LEADTOOLS DICOM Communication SDK

LEADTOOLS DICOM Communication technology provides complete support for DICOM Communications, including all Service Classes such as Verification, Storage, Query/Retrieve and Patient Management, and contains high-level communications functions simplifying the creation of DICOM client/server applications.

Overview of LEADTOOLS SDK DICOM Communication SDK Technology

• Asynchronous or synchronous TCP/IP support for multiple clients and servers.
• High-level functions for initiating and terminating Associations, automating the process of filling out
  PDU structures (Protocol Data Units).
• Automatic and transparent conversion of DICOM Data Sets between specific Transfer Syntaxes required by the associated Application Entities.
• High-level functions that automate sending DICOM Request and Response command sets, greatly simplifying the process of coding application communications.
• Complete support for Message Exchange, including DIMSE (DICOM Message Service Element)
  service users and providers, and Message Exchange Upper Layer Protocol.
• High-level DICOM Print support.
• Support for TLS and ISCL security profiles.
• Low-level functions for customizing sockets.

With a LEADTOOLS DICOM Communication SDK, Developers Can:

• Create and initialize a DICOM network connection.
• Create a DICOM Associate Connection to transfer data and messages.
• Customize the DICOM Associate Connection for the type of data to transfer and manner in which
  to transfer the data.
• Retrieve information about the DICOM Network Connection.
• Retrieve information about the DICOM Associate Connection.
• Send and receive messages using either high-level or low-level functions.
• Create DICOM Verification Service Class consumers and providers.
• Create DICOM Storage Service Class consumers and providers.
• Create DICOM Query/Retrieve Service Class consumers and providers.
• Create DICOM Study Content Notification Service Class consumers and providers.
• Create DICOM Patient Management Service Class consumers and providers.
• Create DICOM Study Management Service Class consumers and providers.
• Create DICOM Results Management Service Class consumers and providers.
• Create DICOM Print Management Service Class consumers and providers.
• Create DICOM Media Storage Service Class consumers and providers.
• Create DICOM Storage Commitment Service Class consumers and providers.
• Create DICOM Basic Worklist Management Service Class consumers and providers.
• Create DICOM Queue Management Service Class consumers and providers.
• Create any DICOM Message Service Element (DIMSE) consumers and providers.

Create DIMSE-C services associated with composite SOP classes:

• 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

Create DIMSE-N services associated with normalized SOP Classes and provide an extended set of operations and notifications:

• 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

When using DICOM Messages, AE's can serve in one of two roles:

• Invoking DIMSE-service-user (SCU)
• Performing DIMSE-service-user (SCP)

LEADTOOLS SDK Technology Related to DICOM Communication

• PACS
• Medical Web Viewer Framework
• DICOM
• DICOM Security
• DICOM Digital Signature
• DICOM Data Set
• DICOM Annotation
• DICOM Waveform
• Medical Image Processing
• Medical Image Viewing
• 3D Volume Creation and Rendering
• Annotation
• Data CD and DVD Creation
• Print to PACS

LEADTOOLS SDK Products that Include DICOM Communication SDK Technology

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LEADTOOLS PACS Imaging SDK

LEADTOOLS Medical Imaging Suite SDK