AG Mednet Agent DICOM Conformance Statement Version 1.3

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1 AG Mednet Agent DICOM Conformance Statement Version 1.3

2 AG Mednet, Inc. Page 2 CONTENTS 1 INTRODUCTION REVISION HISTORY AUDIENCE REMARKS NETWORKING IMPLEMENTATION MODEL Application Data Flow Functional Definition of AEs Functional Definition of STORAGE-SCU Application Entity Functional Definition of QUERY-RETRIEVE-SCP Application Entity Functional Definition of STORAGE-SCP Application Entity Sequencing of Real-World Activities AE SPECIFICATIONS STORAGE-SCU Application Entity Specification SOP Classes Association Establishment Policies General...10 Application Context Name Number of Associations Asynchronous Nature Implementation Identifying Information Association Initiation Policy Activity Send Images Requested by an External Peer AE Description and Sequencing of Activity SOP Specific Conformance for Verification SOP Class SOP Specific Conformance for Image SOP Classes Association Acceptance Policy QUERY-RETRIEVE-SCP Application Entity Specification SOP Classes Association Policies General Number of Associations Asynchronous Nature Implementation Identifying Information Association Initiation Policy Association Acceptance Policy Activity Handling Query and Retrieval Requests Description and Sequencing of Activity Accepted Presentation Contexts SOP Specific Conformance for Query SOP Classes SOP Specific Conformance for Retrieval SOP Classes STORAGE-SCP Application Entity Specification SOP Classes Association Policies General Number of Associations Asynchronous Nature Association Acceptance Policy Activity Receive Images Description and Sequencing of Activity Accepted Presentation Contexts SOP Specific Conformance for Verification SOP Class...26

3 AG Mednet, Inc. Page SOP Specific Conformance for Storage SOP Classes Network Interfaces PHYSICAL NETWORK INTERFACE Additional Protocols DHCP DNS IPv4 and IPv6 Support CONFIGURATION AE Title/Presentation Address Mapping Local AE Titles Remote AE Title/Presentation Address Mapping Parameters MEDIA INTERCHANGE SUPPORT OF EXTENDED CHARACTER SETS SECURITY SECURITY PROFILES ASSOCIATION LEVEL SECURITY Supported Presentation Contexts...34

4 AG Mednet, Inc. Page 4 CONFORMANCE STATEMENT OVERVIEW The AGMEDNET-AGENT is a self-contained networked computer system used for forwarding diagnostic medical images to remote destinations. It allows external systems to send images for forwarding, retrieve information about such images, and retrieve the images themselves. The system conforms to the DICOM standard to allow the sharing of medical information with other digital imaging systems. Table 1-1: NETWORK SERVICES SOP Classes User of Service (SCU) Provider of Service (SCP) Transfer US Image Storage (Retired) Yes Yes US Image Storage Yes Yes US Multi-frame Storage (Retired) Yes Yes US Multi-frame Storage Yes Yes Computed Radiography Image Storage Yes Yes CT Image Storage Yes Yes MR Image Storage Yes Yes Secondary Capture Image Storage Yes Yes Storage Commitment Storage Commitment Push Model No No Query/Retrieve Patient Root Q/R - FIND No No Patient Root Q/R - MOVE No No Study Root Q/R - FIND No Yes Study Root Q/R - MOVE No Yes Patient Study Only - FIND No No Patient Study Only - MOVE No No NOTE: Relational Queries are not supported either as an SCU or SCP.

5 AG Mednet, Inc. Page 5 1 INTRODUCTION Document Version 1.1 REVISION HISTORY Date Author Description 1.1 June 1, 2007 Michael J Goldner Version for current software revision. 1.2 AUDIENCE This document is intended for hospital staff, health system integrators, software designers or implementers. It is assumed that the reader has a working understanding of DICOM. 1.3 REMARKS DICOM, by itself, does not guarantee interoperability. However, the Conformance Statement facilitates a first-level validation for interoperability between different applications supporting the same DICOM functionality. This Conformance Statement is not intended to replace validation with other DICOM equipment to ensure proper exchange of information intended. The scope of this Conformance Statement is to facilitate communication between the AGMEDNET- AGENT and other DICOM systems. The Conformance Statement should be read and understood in conjunction with the DICOM Standard [DICOM]. However, by itself it is not guaranteed to ensure the desired interoperability and a successful interconnectivity. The user should be aware of the following important issues: The comparison of different Conformance Statements is the first step towards assessing interconnectivity between AGMEDNET-AGENT and other DICOM conformant equipment. AG Mednet, Inc. performs a set of test procedures to validate the desired level of connectivity with other DICOM conformant equipment.

