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<a name="1145579"> </a>You can use MIPAV to query a DICOM-compatible archive or an imaging device that has, or is connected to, a DICOM server. A DICOM server is an application that processes DICOM query and retrieve requests. Because MIPAV is not equipped with a server, you cannot use this process to obtain DICOM files from another researcher who is also using MIPAV. You must use the receive process outlined in <a href="MIPAV_DicomImages.html#1162301">"Receiving and sending image files" on page&#160;110</a> instead. You can then select images from the query results and store them on your hard drive or another destination. The tasks involved in sending and retrieving DICOM images include the following:<br>
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<a name="1146197"> </a> Setting up the hosts table, refer to <a href="MIPAV_DicomImages.html#1426969">page&#160;95</a><br>
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<a name="1146201"> </a> Testing server connections, on <a href="MIPAV_DicomImages.html#1163161">page&#160;105</a><br>
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<a name="1146198"> </a> Posing queries and retrieving images, refer to <a href="MIPAV_DicomImages.html#1000958">page&#160;106</a><br>
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<a name="1146199"> </a> Receiving and sending image files, on <a href="MIPAV_DicomImages.html#1162301">page&#160;110</a><br>
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  <a name="1146268"> </a>To set up the hosts table and to query, retrieve, receive, and send DICOM files, you use the DICOM Communication Panel dialog box. To view this dialog box, select File &gt; DICOM Database Access in the MIPAV window. The DICOM Communication Panel dialog box opens.
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  <a name="1147191"> </a>This dialog box includes four tabbed pages:
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<a name="1142186"> </a> <span style="color: #000000;  font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline">QR Client</span>, which appears by default when the dialog box is first opened. Use this page to search for an image for a particular patient, physician, and time period.<br>
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<a name="1142187"> </a> <span style="color: #000000;  font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline">Send</span> allows you to select the files to be sent to the DICOM imaging device, to select the specific imaging device from a list of available devices to which you want to send the files, and to send the files. This page also allows you to test the connection to the device that you selected.<br>
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<a name="1142259"> </a> <span style="color: #000000;  font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline">Hosts</span> allows you to create a servers to which you are connected, edit the settings for servers, delete servers, and set the default server. It also allows you to create, edit, or delete storage destinations and set the default storage destination.<br>
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<a name="1142189"> </a> <span style="color: #000000;  font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline">Help</span> provides instructions for setting up the hosts table and for sending and receiving images.<br>
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  <a name="1146754"> </a>The following sections discuss these pages and explain in detail the contents of each page and how to use them.
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  <a name="1426973"> </a>Before creating queries or receiving and sending images, you must set up the hosts table, which is on the Hosts page (<a href="MIPAV_DicomImages.html#1147819">Figure&#160;62</a>) in the DICOM Communication Panel dialog box. The hosts table stores information (application entity [AE] title, alias, IP address, and port number) about the devices to which you want to connect. Conversely, your computer&#39;s connection information must be stored in the hosts table of the devices to which you want to connect.  Note that the title bar for the DICOM Communication Panel dialog box contains the internet protocol (IP) address for your workstation.
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<a name="1147719"> </a><span style="color: #000000;  font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline">internet protocol (IP) address:</span> A numeric ID that is used to identify your computer on a Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) network. An example of a TCP/IP network is the Internet.<br>
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  <a name="1147720"> </a>To display the Hosts page, select the Hosts tab in the dialog box. The Hosts page, shown in <a href="MIPAV_DicomImages.html#1147819">Figure&#160;62</a>, appears. The <span style="color: #000000;  font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline">Servers panel</span> on the Hosts page includes fields that contain identifying information for the devices to which you want to connect. (Although the panel is named Server, you should create an entry for any type of device to which you want to connect.) The Storage Destination panel holds entries that indicate where you want images to stored once you retrieve or receive them.
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<a name="1148042"> </a> Create, edit, or delete entries in the Servers panel, refer to <a href="MIPAV_DicomImages.html#1147981">page&#160;96</a><br>
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<a name="1148043"> </a> Create, edit, or delete entries in the Storage Destination panel, refer to <a href="MIPAV_DicomImages.html#1151127">page&#160;102</a><br>
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<a name="1147984"> </a>You can create, edit, and delete entries in the Servers panel on the Hosts page (<a href="MIPAV_DicomImages.html#1147819">Figure&#160;62</a>). You must create an entry if you want to use MIPAV to query a server.<br>
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    <td><a name="1147738"> </a><div class="CellBody"><span style="color: #000000;  font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline">Default</span>-Indicates that the device is the default. When you pose a query, data is sent to the default device.</div></td>
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    <td><a name="1147775"> </a><div class="CellBody"><span style="color: #000000;  font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline">Default</span>-Indicates, when selected, the default storage destination. When you retrieve or receive image data, it is stored in the default storage destination. </div></td>
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<a name="1430048"> </a>Before you begin, obtain the AE title, alias, IP address, and port number of the device to which you want to connect. The connection information for the NIH Kodak Cemax-Icon PACS appears when you click the Help tab. The Help page appears (<a href="MIPAV_DicomImages.html#1149336">Figure&#160;63</a>). You must also contact the administrator of the device (including the NIH Kodak Cemax-Icon PACS) so that your connection information can be stored in their hosts table as well. Once you have all of the information, you can create an entry in the hosts table entry.<br>
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<a name="1428882"> </a>Contact Alberto Goldszal, CC, 6-7700 ext.226 to have your machine properly added to the server host table. You will need your IP address which can be found on the title bar of this frame. <br>
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Before creating queries or receiving and sending images, you must set up the hosts table, which is on the Hosts page ([MIPAV_DicomImages.html#1147819 Figure 62]) in the DICOM Communication Panel dialog box. The hosts table stores information (application entity [AE] title, alias, IP address, and port number) about the devices to which you want to connect. Conversely, your computer's connection information must be stored in the hosts table of the devices to which you want to connect. Note that the title bar for the DICOM Communication Panel dialog box contains the internet protocol (IP) address for your workstation.
  
