slice.
· Fixed a rare crash when closing the radiograph viewer from the Advanced reconstruction window when the project had no corrections.
· Fixed an issue where creating an animation with a custom resolution would produce a blank video.
· Fixed an issue where properties pane would be unresponsive after starting a reconstruction.
· Fixed an issue where deblur filter wasn’t being automatically applied to SubpiX projects at Step 2.
· Fixed an issue where 2D panes would occasionally not get to full resolution on load.
· Fixed an issue where resampling a volume would erroneously resample the 2D histograms of all volumes.
· Fixed an issue where changing volume attributes (like visibility) may not process if already mid-render.
· Improved handling of geometry refinement for edge cases that could cause crashes.
· Improved handling when removing volumes that had voxel markings on them.
· Improved project tree progress bars so all processes now report their progress in the same format.
· Resampled 3D histogram min/max values are now being saved and restored in the NSIX projects.
· Removed histogram resample option from 2D histograms (not applicable).
· 3D view thick slice preview is now always shown when the clipping object view is selected.
· Added check that ensures the CUDA renderer is used when processing reconstructions (required).
· Fixed issue where logs would state that it failed to fuse a multi-tile image erroneously.
· Fixed issue where logs would state that it failed to fuse a multi-tile image erroneously.
· Fixed issue where when loading a layered image that we would only report that it had 1/1 layers.
· Fixed an issue where efX-view that was installed with efX-ct would not save the current layout when closing the software.
· Fixed issues with using the Reference View and Contrast Normalization
o Fixed the issue where Views and Histogram panes of the reference image would dock on the left with the part/sample Views and Histogram panes.
o Fixed the issue where re-enabling both the Reference View and Contrast Normalization would cause duplicate histograms to appear.
o Fixed issue where “Show ROIs” toggle did not work.
· Fixed an issue where unit types may have reported the wrong value when switching units.
· Fixed an issue where Stage View and MicroPositioner windows would not be automatically reopened if it was open in the prior instance.
· Fixed an issue where an invalid warning about soft limits would occur prior to starting a VorteX scan if the source or detector was changed after startup.
· Fixed issues related to systems with Hamamatsu source and Virtual Pre-warn:
o When toggling the system key during instance would not properly reset the need for a pre-warn.
o When starting a motion program, automatically initiate the pre-warn if needed.
o Allow the pre-warn to be called when running Production start up with new button.
· Fixed an issue with X-RAY WorX sources where efX-dr may report the need for a Refresh when setting kV above the current wattage restriction.
· Fixed an issue with setting the XRD 4343 offset floor within efX-dr.
· Disallow toggling acquire zero position image during scan as it cannot be changed after start.
· Added a warning message when starting a DR shot or CT scan if the Comet MesoFocus is left in unfocused mode.
· Fixed an issue when swapping units where some of the Volume Properties would not properly switch.
· Fixed an issue on Step 3 where clicking “Update” would reset the preview volume position.
· Fixed an issue on Step 4 where adjust slices would not have the right scale for measures.
· Fixed an issue where removing all clipping objects, then using number shortcuts to get them back would result in duplicates.
· Re-added Thick Slice information to the manual.
· Fixed an issue when re-saving DICONDE files incorrectly padding VR UI types with a space.
· Fixed an issue where the “Ignore View Changes” checkbox was unintentionally visible.
· Fixed the histogram reset function to properly set to a volume’s min/max (with volume loaded).
· Fixed an issue where the display scale in the Views tab would not properly be set when a double-click to reset image to window bounds was performed.
· Fixed an issue where the layout system would not be restored after a reconstruction that started by opening the .nsipro from windows explorer.
· Fixed an issue where Step 3 of the reconstruction wizard would start in VOI edit mode. This restores the way it was set in 2.5 and earlier.
· Fixed an issue where clipping objects would not have their bounds set correctly. Minimum/maximum did not equal the volume bounds.
· Added an option in the DR Project window to automatically turn off x-rays upon shot completion.
· Fixed an issue where having quotation marks in the part name field would crash the software.
· Fixed issue with software not correctly displaying DICONDE presentation states.
· Fixed issue with exported 2D images not matching the original 2D slice.
· Fixed issue where the geometry tracking ROI would not reset when tracking a new geometry.
· Fixed issue where ref-X wizard would not proceed due to multiple projects in the same folder being processed in the same instance.