6 AG Mednet, Inc. Page 6 DEFINITIONS, TERMS AND ABBREVIATIONS AE CR CT DICOM IE IOD ISO MR PDU SC SCP SCU SOP TCP/IP UID US VM VR Application Entity Computerized radiography Computerized Tomography Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine Information Entity Information Object Definition International Standards Organization Magnetic Resonance Protocol Data Unit Secondary Capture Service Class Provider Service Class User Service-Object Pair Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol Unique Identifier Ultrasound Value Multiplicity Value Representation

7 AG Mednet, Inc. Page 7 2 NETWORKING 2.1 IMPLEMENTATION MODEL Application Data Flow The division of AGMEDNET-AGENT into the separate DICOM Application Entities represents a somewhat arbitrary partitioning of functionality. For the purpose of this document they are organized in this manner so as to detail their independent logical functionality. By default all of the defined Application Entities have different AE Titles. However, AGMEDNET-AGENT can be configured so that the QUERY-RETRIEVE-SCP AE, STORAGE-SCP AE, and STORAGE-SCU AE share the same Application Entity Title. Figure 2-1: AGMEDNET-AGENT DICOM Data Flow Diagram The Application Entities detailed in the Application Data Flow Diagram are all running on hardware supplied, maintained, and supported by AG Mednet, Inc. The STORAGE-SCU AE can send Composite SOP Instances. It handles requests from the QUERY-RETRIEVE-SCP AE to transmit Images to a specific DICOM destination. The STORAGE-SCU AE functions as a C-STORE SCU. Storage requests may also originate from the AGMEDNET-AGENT user interface (as opposed to a C-MOVE request). All C-STORE functionality is identical regardless of the method. The QUERY-RETRIEVE-SCP AE can handle incoming query and retrieve requests. It can handle external queries for Patient, Study, Series, and Image data, and also handle Image retrieval requests. The QUERY-RETRIEVE-SCP AE handles retrieval requests by issuing a command to the STORAGE-SCU AE to send the requested Images to the destination specified by the Remote AE. The QUERY-RETRIEVE-SCP AE functions as an SCP for C-FIND and C- MOVE requests. The STORAGE-SCP AE can receive incoming DICOM images and add them to the AGMEDNET- AGENT database. It can respond to external Storage and Verification Requests as a Service Class Provider (SCP) for C-STORE and C-ECHO requests. The STORAGE-SCP AE can also handle Storage Commitment Push Model Requests. It can thus be used to query whether the AGMEDNET-AGENT will confirm ownership and responsibility for specific Composite SOP

8 AG Mednet, Inc. Page 8 Instances. The STORAGE-SCP AE currently only supports image type Composite SOP Instances Functional Definition of AEs Functional Definition of STORAGE-SCU Application Entity The STORAGE-SCU AE can be invoked by the QUERY-RETRIEVE-SCP AE to trigger the transfer of specific images to a remote destination AE. The STORAGE-SCU AE must be correctly configured with the host and port number of any external DICOM AE s that are to be C-MOVE retrieval destinations. The Presentation Contexts to use are determined from the headers of the DICOM files to be transferred. Note: The AGMEDNET-AGENT does not permit conversion of any DICOM image objects in the event that the original Presentation Context is not supported by the remote destination AE, nor will it perform any compression or decompression Functional Definition of QUERY-RETRIEVE-SCP Application Entity The QUERY-RETRIEVE-SCP AE waits for another application to connect at the presentation address configured for its Application Entity Title. When another application connects, QUERY-RETRIEVE-SCP AE expects it to be a DICOM application. QUERY-RETRIEVE-SCP AE will accept Associations with Presentation Contexts for SOP Classes of the DICOM Query-Retrieve Service Class, and Verification Service Class. It will handle query and retrieve requests on these Presentation Contexts and respond with data objects with values corresponding to the contents of the AGMEDNET-AGENT database. For C- MOVE requests the destination for the image objects is determined from the Destination AE Title contained in the C-MOVE request. When a retrieval request is received, the QUERY-RETRIEVE-SCP AE issues a command to the STORAGE-SCU AE to send the specified images to the C-MOVE Destination AE Functional Definition of STORAGE-SCP Application Entity The STORAGE-SCP AE waits for another application to connect at the presentation address configured for its Application Entity Title. When another application connects, the STORAGE-SCP AE expects it to be a DICOM application. The STORAGE-SCP AE will accept Associations with Presentation Contexts for SOP Classes of the Verification, Storage, and Storage Commitment Service Classes. Any images received on such Presentation Contexts will be added to the AGMEDNET-AGENT database Sequencing of Real-World Activities The only sequencing constraint that exists across all the AGMEDNET-AGENT Application Entities is the fact that a Composite SOP Instance must be received by the STORAGE-SCP AE before Storage Commitment Push Model or Query-Retrieve Requests related to this SOP Instance can be successfully handled:

9 AG Mednet, Inc. Page 9 Figure 2-2: Sequencing Constraints Note that the only constraint is for the Composite SOP Instance to be received prior to the other events. For example, it is not necessary for the Storage Commitment Push Model Request to be received prior to receiving Query or Retrieval Requests related to the SOP Instance. 2.2 AE SPECIFICATIONS STORAGE-SCU Application Entity Specification SOP Classes The STORAGE-SCU AE provides Standard Conformance to the following DICOM V3.0 SOP Classes: Table 2-1: SOP Classes for STORAGE-SCU AE SOP Class Name SOP Class UID Verification US Image Storage (Retired) US Image Storage US Multi-frame Storage (Retired) US Multi-frame Storage Computed Radiography Image Storage CT Image Storage MR Image Storage

10 AG Mednet, Inc. Page 10 SOP Class Name SOP Class UID Secondary Capture Image Storage By altering the configuration it is possible to support additional or fewer SOP Classes Association Establishment Policies General The STORAGE-SCU AE can only form Associations when requested to do so by the QUERY- RETRIEVE-SCP AE. The STORAGE-SCU AE can only request the opening of an Association. It cannot accept requests to open Associations from external Application Entities. The DICOM standard Application Context Name for DICOM is always proposed: Table 2-2: DICOM Application Context for STORAGE-SCU AE Application Context Name Number of Associations The maximum number of simultaneous Associations is configurable, but is usually limited to a maximum of 10. This configuration largely depends on whether relatively quick response to multiple simultaneous C-MOVE Destination AE s is required or maximum throughput performance is required. If the latter is the case, then no simultaneous Associations are permitted. The STORAGE-SCU AE can initiate simultaneous Associations to a given external C-MOVE Destination AE up to the maximum number configured. There is no separate limit on the maximum number permitted to the same C-MOVE Destination AE. If the first attempt to open an Association fails then the STORAGE-SCU AE will reschedule the task to attempt it again after a configurable time delay. The number of times to reattempt Association establishment is configurable, with the default being ten. Table 2-3: Number of Associations as a SCU for STORAGE-SCU AE Maximum number of simultaneous Associations 10 (Configurable) Asynchronous Nature The STORAGE-SCU AE does not support asynchronous communication (multiple outstanding transactions over a single Association). All Association requests must be completed and acknowledged before a new operation can be initiated. Table 2-4: Asynchronous Nature as a SCU for STORAGE-SCU AE Maximum number of outstanding asynchronous transactions 1 (Not Configurable) Implementation Identifying Information All AGMEDNET-AGENT AE s use the same Implementation Version Name. This Version Name is updated with each new release of the product software, as the different AE versions are never released independently. Table 2-5: DICOM Implementation Class and Version for STORAGE-SCU AE Implementation Class UID Implementation Version Name dcm4che-1.4.5