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<a name="999653"> </a> 1 Click Create in the Servers panel on the Hosts page in the DICOM Communications Panel dialog box. The Create Server dialog box opens (<a href="MIPAV_DicomImages.html#1046488">Figure&#160;64</a>).<br>
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To display the Hosts page, select the Hosts tab in the dialog box. The Hosts page, shown in [MIPAV_DicomImages.html#1147819 Figure 62], appears. The <span style="font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline">'''<font color="#000000">Servers panel</font>'''</span> on the Hosts page includes fields that contain identifying information for the devices to which you want to connect. (Although the panel is named Server, you should create an entry for any type of device to which you want to connect.) The Storage Destination panel holds entries that indicate where you want images to stored once you retrieve or receive them.
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    <td><a name="1082241"> </a><div class="CellBody"><span style="color: #000000;  font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline">AE title</span></div></td>
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    <td colspan="2" rowspan="1"><a name="1149578"> </a><div class="CellBody">Identifies the port for the device&#39;s application program that you query, retrieve, receive, and send image files. A port is a logical connection endpoint that is the means that a program uses to identify a specific program running on a computer on a network (such as TCP/IP). </div></td>
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    <td><a name="1082275"> </a><div class="CellBody"><span style="color: #000000;  font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline">OK</span></div></td>
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<a name="1046502"> </a> 2 Type the required information in AE Title, Alias, IP Address, and Port (refer to <a href="MIPAV_DicomImages.html#1147819">Figure&#160;62</a> for information on these fields).<br>
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<a name="1046506"> </a> 3 Click OK when complete. The Create Server dialog box closes and the entry appears in the Servers panel.<br>
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<a name="1149667"> </a> 1 Select the server in the Servers panel that you want to edit.<br>
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<a name="1149677"> </a> 2 Click Edit. The Edit Server dialog box opens. <br>
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<a name="1149754"> </a> 4 Click OK. The Edit Server dialog box closes, and the changed entry appears in the Server panel.<br>
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<a name="1149773"> </a> 1 Select the server in the Servers panel that you want to delete.<br>
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  <a name="1149796"> </a>A default server is the server that is automatically selected when you first display the Hosts page of the DICOM Communications Panel dialog box. Unless you select another server as the default, it is the server to which MIPAV automatically sends images.
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<br /></font></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 600pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0pt; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline"><font color="#000000"> <br /></font></div><div style="font-style: normal; margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 14pt; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0pt; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline">'''<font color="#000000"> To create servers in the Server panel<br /></font>'''</div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 18pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 6pt; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: -18pt; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline"><font color="#000000"> 1 Click Create in the Servers panel on the Hosts page in the DICOM Communications Panel dialog box. The Create Server dialog box opens ([MIPAV_DicomImages.html#1046488 Figure 64]).<br /></font></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0pt; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline"><font color="#000000">
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<a name="1151307"> </a>Figure 66.  The default server Kodak is selected in the Servers panel on the Hosts page&#160;<br>
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<a name="1000374"> </a> 1 Click Create in the Storage Destination panel on the Hosts page in the DICOM Communications Panel dialog box. The Create Storage Destination window opens (<a href="MIPAV_DicomImages.html#1152574">Figure&#160;68</a>).<br>
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<a name="1152278"> </a> 2 Type the required information in AE Title, Alias, Directory, and Port (refer to <a href="MIPAV_DicomImages.html#1152574">Figure&#160;68</a> for information about these fields).<br>
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<a name="1152102"> </a> 3 Click OK when complete. The Create Storage Destination dialog box closes. The new entry appears in the Storage Destination panel.<br>
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<a name="1434491"> </a>To edit storage destinations<br>
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<a name="1434492"> </a> 1 Select the storage destination in the Storage Destination panel that you want to change.<br>
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<a name="1434493"> </a> 2 Click Edit. The Edit Storage Destination dialog box opens.<br>
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<a name="1434495"> </a> 3 Modify the information in AE Title, Alias, Directory, and Port as required.<br>
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<a name="1434496"> </a> 4 Click OK when complete. The Edit Storage Destination dialog box closes. The modified information appears in the Storage Destination panel.<br>
