DICOM Server

DICOM server settings define parameters for DICOM communications. Editing the DICOM SCP settings requires support rights.

To set the DICOM settings:  

  1. Go to the Admin/Server Settings
  2. Select DICOM Server
  3. Make the necessary changes
  4. Click the Save icon and Restart

The following settings are available:

Setting

Default

 Description
Storage AE Title   Queries sent return information about all the data in the system. Some devices require using a different AE Title when sending and querying a PACS.
Query AE Title   Used when a second AE Title is required.  Note: In earlier versions of eRAD PACS, the Archive Query AE Title was used to search the entire archive. Existing devices using this configuration can still use the Archive Query AE Title for this purpose.

Preferred transfer syntax

   displays the requested DICOM transfer syntax used when transferring DICOM objects over an established association. Change the default by selecting the preferred value from the list.

Maximum receive PDU size

   displays the requested DICOM transfer syntax used when transferring DICOM objects over an established association, Change default by selecting the preferred value from the list

Send timeout

30 sec

  defaults used for each DICOM association

Receive timeout

30 sec

  defaults used for each DICOM association

Connection timeout

30 sec

  number of seconds a DICOM Association has to get established, from request to confirmation

Wait timeout

30 sec

  number of seconds permitted between PDUs (i.e., DICOM data blocks) before the Association is considered abandoned and terminated

Storescuflag

 

 flags passed to the application that sends DICOM objects to other AEs.

Case sensitive

case sensitive

  enforces case sensitivity on the query parameters

Empty matching

 

  server to include NULL values as successful matches

Query/Retrieve limit

 

 defines the maximum number of matches returned in response to a query request

Remove private tags

 

 removes private tags when forwarding studies to remote DICOM AEs.

Sending updates

 

  forwards updates made to a study that was previously forwarded

Association heartbeat

 

 System default setting for keeping DICOM associations open between transmission requests.