Query Aria/Varian

jwj · May 23rd 2014

We are in the process of making CDonQuest query an Arian (Varian product), but currently unsuccessful. In order to debug the system we have used Dicom tool kit using the command findscu

findscu.exe -v -aet BATCH -aec Variansystem -S -k QueryRetrieveLevel="STUDY" -k PatientName="H*" x.x.x.x y

This is successful but only then using the command argument –S (query information model: Study) and not the command argument –P (query information model: Patient)

Query retrieve level can be defined in the ConQuest GUI at the query page, but this is not the same as query information model.

In the manual it is stated in appendix 7.1 that the Query & Retrieve Information Model is configurable on the “configuration” page of conquest. We have not been able to find this option on the configuration page but can it be defined directly in the dicom.ini file, and if so what is the syntax of that?

This question might link to a previous posted topic:
http://forum.image-systems.biz…hp?f=33&t=3218&hilit=aria

marcelvanherk · May 23rd 2014

Hi,

the level dropbox also includes Study - Studyroot etc, which do change the model. Have you tried those?

Marcel

jwj · Jun 3rd 2014

Yes, we did try all the options in the "Query Level" dropdown box but all of them failed.

marcelvanherk · Jun 3rd 2014

Hi,

I suggest to use findscu and conquest to query conquest with a high debug level to spot the difference.

Marcel

jwj · Jun 24th 2014

We have used findscu.exe and Conquest to query a Conquest DICOM server.

Findscu with QueryRetrieveLevel="STUDY" and -S (Study Root Query/Retrieve Information Model) looks like this in the receiving Conquest debug log at level 4 (this is the query that works on Aria):

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[BATCH] Connected by address: 0100007f[BATCH] Testing transfer: '1.2.840.10008.1.2.1' against list #0 = '1.2.840.10008.1.2'[BATCH] Testing transfer: '1.2.840.10008.1.2.2' against list #0 = '1.2.840.10008.1.2'[BATCH] Testing transfer: '1.2.840.10008.1.2' against list #0 = '1.2.840.10008.1.2'[BATCH] [BATCH] UPACS THREAD 24: STARTED AT: Tue Jun 24 09:38:45 2014[BATCH] A-ASSOCIATE-RQ Packet Dump[BATCH]  Calling Application Title : "CAB             "[BATCH]  Called Application Title : "BATCH           "[BATCH]  Application Context : "1.2.840.10008.3.1.1.1", PDU length: 16384[BATCH]  Number of Proposed Presentation Contexts: 1[BATCH]  Presentation Context 0 "1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.2.2.1" 1[BATCH] Server Command   := 0020[BATCH] Message ID       := 0001[BATCH] 0000,0002     28 UI AffectedSOPClassUID    "1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.2.2.1"     (Study Root Query/Retrieve Information Model - FIND)[BATCH] 0000,0100      2 US CommandField           32 [BATCH] 0000,0110      2 US MessageID              1 [BATCH] 0000,0700      2 US Priority               2 [BATCH] 0000,0800      2 US DataSetType            1 [BATCH] 0002,0010     17 UI TransferSyntaxUID      "1.2.840.10008.1.2" [BATCH] (StudyRootQuery) search level: STUDY [BATCH] 0002,0010     17 UI TransferSyntaxUID      "1.2.840.10008.1.2" [BATCH] 0008,0052      6 CS QueryRetrieveLevel     "STUDY " [BATCH] 0010,0020      8 LO PatientID              "01023* " [BATCH] Query On Study[BATCH] Issue Query on Columns: DICOMStudies.PatientID[BATCH] Values: DICOMStudies.PatientID LIKE '01023%'[BATCH] Tables: DICOMStudies[BATCH] Sorting ((null)) DoSort := 0[BATCH] Query Distinct Tables: DICOMStudies[BATCH] Columns              : DICOMStudies.PatientID[BATCH] Where                : DICOMStudies.PatientID LIKE '01023%'[BATCH] Order                : (null)[BATCH] Records = 0[BATCH] C-Find (StudyRoot) located 0 records[BATCH] UPACS THREAD 24: ENDED AT: Tue Jun 24 09:38:45 2014[BATCH] UPACS THREAD 24: TOTAL RUNNING TIME: 0 SECONDS