11 AG Mednet, Inc. Page Association Initiation Policy Activity Send Images Requested by an External Peer AE Description and Sequencing of Activity The STORAGE-SCU AE will initiate a new Association when the QUERY-RETRIEVE-SCP AE invokes the STORAGE-SCU AE to transmit images. The QUERY-RETRIEVE-SCP AE will issue such a command whenever it receives a valid C-MOVE Request. An Association Request is sent to the specified C-MOVE Destination AE and upon successful negotiation of the required Presentation Context the image transfer is started. In all cases an attempt will be made to transmit all the indicated images in a single Association, but this may not always be possible. The Association will be released when all the images have been sent. If an error occurs during transmission over an open Association then the image transfer is halted. The STORAGE-SCU AE will not attempt to independently retry the image export. Figure 2-3: Sequencing of Activity - Send Images Requested by an External Peer AE The following sequencing constraints illustrated in Figure 2-3 apply to the STORAGE-SCU AE: 1. Peer AE requests retrieval of Study, Series, or Images from QUERY-RETRIEVE-SCP AE (C- MOVE-RQ). 2. QUERY-RETRIEVE-SCP AE signals STORAGE-SCU AE to send the image Composite SOP Instances indicated in the C-MOVE-RQ to the C-MOVE Destination AE. 3. STORAGE-SCU AE opens a new Association with the indicated C-MOVE Destination AE. 4. STORAGE-SCU AE sends the indicated Composite SOP Instances. 5. STORAGE-SCU AE closes the Association.

12 AG Mednet, Inc. Page The Verification Service is only supported as a utility function for Service staff. It is used only as a diagnostic tool SOP Specific Conformance for Verification SOP Class Standard conformance is provided to the DICOM Verification Service Class as an SCU. The Verification Service as an SCU is actually only supported as a diagnostic service tool for network communication issues SOP Specific Conformance for Image SOP Classes Composite DICOM SOP Instances are maintained as DICOM Part 10 compliant files in the AGMEDNET- AGENT database. The entire set of tags received with the image will be saved in AGMEDNET-AGENT; this includes all Private and SOP Extended Elements. When a SOP Instance is selected for export from AGMEDNET-AGENT, its content will be exported as it was originally received except for a few possible exceptions. Some of the Patient demographic and Study information Elements whose values can have been altered due to changes administered on AGMEDNET-AGENT or changes to the state of the image data due to compression can be altered when the SOP Instance is exported. The AGMEDNET-AGENT creates files called Service Logs that can be used to monitor their status and diagnose any problems that may arise. If any error occurs during DICOM communication then appropriate messages are always output to these Service Logs. In addition, error messages may be output as alerts to the User Interface in certain cases. The STORAGE-SCU AE will exhibit the following Behavior according to the Status Code value returned in a C-STORE Response from a destination C-STORE SCP: Service Status Table 2-6: STORAGE-SCU AE C-STORE RESPONSE STATUS HANDLING BEHAVIOR Further Meaning Error Code Behavior Success Success 0000 The SCP has successfully stored the exported SOP Instance. A message is sent to the QUERY-RETRIEVE-SCP AE indicating successful export. The QUERY-RETRIEVE-SCP AE will send the appropriate PENDING or SUCCESS Status in the C-MOVE Response. Success indication message is output to the Service Logs. No message is posted to the User Interface. Refused Error Error Out of Resources Data Set does not match SOP Class Cannot Understand A700 A7FF A900 A9FF C000 - CFFF This is treated as a permanent Failure. A message is sent to the QUERY-RETRIEVE-SCP AE indicating an export failure and the Association is released. The QUERY-RETRIEVE- SCP AE will send an appropriate Status in the C-MOVE Response. Error indication message is output to the Service Logs. No message is posted to the User Interface. This is treated as a permanent Failure. A message is sent to the QUERY-RETRIEVE-SCP AE indicating an export failure and the Association is released. The QUERY-RETRIEVE- SCP AE will send an appropriate Status in the C-MOVE Response. Error indication message is output to the Service Logs. No message is posted to the User Interface. This is treated as a permanent Failure. A message is sent to the QUERY-RETRIEVE-SCP AE indicating an export failure and the Association is released. The QUERY-RETRIEVE- SCP AE will send an appropriate Status in the C-MOVE

