MF DIGITAL NeoLogica DICOMBurner, NeoLogica DICOMBurner 3 User Manual

DICOMBurner, version 3

User Manual

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Table of Contents

1 ABBREVIATIONS................................................................................................................................................... 5

2 INDICATIONS FOR USE ....................................................................................................................................... 6

3 INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................................................................... 7

4 INTERFACE ARCHITECTURE AND MAIN DIALOG..................................................................................... 8

5 CREATING A CD/DVD OF DICOM FILES ...................................................................................................... 12

5.1 BURN LAST PATIENT .......................................................................................................................................... 13

5.2 BURN ALL NEW IMAGES – ONE CD/DVD PER PATIENT...................................................................................... 13

5.3 BURN LAST STUDY............................................................................................................................................. 14

5.4 BURN NON-BURNT ............................................................................................................................................. 15

5.5 BURN CUSTOM FROM LOCAL STORAGE .............................................................................................................. 16

5.5.1 Study-level search ..................................................................................................................................... 16

5.5.2 Series-level search .................................................................................................................................... 17

5.5.3 Instance-level search ................................................................................................................................ 18

5.5.4 Burn files step ........................................................................................................................................... 19

5.6 BURN CUSTOM FROM DICOM DEVICE............................................................................................................... 20

5.6.1 DICOM Device Selection.......................................................................................................................... 20

5.6.2 Study-level search ..................................................................................................................................... 21

5.6.3 Series-level search .................................................................................................................................... 22

5.6.4 Instance-level search ................................................................................................................................ 23

6 IMPORTING DICOM FILES............................................................................................................................... 24

6.1 IMPORT FROM DISK............................................................................................................................................ 25

6.2 IMPORT FROM DICOM DEVICE.......................................................................................................................... 25

6.2.1 DICOM Device Selection.......................................................................................................................... 25

6.2.2 Study-level search ..................................................................................................................................... 26

6.2.3 Series-level search .................................................................................................................................... 27

6.2.4 Instance-level search ................................................................................................................................ 28

7 EXPORTING DICOM FILES .............................................................................................................................. 29

7.1 EXPORT TO DISK ................................................................................................................................................ 29

7.1.1 Study-level search ..................................................................................................................................... 29

7.1.2 Series-level search .................................................................................................................................... 30

7.1.3 Instance-level search ................................................................................................................................ 31

7.1.4 Export images step.................................................................................................................................... 32

7.2 EXPORT TO DICOM DEVICE.............................................................................................................................. 33

7.2.1 Study-level search ..................................................................................................................................... 33

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7.2.2 Series-level search .................................................................................................................................... 34

7.2.3 Instance-level search ................................................................................................................................ 35

8 DELETING DICOM FILES.................................................................................................................................. 36

8.1 STUDY-LEVEL SEARCH ...................................................................................................................................... 36

8.2 SERIES-LEVEL SEARCH ...................................................................................................................................... 37

8.3 INSTANCE-LEVEL SEARCH.................................................................................................................................. 38

8.4 DELETE FILES STEP ............................................................................................................................................ 39

9 BACKUP DICOM FILES AND DATABASE...................................................................................................... 40

9.1 BACKUP DATABASE ........................................................................................................................................... 41

9.2 BACKUP A DAY .................................................................................................................................................. 41

9.3 BACKUP A WEEK................................................................................................................................................ 42

9.4 BACKUP A PERIOD ............................................................................................................................................. 43

10 RESTORE DICOM FILES AND DATABASE ............................................................................................... 44

10.1 RESTORE DATABASE.......................................................................................................................................... 45

10.2 RESTORE IMAGES............................................................................................................................................... 45

10.2.1 Study-level search ..................................................................................................................................... 45

10.2.2 Series-level search .................................................................................................................................... 46

10.2.3 Instance-level search ................................................................................................................................ 47

10.2.4 Restore files step ....................................................................................................................................... 48

11 VIEWING INFORMATION ............................................................................................................................. 49

11.1 VIEW LOG DIALOG BOX ..................................................................................................................................... 49

12 DICOMBURNER CONFIGURATION............................................................................................................ 50

12.1 DICOM CONFIGURATION.................................................................................................................................. 50

12.2 DICOM DEVICES CONFIGURATION................................................................................................................... 52

12.3 LOG CONFIGURATION........................................................................................................................................ 53

12.4 FILE STORAGE CONFIGURATION........................................................................................................................ 54

12.5 CD/DVD BURNER CONFIGURATION ................................................................................................................. 56

12.6 LOCAL BURNER CONFIGURATION...................................................................................................................... 57

12.7 RIMAGE UNIT CONFIGURATION......................................................................................................................... 60

12.8 PRIMERA UNIT CONFIGURATION ....................................................................................................................... 66

12.9 MFDIGITAL UNIT CONFIGURATION................................................................................................................... 71

12.10 AUTOMATIC CD/DVD PRODUCTION CONFIGURATION ................................................................................. 76

12.11 AUTOMATIC BACKUP CONFIGURATION......................................................................................................... 78

13 REGISTRATION AND ADMINISTRATION................................................................................................. 80

13.1 REGISTRATION & ADMINISTRATION DIALOG BOX ............................................................................................. 80

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1 Abbreviations

Abbreviation

AE Application Entity BMP Bitmap DICOM Digital Imaging and COmmunications in Medicine DIMSE DICOM Message Service Element DLL Dynamic Link Library DPI Dots Per Inch GUI Graphical User Interface ICM Integrated Color Management ID Identifier JPEG Joint Picture Experts Group LAN Local Area Network PC Personal Computer PDU Protocol Data Unit PNG Portable Network Graphics RAM Random Access Memory SCP Service Class Provider SCU Service Class User SOP Service-Object Pair TCP Transfer Control Protocol TIFF Tagged Image File Format UID Unique Identifier USB Universal Serial Bus VR Value Representation

Description

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2 Indications for use

The DICOMBurner software allows receiving and storing DICOM files on a database residing on a

networked PC. In addition DICOMBurner allows burning DICOM files on one or more CDs or DVDs, with an

embedded autorunning viewer. It is intended as a mean to produce digital media containing medical images,

to be provided to patients in substitution of the traditional film hard copies of the exams. Also the produced

media can be used to exchange DICOM files between non-connected PACS or DICOM workstations. The

images stored on the CDs/DVDs can be directly viewed on a normal PC through the embedded autorunning

DICOM Viewer; this software is meant for review of the medical images, and not for diagnosis. Nevertheless,

the DICOM images stored by DICOMBurner provide no quality loss with respect to the original images (no

lossy compression is used by DICOMBurner), hence they can be used as an element for diagnosis once

they are transferred or imported on a PACS diagnostic workstation.

Database

CD/DVD Burner

CD/DVD Production Unit

DICOM Modalities

DICOM Peer

DICOMBurner System

Interaction of the

DICOM

Burner

system with a

DICOM network

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3 Introduction

NeoLogica DICOMBurner is a mini-PACS system that allows a complete interaction with a DICOM

Network. It’s able to import/export DICOM files coming from digital modalities or local disks. It has advanced

CD/DVD production capabilities.

DICOMBurner is an interface between the DICOM world of the digital modalities and a PC local database to

store them. DICOMBurner software runs on a PC based hardware platform equipped with a CD or DVD

burner. In addition it can be equipped with a CD/DVD Production Unit (such as Rimage, MFDigital or Primera)

to automate the CD/DVD burning and to print the CD/DVD surface in order to label it.

DICOMBurner is a Windows-based server application running in background: no user interaction is

necessary to have it working as a DICOM SCP for storage or query/retrieve. Nevertheless, a GUI is provided

in order to adjust configuration parameters and to burn the received DICOM files.

DICOM Store

Archive

DICOM Query/Retrieve

DICOM Store

DICOM Network

DICOM Query/Retrieve

Backup/Restore Images and

Database

DICOM Query/Retrieve

Burn

This document will explain the meaning of the available configuration parameters and all the functionalities

available from the DICOMBurner GUI.

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4 Interface architecture and main dialog

The DICOMBurner application runs in background, with an icon in the system tray area of Windows.

When you start the application, a balloon tooltip for the system tray icon is displayed for some seconds.

DICOMBurner’s icon in the system tray of Windows

By right-clicking on the icon, the DICOMBurner tray menu appears:

DICOMBurner’s main tray menu

By double-clicking on the DICOMBurner tray icon, the main DICOMBurner dialog appears. This dialog box

provides some status information and global statistics about the DICOM associations.

