Due to the security risks and instability of K-PACS, the following modern, free alternatives are recommended:

Since official support ended years ago, the community supports K-pacs users via:

Many users successfully run K-pacs 2.5 in a Windows Virtual Machine (VirtualBox with Windows 7) to isolate security risks.


You must tell the scanner (the Modality) where to send the images.

  • Verification: You can click the "Echo" or "Verify" button to test the connection. If it turns green, the connection is successful.
  • To receive images from a CT scanner, MRI, or modality, you must configure the built-in server.