Findscu with -P (Patient Root Query/Retrieve Information Model)

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[BATCH] Connected by address: 0100007f[BATCH] Testing transfer: '1.2.840.10008.1.2.1' against list #0 = '1.2.840.10008.1.2'[BATCH] Testing transfer: '1.2.840.10008.1.2.2' against list #0 = '1.2.840.10008.1.2'[BATCH] Testing transfer: '1.2.840.10008.1.2' against list #0 = '1.2.840.10008.1.2'[BATCH] [BATCH] UPACS THREAD 25: STARTED AT: Tue Jun 24 09:39:38 2014[BATCH] A-ASSOCIATE-RQ Packet Dump[BATCH]  Calling Application Title : "CAB             "[BATCH]  Called Application Title : "BATCH           "[BATCH]  Application Context : "1.2.840.10008.3.1.1.1", PDU length: 16384[BATCH]  Number of Proposed Presentation Contexts: 1[BATCH]  Presentation Context 0 "1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.2.1.1" 1[BATCH] Server Command   := 0020[BATCH] Message ID       := 0001[BATCH] 0000,0002     28 UI AffectedSOPClassUID    "1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.2.1.1"           (Patient Root Query/Retrieve Information Model - FIND)[BATCH] 0000,0100      2 US CommandField           32 [BATCH] 0000,0110      2 US MessageID              1 [BATCH] 0000,0700      2 US Priority               2 [BATCH] 0000,0800      2 US DataSetType            1 [BATCH] 0002,0010     17 UI TransferSyntaxUID      "1.2.840.10008.1.2" [BATCH] (PatientRootQuery) search level: STUDY [BATCH] 0002,0010     17 UI TransferSyntaxUID      "1.2.840.10008.1.2" [BATCH] 0008,0052      6 CS QueryRetrieveLevel     "STUDY " [BATCH] 0010,0020      8 LO PatientID              "01023* " [BATCH] Query On Study[BATCH] Issue Query on Columns: DICOMStudies.PatientID[BATCH] Values: DICOMStudies.PatientID LIKE '01023%'[BATCH] Tables: DICOMStudies[BATCH] Sorting ((null)) DoSort := 0[BATCH] Query Distinct Tables: DICOMStudies[BATCH] Columns              : DICOMStudies.PatientID[BATCH] Where                : DICOMStudies.PatientID LIKE '01023%'[BATCH] Order                : (null)[BATCH] Records = 0[BATCH] C-Find (PatientRoot) located 0 records[BATCH] UPACS THREAD 25: ENDED AT: Tue Jun 24 09:39:38 2014[BATCH] UPACS THREAD 25: TOTAL RUNNING TIME: 0 SECONDS

Next, we tested all the possible values of "Query level" in the Conquest GUI.