· Fixed issue where the combo boxes for the volume registration would not populate with the currently loaded volumes.
· Fixed issue where failing a geometry refinement on staggered geotools would result in the user being unable to do a reconstruction.
· Improved export volume window by showing export progress and allowing for cancellation.
· Fixed issue where the software would not properly remember the units it last used.
· Fixed issue where during a multi-tile dr shot motion program where a message box would occasionally appear asking users if they want to cancel a scan.
· Removed slider controls for controlling current and voltage.
· Fixed issue where deleting a repository would cause an exception and not remove the repository.
· Added information on improvements to certain measures to the 3.0.1.0 changelog.
· Added message in installers notifying users when their graphic drivers don’t meet the minimum version (576.40)
· Fixed issue where the position of an undocked histogram would not get restored when reopening software.
· Fixed issue preventing users from making favorites from presets.
· When using the cylinder slice shortcut, the software now makes a cylinder slice based on the currently selected slice in the project explorer.
· “Show Histogram” and “Show Axis” buttons are now both available in the right click menu and 2D options menu on 2D slices.
· In 3D histogram context menu replaced “Recompute” option with “Resample” for clarity.
· Save layout wizard will now appear as topmost when opening.
· Added settings override to prevent software from asking the user to save the current project (nsix) when closing the software.
o NOTE: Users will need to contact service department to enable this feature.
· Fixed issues with 2D video and snap dialog.
o Fixed issue with enabling and disabling the banner.
o Fixed issue where the folder button would not bring you to the currently selected folder.
o Fixed issue where the statusbar and scrollbar would be included in recorded videos or snapshots.
o Fixed issue where recorded videos would have part of the image cut off.
o Default base directory is now a screenshots folder next to the opened volume.
· Fixed issue where the min/max of the histogram would not be recorded in images saved in the 2D view.
· Fixed issue where full resolution value in the 2D statusbar would not update when switching units.
· Fixed issue where moving the middle key in the histogram would lag.
· Fixed issue where independently moving (using CTRL + Left-click) on an end key in the histogram would also move the middle keys.
· Fixed issue an issue with the height of the clipping pane selector being too short to show all options in step 4 of the reconstruction wizard.
· Updated manual to include “Crop ROI” tool in the corrections section.
· Fixed issue with certain Xray-WorX tubes where the wait for tube at target dialog would be unable to turn X-rays on.
· Fixed issue where closing the wait for tube at target dialog would not signal that the process is done.
· Fixed issue where proxies would not be able to read the encrypted settings files.
· Fixed issue where the histogram would be non-interactable when playing through multiple images.
· Fixed issue where undocking the histogram would cause the software to display an error when restarting efX-View.
· Fixed issue where the following DCM tags were not being filled out when Approving/Rejecting a DCM image
o ReviewDateTime
o RevewerName
o CertifiedInspectorName
· Fixed issue where saving an image would save the PixelSpacing tag incorrectly in a DCM image.
· Fixed issues when trying to rework images when two images panes being shown.
o Histogram and views dialog are now able to be docked on either side of the image panes.
o Reopening images will now restore the placement and size.
o Reopening a single image will load the correct layout.
· Updates to modernize the user interface.
· Improvements to measures
o Spatial Resolution measure (E2002-22):
§ Improved measurement interpolation and label
o Detector Characterization (E2597/E2597M-22):
§ Improved bad pixel measurement and default acquisition parameters
o Detector Performance Evaluation and Stability (E2737-23):
§ Improved process, measurements, reports, and default parameters
§ Added feature that automatically warns when SNR parameters exceed variance limits
o Focal Spot Measurement (E2903-18R24, EN12543-5: 1999 Part 5):
§ Improved measurement and controls
· User interface now has customizable docking system and layouts.
· New NSIX file format to capture project state.
o Project Explorer to manipulate and visualize the NSIX.
o Properties pane to show selected item parameters.
o Bookmarks to save the how data is presented.
· Multiple volume support.
· Volume registration.
· Embedded histogram.
· Global clipping objects.
· 2D and 3D annotations.
· High resolution volume animations.
· Preview surfaces.
· ASTM E1695 measure.
· Added support for IRay NDT1012HS frame rates.
· Several fixes to correct invalid tag information.
o Add proper padding to strings so that they are even length.
o Add proper tags to identify pixel spacing calibration types, etc.
o Set proper value on presentation LUT shape when image is inverted.