DICOM Print SCP

[Hesham Desouky]

I have a good news, I finally finished the DICOM Print SCP implementation for fo-dicom (a pull request already created to rcd/fo-dicom)

The implementation includes changes in DICOM project to include DICOM Print classes, plus tweaks to DicomService class to support Meta classes communication required by the DICOM PRINT SCP.

Also i created an example under Examplers folder (PRINT_SCP). This example will receive print requests from SCUs and create print outs using the Microsoft XPS Document Writer printer (the XPS virtual printer driver should be installed prior to try the example otherwise it will not print)

If you want to give it a try until the pull request is merged to the main stream, you can pull my latest bits from hdesouky/fo-dicom.

Thanks

[Chris Horn]

Nice work Hesham, I can't wait to have a look

[Chris Horn]

Hi Hesham,

I've had a chance to have a quick play with the SCP and have come across an issue, the out put seems to always invert... no matter what I set in the print program.
Also I get the  following non-critical error in the log:
Requested abstract syntax Presentation LUT SOP Class [1.2.840.10008.5.1.1.23] from MINIME_SCU not supported

I have attached some files for you it looks like it's getting there

[Hesham Desouky]

Hi Chris,

I am so glad you got time to try the new print scp implementation.

You are right regarding the presentation lut implementation, it is not implemented since I didn't find a print scu that support printing image boxes with presentation lut.

This missing implementation explains why you are getting the negative output. The submitted code is tried with e-Filme and many real world modalities in production deployments and it work ok since none of these installations uses prsentation lut.

To be able to help, please share the study images and give me pointer to the print scu application you used to be able to implement the presentation lut support.

Regards,

Hesham

[Noster Gerald]

Hi Hesham,

thank you so much for your great work. I tried it out and it works perfect. Really very good ...

Regards,

Gerald

[Hesham Desouky]

You are welcome :)

[Chris Horn]

Hi Heasham,

Are you any closer to releasing to PrintClient ? or SCU like was available for mdcm?
Also with regard to my last post, the presentation lut example code came from a modified example of Colby's original Dicomprint sample still trying to find where I put it.

[Chris Horn]

if I remember correctly i got the code for the lut bits from here

https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!searchin/mdcm/print/mdcm/kS-UGlCibKA/Q2AiAuxR6PEJ

[Abdelmjid Elkihel]

Hi Hesham

are you worked with dcm4che with a modality for example Agfa CR 35 -X whether I want to know how to send the identification of the patient to the cassette.

Thanks in advance

[Hesham Desouky]

I didn't use dcm4che before, but I didn't understand what do you want to do exactly?

[Noster Gerald]

AGFA CR 35 is an Image Reader and if you want to send Patient Information to the modality, you need Worklist MWL function to do that.

[Leonardo Amaral]

Hi Hesham...

I need you help...I'm test your PrintSCP, but I dont have sucess. I need print a images from Pacs Carestream and I save in folder. I know, this function dont send information the patient, study and series. This information I give from StoreSCP and I marge with the print dicom and I send to Pacs.

The process is very slow, in the finish return an error and the dicom file dont open.

You need I help?

Attached I send printscreen.

Sorry, my english.

Att.

Leonardo

[Hesham Desouky]

Hi Leonardo,

I didn't get exactly what issue you are facing? which part didn't work and what is slow?

To be able to help, please elaborate more :)

Thanks

[Leonardo Amaral]

Hi, Hesham.
Thank you answer me.
I need print an imagem the Pacs Carestream and save in dcm into folder.
The system PrintSCP is excellent, besause save the xps and dcm, but When I send print command the Pacs, the system pause and show error mensage "socket error while reading PDU." I think this error mensage is time out, but I dont have a ideia. The file xps is OK, the file dcm has a error.
You know what can it be?

Hug
Leonardo

[Leonardo Amaral]

Hi...

I sucess in my print job. This file I000001.dcm dont open???

I dont open in my viewer.

Thanks

Leonardo

[Adil Tiadi]

Hi,

Yes you can't open the dicomfile just because you need to merge dataset of filmsession and filmbox and imagebox (don't forget to get all data of imagesequence in your new dataset).

Try to open (after merging all these datasets) with dicomdump in fo-dicom tools.

It worked for me (I opened images with imagej and all others viewers).