The following picture shows a snapshot of DICOMBurner’s main dialog box.

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DICOMBurner’s main dialog box

In DICOMBurner’s main dialog box, the following information is provided:

• Store SCP Server:

o Current server status: tells if the connection server is started or stopped. The connection

server must be started if client connections and associations from Storage SCU have to be

accepted. When the connection server is started, it is impossible to modify the DICOMBurner

configuration parameters. In order to access to the configuration features, the server must be

stopped first.

o Listening TCP Port: the TCP Port where DICOMBurner is listening to for incoming connections.

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• General Statistics:

o Max concurrent associations: the maximum number of concurrent DICOM associations

accepted by DICOMBurner. This value may be changed in the “Settings…  DICOM

Configuration” section.

 Active: the number of DICOM associations currently active. This value gives an

indication of the current workload.

 Available: the number of concurrent DICOM associations that are still available.

o Association requests since startup: the number of DICOM association requests received

since the application startup.

 Accepted: the number of accepted DICOM association requests since the application

startup.

 Rejected: the number of rejected DICOM association requests since the application

startup. An association request may be rejected, for instance, because the maximum

number of concurrent associations has been reached.

 Released: the number of DICOM associations that have been regularly released by

DICOMBurner.

 Aborted: the number of aborted DICOM associations since the application startup. An

association may be aborted by both the SCP and the SCU when an abnormal condition

occurs (unexpected PDU, DICOM Upper Layer protocol error, etc.).

o Storage usage: represents the usage of the DICOM files archive.

 Used: the size of the used storage expressed in MByte.

 Available: the size of the available space for the storage expressed in MByte.

• Task List:

o List: all the tasks that user launched during the server running. It shows the task ID, its starting

time, its name, origination level, status and its progress percentage.

o Task details: the details related to the selected task. Depending on the selected task you can

see some useful information to understand what the task done.

o Delete/Abort buttons: respectively to Delete a completed task and to Abort a running one.

DICOMBurner’s main dialog also provides a toolbar positioned on the top of the client area, which allows

performing all main operations with the program. An overview of each toolbar button is now provided. Each

individual feature will be described in detail in the following sections.

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• Start: starts DICOMBurner’s connection server. This allows accepting connections and DICOM

association requests from DICOM Storage SCU’s. Once the server is started, the “Settings” button

is disabled.

• Stop: stops DICOMBurner’s connection server. Once the server is stopped, it is no longer possible

to accept connections and association requests from DICOM Storage SCUs. On the other side, the

“Settings” button is re-enabled.

• Log: opens the “View Log” dialog (described later in this document).

• Burn: allows burning received DICOM files onto CDs or DVDs.

• Import: allows importing DICOM files from a local folder or from a DICOM device (DICOM

query/retrieve SCU) to the local database of the DICOMBurner.

• Export: allows exporting DICOM images into a local folder choosing a format among DICOM, BMP,

TIFF, PNG and JPEG. In addition it’s possible to export to a DICOM device (DICOM Store SCU).

• Delete: opens a GUI wizard allowing the selection of files to be deleted from the database.

• Backup: allows the backup of DICOM files or database content.

• Restore: allows the restore of DICOM files or database content (Disaster Recovery).

• Settings: allows entering the DICOMBurner configuration section. This functionality is only enabled

when the connection server is stopped.

• Hide: causes DICOMBurner to be minimized as a system tray icon.

• About: displays information about the current DICOMBurner version. The following picture shows

the “About DICOMBurner” dialog box for version 3.1 of DICOMBurner.

Some of the functionalities available through the buttons located on DICOMBurner’s main toolbar are also

available through the tray menu, by right-clicking on the DICOMBurner tray icon.

The About DICOMBurner dialog box

The DICOMBurner tray menu

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5 Creating a CD/DVD of DICOM files

DICOMBurner allows creating DICOM-compliant CDs or DVDs containing DICOM files. The DICOM

files to be stored on CD or DVD can be selected by the user through intuitive wizard-based procedures. The

produced media also contains an autorunning DICOM Viewer which allows viewing the medical images on a

PC. A viewer named LocalEye and developed by NeoLogica is bundled with DICOMBurner, but the user can

select any other he likes.

DICOMBurner provides a quick and easy process to burn the received DICOM files. If you want you can burn

them by just one mouse click. The “Burning” dialog box appears when you press the “Burn” button on the

main toolbar or on the correspondent menu item from the DICOMBurner tray pop-up menu. There exist six

kinds of burning procedures:

1. Burn last patient

2. Burn all new images – One CD/DVD per patient

3. Burn last study

4. Burn non-burnt

5. Burn custom from local storage

6. Burn custom from DICOM device

These six options are accessible by clicking the small down arrow located next to the “Burn” button on the

main toolbar. Once you select one of the available burning options from the pop-up menu, it will become the

default option associated with the “Burn” toolbar button.

Note: if the set of DICOM files to burn exceeds the free size of the media you’ve loaded, then DICOMBurner

spans the DICOM files over two or more CDs/DVDs.

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5.1 Burn last patient

By selecting the “Burn last patient” option, you are able to burn all the DICOM files related to the

patient the last received and stored image belongs to (i.e. the “last patient”). DICOMBurner displays a dialog

showing the data related to the last patient. Then you have to select the patient you want to burn and in

addition you can change the CD/DVD options with respect to the default one set by the “CD/DVD Burner

Configuration” tab. Pressing the “Burn Patients” button will start the actual CD or DVD writing procedure.

Otherwise by pressing the “Delete Patients” button you can delete the selected patient and its instances

from the storage and database.

5.2 Burn all new images – One CD/DVD per patient

By selecting the “Burn all new images – One CD/DVD per patient” option, you are able to burn all the

new DICOM files received by DICOMBurner (since last burn), creating one CD/DVD per patient.

DICOMBurner displays a dialog showing the data related to the patients. This dialog may eventually list more

then one patient when several DICOM files belonging to different patients have been received and stored by

DICOMBurner since last burn operation. Then you can choose the patients you want to burn and in addition

you can change the CD/DVD options with respect to the default one set by the “CD/DVD Burner

Configuration” tab. Pressing the “Burn Patients” button will start the actual CD or DVD writing procedure.

Otherwise by pressing the “Delete Patients” button you can delete the selected patient and its instances

from the storage and database.

If you select a CD/DVD Production Robot by the “CD/DVD unit name” list, you can automatically produce a

CD or DVD per patient by selecting all the listed patients. Otherwise by a local burner, only one single patient

can be burnt.

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5.3 Burn last study

By selecting the “Burn last study” option, you are able to burn all the DICOM files related to the study

the last received and stored image belongs to (i.e. the “last study”). DICOMBurner displays a dialog showing

the data related to the last study. Then you have to select the study you want to burn and in addition you can

change the CD/DVD options with respect to the default one set by the “CD/DVD Burner Configuration” tab.

Pressing the “Burn Studies” button will start the actual CD or DVD writing procedure. Otherwise by pressing

the “Delete Studies” button you can delete the selected study and its instances from the storage and

database.

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5.4 Burn non-burnt

By selecting the “Burn non-burnt” option, you are able to burn all the DICOM files which have been

received and stored by DICOMBurner, but which haven’t been burnt onto CD or DVD yet. DICOMBurner

displays a dialog box showing the list of non-burnt instances. Then you can choose the DICOM files you

want to burn and in addition you can change the CD/DVD options with respect to the default one set by the

“CD/DVD Burner Configuration” tab. Pressing the “Burn Instances” button will start the actual CD or DVD

writing procedure. Otherwise by pressing the “Delete Instances” button you can delete the selected

instances from the storage and database.

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5.5 Burn custom from local storage

If you select the “Burn custom from local storage” option, DICOMBurner shows a GUI wizard guiding

you through a hierarchical (Study – Series – Instance) selection of the DICOM files to burn onto CD or DVD.

The DICOM files will be selected by query the local storage.

5.5.1 Study-level search

The study-level step of the wizard procedure allows you to select the studies containing the DICOM

files you want to burn onto CD or DVD. This step includes both the filtering options related to patient and

study levels. The list of studies can be filtered by specifying some filtering options (or search criteria): in

particular, the patient identification filters, the acceptable range of birth dates, the patient sex and the

acceptable range of study dates. By pressing the “Filter” button you obtain the list of studies satisfying the

set conditions. Then you can select all studies you are interested in by using the mouse and multiple file

selection technique. The “Deselect All/Select All” button can simplify this task. The number of studies,

studies size, number of series and number of instances are provided for the selected studies. Finally, you

can proceed to the next step by pressing the “Next>” button. As a shortcut you can start the burning or

deleting procedure of the selected studies without reaching the last wizard step by pressing the “Burn

Studies” button or “Delete Studies” button respectively. DICOMBurner will execute the burning operation

using the default burning options.

