findscu with UTF-8

[ichimura.t]

I want to query by string of UTF-8 using the findscu.exe.
I set PatientName of UTF-8 in -k paramater, but the findscu.exe sends PatientName of S-JIS.

For example of a command:
findscu -S -k 0008,0052=STUDY -k 0008,0005="ISO_IR 192" -k PatientName="あ" 1.2.3.4 12345

The findscu.exe is run by the command prompt with UTF-8 mode.
Is it possible to send message with UTF-8 by findscu?

[Michael Onken]

Hi,

findscu does not know anything about character sets at all. It just uses the character codes the console provides from your input and sends them over the wire. So it seems your commandline window is set to S-JIS.

You can switch your console into UTF-8. On Windows, the "chcp" command should do that trick, see e.g. this page for chcp information and example.

Another possibility is to put your query in a little UTF-8-encoded DICOM file and provide that as a parameter to findscu. You could create such a query file from scratch, e.g. by using dump2dcm (use a text editor in UTF-8 mode to edit the tags and then dump to DICOM) and/or dcmodify plus dcmconv (to do the character set conversion).

Best regards,
Michael

[ichimura.t]

Thank you for your reply.

I switched my console into UTF-8 by the "chcp 65001" command, but it was not worked.
I will try to do your proposed another possibility.

[ichimura.t]

I provided a DICOM file with UTF-8 as a parameter to findscu, and it worked out well.
Thank you very much.