13 AG Mednet, Inc. Page 13 Service Status Further Meaning Error Code Behavior Response. Error indication message is output to the Service Logs. No message is posted to the User Interface. Warning Coercion of Data Elements B000 Image transmission is considered successful. A message is sent to the QUERY-RETRIEVE-SCP AE indicating successful export. The QUERY-RETRIEVE-SCP AE will send the appropriate PENDING or SUCCESS Status in the C-MOVE Response. Warning indication message is output to the Service Logs. No message is posted to the User Interface. Warning Elements Discarded B006 Image transmission is considered successful. A message is sent to the QUERY-RETRIEVE-SCP AE indicating successful export. The QUERY-RETRIEVE-SCP AE will send the appropriate PENDING or SUCCESS Status in the C-MOVE Response. Warning indication message is output to the Service Logs. No message is posted to the User Interface. Warning Data Set does not match SOP Class B007 Image transmission is considered successful. A message is sent to the QUERY-RETRIEVE-SCP AE indicating successful export. The QUERY-RETRIEVE-SCP AE will send the appropriate PENDING or SUCCESS Status in the C-MOVE Response. Warning indication message is output to the Service Logs. No message is posted to the User Interface. All Status Codes indicating an error or refusal are treated as a permanent failure. The STORAGE-SCU AE never automatically resends images when an error Status Code is returned in a C-STORE Response. For specific behavior regarding Status Code values returned in C-MOVE Responses, refer to the Services Supported as an SCP by the QUERY-RETRIEVE-SCP AE. Table 2-7: STORAGE-SCU AE COMMUNICATION FAILURE BEHAVIOR Exception Timeout expiry for an expected DICOM Message Response (DIMSE level timeout). Timeout expiry for an expected DICOM PDU or TCP/IP packet (Low-level timeout). Association A-ABORTed by the SCP or the network layers indicate communication loss (i.e. low-level Behavior The Association is aborted using a DICOM A-ABORT and a message is sent to the QUERY-RETRIEVE-SCP AE indicating an export failure. The QUERY-RETRIEVE-SCP AE will send an appropriate Status in the C-MOVE Response. Error indication message is output to the Service Logs. No message is posted to the User Interface. The Association is aborted using a DICOM A-ABORT and a message is sent to the QUERY-RETRIEVE-SCP AE indicating an export failure. The QUERY-RETRIEVE-SCP AE will send an appropriate Status in the C-MOVE Response. Error indication message is output to the Service Logs. No message is posted to the User Interface. A message is sent to the QUERY-RETRIEVE-SCP AE indicating an export failure. The QUERY-RETRIEVE-SCP AE will send an appropriate Status in the C-MOVE

14 AG Mednet, Inc. Page 14 Exception TCP/IP socket closure) Behavior Response. Error indication message is output to the Service Logs. No message is posted to the User Interface Association Acceptance Policy The STORAGE-SCU AE does not accept Associations QUERY-RETRIEVE-SCP Application Entity Specification SOP Classes The QUERY-RETRIEVE-SCP AE provides Standard Conformance to the following DICOM V3.0 SOP Classes: Table 2-8: SOP CLASSES FOR QUERY-RETRIEVE-SCP AE SOP Class Name SOP Class UID Patient Root Q/R Information Model - FIND Patient Root Q/R Information Model - MOVE Study Root Q/R Information Model - FIND Study Root Q/R Information Model - MOVE Patient Study Only Information Model - FIND Patient Study Only Information Model - MOVE Note that support for Image Level attributes in the AGMEDNET-AGENT database is configurable. If not enabled then Image Level queries cannot be supported so only the Patient Study Only Information Model SOP Classes will be supported and accepted Association Policies General The QUERY-RETRIEVE-SCP AE will never initiate Associations; it only accepts Association Requests from external DICOM AEs. The QUERY-RETRIEVE-SCP AE will accept Associations for Verification, C- FIND, and C-MOVE requests. In the case of a C-MOVE request, the QUERY-RETRIEVE-SCP AE will issue a command to the STORAGE-SCU AE to initiate an Association with the Destination DICOM AE to send images as specified by the originator of the C-MOVE Request. The DICOM standard Application Context Name for DICOM 3.0 is always accepted: Table 2-9: DICOM APPLICATION CONTEXT FOR QUERY-RETRIEVE-SCP AE Application Context Name Number of Associations The QUERY-RETRIEVE-SCP AE can support multiple simultaneous Associations. Each time the QUERY-RETRIEVE-SCP AE receives an Association, a child process will be spawned to process the Verification, Query, or Retrieval request. The maximum number of child processes, and thus the maximum number of simultaneous Associations that can be processed, is set by configuration. The default maximum is 10 in total. The maximum number of simultaneous Associations can be either an absolute number or a maximum number for each requesting external Application Entity. The latter flexibility can be useful if communication with one external AE is unreliable and one does not wish hung connections with this AE to prevent Associations with other client AEs.