Good luck.

Best regards,

Adil

[Leonardo Amaral]

Thank's.

I did the merging with head dicom, but the file dont opened.

What the program you used the merging head dicom?

Hug

[Adil Tiadi]

Hi,

I think that you add imagesequence as a DICOM sequence.

You need to add to your dataset each content of this sequence.

I didn't use any external application...

I just modified a little the function Save in the class  Film.cs in Dicom\Printing\Filmbox.cs.

Here is my code... It's create a dicom file without extension readable with DICOM Viewer.

public void Save(string filmBoxFolder)

{

    var filmBoxDicomFile = string.Format(@"{0}\FilmBox.dcm", filmBoxFolder);

    var file = new DicomFile(this);

    file.Save(filmBoxDicomFile);

    var imageBoxFolderInfo = new System.IO.DirectoryInfo(string.Format(@"{0}\Images", filmBoxFolder));

    imageBoxFolderInfo.Create();

    for (int i = 0; i < this.BasicImageBoxes.Count; i++)

    {

        var imageBox = this.BasicImageBoxes[i];

        imageBox.Save(string.Format(@"{0}\I{1:000000}", imageBoxFolderInfo.FullName, i + 1));

        // New Dataset to have a readable image with DICOM Viewer (like Weasis, ImageJ...)

        DicomDataset ds = new DicomDataset();

        _filmSession.CopyTo(ds); 

        this.CopyTo(ds);

        if (imageBox.ImageSequence!=null)

            imageBox.ImageSequence.CopyTo(ds);

        // Optionnal informations to add (missing dicomtags?)

        ds.Add(DicomTag.AcquisitionDate, DateTime.Today.ToString("yyyyMMdd"));

        ds.Add(DicomTag.AcquisitionTime, DateTime.Now.ToString("HHmmss"));

        // Modality HC or SC?

        ds.Add(DicomTag.SOPClassUID, DicomUID.SecondaryCaptureImageStorage.UID);

        

        var test = new DicomFile(ds);

        test.Save(string.Format(@"{0}\I{1:000000}", imageBoxFolderInfo.FullName, i + 1));

    }

}

Hope that will help you my code (I did it from scratch because I didn't have the code here with me).

If you need some help, attach a sample file of your dicom file merged and I take a look.

Best regards,

Adil

[Leonardo Amaral]

Hi,

Thank's Adil. 

I used your code as the basis for my build and successfully.

Follows the changed code, I use a file received from dicom StorageSCP to create the new file header.

I do not know if you can help me further, the problem now is that when the print has more than one page, then only leaves current page, the others do not go.

public void Save(string filmBoxFolder)

        {

            var filmBoxDicomFile = string.Format(@"{0}\FilmBox.dcm", filmBoxFolder);

            var filmBoxTextFile = string.Format(@"{0}\FilmBox.txt", filmBoxFolder);

            var file = new DicomFile(this);

            file.Save(filmBoxDicomFile);

            var imageBoxFolderInfo = new System.IO.DirectoryInfo(string.Format(@"{0}\Images", filmBoxFolder));

            imageBoxFolderInfo.Create();

            for (int i = 0; i < this.BasicImageBoxes.Count; i++)

            {

                var imageBox = this.BasicImageBoxes[i];

                imageBox.Save(string.Format(@"{0}\I{1:000000}", imageBoxFolderInfo.FullName, i + 1));

                // Abrir o aquivo DICOM modelo para pegar o cabeçalho

                var fileopen = DicomFile.Open(@"C://Impressao//Stemp//Store");

                

                // Criar o novo dataset

                DicomDataset ds = new DicomDataset();

                _filmSession.CopyTo(ds);

                this.CopyTo(ds);

                if (imageBox.ImageSequence != null)

                    imageBox.ImageSequence.CopyTo(ds);

                // Copiar as informacoes do arquivo aberto

                //ds.Add(DicomTag.StudyDate, DateTime.Today.ToString("yyyyMMdd"));

                //ds.Add(DicomTag.StudyTime, DateTime.Now.ToString("HHmmss"));

                //ds.Add(DicomTag.AcquisitionDate, DateTime.Today.ToString("yyyyMMdd"));