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A check mark moves from the check box for the previous default server to the Default check box beside the server you selected.
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<a name="1152574"> </a>Figure 68.  Create Storage Destination and Edit Storage Destination dialog boxes&#160;<br>
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    <td><a name="1152528"> </a><div class="CellBody"><span style="color: #000000;  font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline">AE title</span></div></td>
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    <td><a name="1152605"> </a><div class="CellBody">Lists the title of the device&#39;s DICOM application entity. The AE Title is often set by the device&#39;s system administrator. The hosts table associates the AE Title with the IP address. The AE Title can be 16 alphanumeric characters or less. Note that the AE Title is case sensitive.</div></td>
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    <td colspan="1" rowspan="2"><a name="1152607"> </a><div class="CellBody"><br clear="all" /><table align="center"><tr><td><img src="images/CreateStorageDestination.jpg" height="199" width="300" align="center" border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0">
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    <td><a name="1152537"> </a><div class="CellBody"><span style="color: #000000;  font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline">Alias</span></div></td>
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    <td><a name="1152543"> </a><div class="CellBody"><span style="color: #000000;  font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline">Directory</span></div></td>
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    <td><a name="1161900"> </a><div class="CellBody">Shows the full path name of the directory where images are stored. Alphanumeric characters are accepted.</div></td>
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    <td colspan="1" rowspan="2"><a name="1152615"> </a><div class="CellBody"><br clear="all" /><table align="center"><tr><td><img src="images/EditStorageDestination.jpg" height="199" width="300" align="center" border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0">
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    <td><a name="1152549"> </a><div class="CellBody"><span style="color: #000000;  font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline">Port</span></div></td>
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    <td><a name="1152617"> </a><div class="CellBody">Identifies the port for the device&#39;s application program that you query, retrieve, receive, and send image files. A port is a logical connection endpoint that is the means that a program uses to identify a specific program running on a computer on a network (such as TCP/IP). </div></td>
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    <td><a name="1152555"> </a><div class="CellBody"><span style="color: #000000;  font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline">OK</span></div></td>
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    <td colspan="2" rowspan="1"><a name="1152621"> </a><div class="CellBody">Applies the parameters that you specified and creates a new storage location.</div></td>
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    <td><a name="1152561"> </a><div class="CellBody"><span style="color: #000000;  font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline">Cancel</span></div></td>
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    <td colspan="2" rowspan="1"><a name="1152625"> </a><div class="CellBody">Disregards any changes you made in this dialog box, closes the dialog box, and does not create a storage location.</div></td>
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    <td><a name="1152567"> </a><div class="CellBody"><span style="color: #000000;  font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline">Help</span></div></td>
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    <td colspan="2" rowspan="1"><a name="1152629"> </a><div class="CellBody">Displays online help for this dialog box.</div></td>
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|+ <div style="font-style: normal; margin-bottom: 3pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 9pt; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0pt; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline">'''<font color="#000000"> Figure 66. The default server Kodak is selected in the Servers panel on the Hosts page <br /></font>'''</div>
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<a name="1000522"> </a>To delete storage destinations<br>
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==== Creating, editing, and deleting storage destination entries ====
<div style="color: #000000;  font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 18pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 6pt; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: -18pt; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline">
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<a name="1000742"> </a> 1 Select the storage destination in the Storage Destination panel that you want to delete.<br>
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<div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0pt; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline"><font color="#000000"> You can create, edit, and delete storage destination entries in the Storage Destination panel of the Hosts tabbed window ([MIPAV_DicomImages.html#1151199 Figure 67]). The storage destination indicates where to store the image files you retrieve or receive. You must create at least one storage destination.<br /></font></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0pt; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline"><font color="#000000">
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<div style="color: #000000;  font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 18pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 6pt; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: -18pt; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline">
