Vital Images

Vitrea
DICOM 3.0 Conformance Statement
VLC-5412

COPYRIGHT 1997-99 VITAL IMAGES, INC.

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

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Revision History
REVISION

EFF DATE

AUTHORS

CHANGES FROM PREVIOUS REVISION

7/31/1998

Greg Poole
Mark Rainbow

Initial issue.

3/8/99

Todd Johnson

Changed Vitrea to use the Study Root Query/Retrieve model

(formerly Patient Root).
Added information on the Study Date query key.
Updated the version to Vitrea 1.2.

11/24/99

Todd Johnson

Updated for Vitrea 2.

- Added new keys to Query model.
- Removed C-Get references.

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Table of Contents
1.0 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
1.1 Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
1.2 Abbreviations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
1.3 High Level Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
1.4 References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
2.0 Implementation Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
2.1 Application Data Flow Diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
2.2 Functional Definition of AEs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7
2.3 Sequencing of Real-World Activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8
3.0 AE Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8
3.1 Vitrea AE Specification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8
3.1.1 Association Establishment Policies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8
3.1.1.1 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9
3.1.1.2 Number of Associations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9
3.1.1.3 Implementation Identifying Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9
3.1.2 Association Initiation by Real-World Activity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9
3.1.2.1 Real-World Activities - A, B, C, D, E . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9
3.1.2.1.1 Associated Real-World Activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9
3.1.2.1.2 Proposed Presentation Contexts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10
3.1.2.1.2.1 SOP Specific Conformance to Query/Retrieve Service Class - FIND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11
3.1.2.1.2.2 SOP Specific Conformance to Query/Retrieve Service Class - MOVE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
3.1.2.1.2.3 SOP Specific Conformance to Storage Service Class . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
3.1.3 Association Acceptance Policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
3.1.3.1 Real-World Activity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
3.1.3.1.1 Associated Real-World Activity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
3.1.3.1.2 Presentation Context Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
3.1.3.1.2.1 SOP Specific Conformance to Verification Service Class . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
3.1.3.1.2.2 SOP Specific Conformance to Query/Retrieve Service Class . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
3.1.3.1.2.3 SOP Specific conformance to Storage Service Class . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
3.1.3.1.3 Presentation Context Acceptance Criterion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14
3.1.3.1.4 Transfer Syntax Selection Policies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14
3.2 PrintQueue AE Specification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14
3.2.1 Association Establishment Policies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14
3.2.1.1 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
3.2.1.2 Number of Associations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
3.2.1.3 Implementation Identifying Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
3.2.2 Association Initiation by Real-World Activity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
3.2.2.1 Real-World Activity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
3.2.2.1.1 Associated Real-World Activity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
3.2.2.1.2 Presentation Context Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
3.2.2.1.2.1 SOP Specific Conformance to Basic Grayscale
Print Management Meta SOP Service Class . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16
3.2.2.1.2.1.1 Basic Film Session SOP Class . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16
3.2.2.1.2.1.2 Basic Film Box SOP Class . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17
3.2.2.1.2.1.3 Basic Grayscale Image Box SOP Class . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17
3.2.2.1.2.1.4 Printer SOP Class . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17
3.2.2.1.2.2 SOP Specific Conformance to Basic Color
Print Management Meta SOP Service Class . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18

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3.2.2.1.2.2.1 Basic Film Session SOP Class . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18

3.2.2.1.2.2.2 Basic Film Box SOP Class . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18
3.2.2.1.2.2.3 Basic Color Image Box SOP Class . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18
3.2.2.1.2.2.4 Printer SOP Class . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18
3.2.3 Association Acceptance Policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18
4.0 Communication Profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19
4.1 Supported Communication Stacks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19
4.2 TCP/IP Stack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19
4.3 Physical Media Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19
5.0 Extensions/Specializations/Privatizations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19
6.0 Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19
6.1 AE Title/Presentation Address Mapping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19
6.2 Configurable Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19
7.0 Support of Extended Character Sets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20

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1.0

Introduction

This Conformance Statement specifies the compliance of Vital Images Vitrea product line to the DICOM v3.0 standard.
As described in the DICOM Standard PS 3.2 (Conformance), the purpose of this document is to outline the level of conformance to the DICOM standard and to enumerate the supported DICOM Service Classes, Information Objects, and Communications Protocols supported by this implementation
1.1

Definitions
Volume - A three dimensional object created by stacking a series of images, one on top of the other.
The images are usually placed in the same order as they were acquired from the scanning device
such as an MR or CT scanner. A volume can exist either in computer memory or be stored on disk
as a volume file.
Vitrea workstation - The combination of Vital Images medical imaging software Vitrea and host
computer.

