Leadtools.Medical.Workstation Introduction (PACS)

Summary

is a framework for easily creating DICOM-based servers. The framework consists of a Windows Service (Leadtools.Dicom.Service.exe) that implements a user-defined DICOM service. The Windows Service provides the following features:

Handles DICOM connections
Handles DICOM association negotiation
Supports DICOM Message AddIns that allow user-supplied AddIns to respond to DICOM messages.

This framework allows the developer to quickly develop scalable full featured PACS (i.e. Windows Service, Association and secure communications, debug and audit log). It also allows the developer to organize DICOM services into different processes (i.e. LAN vs. WAN, secure vs. unsecure, HIS/RIS vs. PACS Archive).

The PACS Framework exposes specific interfaces that allow AddIns to implement additional functionality for the server. With AddIns you can:

Specify supported presentation contexts
Respond to specific DICOM messages
Spy on DICOM communication without affecting the message
Handle multiple DICOM messages with one AddIn.

** is an end-user like application with functionality comparable to many DICOM viewers used today in the health care industry. It can be used without modification by medical professionals, by device manufacturers (as a Modality Workstation viewer), research facilities, or anyone that has a need for viewing DICOM images. The source code is provided for easy customization and branding. The workstation is built on LEADTOOLS PACS Framework components, and supports:

DICOM SCU Query/Retrieve, Store, Storage Commit
DICOM SCP service to provide Query/Retrieve and Store
DICOM Media import
Medical Image Viewing (display layouts, annotations, Zoom, Pan, Window-Level tools, etc)
User Access Control

The user-interface can be easily customized. There are C# and VB.Net examples that ship with the toolkit that show how this is done.

For more information, refer to: Supported Environments