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<a name="1000759"> </a> 2 Click Delete. A Confirm Delete message opens.<br>
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<a name="1000721"> </a><br>
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<div style="color: #000000; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 18pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 6pt; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: -18pt; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline">
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<a name="1000840"> </a> 3 Click Yes. MIPAV deletes the storage destination from the Storage Destination panel.<br>
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<div style="color: #000000;  font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 14pt; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0pt; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline">
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<a name="1000868"> </a>To select a default storage destination<br>
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<br /></font></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0pt; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline"><font color="#000000"> <br /></font></div><div style="font-style: normal; margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 14pt; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0pt; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline">'''<font color="#000000"> To create storage destinations<br /></font>'''</div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 18pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 6pt; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: -18pt; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline"><font color="#000000">  1 Click Create in the Storage Destination panel on the Hosts page in the DICOM Communications Panel dialog box. The Create Storage Destination window opens ([MIPAV_DicomImages.html#1152574 Figure 68]).<br /></font></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 18pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 6pt; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: -18pt; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline"><font color="#000000"> 2 Type the required information in AE Title, Alias, Directory, and Port (refer to [MIPAV_DicomImages.html#1152574 Figure 68] for information about these fields).<br /></font></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 18pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 6pt; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: -18pt; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline"><font color="#000000"> 3 Click OK when complete. The Create Storage Destination dialog box closes. The new entry appears in the Storage Destination panel.<br /></font></div><div style="font-style: normal; margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 14pt; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0pt; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline">'''<font color="#000000"> To edit storage destinations<br /></font>'''</div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 18pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 6pt; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: -18pt; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline"><font color="#000000"> 1 Select the storage destination in the Storage Destination panel that you want to change.<br /></font></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 18pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 6pt; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: -18pt; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline"><font color="#000000">  2 Click Edit. The Edit Storage Destination dialog box opens.<br /></font></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0pt; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline"><font color="#000000"> <br /></font></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 18pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 6pt; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: -18pt; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline"><font color="#000000"> 3 Modify the information in AE Title, Alias, Directory, and Port as required.<br /></font></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 18pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 6pt; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: -18pt; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline"><font color="#000000">  4 Click OK when complete. The Edit Storage Destination dialog box closes. The modified information appears in the Storage Destination panel.<br /></font></div>
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<a name="1161793"> </a>A default storage destination is the one that is automatically selected when you initially display the Hosts page of the DICOM Communications Panel dialog box. Unless you select another storage destination as the default, MIPAV automatically stores images in this location. You can select the default storage destination in either of the following ways: <br>
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<div style="color: #000000;  font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 24pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 5pt; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: -24pt; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline">
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<a name="1161765"> </a> In the Storage Destination panel, double-click the entry that you want as the default storage destination. <br>
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<div class="CellBody"><span style="font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline">'''<font color="#000000">AE title</font>'''</span></div>
<a name="1161766"> </a> In the Storage Destination panel, select the entry that you want as the default storage destination. The server is highlighted. Click Default.<br>