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5.5.2 Series-level search

The series-level step of the wizard procedure allows you to select the series containing the DICOM

files you want to burn onto CD or DVD. The list of series can be filtered by specifying some filtering options

(or search criteria): in particular, you can set the acceptable range of series dates and the producing

modalities. By pressing the “Filter” button you obtain the list of series satisfying the set conditions. Then you

can select all series you are interested in by using the mouse and multiple file selection technique. The

“Deselect All/Select All” button can simplify this task. The number of series, series size and number of

instances are provided for the selected series. Finally, you can proceed to the next step by pressing the

“Next>” button. As a shortcut you can start the burning or deleting procedure of the selected series without

reaching the last wizard step by pressing the “Burn Series” button or “Delete Series” button respectively.

DICOMBurner will execute the burning operation using the default burning options.

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5.5.3 Instance-level search

The instance-level step of the wizard procedure allows you to select the DICOM files/instances you

want to burn onto CD or DVD. The list of instances can be filtered by specifying some filtering options (or

search criteria): in particular, you can set the acceptable range of acquisition dates and the acceptable range

of store dates. By pressing the “Filter” button you obtain the list of instances satisfying the set conditions. At

this level if you select an instance by clicking with the mouse over the corresponding row of the Instance List,

you obtain a preview image of the DICOM file. Then you can select all instances you are interested in by

using the mouse and multiple file selection technique. The “Deselect All/Select All” button can simplify this

task. Finally, you can proceed to the next step by pressing the “Next>” button. As a shortcut you can start

the burning or deleting procedure of the selected instances without reaching the last wizard step by pressing

the “Burn Instances” button or “Delete Instances” button respectively. DICOMBurner will execute the

burning operation using the default burning options.

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5.5.4 Burn files step

The burn file step is the last one in the wizard procedure: a list of the files that will be burnt on the

CD/DVD is displayed. If you select a file by clicking with the mouse over the corresponding row of the Files

List, you obtain a preview image of the DICOM file. Finally, you can start the burning process by pressing the

“Burn files” button. Also in this case in you can change the CD/DVD options with respect to the default one

set by the “CD/DVD Burner Configuration” tab.

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5.6 Burn custom from DICOM device

If you select the “Burn custom from DICOM device” option, DICOMBurner shows a GUI wizard

guiding you through a hierarchical (Study – Series – Instance) selection of the DICOM files to burn onto CD

or DVD. The DICOM files will be selected by sending DICOM query commands to a pre-selected DICOM

device.

5.6.1 DICOM Device Selection

The following dialog allows you to select the DICOM device to be queried. The DICOM devices have

to be configured by entering the “DICOM Devices Configuration” tab.

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5.6.2 Study-level search

The study-level step of the wizard procedure allows you to query, select and retrieve the studies

containing the DICOM files you want to burn onto CD or DVD. This step includes both the filtering options

related to patient and study levels. The list of studies can be filtered by specifying some filtering options (or

search criteria): in particular, the patient identification filters, the acceptable range of birth dates, the patient

sex and the acceptable range of study dates. By pressing the “Filter” button you obtain the list of studies

satisfying the set conditions. Then you can select all studies you are interested in by using the mouse and

multiple file selection technique. The “Deselect All/Select All” button can simplify this task. The number of

selected studies is provided. Finally, you can proceed to the next step by pressing the “Next>” button. As a

shortcut you can start the retrieving and burning procedure of the selected studies without reaching the last

wizard step by pressing the “Burn Studies” button. DICOMBurner will execute the burning operation using

the default burning options.

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5.6.3 Series-level search

The series-level step of the wizard procedure allows you to query, select and retrieve the series

containing the DICOM files you want to burn onto CD or DVD. The list of series can be filtered by specifying

some filtering options (or search criteria): in particular, you can set the acceptable range of series dates and

the producing modalities. By pressing the “Filter” button you obtain the list of series satisfying the set

conditions. Then you can select all series you are interested in by using the mouse and multiple file selection

technique. The “Deselect All/Select All” button can simplify this task. The number of selected series is

provided. Finally, you can proceed to the next step by pressing the “Next>” button. As a shortcut you can

start the retrieving and burning procedure of the selected series without reaching the last wizard step by

pressing the “Burn Series” button. DICOMBurner will execute the burning operation using the default

burning options.

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5.6.4 Instance-level search

The instance-level step of the wizard procedure allows you to query, select and retrieve the DICOM

files/instances you want to burn onto CD or DVD. The list of instances can be filtered by specifying some

filtering options (or search criteria): in particular, you can set the acceptable range of acquisition dates and

the acceptable range of store dates. By pressing the “Filter” button you obtain the list of instances satisfying

the set conditions. Then you can select all instances you are interested in by using the mouse and multiple

file selection technique. The “Deselect All/Select All” button can simplify this task. Finally, you can proceed

to the next step by pressing the “Next>” button. You can start the retrieving and burning procedure of the

selected instances by pressing the “Burn Instances” button. DICOMBurner will execute the burning

operation using the default burning options.

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6 Importing DICOM files

By pressing the “Import” button on the main toolbar or on the correspondent menu item from the

DICOMBurner tray pop-up menu, you can enter the importing feature. There exist two kinds of importing

procedures:

1. Import from disk

2. Import from DICOM device

These two options are accessible by clicking the small down arrow located next to the “Import” button on the

main toolbar. Once you select one of the available importing options from the pop-up menu, it will become

the default option associated with the “Import” toolbar button.

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6.1 Import from disk

In addition to being able to receive DICOM files from DICOM peers through the DICOM protocol,

DICOMBurner allows populating its internal database by importing DICOM files from local folders or disks.

The “Browse for folder” dialog box appears when you press the “Import” button on the main toolbar or on

the corresponding menu item from the DICOMBurner tray pop-up menu: through this dialog box, the user

may specify a root folder where to search for valid DICOM instances.

The actual import procedure starts when you press the “OK” button.

6.2 Import from DICOM device

DICOMBurner acts as a DICOM Query/Retrieve SCU allowing populating its internal database by

retrieving DICOM files from a remote DICOM device connected to the DICOM network. When you select the

“Import from DICOM device” functionality DICOMBurner shows a GUI wizard guiding you through a

hierarchical (Study – Series – Instance) selection of the DICOM files to be retrieved.

6.2.1 DICOM Device Selection

The following dialog allows you to select the DICOM device to be queried. The DICOM devices have

to be configured by entering the “DICOM Devices Configuration” tab.

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6.2.2 Study-level search

The study-level step of the wizard procedure allows you to query, select and retrieve the studies

containing the DICOM files you want to import. This step includes both the filtering options related to patient

and study levels. The list of studies can be filtered by specifying some filtering options (or search criteria): in

particular, the patient identification filters, the acceptable range of birth dates, the patient sex and the

acceptable range of study dates. By pressing the “Filter” button you obtain the list of studies satisfying the

set conditions. Then you can select all studies you are interested in by using the mouse and multiple file

selection technique. The “Deselect All/Select All” button can simplify this task. The number of selected

studies is provided. Finally, you can proceed to the next step by pressing the “Next>” button. As a shortcut

you can start the retrieving procedure of the selected studies without reaching the last wizard step by

pressing the “Retrieve Studies” button.

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6.2.3 Series-level search

The series-level step of the wizard procedure allows you to query, select and retrieve the series

containing the DICOM files you want to import. The list of series can be filtered by specifying some filtering

options (or search criteria): in particular, you can set the acceptable range of series dates and the producing

modalities. By pressing the “Filter” button you obtain the list of series satisfying the set conditions. Then you

can select all series you are interested in by using the mouse and multiple file selection technique. The

“Deselect All/Select All” button can simplify this task. The number of selected series is provided. Finally,

you can proceed to the next step by pressing the “Next>” button. As a shortcut you can start the retrieving

procedure of the selected series without reaching the last wizard step by pressing the “Retrieve Series”

button.

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6.2.4 Instance-level search

The instance-level step of the wizard procedure allows you to query, select and retrieve the DICOM

files/instances you want to import. The list of instances can be filtered by specifying some filtering options (or

search criteria): in particular, you can set the acceptable range of acquisition dates and the acceptable range

of store dates. By pressing the “Filter” button you obtain the list of instances satisfying the set conditions.

