How to download data from PACS server

[Paul Glad Mihai]

Hi guys,

I've just spent one day trying to install dcm4chee on an ubuntu machine. After spending many many hours getting rid of all the errors and many more hours trying to figure out why I couldn't echo the PACS AE, I have finally won this battle.

The reason I installed this tool is because the software available for linux that can retrieve patient data (I am mainly interested in MRI data) from the local PACS server is terribly. If it works, then it crashes, if it doesn't crash then it doesn't work. So I asked around and I've been led to dcm4chee. I followed the instructions and installed the 2.17.1 mysql version.

So now it works, but I have no idea how to retrieve the data from the intranet server. Can I even do this? I also want to export the files to a local path so I can work with that data.

Am I on the right path here or totally off?

Looking forward to your answers!

[Paul Glad Mihai]

To make my post a bit more clearer:

The source AET is greyed out, even though I have the intranet PACS AET set up and the echo works! Here's a screenshot:

How can I set the Store SCP Server (is that the correct term?) so that dcm4chee can search it and find DICOM data?

[Alvaro [Andor]]

Hi Paul,

I think you got confused and went the wrong route. If I understand
correctly, you have a PACS server already, but your problem is the
client they provide, which is prone to failing. So, what you need is a
linux DICOM client for your PACS.

dcm4chee, by itself, is a full PACS server which won't show you images
you haven't send there. It's nice if you need a new PACS, but not for
retrieving images from another PACS.

Depending on the kind of user you are, and how will you be using the
images, you could use two different tools:

dcm4che: Even if there's only one "e" of difference with dcm4chee, it's
totally a different thing ;). dcm4che is a set of java based console
apps which can help you to make operations with all kind of DICOM
modalities or systems. They are console only, and might be a bit
daunting if you aren't used to the DICOM world. The libraries for this
tools form, in fact, the basis for dcm4chee. You have two versions
developing in parallel right now of this tool, 2.x and 3.x, but you can
begin with 2.x. [1] There's also a similar set of tools based on C call
dcmtk [2]

Ginkgo CADx: This is a multiplatform native DICOM viewer available for
Mac OS X, Linux and Windows (although the OS X releases haven't picked
up versions with the others for months...). When configured, it will
connect to your pacs, search, and download studies at your will. [3]

So, you'll need a tool like the first if you'll do some kind of
programmatic access, or you'll need a low level tool for scripting or
debugging problems, but you'll need a tool like the second if you just
want to open a window, find a study, and download it.

Good luck!

[1] - http://sourceforge.net/projects/dcm4che/files/dcm4che2/2.0.28/
[2] - http://dicom.offis.de/dcmtk.php.en
[3] - http://ginkgo-cadx.com/en/downloads/

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[Paul Glad Mihai]

Hi Andor,

Many thanks for taking the time to clarify the situation for me. Indeed, I did go the wrong route. I did learn a lot during the process, but I guess it was in vain :).

I tried ginkgo-CADx but it crashes repeatedly and exporting the DICOM files to a certain directory creates too many cryptic folders and is a bit cumbersome. In the end I will have to use the Apple that has OsiriX installed, so that I can get the data from the PACS server and push it over the Gigabit network to my workstation. It seems to be the most elegant solution, after a collegue introduced it to me today.

Thanks again!

[Alvaro G. [Andor]]

Hi Paul,

I haven't used Ginkgo CADx since 2.6 and, in fact, seems quite more unstable than it used to be. I used it this week for downloading some series of images and gave me quite some problems to handle large series, and I though it was my problem for a while.

If you're not using the client for reviewing/diagnosing images, but for analysis (importing them to matlab or whatever you need), and you are somewhat a little programming savvy (maybe in bash or python), you could write a little script for downloading last day or last week exams using dcm4che or dcmtk tools from your shell in one go.

Good luck!


El 15/10/13 15:43, Paul Glad Mihai escribió:

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