User Manual

DVTk Storage SCP emulator R3.3.0

A DVTk based tool

Document version 1.3

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Table of Contents

1 Introduction ................................................................... 3
1.1 Revision History................................................................................................... 3
1.2 General ................................................................................................................. 3
1.3 System Requirements........................................................................................... 3
1.3.1 Operating system .......................................................................................... 3
1.3.2 Software requirements .................................................................................. 3
2 Software installation...................................................... 4
2.1 Installation of DVTk Storage SCP emulator software ......................................... 4
3 Functional description of the SCP emulator .................. 5
3.1 Menu bar .............................................................................................................. 5
3.2 Tool bar ................................................................................................................ 6
3.3 Information screen selection ................................................................................ 6
3.3.1 Storage SCP configuration............................................................................ 7
3.3.2 Storage Commitment configuration.............................................................. 8
3.3.3 SOP Class selection ...................................................................................... 9
3.3.4 Logging ....................................................................................................... 10
3.3.5 Validation results ........................................................................................ 11
3.3.6 Store Files functionality.............................................................................. 12
4 Supported DICOM SOP classes .................................. 15
5 Supported transfer syntaxes......................................... 19

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1 Introduction
1.1 Revision History
Version Date Description
1.0 October 2, 2007 First version of this document, describing the
functionality of DVTk Storage SCP Emulator version
R3.0.0
1.1 March 13, 2008 Releasing .NET2.0 version
1.2 June 16, 2009 Releasing 3.2.0 version based on HLI
1.3 October 06, 2009 Releasing 3.3.0 with new Store Files functionality

1.2 General

The DVTk Storage SCP emulator application is used to receive DICOM part-10 files
from a remote DICOM Storage SCU system. It can also respond to Storage commitment
requests for the received dataset. The waiting time for sending the storage commitment
response to the SCU is configurable in the SCP emulator.
Supported features of the Storage SCP emulator are:
 Configurable transfer syntax selection
 Configurable SOP class selection
 All received DICOM files will be written in DICOM part 10 format in a user
selectable directory
 Possibility to create a DICOMDIR file for the received DICOM files

1.3 System Requirements

1.3.1 Operating system
The following operating systems are supported:
- Windows NT 4 SP6a
- Windows 2000 Professional
- Windows 2003 Server
- Windows XP Professional

1.3.2 Software requirements

The following packages are required for the installation of the software packages:

- Microsoft .NET framework 2.0

The Microsoft .NET framework software package is included in the installer of the
DVTk Storage SCP emulator tool.
See: http://www.dvtk.org for new versions and features.

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2 Software installation
All the steps of the installation process are controlled by the DVTk Storage SCP emulator
installer package. During the installation process, the installer will check if the Microsoft
.NET Framework R2.0 is already installed on the system. If present, this step of the
installation process will be skipped.

2.1 Installation of DVTk Storage SCP emulator software

1. Download or copy the file Storage SCP.zip to a temp directory on the PC.
2. Double click with the left mouse button on the Storage SCP.zip file and extract
the file “Storage SCP Emulator.exe” to the temp directory.
3. Start the installation procedure by double clicking with the left mouse button on
the file Storage SCP Emulator.exe
4. In the window “Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 setup” select “ I agree” to accept
the license agreement. Press “install” to start the installation process. At the end
of the installation procedure press “OK”. The Microsoft .NET Framework R2.0
software is installed.
After the .NET Framework software is installed, the installer package continues
with the installation of the Storage SCP Emulator software
5. Follow the instructions in the installer window and accept the license agreement.
6. After the button “install” is pressed, the installation will start. At the end, press
the “Finish “button. The DVTk Storage SCP Emulator application is installed and
ready for use.

In windows “All programs” there is an entry created “DVTK”. When selecting DVTK, a
submenu with all installed DVTK applications will be opened. From this submenu the
Storage SCP Emulator tool can be selected and started. There is also a shortcut created
on the desktop

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3 Functional description of the SCP emulator

In the screen capture below, the User Interface of the Storage SCP emulator tool is
shown:

The Storage SCP emulator start up window contains the following sections:

3.1 Menu bar

From the Menu bar the following file options can be selected to control the Storage SCP
emulator:

File:
- Run Emulator

- Stop Emulator

- Config File

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 Load
 Save As

- Exit

Stored Files:

- Explore Validation Results…

- Explore Received DICOM Messages…

- Create DICOMDIR for Received DICOM Messages…

- Options…

About:

- About Emulator

3.2 Tool bar

The tool bar contains the following short keys to control the Storage SCP emulator
process:
Start / Stop Emulator

By pressing this button the SCP emulator starts listening for incoming association
requests for storage and storage commitment. Pressing this button again will stop
the emulator.