Then you can select all instances you are interested in by using the mouse and multiple file selection

technique. The “Deselect All/Select All” button can simplify this task. Finally, you can proceed to the next

step by pressing the “Next>” button. You can start the retrieving procedure of the selected instances by

pressing the “Retrieve Instances” button.

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7 Exporting DICOM files

By pressing the “Export” button on the main toolbar or on the correspondent menu item from the

DICOMBurner tray pop-up menu, you can enter the exporting feature. There exist two kinds of exporting

procedures:

1. Export to disk

2. Export to DICOM device

These two options are accessible by clicking the small down arrow located next to the “Export”

button on the main toolbar. Once you select one of the available exporting options from the pop-up menu, it

will become the default option associated with the “Export” toolbar button.

7.1 Export to disk

DICOMBurner allows exporting DICOM images in full-size format by using a quick and easy process

to select the DICOM images to export. Note that the exporting procedure creates new images into a user

selected folder but the original DICOM files remain on the local storage. When you select the “Export to disk”

functionality DICOMBurner shows a GUI wizard guiding you through a hierarchical (Study – Series –

Instance) selection of the images to be exported.

7.1.1 Study-level search

The study-level step of the wizard procedure allows you to select the studies containing the images

you want to export to a local folder. This step includes both the filtering options related to patient and study

levels. The list of studies can be filtered by specifying some filtering options (or search criteria): in particular,

the patient identification filters, the acceptable range of birth dates, the patient sex and the acceptable range

of study dates. By pressing the “Filter” button you obtain the list of studies satisfying the set conditions. Then

you can select all studies you are interested in by using the mouse and multiple file selection technique. The

“Deselect All/Select All” button can simplify this task. The number of studies, studies size, number of series

and number of instances are provided for the selected studies. Finally, you can proceed to the next step by

pressing the “Next>” button. As a shortcut you can start the exporting procedure of the selected studies

without reaching the last wizard step by pressing the “Export Studies” button.

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7.1.2 Series-level search

The series-level step of the wizard procedure allows you to select the series containing the images

you want to export to a local folder. The list of series can be filtered by specifying some filtering options (or

search criteria): in particular, you can set the acceptable range of series dates and the producing modalities.

By pressing the “Filter” button you obtain the list of series satisfying the set conditions. Then you can select

all series you are interested in by using the mouse and multiple file selection technique. The “Deselect

All/Select All” button can simplify this task. The number of series, series size and number of instances are

provided for the selected series. Finally, you can proceed to the next step by pressing the “Next>” button. As

a shortcut you can start the exporting procedure of the selected series without reaching the last wizard step

by pressing the “Export Series” button.

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7.1.3 Instance-level search

The instance-level step of the wizard procedure allows you to select the images/instances you want

to export to a local folder. The list of instances can be filtered by specifying some filtering options (or search

criteria): in particular, you can set the acceptable range of acquisition dates and the acceptable range of

store dates. By pressing the “Filter” button you obtain the list of instances satisfying the set conditions. At

this level if you select an instance by clicking with the mouse over the corresponding row of the Instance List,

you obtain a preview image of the DICOM file. Then you can select all instances you are interested in by

using the mouse and multiple file selection technique. The “Deselect All/Select All” button can simplify this

task. Then you can reach the final step dialog of the exporting procedure by pressing the “Export” button.

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7.1.4 Export images step

The export images step is the last one in the wizard procedure: a dialog shows all the output image

formats that you can select. For the DICOM format you can check the DICOMDIR generation and select the

Transfer Syntax of the output DICOM files. The JPEG format allows you the output quality selection.

DICOMBurner will create an output image for any format set. For the DICOM format it will generate the

DICOMDIR and will translate the Transfer Syntax you set. To start the exporting process you have to press

the “Export” button.

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7.2 Export to DICOM device

DICOMBurner acts as a DICOM Store SCU allowing you to send DICOM files to a pre-selected

DICOM device. Note that the sending procedure preserves the original DICOM files remain on the local

storage. When you select the “Export to DICOM device” functionality DICOMBurner shows a GUI wizard

guiding you through a hierarchical (Study – Series – Instance) selection of the DICOM files to be sent.

7.2.1 Study-level search

The study-level step of the wizard procedure allows you to select the studies containing the DICOM

files you want to send to a DICOM device. This step includes both the filtering options related to patient and

study levels. The list of studies can be filtered by specifying some filtering options (or search criteria): in

particular, the patient identification filters, the acceptable range of birth dates, the patient sex and the

acceptable range of study dates. By pressing the “Filter” button you obtain the list of studies satisfying the

set conditions. Then you can select all studies you are interested in by using the mouse and multiple file

selection technique. The “Deselect All/Select All” button can simplify this task. The number of studies,

studies size, number of series and number of instances are provided for the selected studies. Finally, you

can proceed to the next step by pressing the “Next>” button. As a shortcut you can start the sending

procedure of the selected studies without reaching the last wizard step by pressing the “Send Studies”

button.

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7.2.2 Series-level search

The series-level step of the wizard procedure allows you to select the series containing the DICOM

files you want to send to a DICOM device. The list of series can be filtered by specifying some filtering

options (or search criteria): in particular, you can set the acceptable range of series dates and the producing

modalities. By pressing the “Filter” button you obtain the list of series satisfying the set conditions. Then you

can select all series you are interested in by using the mouse and multiple file selection technique. The

“Deselect All/Select All” button can simplify this task. The number of series, series size and number of

instances are provided for the selected series. Finally, you can proceed to the next step by pressing the

“Next>” button. As a shortcut you can start the sending procedure of the selected series without reaching the

last wizard step by pressing the “Send Series” button.

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7.2.3 Instance-level search

The instance-level step of the wizard procedure allows you to select the DICOM files/instances you

want to send to a DICOM device. The list of instances can be filtered by specifying some filtering options (or

search criteria): in particular, you can set the acceptable range of acquisition dates and the acceptable range

of store dates. By pressing the “Filter” button you obtain the list of instances satisfying the set conditions. At

this level if you select an instance by clicking with the mouse over the corresponding row of the Instance List,

you obtain a preview image of the DICOM file. Then you can select all instances you are interested in by

using the mouse and multiple file selection technique. The “Deselect All/Select All” button can simplify this

task. You can start the sending procedure of the selected instances by pressing the “Send Instances”

button.

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8 Deleting DICOM files

In addition to the automatic purging procedure, DICOMBurner allows deleting a portion of the

database content by using a quick and easy process to select the DICOM files to remove. When you press

the “Delete” button on the main toolbar or on the corresponding menu item from the DICOMBurner tray pop-

up menu, DICOMBurner shows a GUI wizard guiding you through a hierarchical (Study – Series – Instance)

selection of the DICOM files to be deleted.

8.1 Study-level search

The study-level step of the wizard procedure allows you to select the studies containing the DICOM

files you want to delete from the local database. This step includes both the filtering options related to patient

and study levels. The list of studies can be filtered by specifying some filtering options (or search criteria): in

particular, the patient identification filters, the acceptable range of birth dates, the patient sex and the

acceptable range of study dates. By pressing the “Filter” button you obtain the list of studies satisfying the

set conditions. Then you can select all studies you are interested in by using the mouse and multiple file

selection technique. The “Deselect All/Select All” button can simplify this task. The number of studies,

studies size, number of series and number of instances are provided for the selected studies. Finally, you

can proceed to the next step by pressing the “Next>” button. As a shortcut you can start the deleting

procedure of the selected studies without reaching the last wizard step by pressing the “Delete Studies”

button.

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8.2 Series-level search

The series-level step of the wizard procedure allows you to select the series containing the DICOM

files you want to delete from the local database. The list of series can be filtered by specifying some filtering

options (or search criteria): in particular, you can set the acceptable range of series dates and the producing

modalities. By pressing the “Filter” button you obtain the list of series satisfying the set conditions. Then you

can select all series you are interested in by using the mouse and multiple file selection technique. The

“Deselect All/Select All” button can simplify this task. The number of series, series size and number of

instances are provided for the selected series. Finally, you can proceed to the next step by pressing the

“Next>” button. As a shortcut you can start the deleting procedure of the selected series without reaching the

last wizard step by pressing the “Delete Series” button.