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//Query level = PATIENT[BATCH] 0000,0002     28 UI AffectedSOPClassUID    "1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.2.1.1" [BATCH] 0008,0052      8 CS QueryRetrieveLevel     "PATIENT " // Query level = STUDY[BATCH] 0000,0002     28 UI AffectedSOPClassUID    "1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.2.1.1" [BATCH] 0008,0052      6 CS QueryRetrieveLevel     "STUDY " // Query level = SERIES[BATCH] 0000,0002     28 UI AffectedSOPClassUID    "1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.2.1.1" [BATCH] 0008,0052      6 CS QueryRetrieveLevel     "SERIES" // Query level = IMAGE[BATCH] 0000,0002     28 UI AffectedSOPClassUID    "1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.2.1.1" [BATCH] 0008,0052      6 CS QueryRetrieveLevel     "IMAGE " // Query level = STUDY - StudyRoot[BATCH] 0000,0002     28 UI AffectedSOPClassUID    "1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.2.2.1" [BATCH] 0008,0052      6 CS QueryRetrieveLevel     "STUDY " // Query level = SERIE - StudyRoot[BATCH] 0000,0002     28 UI AffectedSOPClassUID    "1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.2.2.1" [BATCH] 0008,0052      6 CS QueryRetrieveLevel     "SERIES" // Query level = IMAGE - StudyRoot[BATCH] 0000,0002     28 UI AffectedSOPClassUID    "1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.2.2.1" [BATCH] 0008,0052      6 CS QueryRetrieveLevel     "IMAGE " // Query level = PATIENT - PatientStudyOnly[BATCH] 0000,0002     28 UI AffectedSOPClassUID    "1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.2.3.1"     (Patient/Study Only Query/Retrieve Information Model - FIND)[BATCH] 0008,0052      8 CS QueryRetrieveLevel     "PATIENT " // Query level = STUDY - PatientStudyOnly[BATCH] 0000,0002     28 UI AffectedSOPClassUID    "1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.2.3.1" [BATCH] 0008,0052      6 CS QueryRetrieveLevel     "STUDY " // Query level = Modality Worklist[BATCH] 0000,0002     24 UI AffectedSOPClassUID    "1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.31"     (Modality Worklist Information Model - FIND)[BATCH] 0008,0052      0 CS QueryRetrieveLevel     (empty)

Thus, to archive the same result as with findscu the correct "Query level" in Conquest is the "STUDY - StudyRoot". Finally, comparing the log for a query from findscu and Conquest only show minor differences.

Findscu with QueryRetrieveLevel="STUDY" and -S:

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[BATCH] Connected by address: 0100007f[BATCH] Testing transfer: '1.2.840.10008.1.2.1' against list #0 = '1.2.840.10008.1.2'[BATCH] Testing transfer: '1.2.840.10008.1.2.2' against list #0 = '1.2.840.10008.1.2'[BATCH] Testing transfer: '1.2.840.10008.1.2' against list #0 = '1.2.840.10008.1.2'[BATCH] [BATCH] UPACS THREAD 24: STARTED AT: Tue Jun 24 09:38:45 2014[BATCH] A-ASSOCIATE-RQ Packet Dump[BATCH]  Calling Application Title : "CAB             "[BATCH]  Called Application Title : "BATCH           "[BATCH]  Application Context : "1.2.840.10008.3.1.1.1", PDU length: 16384[BATCH]  Number of Proposed Presentation Contexts: 1[BATCH]  Presentation Context 0 "1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.2.2.1" 1[BATCH] Server Command   := 0020[BATCH] Message ID       := 0001[BATCH] 0000,0002     28 UI AffectedSOPClassUID    "1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.2.2.1"     (Study Root Query/Retrieve Information Model - FIND)[BATCH] 0000,0100      2 US CommandField           32 [BATCH] 0000,0110      2 US MessageID              1 [BATCH] 0000,0700      2 US Priority               2 [BATCH] 0000,0800      2 US DataSetType            1 [BATCH] 0002,0010     17 UI TransferSyntaxUID      "1.2.840.10008.1.2" [BATCH] (StudyRootQuery) search level: STUDY [BATCH] 0002,0010     17 UI TransferSyntaxUID      "1.2.840.10008.1.2" [BATCH] 0008,0052      6 CS QueryRetrieveLevel     "STUDY " [BATCH] 0010,0020      8 LO PatientID              "01023* " [BATCH] Query On Study[BATCH] Issue Query on Columns: DICOMStudies.PatientID[BATCH] Values: DICOMStudies.PatientID LIKE '01023%'[BATCH] Tables: DICOMStudies[BATCH] Sorting ((null)) DoSort := 0[BATCH] Query Distinct Tables: DICOMStudies[BATCH] Columns              : DICOMStudies.PatientID[BATCH] Where                : DICOMStudies.PatientID LIKE '01023%'[BATCH] Order                : (null)[BATCH] Records = 0[BATCH] C-Find (StudyRoot) located 0 records[BATCH] UPACS THREAD 24: ENDED AT: Tue Jun 24 09:38:45 2014[BATCH] UPACS THREAD 24: TOTAL RUNNING TIME: 0 SECONDS