Validation On/Off

By pressing this button, the validation will be On/Off. When enabled, the
emulator will perform a validation of the received DICOM messages and DICOM
objects.

3.3 Information screen selection

The following screens can be selected for display

- Storage configuration

- Storage Commitment configuration

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- SOP Class Selection configuration

- Log information

- Validation results (this screen is only present in case the option “Perform
validation” is enabled).

3.3.1 Storage SCP configuration

In the Storage configuration screen, the parameters for the communication with the SCP
as well as the behavior of the SCP emulator can be configured. The configuration
parameters are as follows:

- AE title
AE title used by the SCP emulator

- Port number
Listen port of the Storage SCP emulator for incoming storage associations.

- Max PDU size

This is the Max PDU size proposed by the Storage Emulator SCP application
to the SCU node. Default value is set to 16k

- Implementation Class UID

1.2.826.0.1.3680043.2.1545.5

- Implementation Class Version

3.3.0

- Specify transfer syntax

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The user can select 1 or multiple transfer syntaxes for storage.

By default, the following transfer syntaxes are enabled:
- Implicit VR Little Endian (1.2.840.10008.1.2)
- Explicit VR Big Endian (1.2.840.10008.1.2.2)
- Explicit VR Little Endian (1.2.840.10008.1.2.1)
- JPEG Baseline Process 1 (1.2.840.10008.1.2.4.50)
- JPEG Lossless Non Hierarchical first order prediction
(1.2.840.10008.1.2.4.70)
- RLE lossless (1.2.840.10008.1.2.5)

Via the check boxes, additional transfer syntaxes can be selected.

3.3.2 Storage Commitment configuration

In the Storage commitment configuration, the parameters for the storage commitment
communication between SCP and SCU node have to be configured.

The Storage Commitment configuration includes:

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- Local AE title
This is the AE title used by the SCP emulator to communicate with the storage
commitment SCU node.

- Local port
The port used by the emulator to listen for incoming storage commitment
associations. In the current version of the emulator, this port must be the same
as the port used by the Storage SCP process. Therefore this port is not
configurable in the Storage Commitment configuration screen.

- Max PDU Size

This is the Max PDU size proposed by the Storage Emulator SCP application
to the SCU node. Default value is set to 16k

- Delay before Event Report (in sec)

This is the time that the SCP Emulator waits to sends the N-EVENT-
REPORT-RQ message to the remote node. In case the SCU node has closed
the Storage Commitment association before the N-EVENT-REPORT was
sent, the emulator has to open a new association with the SCU.

- Remote AE title
AE title used by the Storage SCU node for incoming Storage Commitment
messages.

- Remote IP address
IP address of the remote Storage Commitment SCU node.

- Remote port
Port number used by the Storage SCU node for incoming associations.

After the configuration parameters have been entered, the test buttons “Ping SCP” and
“DICOM Echo” can be used to check if both the network and DICOM communication
with the remote Storage Commitment node are working correctly.

Remark: All configuration settings for Storage and Storage commitment operation
can be saved by using the File menu option “Config File, Save As”. The system
writes the config settings into an xml file in a user defined location. With the
“Config File, Load” function, the configuration file can be imported into the Storage
SCP emulator again.

3.3.3 SOP Class selection

User can select the supported SOP Class for Storage SCP emulator before running the
tool. It is a grid view control similar to DVT tool.

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3.3.4 Logging

After the SCP emulator has been started, automatically the log window becomes active
and shows the progress of the emulator operation.

An example of log information is given in the screen capture below:

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3.3.5 Validation results

In case the option Perform validation is enabled in the storage configuration screen, the
validation results window is present after the emulator operation has been stopped.
The validation results of all received DICOM messages and data objects are displayed.

Validation results example:

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3.3.6 Store Files functionality

User can configure/explore the result and data directory for emulator by using this option.
The screen shot is as shown below:

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Validation Results Tab

With the “Browse” button, a directory can be selected for the storage of the result files.
The default result directory will be:
C:\Documents and Settings\ing02479\My Documents\DVTk\Storage SCP
Emulator\Results

With the “Explore” button, Windows explorer is started and shows the contents of the
result directory.