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<div class="CellBody">Lists the title of the device's DICOM application entity. The AE Title is often set by the device's system administrator. The hosts table associates the AE Title with the IP address. The AE Title can be 16 alphanumeric characters or less. Note that the AE Title is case sensitive.</div>
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  <a name="1161767"> </a>A check mark moves from the check box for the previous default storage destination to the Default check box beside the storage destination you selected.
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<div class="CellBody"><span style="font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline">'''<font color="#000000">Alias</font>'''</span></div>
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<div class="CellBody">Specifies the alternative name for the device. The alternative name can be up to 16 alphanumeric characters.</div>
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<div class="CellBody"><span style="font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline">'''<font color="#000000">Directory</font>'''</span></div>
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<div class="CellBody">Shows the full path name of the directory where images are stored. Alphanumeric characters are accepted.</div>
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<div class="CellBody"><span style="font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline">'''<font color="#000000">Port</font>'''</span></div>
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<div class="CellBody">Identifies the port for the device's application program that you query, retrieve, receive, and send image files. A port is a logical connection endpoint that is the means that a program uses to identify a specific program running on a computer on a network (such as TCP/IP). </div>
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<div class="CellBody"><span style="font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline">'''<font color="#000000">OK</font>'''</span></div>
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<div class="CellBody">Applies the parameters that you specified and creates a new storage location.</div>
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<div class="CellBody"><span style="font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline">'''<font color="#000000">Cancel</font>'''</span></div>
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<div class="CellBody">Disregards any changes you made in this dialog box, closes the dialog box, and does not create a storage location.</div>
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<div class="CellBody"><span style="font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline">'''<font color="#000000">Help</font>'''</span></div>
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<div class="CellBody">Displays online help for this dialog box.</div>
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</div><div style="font-style: normal; margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 14pt; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0pt; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline">'''<font color="#000000"> To delete storage destinations<br /></font>'''</div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 18pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 6pt; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: -18pt; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline"><font color="#000000"> 1 Select the storage destination in the Storage Destination panel that you want to delete.<br /></font></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 18pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 6pt; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: -18pt; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline"><font color="#000000"> 2 Click Delete. A Confirm Delete message opens.<br /></font></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0pt; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline"><font color="#000000"> <br /></font></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 18pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 6pt; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: -18pt; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline"><font color="#000000"> 3 Click Yes. MIPAV deletes the storage destination from the Storage Destination panel.<br /></font></div><div style="font-style: normal; margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 14pt; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0pt; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline">'''<font color="#000000"> To select a default storage destination<br /></font>'''</div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0pt; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline"><font color="#000000"> A default storage destination is the one that is automatically selected when you initially display the Hosts page of the DICOM Communications Panel dialog box. Unless you select another storage destination as the default, MIPAV automatically stores images in this location. You can select the default storage destination in either of the following ways: <br /></font></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 24pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 5pt; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: -24pt; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline"><font color="#000000"> In the Storage Destination panel, double-click the entry that you want as the default storage destination. <br /></font></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 24pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 5pt; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: -24pt; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline"><font color="#000000"> In the Storage Destination panel, select the entry that you want as the default storage destination. The server is highlighted. Click Default.<br /></font></div>
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Sending and retrieving DICOM images

