Testing DICOM configurations

This tests the parsing of test data against a specified DICOM, or LDL, layout.

DICOM (Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine), is a standard communication mechanism when integrating various medical products in a hospital environment. The medical products that are involved include Modalities (CT, MR, X-Ray, and others), Workstations, Archives, Printers, and HIS/RIS devices.

The intention of DICOM is to define the communication capabilities of each product type. This permits products, supplied by different vendors, to be connected together to form an open, integrated diagnostic and treatment capability.

The DICOM test runs a DICOM ECHO test, which is a DICOM ping action on the DICOM remote SCP (Service Class Provider). This verifies the DICOM network between the system DICOM SCU (Service Class User) and the remote DICOM SCP.

  1. Peer Host is the host name of the DICOM peer. Specify the host in the field, or accept the default of hostname. This is required.
  2. Peer Port is the TCP/IP port number of the peer. Specify the port in the field, or accept the default of 11112. This is required.
  3. Calling AE Title is the AE (Application Entity) title. Specify the calling title in the field, or accept the default of CL-ECHO-SCU.
  4. Called AE Title is the AE title of the peer.Specify the called title in the field, or accept the default of ANY-SCP.
  5. Timeout (seconds) is the time-out for DIMSE (DICOM Message Service Element) messaging. Specify the time-out in seconds, or accept the default of 60.
  6. Open the Log Level to open a menu of log levels to run.
  7. Click Run Command to run the DICOM ECHO command shown in Preview Command to Issue.