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8.3 Instance-level search

The instance-level step of the wizard procedure allows you to select the DICOM files/instances you

want to delete from the local database. The list of instances can be filtered by specifying some filtering

options (or search criteria): in particular, you can set the acceptable range of acquisition dates, the

acceptable range of store dates and the backup status (backed-up or not) of the instances. By pressing the

“Filter” button you obtain the list of instances satisfying the set conditions. At this level if you select an

instance by clicking with the mouse over the corresponding row of the Instance List, you obtain a preview

image of the DICOM file. Then you can select all instances you are interested in by using the mouse and

multiple file selection technique. The “Deselect All/Select All” button can simplify this task. Finally, you can

proceed to the next step by pressing the “Next>” button. As a shortcut you can start the deleting procedure

of the selected instances without reaching the last wizard step by pressing the “Delete Instances” button.

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8.4 Delete files step

The delete files step is the last one in the wizard procedure: a list of the files that will be deleted from

the local database is displayed. Finally, you can start the deleting process by pressing the “Delete files”

button.

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9 Backup DICOM files and database

DICOMBurner allows backing-up the database or creating backup CDs or DVDs containing DICOM

files. The DICOM files to be archived on CD or DVD can be selected by the user. There exist four kinds of

backup procedures:

1. Backup database

2. Backup a day

3. Backup a week

4. Backup a period

These four options are accessible by clicking the small down arrow located next to the “Backup” button on

the main toolbar. Once you select one of the available backup options from the pop-up menu, it will become

the default option associated with the “Backup” toolbar button.

Note: if the set of DICOM files to burn exceeds the free size of the media you’ve loaded, then DICOMBurner

spans the DICOM files over two or more CDs/DVDs.

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9.1 Backup database

DICOMBurner allows the backup of the database content to prevent loss of data in case of system

crash. Note that this function saves only the database tables entries, not the DICOM files storage. To

completely recover from a system disaster, you need to perform periodically backup of both database and

DICOM files (as explained in the next sections).

To start the database backup procedure you have to select the “Backup database” popup menu option then

it will appear a dialog similar to the following one allowing you to give a name to the database backup file. By

pressing the “Save” button the procedure will start.

9.2 Backup a day

If you select the “Backup a day” popup menu option, it will appear a dialog similar to the following

one. The list of instances can be filtered by specifying some filtering options (or search criteria): in particular,

you can set the store date representing the day you want to backup and the backup status (backed-up or not)

of the instances. By pressing the “Filter” button you obtain the list of instances satisfying the set conditions.

If you select an instance by clicking with the mouse over the corresponding row of the Instance List, you

obtain a preview image of the DICOM file. Then you can select all instances you are interested in by using

the mouse and multiple file selection technique. The “Deselect All/Select All” button can simplify this task.

Also in this case in you can change the CD/DVD options with respect to the default one set by the “CD/DVD

Burner Configuration” tab. You can start the backup procedure of the selected instances by pressing the

“Backup” button.

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9.3 Backup a week

If you select the “Backup a week” popup menu option, it will appear a dialog similar to the following

one. The list of instances can be filtered by specifying some filtering options (or search criteria): in particular,

you can set the store dates range representing the week you want to backup and the backup status (backed-

up or not) of the instances. By pressing the “Filter” button you obtain the list of instances satisfying the set

conditions. If you select an instance by clicking with the mouse over the corresponding row of the Instance

List, you obtain a preview image of the DICOM file. Then you can select all instances you are interested in

by using the mouse and multiple file selection technique. The “Deselect All/Select All” button can simplify

this task. Also in this case in you can change the CD/DVD options with respect to the default one set by the

“CD/DVD Burner Configuration” tab. You can start the backup procedure of the selected instances by

pressing the “Backup” button.

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9.4 Backup a period

If you select the “Backup a week” popup menu option, it will appear a dialog similar to the following

one. The list of instances can be filtered by specifying some filtering options (or search criteria): in particular,

you can set the store dates range representing the period you want to backup and the backup status

(backed-up or not) of the instances. By pressing the “Filter” button you obtain the list of instances satisfying

the set conditions. If you select an instance by clicking with the mouse over the corresponding row of the

Instance List, you obtain a preview image of the DICOM file. Then you can select all instances you are

interested in by using the mouse and multiple file selection technique. The “Deselect All/Select All” button

can simplify this task. Also in this case in you can change the CD/DVD options with respect to the default

one set by the “CD/DVD Burner Configuration” tab. You can start the backup procedure of the selected

instances by pressing the “Backup” button.

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10 Restore DICOM files and database

In case of accidental loss of data DICOMBurner allows restoring DICOM files and database contents,

by using the database backup files and backup CDs or DVDs containing DICOM files. There exist two kinds

of restore procedures:

1. Restore database

2. Restore images

These two options are accessible by clicking the small down arrow located next to the “Restore” button on

the main toolbar. Once you select one of the available restore options from the pop-up menu, it will become

the default option associated with the “Restore” toolbar button.

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10.1 Restore database

In case of system crashes the entire content of the database can be lost. In this case after you have

reinstalled the system, you can recover the database content by using most recent database backup file

(having the DBK extension). This operation restores the database content and then starts the purging of the

entire content of the DICOM storage setting all instances status to offline. This is to reset the system

preparing it to the restore of the DICOM files. To start the database restoring procedure you have to select

the “Restore database” popup menu option then it will appear a dialog similar to the following one allowing

you to select a database backup file. By pressing the “Open” button the procedure will start.

Important note: this functionality shouldn’t be started if a system disaster doesn’t happen else you can loss

all of the DICOM files stored.

10.2 Restore images

To start the DICOM files restoring procedure you have to select the “Restore images” popup menu

option then DICOMBurner shows a GUI wizard guiding you through a hierarchical (Study – Series – Instance)

selection of the DICOM files to be restored.

10.2.1 Study-level search

The study-level step of the wizard procedure allows you to select the studies containing the DICOM

files you want to restore in the local database. This step includes both the filtering options related to patient

and study levels. The list of studies can be filtered by specifying some filtering options (or search criteria): in

particular, the patient identification filters, the acceptable range of birth dates, the patient sex and the

acceptable range of study dates. By pressing the “Filter” button you obtain the list of studies satisfying the

set conditions. Then you can select all studies you are interested in by using the mouse and multiple file

selection technique. The “Deselect All/Select All” button can simplify this task. Finally, you can proceed to

the next step by pressing the “Next>” button. As a shortcut you can start the restoring procedure of the

selected studies without reaching the last wizard step by pressing the “Restore Studies” button.

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10.2.2 Series-level search

The series-level step of the wizard procedure allows you to select the series containing the DICOM

files you want to restore in the local database. The list of series can be filtered by specifying some filtering

options (or search criteria): in particular, you can set the acceptable range of series dates and the producing

modalities. By pressing the “Filter” button you obtain the list of series satisfying the set conditions. Then you

can select all series you are interested in by using the mouse and multiple file selection technique. The

“Deselect All/Select All” button can simplify this task. Finally, you can proceed to the next step by pressing

the “Next>” button. As a shortcut you can start the restoring procedure of the selected series without

reaching the last wizard step by pressing the “Restore Series” button.

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10.2.3 Instance-level search

The instance-level step of the wizard procedure allows you to select the DICOM files/instances you

want to restore in the local database. The list of instances can be filtered by specifying some filtering options

(or search criteria): in particular, you can set the acceptable range of acquisition dates, the acceptable range

of store dates and the backup status (backed-up or not) of the instances. By pressing the “Filter” button you

obtain the list of instances satisfying the set conditions. Then you can select all instances you are interested

in by using the mouse and multiple file selection technique. The “Deselect All/Select All” button can simplify

this task. Finally, you can proceed to the next step by pressing the “Next>” button.

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10.2.4 Restore files step

The restore files step is the last one in the wizard procedure and a list of alternative restore solutions

is displayed. By clicking a listed restore solution the list of media code identifying the CDs or DVDs that will

be need is displayed. You have to select your favorite restore solution and the CD/DVD unit name to be used

for the CD/DVD automatic loading and reading (the automatic loading isn’t suitable if a local optical reader

has been selected). Finally you can start the restoring process by pressing the “Restore files” button.

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11 Viewing information

11.1 View Log dialog box

The “View Log” dialog box allows viewing a detailed log of the events occurring inside

DICOMBurner and of the actions performed.

A List control is displayed on the dialog: each row of the list represents a logged event. Each event is defined

by the following information:

• Event ID: a unique number that univocally identifies the event.

• Date: the date when the event occurred.

• Time: the time when the event occurred.