You can use MIPAV to query a DICOM-compatible archive or an imaging device that has, or is connected to, a DICOM server. A DICOM server is an application that processes DICOM query and retrieve requests. Because MIPAV is not equipped with a server, you cannot use this process to obtain DICOM files from another researcher who is also using MIPAV. You must use the receive process outlined in [MIPAV_DicomImages.html#1162301 "Receiving and sending image files" on page 110] instead. You can then select images from the query results and store them on your hard drive or another destination. The tasks involved in sending and retrieving DICOM images include the following:
Setting up the hosts table, refer to [MIPAV_DicomImages.html#1426969 page 95]
Testing server connections, on [MIPAV_DicomImages.html#1163161 page 105]
Posing queries and retrieving images, refer to [MIPAV_DicomImages.html#1000958 page 106]
Receiving and sending image files, on [MIPAV_DicomImages.html#1162301 page 110]

To set up the hosts table and to query, retrieve, receive, and send DICOM files, you use the DICOM Communication Panel dialog box. To view this dialog box, select File > DICOM Database Access in the MIPAV window. The DICOM Communication Panel dialog box opens.

This dialog box includes four tabbed pages:

QR Client, which appears by default when the dialog box is first opened. Use this page to search for an image for a particular patient, physician, and time period.
Send allows you to select the files to be sent to the DICOM imaging device, to select the specific imaging device from a list of available devices to which you want to send the files, and to send the files. This page also allows you to test the connection to the device that you selected.
Hosts allows you to create a servers to which you are connected, edit the settings for servers, delete servers, and set the default server. It also allows you to create, edit, or delete storage destinations and set the default storage destination.
Help provides instructions for setting up the hosts table and for sending and receiving images.

The following sections discuss these pages and explain in detail the contents of each page and how to use them.

Setting up the hosts table

Before creating queries or receiving and sending images, you must set up the hosts table, which is on the Hosts page ([MIPAV_DicomImages.html#1147819 Figure 62]) in the DICOM Communication Panel dialog box. The hosts table stores information (application entity [AE] title, alias, IP address, and port number) about the devices to which you want to connect. Conversely, your computer's connection information must be stored in the hosts table of the devices to which you want to connect. Note that the title bar for the DICOM Communication Panel dialog box contains the internet protocol (IP) address for your workstation.


internet protocol (IP) address: A numeric ID that is used to identify your computer on a Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) network. An example of a TCP/IP network is the Internet.

To display the Hosts page, select the Hosts tab in the dialog box. The Hosts page, shown in [MIPAV_DicomImages.html#1147819 Figure 62], appears. The Servers panel on the Hosts page includes fields that contain identifying information for the devices to which you want to connect. (Although the panel is named Server, you should create an entry for any type of device to which you want to connect.) The Storage Destination panel holds entries that indicate where you want images to stored once you retrieve or receive them.

The following sections explain how to:

Create, edit, or delete entries in the Servers panel, refer to [MIPAV_DicomImages.html#1147981 page 96]
Create, edit, or delete entries in the Storage Destination panel, refer to [MIPAV_DicomImages.html#1151127 page 102]

Creating, editing, and deleting servers

You can create, edit, and delete entries in the Servers panel on the Hosts page ([MIPAV_DicomImages.html#1147819 Figure 62]). You must create an entry if you want to use MIPAV to query a server.


Figure 62. Hosts page in the DICOM Communication Panel dialog boxÂ


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Servers

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Default-Indicates that the device is the default. When you pose a query, data is sent to the default device.

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AE Title-Lists the title of the device's DICOM application entity. The AE Title is often set by the device's system administrator. The hosts table associates the AE Title with the IP address. The AE Title can be 16 alphanumeric characters or less. Note that the AE Title is case sensitive.

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Alias-Specifies the alternative name for the device. The alternative name can be up to 16 alphanumeric characters.