1.2

Abbreviations
AE - DICOM Application Entity
ASCII - American Standard Code for Information Interchange
CT - Computed Tomography
DICOM - Diagnostic Imaging and Communications In Medicine
DIMSE - DICOM Message Service Element
DIMSE-C - DICOM Message Service Element-Composite
DIMSE-N - DICOM Message Service Element-Normalized
HTML - HyperText Markup Language
IOD - DICOM Information Object Definition
MR - Magnetic Resonance
PDU - DICOM Protocol Data Unit
SC - Secondary Capture
SCP - DICOM Service Class Provider
SCU - DICOM Service Class User
SOP - Service / Object Pair
TCP/IP - Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol
UID - Unique Identifier
UIF - User InterFace

1.3

High Level Description

The Vitrea workstation is Vital Images diagnostic visualization product for routine clinical
radiology and surgical planning, which provides interactive 2-D and 3-D viewing of CT and MR
images.
A unique feature, critical to the Vitrea workstations speed and ease of use, is the ability to provide
automated 2-D and 3-D renderings of scanner data, optimized for individual clinical applications.
All visualizations parameters are pre-set for the specific type of clinical exam. This approach

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bypasses the time-consuming approaches inherent in other 3-D rendering techniques. The clinical
applications include assessment of the Circle of Willis, colon, spine, lungs and coronary arteries.
1.4

2.0

References

Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM), NEMA Standards Publications

PS 3.1 - 3.13.

Vitrea Configuration Files, Vital Images, Inc., VLC-5040.

Implementation Model
2.1

Application Data Flow Diagram

Figure 1 depicts the Application Data Flow Diagram. This diagram illustrates the relationships
between the Application Entities (AEs) and the Real-World Activities.

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DICOM Standard
Interface

Request Study,
Series,
Image Info
(A)

Remote
Query/Retrieve
Provider
Display Patient,
Study, Series,
Image Info
(B)

Vitrea
Application
AE
Remote
DICOM
Push

Retrieve
Images
(C)

Images received
and converted
into volume
(D)

Print DICOM
Images

Images
Stored
Remotely
(E)

PrintQueue
daemon
AE

Images
Printed
Remotely

Figure 1. Vitrea Application Data Flow Diagram

2.2

Functional Definition of AEs

The Vitrea Application Entity is responsible for initiating associations with remote DICOM AEs
that provide DICOM Query/Retrieve services. It will also initiate associations with remote DICOM
AEs in order to store exported Secondary Capture images. It will act as the SCU for the C-STORE,
C-FIND, and C-MOVE DIMSE services. By definition, it will also act as the SCP for the CSTORE DIMSE service. The application uses the Study Root Query/Retrieve model. It is also
responsible for accepting associations with remote AEs and acting as a SCP of the C-STORE
DIMSE service when another DICOM AE establishes an association to it.

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The PrintQueue Application Entity is responsible for initiating associations with remote DICOM
AEs that provide DICOM Print Management services. It will act as the SCU of the Basic
Grayscale Print Management and Basic Color Print Management Meta SOP Classes.
These Application Entities, Vitrea and PrintQueue, taken as a group constitute the Vitrea
workstation DICOM support system.
2.3

Sequencing of Real-World Activities

Not applicable.