Received DICOM Messages Tab

With the “Browse” button, a directory can be selected for the storage of the received
DICOM images. The default data directory will be:
C:\Documents and Settings\ing02479\My Documents\DVTk\Storage SCP Emulator\
Received DICOM Messages

With the “Explore” button, Windows explorer is started and shows the contents of the
data directory (received DICOM files)

Cleanup of Result and Received DICOM message files

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Various options are provided for storing old result (xml/html) files and DICOM message
(dcm) files when application exits or for previous runs as shown in above screen shot.

Create DICOMDIR

When selecting the menu option “Create DICOMDIR for Received DICOM Messages”,
the emulator will create a DICOMDIR file for all DICOM images that are present in the
configured data directory. All the DICOM files present in the “data directory” (including
all sub-directories) are renamed and moved to a new directory called “DICOM” while the
DICOMDIR file is saved in the “data directory”. All original files will be deleted.

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4 Supported DICOM SOP classes

The DVT Storage SCP emulator supports the Storage SOP classes that are listed in the
table below:

1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.1.1 Computed Radiography Image Storage

1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.1.1.1 Digital X-Ray Image Storage – For
Presentation
1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.1.1.1.1 Digital X-Ray Image Storage – For
Processing
1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.1.1.2 Digital Mammography X-Ray Image
Storage – For Presentation
1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.1.1.2.1 Digital Mammography X-Ray Image
Storage – For Processing
1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.1.1.3 Digital Intra-oral X-Ray Image Storage –
For Presentation
1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.1.1.3.1 Digital Intra-oral X-Ray Image Storage –
For Processing
1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.1.2 CT Image Storage
1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.1.2.1 Enhanced CT Image Storage
1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.1.3 Ultrasound Multi-frame Image Storage
(Retired)
1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.1.3.1 Ultrasound Multi-frame Image Storage
1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.1.4 MR Image Storage
1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.1.4.1 Enhanced MR Image Storage
1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.1.4.2 MR Spectroscopy Storage
1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.1.5 Nuclear Medicine Image Storage
(Retired)
1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.1.6 Ultrasound Image Storage (Retired)
1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.1.6.1 Ultrasound Image Storage
1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.1.7 Secondary Capture Image Storage

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1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.1.7.1 Multi-frame Single Bit Secondary Capture

Image Storage
1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.1.7.2 Multi-frame Grayscale Byte Secondary
Capture Image Storage
1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.1.7.3 Multi-frame Grayscale Word Secondary
Capture Image Storage
1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.1.7.4 Multi-frame True Color Secondary
Capture Image Storage
1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.1.8 Standalone Overlay Storage (Retired)
1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.1.9 Standalone Curve Storage (Retired)
1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.1.9.1.1 12-lead ECG Waveform Storage
1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.1.9.1.2 General ECG Waveform Storage
1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.1.9.1.3 Ambulatory ECG Waveform Storage
1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.1.9.2.1 Hemodynamic Waveform Storage
1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.1.9.3.1 Cardiac Electrophysiology Waveform
Storage
1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.1.9.4.1 Basic Voice Audio Waveform Storage
1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.1.10 Standalone Modality LUT Storage
(Retired)
1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.1.11 Standalone VOI LUT Storage (Retired)
1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.1.11.1 Grayscale Softcopy Presentation State
Storage SOP Class
1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.1.12.1 X-Ray Angiographic Image Storage
1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.1.12.2 X-Ray Radiofluoroscopic Image Storage
1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.1.12.3 X-Ray Angiographic Bi-Plane Image
Storage (Retired)
1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.1.20 Nuclear Medicine Image Storage
1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.1.66 Raw Data Storage
1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.1.66.1 Spatial Registration Storage
1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.1.66.2 Spatial Fiducials Storage
1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.1.77.1 VL Image Storage (Retired)

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1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.1.77.2 VL Multi-frame Image Storage (Retired)

1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.1.77.1.1 VL Endoscopic Image Storage

1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.1.77.1.1.1 Video Endoscopic Image Storage

1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.1.77.1.2 VL Microscopic Image Storage

