Posts by jsven

  • Image forward questions

    2) Aha! Thanks, the mkdir command did the trick, now it works!
    Just a small comment though (sorry for haunting you...). If I do like this:


    ExportConverters = 1
    ExportConverter0 = mkdir C:\temp\dicomdump\%i\%V0020,0010\%V0020,0011_%V0008,103e\ ; copy %f to C:\temp\dicomdump\%i\%V0020,0010\%V0020,0011_%V0008,103e\%b.dcm


    it works just fine (at least for my small test case).
    If, however, I separate the commands into two lines like this


    ExportConverters = 2
    ExportConverter0 = mkdir C:\temp\dicomdump\%i\%V0020,0010\%V0020,0011_%V0008,103e\
    ExportConverter1 = copy %f to C:\temp\dicomdump\%i\%V0020,0010\%V0020,0011_%V0008,103e\%b.dcm


    some files are (somewhat randomly) left out from the copy process. How come?
    Can I be sure everything is always included if I use the first syntax with both commands on the same line, or is some extra code needed for that?



    4) Ok, so do I need to set the server up with the different AE titles I want it to listen to? If so, where do I enter this information?

  • Image forward questions

    Thanks for the answers!


    1. Ok


    2. Hmm, strange, I still don't get it to work the way I hoped. It seems that using the %-flags works if I use them to create the filename, but if I try to create a directory structure it doesn't work.
    For example, using this line works just fine:


    ExportConverter0 = copy %f to C:\temp\dicomdump\%i_%V0008,103e_%b.dcm


    All images of the study end up in the same directory, but with unique names according to the %-syntax
    If however I change the "_" to "\" like this


    ExportConverter0 = copy %f to C:\temp\dicomdump\%i\%V0008,103e\%b.dcm


    I get an error message: "Exportconverter0.0: Failed to copy ***filepath\filename.dcm*** to ***new_filepath\filename.dcm***




    3. Ok, I realize now that the "submit" command uses sFTP while the (local) server I was trying on was not. I guess this could be the reason i wasn't able to get it working?
    I'll get back if I don't get it to work on a SFTP-server when I try...


    4. Ok, thanks. I'll probably stick to the "forward" commands mostly, so that's ok.
    For practical reasons I will probably like to set our different scanners up with separate dicom send nodes for the different projects (i.e. sending each project to separate AE titles). What is the most convenient way for conquest to handle requests to different AE titles on the same machine? Should I run a separate server for each AE title or can one server handle multiple AE titles (or maybe multiple ports would be enough?) in some way? If one AE title per server is the way to go, are there any constraints in running many parallel conquest servers on the same machine?

  • Image forward questions

    Hi,
    I just recently downloaded the Conquest dicom server and started familiarize myself with it (so please bear with me). It seems to be a very nice software, thumbsup to the developers!


    My inital interest is to use it for sorting and forwarding incoming MRI research studies to different project servers. I have played around a little bit with Exportconverters using the "forward" and "copy" commands, which seems to work most of the time. I have some questions though:


    1. What is the best way of deleting each study from the Conquest server after forward/copy is completed? I would prefer to use the central server just for forwarding, and not storing any images on it.
    Using
    "ExportConverter1 = delete patient after 600"
    seem to work, but what would happen if the forwarding process is not finished after the delete delay time (some of the incoming studies are expexted to be rather big, +10000 images)?
    Maybe it is better to skip deleting each study and instead set it up for a nightly complete delete (if possible)?


    2. If I use e.g.
    "#ExportConverter0 = copy %f to C:\projectimages"
    is it then possible to store the copied images in a directory structure like e.g. "...\PatID\StudyID\SeriesDescrption\ImageNo.dcm" similar to the how local storage is handled with the "FileNameSyntax" command?


    3. For some cases I would like to use ftp for forwarding of images. I tried to use
    "ExportConverter0 = submit..."
    but wasn't able to get it to work. Could anybody please provide a correct syntax for a simple case of ftp forwarding?


    4. What differences in speed performance could I expect when using the three different ways of forwarding mentioned above? Some of the incoming studies will probably be rather big...


    Any tips and hints appreciated!