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Additional Configurations

SPECIAL CASE

Sometimes the interpretation of DICOM data is unequivocal and PMOD may organize the images in an unexpected manner. To solve this situation SPECIAL CASEs can be defined which impose a specific interpretation of data from a certain Manufacturer model and Software version.

To create a new special case select Add new case, specify a name, and then select the appropriate behavior from the Case list. The requested information can be entered manually, but it is easier and safer to select Get from file, browse to the directory where the data resides, and select the appropriate series. PMOD reads the required information from the DICOM attributes and fills it into the Manufacturer, the Manufacturer model and Software version fields. Note that * can be used to indicate applicability for all possible strings, while an empty field requires that information is also empty in the corresponding DICOM field.

Special DICOM Cases

To transfer these definitions between systems there is an Export button for saving the special cases, and Import button for loading them.

The Case selections are listed below with some example systems. However, the need and applicability of these special cases may depend on specific software versions of the originating system.

Note: The DICOM server will use these case definitions when receiving the images and storing them in the database. So if series are not correctly entered into the database, export the data and define a suitable Case using the Get from file facility. Then, delete the database entry, restart the DICOM server, and transfer the series again.

ADVANCED

ADVANCED options allow changing some specific conditions and parameters of the dicom communication. The default settings are illustrated below. Changing these settings means tuning of PMOD to work with systems that are not 100% conformant with Dicom 3.0.

Advanced DICOM Settings

Note the Default Settings button which allows restoring the default state.