3.0

AE Specifications
3.1

Vitrea AE Specification
The Vitrea AE provides Standard Conformance to the following DICOM V3.0 SOP Classes as a
SCU:
SOP Class Name

SOP Class UID

Study Root Query/Retrieve Information Model - FIND

1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.2.2.1

Study Root Query/Retrieve Information Model - MOVE

1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.2.2.2

SC Image Storage SOP Class

1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.1.7

The Vitrea AE provides Standard Conformance to the following DICOM V3.0 SOP Classes as a
SCP:
SOP Class Name

SOP Class UID

Verification SOP Class

1.2.840.10008.1.1

CT Image Storage SOP Class

1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.1.2

MR Image Storage SOP Class

1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.1.4

The PrintQueue AE provides Standard Conformance to the following DICOM V3.0 SOP Classes
as a SCU:

SOP Class Name

SOP Class UID

Basic Grayscale Print Management Meta SOP Class

1.2.840.10008.5.1.1.9

Basic Color Print Management Meta SOP Class

1.2.840.10008.5.1.1.18

3.1.1

Association Establishment Policies

3.1.1.1

General

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The Vitrea AE will initiate associations to remote DICOM AEs in order to perform a Query/
Retrieve, and will automatically query all the remote DICOM AEs listed in the configuration.
Vitrea will also initiate associations in order to store exported Secondary Capture images to a
remote DICOM AE. The Vitrea AE will accept associations from remote DICOM AEs in order to
receive DICOM pushes.
The maximum PDU size is configurable, with a minimum of 4K. A typical PDU size that Vitrea
will offer is 100K. Vitrea will always propose the following DICOM Application Context Name:
DICOM 3.0 Application Context Name
3.1.1.2

1.2.840.10008.3.1.1.1

Number of Associations
The Vitrea AE will initiate only one association (in the role of an SCU) at a time while performing
the query, retrieve or storage (export of secondary capture images) services. The number of
associations (in the role of an SCP) the Vitrea AE will accept is only limited by the available
resources on the workstation. The Vitrea AE will spawn a new process to handle each connection
request it receives.

3.1.1.3

Implementation Identifying Information

The Implementation Class UID and Implementation Version Name of Vitrea are:

3.1.2

Implementation Class UID

1.2.840.113747

Implementation Version Name

VI_DICOM_1.2

Association Initiation by Real-World Activity

The Vitrea AE will initiate an association when a user selects the DICOM Servers radio button in
the Study Directory UIF panel, or when the user selects the DICOM Export push button in the
Reports UIF panel.

3.1.2.1

Real-World Activities - A, B, C, D, E

3.1.2.1.1

Associated Real-World Activities

The Real-World Activity (A) is associated with the C-FIND operation. The user selects the DICOM
Servers radio button in the Study Directory UIF which causes the Vitrea AE to perform a study
query of all configured Remote Query/Retrieve Provider DICOM AEs.
The result of Real-World Activity (A) is the Real-World Activity (B), which is the display of study
information in the UIF on the local workstation. If the user further selects a study from the UIF,
another C-FIND, Real-World Activity (A), is performed for each series for each study, and each
image for each series in order to populate the UIF with relevant information.
The Real-World Activity (C) is associated with the C-MOVE operation. Selecting an image series
in the UIF causes a C-MOVE request to be sent to the Remote Query/Retrieve Provider for single
preview image to be sent back to the Vitrea AE. Selecting the Retrieve Series button or double

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clicking on a series in the UIF causes a C-MOVE request to be sent to the Remote Query/Retrieve
Provider for the selected range of images from the series
The Real-World Activity (D) is associated with a C-STORE SCP operation, and is triggered by
either the Real-World Activity (C) or a Remote DICOM Push. This results in the storage of the
received images on the local workstation as DICOM part 10 files and their conversion into a 3-D
volume file for display on the local workstation. Vitrea will issue a failure status if it is unable to
store the images on the disk or convert them into the resulting volume file and log these errors into
an error log.
The Real-World Activity (E) is associated with a C-STORE SCU operation and is triggered by the
user selecting the DICOM Export button on the Reports panel of the Vitrea UIF. This results in a
dialog list being presented to the user allowing the selection of a remote DICOM server. Dismissing
the dialog by pressing Cancel aborts the operation and the user returns to the Reports panel. Selecting a server and pressing OK initiates a storage operation with the selected remote DICOM server.
Each image in the report is exported as a DICOM part 10 file and stored as a Secondary Capture
IOD on the remote server. Any errors are reported to the user via an error dialog and also logged to
the error log file.
3.1.2.1.2

