Problem in retrieving images using findscu

[sivasankari]

Hi All,
I have problem in retrieving patient or study details using imagectn as SCP and findscu as SCU.

I configured my peer port details in ‘imagectn.cfg’ as follows

# Global Configuration Parameters
NetworkType = "tcp"
NetworkTCPPort = 104
MaxPDUSize = 16384
MaxAssociations = 16
Display = "yes"

HostTable BEGIN
movescu = (MOVESCU, localhost, 104)
HostTable END

VendorTable BEGIN
"DCMTK AET" = movescu
VendorTable END

AETable BEGIN
COMMON C:\dicomproject\Wlm\COMMON\ RW (200, 1024mb) ANY
AETable END

I have a folder ‘COMMON’ in my working directory ,which has a set of .dcm files from where I think my SCP retrieves images. And my imagectn.cfg and imagectn.exe is also present in ‘COMMON’ folder.
I have a folder ‘MOVESCU’ where my findscu.exe is present.

First step: run imagectn.exe by typing following command,
C:\dicomproject\Wlm\COMMON>imagectn –v 104

Second: run findscu.exe on another window.
C:\dicomproject\Wlm\MOVESCU>findscu –v –P –k 0008,0052 = “PATIENT” –k 0010,0020 = “ACN000001” –k 0020,000D=”1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.2.1.1” --call localhost 104
I got the following output on the command window,

Requesting Association
Association Accepted <Max Send PDU: 16372>
Find SCU RQ: MsgID 1
REQUEST:

#Dicom-Data-Set
#Used TransferSyntax: UnknownTransferSyntax
<0008,0052> CS [PATIENT] # 8,1 QueryRetrieveLevel
<0010,0020> LO [ACN000001] # 10,1 PatientID
<0020,000d> UI =FINDPatientRootQueryRetrieveInformationModel # 28,1 StudyInstanceUID
C-Find RSP: MsgID: 1 [Status =Success]
AffectedSOPClassUID: =FINDPatientRootQueryRetrieveInformationModel
Data Set: Not Present
Releasing Association

What I find in this research is that my SCP and SCU are associated very well. But, though I have image file of the patient with ID=ACN000001 in my ‘COMMON’ directory, why I am getting “Data Set: Not Present”. What am I supposed to get if I run my query in findscu?
I have the same problem with ‘movescu’…

As per the suggestion from DICOM team, I changed findscu command as follows,

findscu -v -P -k 0008,0052="PATIENT" -k 0010,0020="ACN000001" -k 0010,0010 --call COMMON localhost 104

I get the following output in my SCP,
Association Received (cactus:FINDSCU -> COMMON) Tue Mar 22 11:53:26 2005
Association Acknowledged (Max Send PDV: 16372)
Received Find SCP: C-Find RQ: MsgID: 1
AffectedSOPClassUID: =FINDPatientRootQueryRetrieveInformationModel
Priority: 2
Data Set: Present
Find SCP Request Identifiers:

# Dicom-Data-Set
# Used TransferSyntax: LittleEndianExplicit
(0008,0052) CS [PATIENT] # 8, 1 QueryRetrieveLevel
(0010,0010) PN (no value available) # 0, 0 PatientsName
(0010,0020) LO [ACN000001] # 10, 1 PatientID
Find SCP Response 1 [status: Success]
Association Release

I am getting the response as “Data Set: Present”. But I wonder why it is not giving the patient’s name as ”SMITH^HAROLD”.
And in my SCU, I get the following output,
Requesting Association
Association Accepted (Max Send PDV: 16372)
Find SCU RQ: MsgID 1
REQUEST:

# Dicom-Data-Set
# Used TransferSyntax: UnknownTransferSyntax
(0008,0052) CS [PATIENT] # 8, 1 QueryRetrieveLevel
(0010,0010) PN (no value available) # 0, 0 PatientsName
(0010,0020) LO [ACN000001] # 10, 1 PatientID
--------
C-Find RSP: MsgID: 1 [Status=Success]
AffectedSOPClassUID: =FINDPatientRootQueryRetrieveInformationModel
Data Set: Not Present
Releasing Association

Please guide me if I am proceeding wrongly.
Thanks in advance
shankari

[Jörg Riesmeier]

See also this posting.

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