Cancel C-MOVE following an event?

[Dan Bower]

Hi all,

I'm experienced with python but new to DICOM and pynetdicom.  I would like to retrieve only the first instance (image) of a series from PACS.  The approach I was thinking is to add a hook to the C_STORE service request (EVT_C_STORE, as per some of the code examples), but the question is whether I can then elegantly cancel the C-MOVE request.  To my knowledge, C-MOVE is less flexible than C-GET in this regard, but unfortunately the PACs system I am working with does not support C-GET.  Alternatively, I could set up C-MOVE (send_c_move) as an independent process using python multiprocessing and then terminate the process once a single file has download.  But again, this seems like an abrupt brute force approach.

Ultimately, I would like C-MOVE to exit cleanly without leaving orphaned or zombie processes running.

Any ideas much appreciated.  Many thanks.

Dan

[Dan Bower]

From looking at the source, it seems valid to use a `send_c_cancel` request in the EVT_C_STORE to cancel the move.  Is there anything I have missed?

[Darcy Mason]

I'd suggest starting a discussion on the pynetdicom repo to see if you can get an answer there.

[Dan Bower]

Thanks, I have done that.