Proposed Presentation Contexts

Presentation Context Table - Proposed
Abstract Syntax

Transfer Syntax
Role

Name

UID

Name

UID

Extended
Negotiation

Study Root
FIND

1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.2.1.1

DICOM Implicit VR 1.2.840.10008.1.2

Little Endian

SCU

None

Study Root
MOVE

1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.2.2.2

DICOM Implicit VR 1.2.840.10008.1.2

Little Endian

SCU

None

CT Image

1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.1.2

DICOM Implicit VR 1.2.840.10008.1.2

Little Endian

SCP

None

MR Image

1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.1.4

DICOM Implicit VR 1.2.840.10008.1.2

Little Endian

SCP

None

SC Image

1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.1.7

DICOM Implicit VR 1.2.840.10008.1.2

Little Endian

SCU

None

3.1.2.1.2.1

SOP Specific Conformance to Query/Retrieve Service Class - FIND

Vitrea conforms to the C-FIND DIMSE service using the Study Root SOP Class Group.
When using the C-FIND DIMSE service, Vitrea will supply a unique key attribute for each level
above the current Query/Retrieve level. Relational search queries and SOP Class Extended negotiations are not supported.

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When the user selects the DICOM Servers radio button in the Real-World Activity (A), the initial
study level query request is done using user-supplied values obtained via a dialog in the UIF. The
user is allowed to modify the Patient Name, Patient ID, Modality and Study Date Range
fields in order to limit the query as the user desires. The default values preloaded into the dialog
and the matching types used by Vitrea are shown in the following table:
Query
Attribute

Default Value

Matching
Type

Patient Name

zero length

Universal,
Wild Card or
Single Value

Patient ID

zero length

Universal,
Wild Card or
Single Value

Modality

zero length

Single Value

Study Date
Range

zero length

Universal or
Range

*All other required query fields use Universal Matching.

One additional query field in the query dialog, DICOM Servers: is not used as a query key for
any DICOM query. Its value is only used internally to limit the DICOM search.
The following table enumerates the DICOM tags which may be used as keys to uniquely indentify
a set of data during Vitreas query activity:
Query Level

Description of Keys Used

Tag

Study

Study Date
Patient Name
Patient ID

(0008,0020)
(0010,0010)
(0010,0020)

Series

Modality
Patient ID
StudyID
Study UID

(0008,0060)
(0010,0020)
(0020,0010)
(0020,000D)

Image

Patient ID
Study UID
Series UID

(0010,0020)
(0020,000D)
(0020,000E)

The following table enumerates the DICOM tags that Vitrea extracts data from during query in
order to populate the UIF for the Study Directory panel:
Description
Patient Name

Tag
(0010,0010)

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Description

Tag

Patient ID

(0010,0020)

Study ID

(0020,0010)

Series Number

(0020,0011)

Study UID

(0020,000D)

Series UID

(0020,000E)

Study Date

(0008,0020)

Series Date

(0008,0021)

Study Time

(0008,0030)

Series Time

(0008,0031)

Modality

(0008,0060)

Study Description

(0008,1030)

Series Description

(0008,103E)

Protocol

(0018,1030)

3.1.2.1.2.2

SOP Specific Conformance to Query/Retrieve Service Class - MOVE

Vitrea conforms to the C-MOVE DIMSE services using the Study Root SOP Class Group.
When using the C-MOVE DIMSE services, Vitrea will supply a unique key attribute for each level
above the current Query/Retrieve level. Relational search queries and SOP Class

3.1.2.1.2.3

SOP Specific Conformance to Storage Service Class

Vitrea conforms to the SOPs of the Storage Service Class at Level 2 (Full). When a successful CSTORE operation is completed, the image has been successfully stored on the remote DICOM AE.
When the C-STORE operation is unsuccessful, the image will not be on the remote server and a
Failed response will be returned. Detailed error messages may be found in the Vitrea error log file.
SOP Class Extended negotiation as defined in PS 3.7 Section D.3.3.5 is not supported.

3.1.3

Association Acceptance Policy

When the Vitrea AE accepts an association, it does so as a result of a C-STORE or C-MOVE
request. It may receive images transmitted on the resulting association and store them on the local
workstation in preparation for creating a 3-D volume.