15 AG Mednet, Inc. Page 15 Table 2-10: NUMBER OF SIMULTANEOUS ASSOCIATIONS AS A SCP FOR QUERY-RETRIEVE- SCP AE Maximum number of simultaneous Associations 10 (Configurable) Asynchronous Nature The QUERY-RETRIEVE-SCP AE does not support asynchronous communication (multiple outstanding transactions over a single Association). All Association requests must be completed and acknowledged before a new operation can be initiated. Table 2-11: ASYNCHRONOUS NATURE AS A SCP FOR QUERY-RETRIEVE-SCP AE Maximum number of outstanding asynchronous transactions 1 (Not Configurable) Implementation Identifying Information The implementation information for the Application Entity is: Table 2-12: DICOM IMPLEMENTATION CLASS AND VERSION FOR QUERY-RETRIEVE-SCP AE Implementation Class UID Implementation Version Name dcm4che Note that the STORAGE-SCU AE, and QUERY-RETRIEVE-SCP AE use the same Implementation Class UID. All AGMEDNET-AGENT AE s use the same Implementation Version Name. This Version Name is updated with each new release of the underlying DICOM libraries, as the different AE versions are never released independently Association Initiation Policy The QUERY-RETRIEVE-SCP AE does not initiate Associations Association Acceptance Policy Activity Handling Query and Retrieval Requests Description and Sequencing of Activity The QUERY-RETRIEVE-SCP AE accepts Associations only if they have valid Presentation Contexts. If none of the requested Presentation Contexts are accepted then the Association Request itself is rejected. It can be configured to only accept Associations with certain hosts (using TCP/IP address) and/or Application Entity Titles. If QUERY-RETRIEVE-SCP AE receives a query (C-FIND) request then the response(s) will be sent over the same Association used to send the C-FIND-Request. If QUERY-RETRIEVE-SCP AE receives a retrieval (C-MOVE) request then the responses will be sent over the same Association used to send the C-MOVE-Request. The QUERY-RETRIEVE-SCP AE will notify the STORAGE-SCU to send the requested SOP Instances to the C-MOVE Destination. The STORAGE-SCU AE notifies the QUERY-RETRIEVE-SCP AE of the success or failure of each attempt to send a Composite SOP Instance to the peer C-MOVE Destination AE. The QUERY-RETRIEVE-SCP AE then sends a C-MOVE Response indicating this status after each attempt. Once the STORAGE-SCU AE has finished attempting to transfer all the requested SOP Instances, the QUERY-RETRIEVE-SCP AE sends a final C-MOVE Response indicating the overall status of the attempted retrieval.

16 AG Mednet, Inc. Page 16 Figure 2-4: Sequencing of Activity - Handling Query and Retrieval Requests The following sequencing constraints illustrated in Figure 2.4 apply to the QUERY-RETRIEVE-SCP AE for handling queries (C-FIND-Requests): 1. Peer AE opens an Association with the QUERY-RETRIEVE-SCP AE. 2. Peer AE sends a C-FIND-RQ Message 3. QUERY-RETRIEVE-SCP AE returns a C-FIND-RSP Message to the peer AE with matching information. A C-FIND-RSP is sent for each entity matching the identifier specified in the C- FIND-RQ. A final C-FIND-RSP is sent indicating that the matching is complete. 4. Peer AE closes the Association. Note that the peer AE does not have to close the Association immediately. Further C-FIND or C-MOVE Requests can be sent over the Association before it is closed. The following sequencing constraints illustrated in Figure 2-4: Sequencing of Activity - Handling Query and Retrieval Requests apply to the QUERY-RETRIEVE-SCP AE for handling retrievals (C-MOVE- Requests): 1. Peer AE opens an Association with the QUERY-RETRIEVE-SCP AE. 2. Peer AE sends a C-MOVE-RQ Message