Conquest with Query level = STUDY StudyRoot:

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[BATCH] Connected by address: 0100007f
[BATCH] Testing transfer: '1.2.840.10008.1.2' against list #0 = '1.2.840.10008.1.2'
[BATCH] Testing transfer: '1.2.840.10008.1.2' against list #0 = '1.2.840.10008.1.2'
[BATCH] Testing transfer: '1.2.840.10008.1.2' against list #0 = '1.2.840.10008.1.2'
[BATCH] Testing transfer: '1.2.840.10008.1.2' against list #0 = '1.2.840.10008.1.2'
[BATCH] 
[BATCH] UPACS THREAD 30: STARTED AT: Tue Jun 24 09:51:07 2014
[BATCH] A-ASSOCIATE-RQ Packet Dump
[BATCH]  Calling Application Title : "BATCH           "
[BATCH]  Called Application Title : "BATCH           "
[BATCH]  Application Context : "1.2.840.10008.3.1.1.1", PDU length: 16384
[BATCH]  Number of Proposed Presentation Contexts: 4
[BATCH]  Presentation Context 0 "1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.2.1.1" 1
[BATCH]  Presentation Context 1 "1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.2.2.1" 1
[BATCH]  Presentation Context 2 "1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.2.3.1" 1
[BATCH]  Presentation Context 3 "1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.31" 1
[BATCH] Server Command   := 0020
[BATCH] Message ID       := 0003
[BATCH] 0000,0002     28 UI AffectedSOPClassUID    "1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.2.2.1" 
[BATCH] 0000,0100      2 US CommandField           32 
[BATCH] 0000,0110      2 US MessageID              3 
[BATCH] 0000,0700      2 US Priority               0 
[BATCH] 0000,0800      2 US DataSetType            258 
[BATCH] 0002,0010     17 UI TransferSyntaxUID      "1.2.840.10008.1.2" 
[BATCH] (StudyRootQuery) search level: STUDY 
[BATCH] 0002,0010     17 UI TransferSyntaxUID      "1.2.840.10008.1.2" 
[BATCH] 0008,0020      0 DA StudyDate              (empty)
[BATCH] 0008,0052      6 CS QueryRetrieveLevel     "STUDY " 
[BATCH] 0010,0010      0 PN PatientName            (empty)
[BATCH] 0010,0020      8 LO PatientID              "01023* " 
[BATCH] Query On Study
[BATCH] Issue Query on Columns: DICOMStudies.StudyDate, DICOMStudies.PatientNam, DICOMStudies.PatientID
[BATCH] Values: DICOMStudies.PatientID LIKE '01023%'
[BATCH] Tables: DICOMStudies
[BATCH] Sorting (DICOMStudies.PatientNam) DoSort := 1
[BATCH] Query Distinct Tables: DICOMStudies
[BATCH] Columns              : DICOMStudies.StudyDate, DICOMStudies.PatientNam, DICOMStudies.PatientID
[BATCH] Where                : DICOMStudies.PatientID LIKE '01023%'
[BATCH] Order                : DICOMStudies.PatientNam
[BATCH] Records = 0
[BATCH] C-Find (StudyRoot) located 0 records
[BATCH] UPACS THREAD 30: ENDED AT: Tue Jun 24 09:51:07 2014
[BATCH] UPACS THREAD 30: TOTAL RUNNING TIME: 0 SECONDS

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Is it an issue with the transfer syntax or presentation context - and why does it test four of the same (1.2.840.10008.1.2) in the beginning of the log?

marcelvanherk · Jun 25th 2014

Hi, the conquest GUI always proposes:

uid.Set("1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.2.1.1"); // PatientRootQuery
PDU.AddAbstractSyntax(uid);
uid.Set("1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.2.2.1"); // StudyRootQuery (C-Find SOP)
PDU.AddAbstractSyntax(uid);
uid.Set("1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.2.3.1"); // PatientStudyOnlyQuery
PDU.AddAbstractSyntax(uid);
uid.Set("1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.31");
PDU.AddAbstractSyntax(uid);

with one transfer sytnax '1.2.840.10008.1.2'. These are the four items in the list. I will prepare a version which will copy the findscu behavior, then we can see if aria then responds well.

