DICOM Communication Features

The LEADTOOLS DICOM Communication features provide support for the following:

·   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):

o DICOM Verification Service Class

o DICOM Storage Service Class

o DICOM Query/Retrieve Service Class

o DICOM Study Content Notification Service Class

o DICOM Patient Management Service Class

o DICOM Study Management Service Class

o DICOM Results Management Service Class

o DICOM Print Management Service Class

o DICOM Media Storage Service Class

o DICOM Storage Commitment Service Class

o DICOM Basic Worklist Management Service Class

o 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

The DICOM Communication features are available in the following products:

LEADTOOLS Medical Imaging Suite

Support for the DICOM Communication features is provided for the following programming interfaces:

COM

API

Class Library