3.1.3.1

Real-World Activity

3.1.3.1.1

Associated Real-World Activity

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The Real-World Activity associated with the C-STORE and C-MOVE operation is the storage of
the received images on the local workstation as DICOM part 10 files and their conversion into a 3D volume file for display on the local workstation. Vitrea will issue a failure status if it is unable to
store the images on the disk or convert them into the resulting volume file and log these error into
an error log.
3.1.3.1.2

Presentation Context Table

Presentation Context Table - Accepted
Abstract Syntax

Transfer Syntax
Role

Name

UID

Name

UID

Extended
Negotiation

Verification

1.2.840.10008.1.1

DICOM Implicit VR 1.2.840.10008.1.2

Little Endian

SCP

None

CT Image

1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.1.2

DICOM Implicit VR 1.2.840.10008.1.2

Little Endian

SCP,
SCU

See Note

MR Image

1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.1.4

DICOM Implicit VR 1.2.840.10008.1.2

Little Endian

SCP,
SCU

See Note

Note: SCU/SCP Role Negotiation is required due to the support of the C-GET DIMSE Service

3.1.3.1.2.1

SOP Specific Conformance to Verification Service Class

Vitrea provides standard conformance to the DICOM Verification Service Class.

3.1.3.1.2.2

SOP Specific Conformance to Query/Retrieve Service Class

Vitrea conforms to the C-FIND, and C-MOVE DIMSE services using the Study Root SOP Class
Group.
When using the C-FIND or C-MOVE DIMSE service, Vitrea will supply a unique key attribute for
each level above the current Query/Retrieve level. Relational search queries and SOP Class
Extended negotiations are not supported

3.1.3.1.2.3

SOP Specific conformance to Storage Service Class

Vitrea conforms to the SOPs of the Storage Service Class at Level 2 (Full). When a successful CSTORE operation is completed, the image has been successfully stored in a local temporary directory as a DICOM part 10 file in the format specified by PS 3.10.
When the C-STORE operation is unsuccessful, the image will not be in the local patient/study database and a Failed response will be returned. Detailed error messages may be found in the Vitrea
error log file.
SOP Class Extended negotiation as defined in PS 3.7 Section D.3.3.5 is not supported.

3.1.3.1.3

Presentation Context Acceptance Criterion

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The Vitrea AE does not enforce a limit on the number of presentation contexts in an association.
These presentation contexts are specified in Table 2.2.
3.1.3.1.4

Transfer Syntax Selection Policies

The Vitrea AE only supports the Default DICOM Transfer Syntax (DICOM Implicit VR Little
Endian).

3.2

PrintQueue AE Specification
The PrintQueue AE provides Standard Conformance to the following DICOM V3.0 SOP Classes
as a SCU:
SOP Class Name

SOP Class UID

Basic Grayscale Print Management Meta SOP Class

1.2.840.10008.5.1.1.9

Basic Color Print Management Meta SOP Class

1.2.840.10008.5.1.1.18

Basic Film Session SOP

1.2.840.10008.5.1.1.1

Basic Film Box SOP

1.2.840.10008.5.1.1.2

Basic Grayscale Image Box SOP

1.2.840.10008.5.1.1.4

Basic Color Image Box SOP

1.2.840.10008.5.1.1.4.1

Printer SOP

1.2.840.10008.5.1.1.16

3.2.1

Association Establishment Policies

3.2.1.1

General
The PrintQueue AE will initiate associations to remote DICOM AEs in order to print images.
The maximum PDU size is configurable, with a minimum of 4K. A typical PDU size that
PrintQueue will offer is 100K. PrintQueue will always propose the following DICOM Application
Context Name:

DICOM 3.0 Application Context Name

3.2.1.2

1.2.840.10008.3.1.1.1

Number of Associations
The PrintQueue AE will initiate only one association at a time.

3.2.1.3

Implementation Identifying Information

The Implementation Class UID and Implementation Version Name of PrintQueue are:

Implementation Class UID

1.2.840.113747

Implementation Version Name

VI_DICOM_1.2

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3.2.2

Association Initiation by Real-World Activity

When the PrintQueue AE initiates an association, it does so as a result of a print request by the
Vitrea workstation.

3.2.2.1

Real-World Activity

3.2.2.1.1

Associated Real-World Activity

The Real-World Activity associated with the DICOM print operation is the user pressing the
DICOM Print button in the Vitrea workstation report panel. There are two separate presentation
context tables below to signify that the Basic Grayscale and Basic Color Print Management Meta
SOP classes are not proposed together at the time of association negotiation. The choice as to which
presentation context is proposed is determined by a configuration parameter in the Vitrea preferences file.