17 AG Mednet, Inc. Page QUERY-RETRIEVE-SCP AE notifies the STORAGE-SCU AE to send the Composite SOP Instances to the peer C-MOVE Destination AE as indicated in the C-MOVE-RQ. 4. After attempting to send a SOP Instance, the STORAGE-SCU AE indicates to the QUERY- RETRIEVE-SCP AE whether the transfer succeeded or failed. The QUERY-RETRIEVE-SCP AE then returns a C-MOVE-RSP indicating this success or failure. 5. Once the STORAGE-SCU AE has completed all attempts to transfer the SOP Instances to the C- MOVE Destination AE, or the first failure occurred, the QUERY-RETRIEVE-SCP AE sends a final C-MOVE-RSP indicating the overall success or failure of the retrieval. 6. Peer AE closes the Association. Note that the peer AE does not have to close the Association immediately. Further C-FIND or C-MOVE Requests can be sent over the Association before it is closed. a. The QUERY-RETRIEVE-SCP AE may reject Association attempts as shown in the table below. The Result, Source and Reason/Diagnostics columns represent the values returned in the corresponding fields of an ASSOCIATE-RJ PDU. Table 2-13: ASSOCIATION REJECTION REASONS Result Reason/Diagnostics Explanation 2 rejected-transient 2 local-limit-exceeded The (configurable) maximum number of simultaneous Associations has been reached. An Association request with the same parameters may succeed at a later time. 2 rejected-transient 1 temporary-congestion No Associations can be accepted at this time due to the real-time requirements of higher priority activities (e.g. during image acquisition no Associations will be accepted) or because insufficient resources are available (e.g. memory, processes, threads). An Association request with the same parameters may succeed at a later time. 1 rejected-permanent 2 application-context-namenot-supported 1 rejected-permanent 7 called-ae-title-notrecognized 1 rejected-permanent 3 calling-ae-title-notrecognized The Association request contained an unsupported Application Context Name. An association request with the same parameters will not succeed at a later time. The Association request contained an unrecognized Called AE Title. An Association request with the same parameters will not succeed at a later time unless configuration changes are made. This rejection reason normally occurs when the Association initiator is incorrectly configured and attempts to address the Association acceptor using the wrong AE Title. The Association request contained an unrecognized Calling AE Title. An Association request with the same parameters will not succeed at a later

18 AG Mednet, Inc. Page 18 Result Reason/Diagnostics Explanation time unless configuration changes are made. This rejection reason normally occurs when the Association acceptor has not been configured to recognize the AE Title of the Association initiator. 1 rejected-permanent 1 no-reason-given The Association request could not be parsed. An Association request with the same format will not succeed at a later time Accepted Presentation Contexts QUERY-RETRIEVE-SCP AE will accept Presentation Contexts as shown in the following table: Table 2-14: ACCEPTED PRESENTATION CONTEXTS BY THE QUERY-RETRIEVE-SCP AE Abstract Syntax Presentation Context Table Transfer Syntax Name UID Name UID Verification DICOM Implicit VR Little Endian Study Root Q/R Information Model - FIND Study Root Q/R Information Model - MOVE DICOM Implicit VR Little Endian DICOM Implicit VR Little Endian Role Ext. Neg SCP None SCP None SCP None SOP Specific Conformance for Query SOP Classes The QUERY-RETRIEVE-SCP AE supports hierarchical queries and not relational queries. There are no attributes always returned by default. Only those attributes requested in the query identifier are returned. Query responses always return values from the AGMEDNET-AGENT database. Study Root Information Model All the required search keys on each of the three levels (Study, Series, and Image) are supported. If no partial values are specified for Study attributes then either the Patient ID (0010,0020) key or the Patient s Name (0010,0010) must have at least a partial value specified. Table 2-15: STUDY ROOT C-FIND SCP SUPPORTED ELEMENTS Study Level Patient's Name Patient ID Patient's Birth Date Patient's Sex Study Date Study Time Accession Number Study ID Level Name Attribute Name Tag VR Types of Matching 0010, , , , , , , ,0010 PN LO DA CS DA TM SH SH S,*,U S,*,U S,U S,U S,R,U R,U S,*,U S,*,U

19 AG Mednet, Inc. Page 19 Level Name Attribute Name Study Instance UID Referring Physician's Name Modalities In Study Series Level Modality Series Number Series Instance UID Body Part Examined Image Level Instance Number SOP Instance UID Tag VR Types of Matching 0020,000D 0008, , , , ,000E 0018, , ,0018 UI PN CS CS IS UI CS IS UI S,U,L S,*,U S,*,U S,U S,*,U S,U,L S,*,U S,*,U S,U,L