• Event type: tells if the logged event is a “Message”, a “Warning” or an “Error”.

• Event source: describes the source that originated the logged event or action. Currently defined

sources are:

o DICOM UL: events coming from the DICOM Upper Layer software layer.

o DIMSE: events coming from the DIMSE software layer.

o Database: events or action coming from the database manager.

o Application: events or actions occurring at application level.

• Event description: the actual description of the logged event or action.

The following picture shows a snapshot of the “View Log” dialog box:

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The View Log dialog box

12 DICOMBurner Configuration

In order to enter the DICOMBurner Configuration section, you must stop the connection server (by

pressing the “Stop” button on the main toolbar) and press the “Settings” button on the main toolbar. The

“DICOMBurner Configuration” dialog appears: this dialog is composed of several different tabs, each one

dedicated to a specific configuration section.

12.1 DICOM Configuration

The “DICOM Configuration” tab allows setting several parameters related to the DICOM

associations and communication. A description of each configuration parameter available in this dialog box is

now provided:

• DICOM Association Parameters:

o Server listening port: the TCP port on which the connection server is listening for

incoming connections by DICOM Storage SCU. Default value is 104.

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o Maximum number of associations: the maximum number of concurrent DICOM

associations accepted by DICOMBurner.

o ARTIM Timer value: the timeout value (in milliseconds) of the ARTIM Timer, used in the

DICOM Upper Layer (see DICOM PS 3.8).

o Maximum received PDU size: the maximum PDU length (in bytes) accepted by

DICOMBurner. This value refers to the maximum length of the variable field of the P-

DATA-TF PDUs that will be sent by the association requestor.

o AE Title: the Application Entity Titles that is currently associated with DICOMBurner.

• SOP Classes Support as SCP: by checking/unchecking a row of the list you are able to

enables/disables support for the related SOP Class.

The following picture shows a snapshot of the “DICOM Configuration” dialog box:

The DICOM Configuration tab

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12.2 DICOM Devices Configuration

The “DICOM Devices Configuration” tab allows setting some parameters to configure the remote

DICOM devices that DICOMBurner will interact with. The buttons on the dialog allows you to add a new

device configuration, modify or remove an exiting one, verify the connection between DICOMBurner and the

remote device or set a remote device as default for the available DICOM device operations.

By pressing the “Add” or “Modify” button, DICOMBurner shows a dialog similar to the following one. This

dialog allows setting the following device parameters:

• Description: a non-empty and unique text value identifying the device

• AE Title: a non-empty and unique Application Entity Title of the device

• Hostname: the host name or IP address of the DICOM device

• Port: the TCP port on which the DICOM device is listening for incoming connections

• Device type: determine if the device acts as Storage SCP, Query/Retrieve SCP or both

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12.3 Log Configuration

The “Log Configuration” tab allows setting some parameters related to the production of log by

DICOMBurner. A description of each configuration parameter available in this dialog box is now provided:

• Log Verbosity Configuration:

o Enable log on the “View Log” dialog: enables/disables the log output on the View Log

dialog box. Disabling the log on the “View Log” window may be useful in cases where

DICOMBurner may run unattended for long time periods, since a long log output on the View

Log window may consume a lot of memory. In any case, DICOMBurner periodically performs

an automatic truncation of the log on window.

o Enable Verbose Mode: enables/disables the Verbose Mode. If the Verbose Mode is

enabled, the logged information presents a higher level of detail.

• Debug Mode Configuration:

o Enable Debug Mode: enables/disables the Debug Mode. If the Debug Mode is enabled, a

debug file is produced by DICOMBurner, containing all the main events occurring inside

DICOMBurner and the main performed actions.

o Debug file pathname: allows specifying, through the “Browse…” button, the pathname of

the Debug file.

The following picture shows a snapshot of the “Log Configuration” tab:

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The Log Configuration tab

12.4 File Storage Configuration

The “File Storage Configuration” tab allows setting some preferences related to the policies used

by DICOMBurner to manage the database where the received DICOM files are stored in. A description of

each configuration parameter available in this dialog box is now provided:

• Storage Purging: DICOMBurner is able to perform periodic checks on the current storage space

and thresholds used by its internal DICOM files database. Based on user-defined rules,

DICOMBurner can automatically delete the oldest files (according to the actual storage date/time)

from database, in order to recover storage space. This deletion activity is known as “Storage

Purging”.

o Enable purge when free disk space falls below a given threshold: if this option is

enabled, the storage database will increase its size until the free disk space falls below the

specified threshold (Minimum Free Disk Space Threshold). At this point, the oldest DICOM

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files contained in the database (according to the actual storage date) will be deleted until the

free disk space rises above the second specified threshold (Free Disk Space After Purge):

 Minimum Free Disk Space Threshold: a value representing the minimum number

of megabytes always granted as free disk space.

 Free Disk Space After Purge: a value representing the number of megabyte of free

disk space available after database purging. Note: this value has to be greater than

the Minimum Free Disk Space Threshold.

o Enable purge when DICOM files storage space exceeds a given threshold: if this option

is enabled, the storage database will grow until its size exceeds below the specified

threshold (Maximum File Storage Space Threshold). At this point, the oldest DICOM files

contained in the database (according to the actual storage date) will be deleted until the

storage space falls below the second specified threshold (Storage Space After Purge):

 Maximum File Storage Space Threshold: a value representing the maximum

number of megabytes allowed for the database space.

 Storage Space After Purge: a value representing the number of megabyte of

database space after its purging. Note: this value has to be less than the Maximum

File Storage Space Threshold.

o Enable purge of DICOM files older than a given age: if this option is enabled, all the

DICOM files older than the set number of days are automatically deleted:

 Maximum File Age: a value representing the maximum age (in days) allowed for a

stored DICOM files.

• Storage Location: this section allows setting up the local folder to store where the received

DICOM files will be stored:

o Files Root Folder: indicates the root folder in which DICOMBurner stores the received

DICOM files. The “Browse...” button allows an easy selection of the root folder.

The following picture shows a snapshot of the “File Storage Configuration” tab:

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The File Storage Configuration tab

12.5 CD/DVD Burner Configuration

The “CD/DVD Burner Configuration” tab allows setting up the burner units that you need to use to

produce CD or DVD containing DICOM files. For any configured unit you can set the default parameters

used during the burning process (for production or backup). The button on the dialog allows you to add a

new burner configuration, modify, remove or duplicate an exiting one or set a burner as default for backup or

production. Note that any configured unit can be associated to the same hardware robot, so you can obtain

many different configurations for a single physical unit.

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The CD/DVD Burner Configuration tab

By pressing the “Add” or “Modify” button, DICOMBurner shows a GUI wizard allowing you to set all the unit

parameters. DICOMBurner is able to manage local CD/DVD burners and CD/DVD robot producer such as

Rimage, MFDigital and Primera. Since some parameters are specific of a certain kind of burner, we’ll discuss

any single configuration wizard in the following sections.

12.6 Local Burner Configuration

At the first step of the GUI wizard you have to select “Local CD/DVD Writer”. Then you can specify the

following options:

• Unit Type:

o Local CD/DVD Writer: specifies a local burner

o Drive Letter: indicates the drive letter of the local burner

• Unit Identification:

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o Name: a not-null and unique name that identifies the unit

o Description: an optional description of the unit

o Usage: the destination use (Production or Backup) assigned to the unit (for a local burner

only Production is suitable)

By clicking “Next>” button you reach the second step of the GUI wizard where you can specify the

following options:

• Default CD/DVD Options:

o Number of copies: specifies the number of CD/DVD copies for any burn process.

o Interchange Profile: specifies a Media Storage Application Profile as defined by DICOM PS

3.11.

o Eject CD/DVD at the end of the process: a flag specifying if the media has to be ejected at

the end of the burning process.

o Close CD/DVD at the end of the process: a flag specifying if the media has to be closed

(no more burnable) at the end of the burning process.

o Delete burnt/backed-up files from database at the end of the process: a flag specifying

if the files copied to CD or DVD have to be deleted from the local database at the end of the

burning process.

• Burning Parameters:

o Working directory: specifies a temporary folder where DICOMBurner will copy all the files

to be burnt. At the end of the burning process DICOMBurner removes these files.

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o Media Type: specifies if the burner has to produce CDs or DVDs.