                //ds.Add(DicomTag.AcquisitionTime, DateTime.Now.ToString("HHmmss"));

                var stdate = fileopen.Dataset.Get<string>(DicomTag.StudyDate);

                ds.Add(DicomTag.StudyDate, stdate);

                var sttime = fileopen.Dataset.Get<string>(DicomTag.StudyTime);

                ds.Add(DicomTag.StudyTime, sttime);

                var sedate = fileopen.Dataset.Get<string>(DicomTag.SeriesDate);

                ds.Add(DicomTag.SeriesDate, sedate);

                var setime = fileopen.Dataset.Get<string>(DicomTag.SeriesTime);

                ds.Add(DicomTag.SeriesTime, setime);

                var stacquidate = fileopen.Dataset.Get<string>(DicomTag.AcquisitionDate);

                ds.Add(DicomTag.AcquisitionDate, stacquidate);

                var seacquitime = fileopen.Dataset.Get<string>(DicomTag.AcquisitionTime);

                ds.Add(DicomTag.AcquisitionTime, seacquitime);

                ds.Add(DicomTag.SOPClassUID, DicomUID.SecondaryCaptureImageStorage.UID);

                ds.Add(DicomTag.Modality, "SC");

                var patientid = fileopen.Dataset.Get<string>(DicomTag.PatientID);

                ds.Add(DicomTag.PatientID, patientid);

                var patientname = fileopen.Dataset.Get<string>(DicomTag.PatientName);

                ds.Add(DicomTag.PatientName, patientname);

                var acnumber = fileopen.Dataset.Get<string>(DicomTag.AccessionNumber);

                ds.Add(DicomTag.AccessionNumber, acnumber);

                ds.Add(DicomTag.SeriesDescription, "IMPRESSAO_TESTE");

                var mediastorage = fileopen.Dataset.Get<string>(DicomTag.MediaStorageSOPInstanceUID);

                ds.Add(DicomTag.MediaStorageSOPClassUID, mediastorage);

                var sinstance = fileopen.Dataset.Get<string>(DicomTag.StudyInstanceUID);

                ds.Add(DicomTag.StudyInstanceUID, sinstance);

                var seinstance = fileopen.Dataset.Get<string>(DicomTag.StudyInstanceUID);

                ds.Add(DicomTag.SeriesInstanceUID, seinstance);

                var imgtype = fileopen.Dataset.Get<string>(DicomTag.ImageType);

                ds.Add(DicomTag.ImageType, imgtype);

                ds.Add(DicomTag.SeriesNumber, "2015");

                

                var test = new DicomFile(ds);

                test.Save(string.Format(@"{0}\{1:Impressao}", @"C://Impressao//Ptemp", i + 1));

            }

        } 

Hug's

Leonardo

[Adil Tiadi]

Hi,

Did you change the code elsewhere?

If you comment the part where you add dicom store information, did it work?

Can you put your dicom store file in order to try your code and your file on my computer?

Maybe add a try catch to see if you do not have an exception with your dicom store information.

I will try with some dicom store image on my computer....and I will let you know if it's work for me with your code!

Best regards.

Adil.

[Leonardo Amaral]

I think this part of code 

            for (int i = 0; i < this.BasicImageBoxes.Count; i++)

            {

                var imageBox = this.BasicImageBoxes[i];

                imageBox.Save(string.Format(@"{0}\I{1:000000}", imageBoxFolderInfo.FullName, i + 1));

Should generate one file for each page ... or a file with every page ...

Hugs

[Leonardo Amaral]

Hi,

I did a test using the original format fo-dicom, of plumb and so when I send print even with three pages only comes out in the first dicom file.

I'm out of ideas, anyone know what might be?

Hugs

[Adil Tiadi]

Hi,

Sorry to be late to answer... Maybe the trouble is coming from your dicom print SCU.

Did you try with some free Print SCU like (like jdicom) or some free viewer with PrintSCU (like Weasis)?

I can just tell you that it works for me...

Best regards,

Adil.

[Leonardo Amaral]

Thanks for the reply, I auditioned using Osirix and worked, including the header DIOCOM I added.

Just could not resolve this error PDU.

Someone can tell me if you have how to disable it?

Hugs

[Adil Tiadi]

Hi, 

Do you have this error only with your Carestream Vue PACS or with OSIRIX too?