Marcel

marcelvanherk · Jun 25th 2014

Hi,

If you install zerobrane studio, you can try dicomquery and see if that fixes the problem. This query uses a single context and transfer syntax. A sample script is in the Lua folder.

Marcel

jwj · Jun 27th 2014

Hi Marcel,

Thanks for the advice with ZeroBrane. The following Lua script returns "*** Virtual query - failed to connect for C-FIND to Variansystem"

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a=DicomObject:new()
a.QueryRetrieveLevel='STUDY'
a.AffectedSOPClassUID='1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.2.2.1'
--a.TransferSyntaxUID='1.2.840.10008.1.2.1'
--a.TransferSyntaxUID='1.2.840.10008.1.2.2'
a.TransferSyntaxUID='1.2.840.10008.1.2'


a.StudyInstanceUID=''
a.PatientID='0009*'


b=dicomquery('Variansystem', 'STUDY', a)


f=io.open('file.txt', 'wt')
for i=0, #b-1 do
  print(b[i].PatientID)
  f:write(b[i].StudyInstanceUID .. '\n')
end
f:close()

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We have tested the three different transfer syntaxes listed in the Lua script with no luck.

marcelvanherk · Jun 28th 2014

Hi,

you are not supposed to pass these:

a.AffectedSOPClassUID='1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.2.2.1'
a.TransferSyntaxUID='1.2.840.10008.1.2'

what happens if you leave them out?

Marcel

jwj · Jun 30th 2014

Removing the two lines the code is

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a=DicomObject:new()a.QueryRetrieveLevel='STUDY'a.StudyInstanceUID=''a.PatientID='0009*'b=dicomquery('Variansystem', 'STUDY', a)...

and result is

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[BATCH] Connected by address: 0100007f
[BATCH] Testing transfer: '1.2.840.10008.1.2' against list #0 = '1.2.840.10008.1.2'
[BATCH] 0000,0002     18 UI AffectedSOPClassUID    "1.2.840.10008.1.1" 
[BATCH] 0000,0100      2 US CommandField           48 
[BATCH] 0000,0110      2 US MessageID              1 
[BATCH] 0000,0800      2 US DataSetType            257 
[BATCH] 0002,0010     17 UI TransferSyntaxUID      "1.2.840.10008.1.2" 
[BATCH] 9999,0300     42 LO ConquestConsoleText    "Server command sent using DGATE -- option" 
[BATCH] 9999,0400    334 LO  \n   "                "luastart:xpcall(function() io.stdout:setvbuf('no');\n    require('mobdebug').yield=function() if iup then iup.LoopStep() end end;\n    require('mobdebug').loop('RH-MN239184',8172) ;\n    package.loaded.mobdebug.done() ; \n    package.loaded.mobdebug=nil ; \n   " 
[BATCH] Server command sent using DGATE -- option
[BATCH] Importconverter-1.0 executes: set QueryRetrieveLevel to "STUDY"
[BATCH] Importconverter-1.0 executes: set StudyInstanceUID to ""
[BATCH] Importconverter-1.0 executes: set PatientID to "0009*"
[BATCH] *** Virtual query - failed to connect for C-FIND to Variansystem

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So, this does not seems to make any different. We also tested with finscu to ensure that it is still possible to query Aria from another application on the client.

marcelvanherk · Jun 30th 2014

Hi,

Thanks for double checking. The issue is then apparently that Aria does not accept LittleEndianImplicit, and requires an Explicit transfer syntax. As far as I know this is a violation of the DICOM standard. I will prepare a test version (based on the upcoming 1.4.17e release) for you to try and fix this but as it is ot without risk of breaking communication with other systems, this will likely not be in the upcoming release.

Marcel

marcelvanherk · Jun 30th 2014

Hi,

They are trying a prerelease now that allows setting the transfer syntax of the query to explicit.

Marcel

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