By clicking “Next>” button you reach the third step of the GUI wizard where you can specify the

following options:

• CD/DVD Image Viewer: DICOMBurner allows putting a DICOM image viewer on every burnt

CD/DVD, so you can specify the location of the executable application file:

o Add an autorunning DICOM viewer on the CD/DVD: a flag specifying if a DICOM Viewer

has to be included into CD/DVD during the burning process.

o LocalEye DICOM Viewer: is a DICOM Viewer developed by NeoLogica and

provided with the DICOMBurner application package. For LocalEye Viewer you can

select the interface language and the target operating system(s) to run the disk on.

o Other DICOM Viewer: this option allows you to select any other viewer you like. The

“Browse...” button allows an easy selection of the pathname. If the viewer is made

of a set of files, you have to check “Include all files contained into the application

folder”.

By clicking “Finish” button you save the configuration.

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12.7 Rimage Unit Configuration

If you have a Rimage CD/DVD Production Unit and a DICOMBurner license including the Rimage

option then you can configure it for production or backup purposes.

At the first step of the GUI wizard you have to select “Rimage”. Then you can specify the following options:

• Unit Type:

o Rimage: specifies a Rimage robot

• Unit Identification:

o Name: a not-null and unique name that identifies the unit

o Description: an optional description of the unit

o Usage: the destination use (Production or Backup) assigned to the unit

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By clicking “Next>” button you reach the second step of the GUI wizard where you can specify the

following options:

• Networking: specifies the networking parameters used to connect DICOMBurner to the Rimage

Unit.

o Server Host Name: specifies the name of the server managing the Rimage Unit.

o Server Host Port: specifies the port of the server managing the Rimage Unit.

o Server Password: specifies the password of the server managing the Rimage Unit.

o Email Notification: a checkbox allows you to receive an email notification on the completion

or cancellation of the issued Rimage order.

 Email address: specifies the email address to be notified.

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By clicking “Next>” button you reach the third step of the GUI wizard where you can specify the

following options:

• Default CD/DVD Options:

o Number of copies: specifies the number of CD/DVD copies for any burn process.

o Interchange Profile: specifies a Media Storage Application Profile as defined by DICOM PS

3.11.

o Close CD/DVD at the end of the process: a flag specifying if the media has to be closed

(no more burnable) at the end of the burning process.

o Delete burnt/backed-up files from database at the end of the process: a flag specifying

if the files copied to CD or DVD have to be deleted from the local database at the end of the

burning process.

• Burning Parameters:

o Working directory: specifies a temporary folder where DICOMBurner will copy all the files

to be burnt. At the end of the burning process DICOMBurner removes these files.

o Media Type: specifies if the burner has to produce CDs or DVDs.

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By clicking “Next>” button you reach the fourth step of the GUI wizard where you can specify the

following options:

• CD/DVD Image Viewer: DICOMBurner allows putting a DICOM image viewer on every burnt

CD/DVD, so you can specify the location of the executable application file:

o Add an autorunning DICOM viewer on the CD/DVD: a flag specifying if a DICOM Viewer

has to be included into CD/DVD during the burning process.

o LocalEye DICOM Viewer: is a DICOM Viewer developed by NeoLogica and

provided with the DICOMBurner application package. For LocalEye Viewer you can

select the interface language and the target operating system(s) to run the disk on.

o Other DICOM Viewer: this option allows you to select any other viewer you like. The

“Browse...” button allows an easy selection of the pathname. If the viewer is made

of a set of files, you have to check “Include all files contained into the application

folder”.

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Note: if at the first step of the wizard you set Rimage for Backup usage then this step isn’t shown because

the image viewer is useless on a backup CD/DVD.

By clicking “Next>” button you reach the fifth step of the GUI wizard where you can specify the

following options:

o Label Selection: the Rimage Unit allows you to print the CD/DVD surface, so you have to

specify the file pathnames containing the label project.

 Label File Name: specifies the pathname of the label project (BTW file).

 Field File Name: specifies the pathname of the text file containing the dynamic field

names (a TXT file containing the tab separated placeholders of every text field to be

dynamically replaced by DICOMBurner at running time before printing of the media

surface).

 Dynamic Field Associations: allows setting the associations between a label field

and a dynamic field. The “Associate>” and “<Clear” buttons respectively create or

delete an association between a listed and selected “CD Label Field” and a

“Dynamic Field” of the dropdown containing basic DICOM fields and Custom ones.

To set a “Custom DICOM Field” you have to select the “Custom…” item into the

dropdown and then the dialog below appears. It allows you to input the exadecimal

“Group Number” and the “Element Number” of the DICOM element you desire.

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The Custom DICOM Field Search dialog

Note: if at the first step of the wizard you set Rimage for Backup usage then the label selection step allows

you to select a backup label instead of a production one and the dynamic fields aren’t of DICOM type:

By clicking “Finish” button you save the configuration.

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12.8 Primera Unit Configuration

If you have a Primera CD/DVD Production Unit and a DICOMBurner license including the Primera

option then you can configure it for production or backup purposes.

At the first step of the GUI wizard you have to select “Primera”. Then you can specify the following options:

• Unit Type:

o Primera: specifies a Primera robot

• Unit Identification:

o Name: a not-null and unique name that identifies the unit

o Description: an optional description of the unit

o Usage: the destination use (Production or Backup) assigned to the unit

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By clicking “Next>” button you reach the third step of the GUI wizard where you can specify the

following options:

• Default CD/DVD Options:

o Number of copies: specifies the number of CD/DVD copies for any burn process.

o Interchange Profile: specifies a Media Storage Application Profile as defined by DICOM PS

3.11.

o Close CD/DVD at the end of the process: a flag specifying if the media has to be closed

(no more burnable) at the end of the burning process.

o Delete burnt/backed-up files from database at the end of the process: a flag specifying

if the files copied to CD or DVD have to be deleted from the local database at the end of the

burning process.

• Burning Parameters:

o Working directory: specifies a temporary folder where DICOMBurner will copy all the files

to be burnt. At the end of the burning process DICOMBurner removes these files.

o Jobs directory: specifies the folder where DICOMBurner will copy the job file describing the

order to be processed by the “PTBurner” software managing the Primera unit.

o Media Type: specifies if the burner has to produce CDs or DVDs.

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By clicking “Next>” button you reach the fourth step of the GUI wizard where you can specify the

following options:

• CD/DVD Image Viewer: DICOMBurner allows putting a DICOM image viewer on every burnt

CD/DVD, so you can specify the location of the executable application file:

o Add an autorunning DICOM viewer on the CD/DVD: a flag specifying if a DICOM Viewer

has to be included into CD/DVD during the burning process.

o LocalEye DICOM Viewer: is a DICOM Viewer developed by NeoLogica and

provided with the DICOMBurner application package. For LocalEye Viewer you can

select the interface language and the target operating system(s) to run the disk on.

o Other DICOM Viewer: this option allows you to select any other viewer you like. The

“Browse...” button allows an easy selection of the pathname. If the viewer is made

of a set of files, you have to check “Include all files contained into the application

folder”.

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Note: if at the first step of the wizard you set Primera for Backup usage then this step isn’t shown because

the image viewer is useless on a backup CD/DVD.

By clicking “Next>” button you reach the fifth step of the GUI wizard where you can specify the

following options:

o Label Selection: the Primera Unit allows you to print the CD/DVD surface, so you have to

specify the file pathnames containing the label project.

 Label File Name: specifies the pathname of the label project (STD file).

 Field File Name: specifies the pathname of the text file containing the dynamic field

names (a TXT file containing the comma separated placeholders of every text field

to be dynamically replaced by DICOMBurner at running time before printing of the

media surface).

 Dynamic Field Associations: allows setting the associations between a label field

and a dynamic field. The “Associate>” and “<Clear” buttons respectively create or

delete an association between a listed and selected “CD Label Field” and a

“Dynamic Field” of the dropdown containing basic DICOM fields and Custom ones.

To set a “Custom DICOM Field” you have to select the “Custom…” item into the

dropdown and then the dialog below appears. It allows you to input the exadecimal

“Group Number” and the “Element Number” of the DICOM element you desire.

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The Custom DICOM Field Search dialog

Note: if at the first step of the wizard you set Primera for Backup usage then the label selection step allows

you to select a backup label instead of a production one and the dynamic fields aren’t of DICOM type:

By clicking “Finish” button you save the configuration.

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12.9 MFDigital Unit Configuration

If you have a MFDigital CD/DVD Production Unit and a DICOMBurner license including the MFDigital

option then you can configure it for production or backup purposes.