3.2.2.1.2

Presentation Context Table

Presentation Context Table A - Proposed
Abstract Syntax

Transfer Syntax
Role

Name

UID

Basic
1.2.840.10008.5.1.1.9
Grayscale
Print
Management
Meta SOP

Name

UID

DICOM Implicit VR 1.2.840.10008.1.2

Little Endian

SCU

Extended
Negotiation
None

Presentation Context Table B - Proposed

Abstract Syntax

Transfer Syntax
Role

Name

UID

Basic Color 1.2.840.10008.5.1.1.18

Print
Management
Meta SOP
3.2.2.1.2.1

Name

UID

DICOM Implicit VR 1.2.840.10008.1.2

Little Endian

SCU

Extended
Negotiation
None

SOP Specific Conformance to Basic Grayscale Print Management Meta SOP Service Class
PrintQueue provides standard conformance to the Basic Grayscale Print Management Meta SOP
Class. The Meta SOP Class is defined by the following set of supported SOP Classes:
Basic Film Session SOP Class
Basic Film Box SOP Class
Basic Grayscale Image Box SOP Class

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Printer SOP Class

Note that some attributes in the following tables may have a default value of the empty string. The
contents of these attributes are set by entering appropriate values into the Vitrea DICOM printer
configuration file. This file is provided to allow flexibility in configuring these attributes for the
many available DICOM printers. The values are passed exactly as entered to the DICOM printer. If
a value is specified in PS 3.3 as being an enumerated value, an error is generated if the value
entered does not match one of the values specified for that attribute. If a value is specified in PS 3.3
as being a defined term, it is not considered an error if the entered value does not match any of the
defined terms, and a warning is written into the error log file.
3.2.2.1.2.1.1

Basic Film Session SOP Class

The following DIMSE services are supported:
N-CREATE is sent to the SCP to cause a Basic Film Session SOP instance to be created.
The following film session attributes are supported:

Attribute Tag

Attribute Name

Valid Range

Default Value

(2000,0010)

Number of Copies

1-99

(2000,0020)

Print Priority

HIGH, MED, LOW

LOW

(2000,0030)

Medium Type

PAPER, CLEAR FILM, BLUE FILM None, whatever value is

present in the DICOM printer
configuration file.

(2000,0040)

Film Destination

MAGAZINE, PROCESSOR, BIN_i

None, whatever value is
where i represents a sorter bin where present in the DICOM printer
exposed film is deposited
configuration file.

(2000,0050)

Film Session Label

Any string

Empty string

(2000,0060)

Memory Allocation

Any string

Empty string

3.2.2.1.2.1.2

Basic Film Box SOP Class

The following DIMSE services are supported:
N-CREATE is sent to the SCP to cause a Basic Film Box SOP instance to be created.
N-ACTION is sent to the SCP to initiate printing of the film box.
N-DELETE is sent to the SCP to delete the Basic Film Box SOP instance.
The following film box attributes are supported:

Attribute Tag

Attribute Name

Valid Range

Default Value

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(2010,0010)

Image Display Format

The following predefined formats are None, dynamically generated.

available based on the selected film
layout button in the Vitrea report UIF:
STANDARD\1,1
STANDARD\2,2
STANDARD\3,3
STANDARD\3,4 is generated if the
12-image layout button is selected and
the Film Orientation is Portrait.
STANDARD\4,3 is generated if the
12-image layout button is selected and
the Film Orientation is Landscape.

(2010,0040)

Film Orientation

PORTRAIT, LANDSCAPE

PORTRAIT

(2010,0050)

Film Size ID

8INX10IN
10INX12IN
10INX14IN
11INX14IN
14INX14IN
14INX17IN
24CMX24CM 24CMX30CM

None, whatever value is

present in the DICOM printer
configuration file.

(2010,0060)

Magnification Type

REPLICATE, BILINEAR, CUBIC,

NONE

None, whatever value is

present in the DICOM printer
configuration file.

(2010,0080)

Smoothing Type

Any string

None, whatever value is

present in the DICOM printer
configuration file.

