Determine Amount of Files While Storescp transaction

[niirdan]

Hey Friends,
I Was Wondering if by any chance there is a possible way that I can store how many files a given modality suppose to send me (to the storescp?)
Thanks!

[Marco Eichelberg]

Unfortunately, the answer is no. The DICOM C-STORE network protocol does not provide this information. The client (SCU) sends image after image, but there is no information about how many images should be present and whether they should arrive in one or in multiple network connections.

For this reason DICOM has a separate service called MPPS which can be used by the modality to report the total list of images generated, and send that either to the RIS or to the PACS.