At the first step of the GUI wizard you have to select “MFDigital”. Then you can specify the following options:

• Unit Type:

o MFDigital: specifies a MFDigital robot

• Unit Identification:

o Name: a not-null and unique name that identifies the unit

o Description: an optional description of the unit

o Usage: the destination use (Production or Backup) assigned to the unit

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By clicking “Next>” button you reach the second step of the GUI wizard where you can specify the

following options:

• Networking: specifies the networking parameters used to connect DICOMBurner to the MFDigital

Unit.

o Server User Name: specifies the name of the user configured on the MFDigital Unit (the

default is mfdigital).

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By clicking “Next>” button you reach the third step of the GUI wizard where you can specify the

following options:

• Default CD/DVD Options:

o Number of copies: specifies the number of CD/DVD copies for any burn process.

o Interchange Profile: specifies a Media Storage Application Profile as defined by DICOM PS

3.11.

o Close CD/DVD at the end of the process: a flag specifying if the media has to be closed

(no more burnable) at the end of the burning process.

o Delete burnt/backed-up files from database at the end of the process: a flag specifying

if the files copied to CD or DVD have to be deleted from the local database at the end of the

burning process.

• Burning Parameters:

o Working directory: specifies a temporary folder where DICOMBurner will copy all the files

to be burnt. At the end of the burning process DICOMBurner removes these files.

o Jobs directory: specifies the folder where DICOMBurner will copy the job file describing the

order to be processed by the “Director” software managing the MFDigital unit.

o Media Type: specifies if the burner has to produce CDs or DVDs.

By clicking “Next>” button you reach the fourth step of the GUI wizard where you can specify the

following options:

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• CD/DVD Image Viewer: DICOMBurner allows putting a DICOM image viewer on every burnt

CD/DVD, so you can specify the location of the executable application file:

o Add an autorunning DICOM viewer on the CD/DVD: a flag specifying if a DICOM Viewer

has to be included into CD/DVD during the burning process.

o LocalEye DICOM Viewer: is a DICOM Viewer developed by NeoLogica and

provided with the DICOMBurner application package. For LocalEye Viewer you can

select the interface language and the target operating system(s) to run the disk on.

o Other DICOM Viewer: this option allows you to select any other viewer you like. The

“Browse...” button allows an easy selection of the pathname. If the viewer is made

of a set of files, you have to check “Include all files contained into the application

folder”.

Note: if at the first step of the wizard you set MFDigital for Backup usage then this step isn’t shown because

the image viewer is useless on a backup CD/DVD.

By clicking “Next>” button you reach the fifth step of the GUI wizard where you can specify the

following options:

o Label Selection: the MFDigital Unit allows you to print the CD/DVD surface, so you have to

specify the file pathnames containing the label project.

 Label File Name: specifies the pathname of the label project (a LBL file describing

the object location of every label component including the placeholders, preceded

by an underscore, of every text field to be dynamically replaced by DICOMBurner at

running time before printing of the media surface).

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Note: if the label project contains images, they have to be put in the same folder of

the LBL file.

 Dynamic Field Associations: allows setting the associations between a label field

and a dynamic field. The “Associate>” and “<Clear” buttons respectively create or

delete an association between a listed and selected “CD Label Field” and a

“Dynamic Field” of the dropdown containing basic DICOM fields and Custom ones.

To set a “Custom DICOM Field” you have to select the “Custom…” item into the

dropdown and then the dialog below appears. It allows you to input the exadecimal

“Group Number” and the “Element Number” of the DICOM element you desire.

The Custom DICOM Field Search dialog

Note: if at the first step of the wizard you set MFDigital for Backup usage then the label selection step allows

you to select a backup label instead of a production one and the dynamic fields aren’t of DICOM type:

By clicking “Finish” button you save the configuration.

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12.10 Automatic CD/DVD Production Configuration

The “Automatic CD/DVD Production Configuration” tab allows setting up the parameters to

manage the automatic burning processes. A description of each configuration parameter available in this

dialog box is now provided:

• Automatic CD/DVD Production Options: to enable this functionality you have to check the

“Enable Automatic CD/DVD Production”.

o Production unit: specifies the unit to be used as default for automatic production.

 CD/DVD default unit name: the name of the default unit for automatic production

o Unit selection rules: this section allows setting up some unit selection rules to forward a

production job through a production unit based on the Calling AE Title, Modality and Referring

Physician of the current store request. In order to add a new unit selection rule, the “Add” button

must be pressed: the “Add Unit Selection Rule” dialog appears, which allows specifying the

values of the parameters composing the new unit selection rule:

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Each Unit Selection Rule is composed of the following parameters:

 Calling AE Title: the Calling AE Title of the association. The user may either specify a

specific Calling AE Title, a Calling AE Title present in the DICOMBurner database or

select the “Any” option if this rule should match any Calling AE Title.

 Modality: the Modality performing the store request. Even in this case, the “Any” option

and a list of known modalities are provided.

 Referring Physician: the Referring Physician for the present exam. Even in this case,

the “Any” option and a list of known Referring Physicians are provided.

 Output Unit: the output unit for the current rule. It can be chosen among the available

units.

To modify or remove a selected rule the buttons Modify and Remove are provided. Since the rules

are applied following a top-down order the buttons Move Up and Move Down enable you to move

the rules up and down in the list.

o When/What to burn: specifies when the automatic burn process has to start and what it has to

burn.

 Inactivity Timeout: this timeout is expressed in seconds and it is reset every time new

data is received from the SCUs. When it expires the burning process starts.

 Burn …: specifies the type of burning process to start after inactivity timeout expiration.

 How to split files: specifies how the DICOM files has to be divided into the produced

CD/DVD:

o one CD/DVD per patient

o one CD/DVD per study

o no splitting (a CD/DVD can contains DICOM files belonging to more than one

patient or study)

The following picture shows a snapshot of the “Automatic CD/DVD Production Configuration” tab:

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The Automatic CD/DVD Production Configuration tab

12.11 Automatic Backup Configuration

The “Automatic Backup Configuration” tab allows setting up the parameters to manage the

automatic backup processes (for DICOM files storage and database content). A description of each

configuration parameter available in this dialog box is now provided:

• Automatic Backup Options: allows to enable/disable and set parameter related to the automatic

backup of DICOM files storage and database.

• DICOM files backup:

o Backup unit: specifies the unit to be used as default for automatic backup of DICOM files.

 CD/DVD unit name: the name of the default unit for automatic backup

o When/What to backup: specifies when the automatic backup process has to start and what

it has to backup.

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 Frequency: specifies the frequency of the backup operation selected between

“Week by week” or “Day by day”.

 Day: specifies the day of the week in which the backup is launched (available only

for “Week by week” backup)

 Time: specifies the time of the day in which the backup is launched

 Backup …: specifies which DICOM files has to be backed-up

o All files

o Non backed-up

• Database backup:

o Where/When to backup: specifies where the database backup file has to be stored and

when the process will start.

 Destination folder: by pressing the “Browse…” button, a folder dialog appears

allowing the user to specify the folder where the database backup file has to be

stored (we recommend to backup the database on a removable media).

 Frequency: specifies the frequency of the backup operation selected between

“Week by week” or “Day by day”.

 Day: specifies the day of the week in which the backup is launched (available only

for “Week by week” backup)

 Time: specifies the time of the day in which the backup is launched

The following picture shows a snapshot of the “Automatic Backup Configuration” tab:

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The Automatic Backup Configuration tab

13 Registration and Administration

13.1 Registration & Administration dialog box

The “Registration & Administration” dialog box appears when the DICOMBurner user selects the

“Registration & Administration” menu item from the DICOMBurner tray pop-up menu. It shows the kind of

license activated for the current copy of DICOMBurner.

The following picture shows a snapshot of the “Registration & Administration” dialog box:

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The Registration & Administration dialog box

Through the “Enter/change registration keys…” button, the user may enter new registration keys for the

current copy of DICOMBurner, or change the current registration keys. This operation is protected by an

administration password. The default administration password for DICOMBurner is “db_2005”.

The administration password may be changed by the user by pressing the “Change admin password…”

button; the “Change administration password” dialog (shown in the following picture) will appear.

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The DICOMBurner administrator (i.e., a person who knows the DICOMBurner administration password) may

also choose to protect the DICOMBurner configuration section with the administration password: if the

“Request admin password for configuration” option is enabled, then the user will be asked for the

administration password when the “Settings” button of the main toolbar is pressed. This is a kind of

protection against possible “misuses” of the DICOMBurner configuration interface.

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