And if you can put as linked file your output log file.

Best regards,

Adil

[Leonardo Amaral]

Hi,

Only with Carestream Vue PACS ... I used to test the old projet of Colby, printing paper, and it worked without errors. I do not understand why this PrintSCP fo-dicom this with this error. It is as if the connection is not closed.

Where do I get this log?

Thanks again.

[Adil Tiadi]

Hi,

you have just to copy and paste the dos console where you get the pdu error.

Please first of all, increase the content of buffer of your dos console window in order to have all dicom communications.

I use my software with many constructor and I got some client with Mx PACS and Masterpage.

And it work without trouble. Maybe it's only a configuration trouble (in your carestream vue pacs or in your DICOM Print SCP) like timeout,....

See you soon. ;)

[Leonardo Amaral]

Thanks for attention.

Sorry for the inconvenience, it is that here in Brazil don't have much information on this subject. Follow the log screen print.

Hug

[Leonardo Amaral]

My settings the Pacs.

[Adil Tiadi]

Hi,

I tried to see if some of my customers own Carestream Vue PACS.

Unfortunately, no! :(

If you want we can try this: 

- I put my computer on DICOM Print SCP (fo-dicom)

- I give you my ip and port and you configure your node with my informations.

- Then you send me one image to print and I will debug your trouble (maybe with our two brains with can fix it).

So the best way is now to leave the forum and try to get in touch with mail or skype and prepare an appointment.

Best regards,

Adil

[Adil Tiadi]

hi,

you do not add at between your mail and gmail.com.

I can read your mail.

best regards.

[Adil Tiadi]

forgot i can read it sorry

[Leonardo Amaral]

Hi,

I managed to solve the problem of incompatibility of PrintSCP with the Carestream PACS Vue with help of Adil.

The solution was to comment on the function:

// void OnPrintJobStatusUpdate (object sender, and StatusUpdateEventArgs)

         // {

           // Var PrintJob = PrintJob the sender;

            // If (printJob.SendNEventReport)

            // {

              // Var = new reportRequest DicomNEventReportRequest (printJob.SOPClassUID, printJob.SOPInstanceUID, e.EventTypeId);

                // Var ds = new DicomDataset ();

                // Ds.Add (DicomTag.ExecutionStatusInfo, e.ExecutionStatusInfo);

                // Ds.Add (DicomTag.FilmSessionLabel, e.FilmSessionLabel);

                // Ds.Add (DicomTag.PrinterName, e.PrinterName);

                // ReportRequest.Dataset = ds;

                // This.SendRequest (reportRequest);

            //}

        //}

and lines:

   //printJob.SendNEventReport = _sendEventReports;

   //printJob.StatusUpdate + = OnPrintJobStatusUpdate;

Thank you all.

hugs

[prakkash...@gmail.com]

Hi Hesham

I tried fo dicom print scp with few modalities. It seems there is one bug. Some time when I send new job to print scp it prints old job.

I also want to know whether 12 and 16 bit greyscale images are printed with the same depth or are reduced to 8 bit in windows printing.

Prakkash 

[Oliver Feng]

thank you for your great job! 

I'm developing a software. With a function--The DICOM printing images passed to the printer are saved as BMP files . My development tool is VS c#, so I chose fo-dicom implementation as the base,  in other words fo-dicom Printscp.

 I imported the project into my development environment and made a simple test –run the Printscu example -Send the printing task to Printscp .  It doest work well ,not printed. Carefully tracking , there should be normal conversation, but no image is available at  the print job folder .

 I'm a new developer and not familiar with the DICOM protocol. I know  occasionally device incompatibility in communicating , But why fo dicom Print scu is incompatible with fo dicom Print scp.

no one in this group has encountered this problem . So I believe in something wrong with my test environmental . Who can point it out?

[Anders Gustafsson Cureos AB]

Hi Oliver,

you seem to be using an older version of the fo-dicom samples. Version number says 1.1.0. Please download the latest commit from the samples repository and give that a try.

Regards,

Anders @ Cureos

[Oliver Feng]

Thank you very much, Anders.I take your advice,try the latest version ,and it works well .

Best wish!

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[BRAHAM PRAKASH YADAV]

Its really great but its output negative form, I m unable to find the resason plz help me make it inverse.

Thank You