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IP Address-Specifies the internet protocol address for the device. An IP address identifies a device on a Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) network. (An example of a TCP/IP network is the internet.) The hosts table associates the IP address with the AE Title. IP addresses are written as four numbers separated by periods.

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Port-Identifies the port for the device's application program that you query, retrieve, receive, and send image files. A port is a logical connection endpoint that is the means that a program uses to identify a specific program running on a computer on a network (such as TCP/IP).

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Create

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Allows you to add a new DICOM server. When you click Create, the Create Server dialog box opens.

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Edit

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Allows you to edit a currently listed DICOM server. When you select the server you want to modify and click this button, the Edit Server dialog box appears.

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Delete

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Deletes the DICOM server from the list of servers. To delete a server, select the server and then click this button. A message appears asking you to confirm the deletion.

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Set as default

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Allows you to select the server to be used as the default server. Select a server and then click this button. The check mark moves to the Default check box beside the server you selected.

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Storage destination
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Default-Indicates, when selected, the default storage destination. When you retrieve or receive image data, it is stored in the default storage destination.

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AE Title-Lists the title of the DICOM application entity. If the storage destination is on your machine, the AE title is typically preceded by MIPAV_. An example of a valid AE title is MIPAVSMITH23. The AE Title can be 16 alphanumeric characters or less. Note that the AE Title is case sensitive.

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Alias-Specifies an alternative name for the storage destination. Alphanumeric characters are accepted.

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Directory-Shows the full path name of the directory where images are stored. Alphanumeric characters are accepted.

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Port-Identifies the port that your computer uses to receive images. By default, the port number is 3100.

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Create

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Allows you to add a new storage location. When you click Create, the Create Storage Destination dialog box appears.

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Edit

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Lets you modify a listed storage location. Select the location you want to modify and click this button. The Edit Storage Destination dialog box opens.

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Delete

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Allow you to delete a listed storage location. To delete a storage location, select the location and then click this button.

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Set as default

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Allows you to select the storage location that is used by default. Select the location and click this button. The check mark moves from the current default location to the Default check box beside the location you selected.

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Connecting to a DICOM device
Before you begin, obtain the AE title, alias, IP address, and port number of the device to which you want to connect. The connection information for the NIH Kodak Cemax-Icon PACS appears when you click the Help tab. The Help page appears ([MIPAV_DicomImages.html#1149336 Figure 63]). You must also contact the administrator of the device (including the NIH Kodak Cemax-Icon PACS) so that your connection information can be stored in their hosts table as well. Once you have all of the information, you can create an entry in the hosts table entry.
Contact Alberto Goldszal, CC, 6-7700 ext.226 to have your machine properly added to the server host table. You will need your IP address which can be found on the title bar of this frame.
Figure 63. The Help page in the DICOM Communications Panel dialog box Â


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To create servers in the Server panel
1 Click Create in the Servers panel on the Hosts page in the DICOM Communications Panel dialog box. The Create Server dialog box opens ([MIPAV_DicomImages.html#1046488 Figure 64]).
Figure 64. Create Server dialog boxÂ

AE title
Lists the title of the device's DICOM application entity. The AE Title is often set by the device's system administrator. The hosts table associates the AE Title with the IP address. The AE Title can be 16 alphanumeric characters or less. Note that the AE Title is case sensitive.

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Alias

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Specifies the alternative name for the device. The alternative name can be up to 16 alphanumeric characters.

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Address

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Specifies the internet protocol (IP) address for the device. An IP address identifies a device on a Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) network. (An example of a TCP/IP network is the internet.) The hosts table associates the IP address with the AE Title. IP addresses are written as four numbers separated by periods.

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Port

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Identifies the port for the device's application program that you query, retrieve, receive, and send image files. A port is a logical connection endpoint that is the means that a program uses to identify a specific program running on a computer on a network (such as TCP/IP).

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OK

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Applies the parameters that you specified and creates a new server.

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Cancel

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Disregards any changes you made in this dialog box, closes the dialog box, and does not create a server.

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Help

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Displays online help for this dialog box.

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