DICOM Communication Features

LEADTOOLS provides extensive support for the DICOM Communication Protocol. This protocol specifies  requirements for transferring DICOM data and messages across an associated network connection.

With this support you can:

• Create/Manage/Destroy DICOM Network connections (secure or un-secure)

• Send DICOM messages

• Receive DICOM messages

• Create an Application Entity (AE) that serves as either the Service Class Provider (SCP), Service Class User (SCU), or both.

Key Features:

• TCP/IP support for the communication of medical data using the DICOM 3.0 protocol.

• Powerful high-level features that simplify the creation of DICOM client/server applications.

• High-level functions for initiating and terminating Associations (connections between DICOM applications).

• Automatic processing for filling out PDU structures (Protocol Data Units).

• Automatic and transparent conversion of DICOM Data Sets to/from the specific Transfer Syntax required by the associated Application Entities (the connected DICOM client(s) and server(s)).

• Full Support for all Service Classes - Easy to implement all possible DICOM Service Classes as client (SCU) and/or server (SCP)

• DICOM Verification Service Class

• DICOM Storage Service Class

• DICOM Query/Retrieve Service Class

• DICOM Study Content Notification Service Class

• DICOM Patient Management Service Class

• DICOM Study Management Service Class

• DICOM Results Management Service Class

• DICOM Print Management Service Class

• DICOM Media Storage Service Class

• DICOM Storage Commitment Service Class

• DICOM Basic Worklist Management Service Class

• DICOM Queue Management Service Class

• Direct support for PACS

• The Dicom Communication features also provide support for the following Command Sets, and their respective Command Elements.

• • C-STORE-REQUEST

  • C-STORE-RESPONSE

  • C-FIND-REQUEST

  • C-FIND-RESPONSE

  • C-GET-REQUEST

  • C-GET-RESPONSE

  • C-MOVE-REQUEST

  • C-MOVE-RESPONSE

  • C-CANCEL-REQUEST

  • C-ECHO-REQUEST

  • C-ECHO-RESPONSE

• • N-EVENT-REPORT-REQUEST

  • N-EVENT-REPORT-RESPONSE

  • N-GET-REQUEST

  • N-GET-RESPONSE

  • N-SET-REQUEST

  • N-SET-RESPONSE

  • N-ACTION-REQUEST

  • N-ACTION-RESPONSE

  • N-CREATE-REQUEST

  • N-CREATE-RESPONSE

  • N-DELETE-REQUEST

  • N-DELETE-RESPONSE

For more information about the DICOM Communication Protocol, refer to:

• LEADTOOLS DICOM Network Communication Support for Message Exchange

• DICOM Standard

In the Help file for your supported platform.

The LEADTOOLS PACS Framework for .NET provides the highest level of support for DICOM Communication.

Supported Platforms:

LEADTOOLS PACS Framework for .NET

DICOM Communication – C DLL

DICOM Communication – C++ Class Library

DICOM Communication – .NET