(2010,0100)

Border Density

BLACK, WHITE, i, where i repre- None, whatever value is

sents the desired density in hundredths present in the DICOM printer
of OD.
configuration file.

(2010,0110)

Empty Image Density

BLACK, WHITE, i, where i repre- None, whatever value is

sents the desired density in hundredths present in the DICOM printer
of OD.
configuration file.

(2010,0120)

Minimum Density

Positive integer values

(2010,0130)

Maximum Density

Positive integer values

(2010,0140)

Trim

YES, NO

NO

(2010,0150)

Configuration Information

Any string

Empty string

3.2.2.1.2.1.3

Basic Grayscale Image Box SOP Class

The following DIMSE services are supported:
N-SET is sent to the SCP to set the attributes for the grayscale image to be associated with that
image box.

3.2.2.1.2.1.4

Printer SOP Class

The following DIMSE services are supported:
N-GET is sent to the SCP to request a Printer SOP instance be returned for printer status.

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N-EVENT-REPORT is received asynchronously by Vitrea from the SCP. Vitrea decodes the message and writes the information in the error log file.
3.2.2.1.2.2

SOP Specific Conformance to Basic Color Print Management Meta SOP Service Class
PrintQueue provides standard conformance to the Basic Color Print Management Meta SOP Class.
The Meta SOP Class is defined by the following set of supported SOP Classes:
Basic Film Session SOP Class
Basic Film Box SOP Class
Basic Color Image Box SOP Class
Printer SOP Class

3.2.2.1.2.2.1

Basic Film Session SOP Class

Refer to the Basic Film Session SOP Class for Basic Grayscale Print Management.

3.2.2.1.2.2.2

Basic Film Box SOP Class

Refer to the Basic Film Box SOP Class for Basic Grayscale Print Management.

3.2.2.1.2.2.3

Basic Color Image Box SOP Class

The following DIMSE services are supported:
N-SET is sent to the SCP to set the attributes for the color image to be associated with that image
box.

3.2.2.1.2.2.4

Printer SOP Class

Refer to the Printer SOP Class for Basic Grayscale Print Management.

3.2.3

Association Acceptance Policy

The PrintQueue AE never accepts associations.

4.0

Communication Profiles
4.1

Supported Communication Stacks

Vitrea provides DICOM V3.0 TCP/IP Network Communication Support as defined in PS 3.8.

4.2

TCP/IP Stack
Vitrea inherits its TCP/IP stack from the operating system upon which it executes. The Berkeley
Sockets API is used to access the TCP/IP stack.

4.3

Physical Media Support

Vitrea is indifferent to the physical medium over which TCP/IP executes; it inherits this from the
operating system upon which it executes.

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5.0

Extensions/Specializations/Privatizations

Not applicable.

6.0

Configuration

Vitrea is very configurable. It obtains its DICOM configuration information from ASCII text files whose names and locations are specified via the Vitrea preferences file. There is a DICOM configuration file for the Vitrea application and the
cstore daemon, and a separate configuration file for the PrintQueue daemon. Each AE uses its respective configuration file
to obtain both internal configuration and mapping from AE Title to Presentation Address.
6.1

AE Title/Presentation Address Mapping

The DICOM configuration file has sections that provide a mapping of an AE title to a Presentation
Address. A Presentation Address consists of a host name and TCP/IP port number.
The Vitrea, cstore and PrintQueue AEs, using their respective configuration file, get their local AE
titles from the local_application_entity section of the file, their host name is the name of the
machine in the /etc/hosts file, and their TCP/IP port number from the network section.
The Vitrea and PrintQueue AEs use the remote_application_entity section of their respective
configuration file to obtain the AE title, host name and TCP/IP port number to establish
associations with remote Application Entities.

6.2

Configurable Parameters

PDU size

TCP/IP port number

AE title of Vitrea, cstore daemon, PrintQueue daemon

AE titles which are allowed to connect to Vitrea and push images

AE titles which are available to Vitrea for Query/Retrieve and export

For more detailed information on the DICOM configuration parameters available for Vitrea, see
document VLC-5040, Vitrea Configuration Files, or your Vitrea system administrator.

7.0

Support of Extended Character Sets

Vitrea does not support extended character sets.

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