1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.1.77.1.2.1 Video Microscopic Image Storage
1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.1.77.1.3 VL Slide-Coordinates Microscopic Image
Storage
1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.1.77.1.4 VL Photographic Image Storage
1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.1.77.1.4.1 Video Photographic Image Storage
1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.1.77.1.5.1 Ophthalmic Photography 8 Bit Image
Storage
1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.1.77.1.5.2 Ophthalmic Photography 16 Bit Image
Storage
1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.1.77.1.5.3 Stereometric Relationship Storage
1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.1.88.11 Basic Text SR
1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.1.88.22 Enhanced SR
1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.1.88.33 Comprehensive SR
1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.1.88.50 Mammography CAD SR
1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.1.88.59 Key Object Selection Document
1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.1.88.65 Chest CAD SR
1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.1.104.1 Encapsulated PDF Storage
1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.1.128 Positron Emission Tomography Image
Storage
1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.1.129 Standalone PET Curve Storage (Retired)
1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.1.481.1 RT Image Storage
1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.1.481.2 RT Dose Storage
1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.1.481.3 RT Structure Set Storage
1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.1.481.4 RT Beams Treatment Record Storage
1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.1.481.5 RT Plan Storage

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1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.1.481.6 RT Brachy Treatment Record Storage

1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.1.481.7 RT Treatment Summary Record Storage
1.2.840.10008.1.20.1 Storage Commitment Push model

Table 4-1 supported Storage SOP classes

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5 Supported transfer syntaxes

In the table below, all transfer syntaxes are listed that are supported by the SCP emulator.
The bold printed transfer syntaxes are supported by default, the other transfer syntaxes
can be enabled in the Storage SCP application.

1.2.840.10008.1.2 Implicit VR Little Endian

1.2.840.10008.1.2.1 Explicit VR Little Endian
1.2.840.10008.1.2.2 Explicit VR Big Endian
1.2.840.10008.1.2.4.50 JPEG Baseline (Process 1)
1.2.840.10008.1.2.4.51 JPEG Extended (Process 2 & 4)
1.2.840.10008.1.2.4.52 JPEG Extended (Process 3 & 5)
1.2.840.10008.1.2.4.53 JPEG Spectral Selection, Non-
Hierarchical (Process 6 & 8)
1.2.840.10008.1.2.4.54 JPEG Spectral Selection, Non-
Hierarchical (Process 7 & 9)
1.2.840.10008.1.2.4.55 JPEG Full Progression, Non-
Hierarchical (Process 10 & 12)
1.2.840.10008.1.2.4.56 JPEG Full Progression, Non-
Hierarchical (Process 11 & 13)
1.2.840.10008.1.2.4.57 JPEG Lossless, Non-Hierarchical
(Process 14)
1.2.840.10008.1.2.4.58 JPEG Lossless, Non-Hierarchical
(Process 15)
1.2.840.10008.1.2.4.59 JPEG Extended, Hierarchical
(Process 16 & 18)
1.2.840.10008.1.2.4.60 JPEG Extended, Hierarchical
(Process 17 & 19)
1.2.840.10008.1.2.4.61 JPEG Spectral Selection,
Hierarchical (Process 20 & 22)
1.2.840.10008.1.2.4.62 JPEG Spectral Selection,
Hierarchical (Process 21 & 23)
1.2.840.10008.1.2.4.63 JPEG Full Progression,
Hierarchical (Process 24 & 26)
1.2.840.10008.1.2.4.64 JPEG Full Progression,
Hierarchical (Process 25 & 27)
1.2.840.10008.1.2.4.65 JPEG Lossless, Hierarchical
(Process 28)
1.2.840.10008.1.2.4.66 JPEG Lossless, Hierarchical
(Process 29)
1.2.840.10008.1.2.4.70 JPEG Lossless, Non-Hierarchical,
First-Order Prediction (Process 14)

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1.2.840.10008.1.2.4.80 JPEG-LS Lossless Image

Compression
1.2.840.10008.1.2.4.81 JPEG-LS Lossy (Near-Lossless)
Image Compression
1.2.840.10008.1.2.4.90 JPEG 2000 Image Compression
(Lossless Only)
1.2.840.10008.1.2.4.91 JPEG 2000 Image Compression
1.2.840.10008.1.2.4.92 JPEG 2000 Part 2 Multi-component
Image Compression
1.2.840.10008.1.2.4.93 JPEG 2000 Part 2 Multi-component
Image Compression
1.2.840.10008.1.2.4.94 JPIP Referenced
1.2.840.10008.1.2.4.95 JPIP Referenced Deflate
1.2.840.10008.1.2.4.100 MPEG2 Main Profile
1.2.840.10008.1.2.6.1 RFC 2557 MIME encapsulation
1.2.840.10008.1.2.5 RLE Lossless
1.2.840.10008.1.2.1.99 Deflated Explicit VR Little Endian

Table 5-1: Supported transfer syntaxes

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