20 AG Mednet, Inc. Page 20 The tables should be read as follows: Attribute Name: Tag: VR: Types of Matching: Attributes supported for returned C-FIND Responses. Appropriate DICOM tag for this attribute. Appropriate DICOM VR for this attribute. The types of Matching supported by the C-FIND SCP. A "S" indicates the identifier attribute can specify Single Value Matching, a R will indicate Range Matching, a * will denote wildcard matching, an U will indicate universal matching, and L will indicate that UID lists are supported for matching. NONE indicates that no matching is supported, but that values for this Element in the database can be returned. Table 2-16: QUERY-RETRIEVE-SCP AE C-FIND RESPONSE STATUS RETURN BEHAVIOR Service Status Further Meaning Error Code Behavior Success Success 0000 Matching is complete. No final identifier is supplied. Refused Failed Warning Pending Out of Resources Identifier does not match SOP Class Unable to process Suboperations Complete One or more Failures Optional Keys were not supported. A700 A900 C001 System reached the limit in disk space or memory usage. Error message is output to as an alert to the User Interface, and to the Service Log. The C-FIND query identifier contains invalid Elements or values, or is missing mandatory Elements or values for the specified SOP Class. Error message is output to the Service Log. The C-FIND query identifier is valid for the specified SOP Class but cannot be used to query the database. For example, this can occur if a Patient Level query is issued but the identifier has only empty values for both the Patient ID and the Patient Name. Error message is output to the Service Log. B000 The C-FIND encountered at least one failure (usually a C- MOVE operation). Other C-MOVE operations were successful. FF01 Indicates that the search for further matches is continuing. This is returned when each successful match is returned and when further matches are forthcoming. This status code is returned if there are Optional keys in the query identifier that are not supported SOP Specific Conformance for Retrieval SOP Classes The QUERY-RETRIEVE-SCP AE will convey to the STORAGE-SCU AE that an Association with a DICOM Application Entity named by the external C-MOVE SCU (through a MOVE Destination AE Title) should be established. It will also convey to the STORAGE-SCU AE to perform C-STORE operations on specific images requested by the external C-MOVE SCU. One or more of the Image Storage Presentation Contexts listed in table A will be negotiated. The QUERY-RETRIEVE-SCP AE can support lists of UIDs in the C-MOVE Request at the Study, Series, and Image Levels. The list of UIDs must be at the Level of the C-MOVE Request however. For example, if the C-MOVE Request is for Series Level retrieval but the identifier contains a list of Study UIDs then the

21 AG Mednet, Inc. Page 21 C-MOVE Request will be rejected, and the A900 Failed Status Code will be returned in the C-MOVE Response. An initial C-MOVE Response is always sent after confirming that the C-MOVE Request itself can be processed. After this, the QUERY-RETRIEVE-SCP AE will return a response to the C-MOVE SCU after the STORAGE-SCU AE has attempted to send each image. This response reports the number of remaining SOP Instances to transfer, and the number transferred having a successful, failed, or warning status. If the Composite SOP Instances must be retrieved from long-term archive prior to export there may be quite a long delay between the first C-MOVE Response and the next one after the attempt to export the first image. The maximum length of time for this delay will depend on the particular type of archive used but typically varies between 3 and 10 minutes. Table 2-17: QUERY-RETRIEVE-SCP AE C-MOVE RESPONSE STATUS RETURN BEHAVIOR Service Status Success Refused Further Meaning Suboperations complete No Failures Out of Resources Unable to calculate number of matches Error Code Behavior 0000 All the Composite SOP Instances have been successfully sent to the C-MOVE Destination AE. A701 Number of matches cannot be determined due to system failure. Returned if the server s database is not functioning so the search for matches to the C-MOVE Request cannot be found. Error message is output as an alert on the User Interface, and to the Service Log. Out of Resources Unable to perform suboperations A702 C-STORE sub-operations cannot be performed due to failure to access Composite SOP Instances in archive, or failure of a C-STORE Request. For example, this Status will be returned if the required SOP Instances are determined to be off-line (i.e. the MO media has been removed from the archive jukebox). Error message is output as an alert on the User Interface, and to the Service Log. Move destination unknown A801 The Destination Application Entity named in the C-MOVE Request is unknown to Query-Retrieve SCP AE. Error message is output to the Service Log. Failed Identifier does not match SOP Class A900 The C-MOVE identifier contains invalid Elements or values, or is missing mandatory Elements or values for the specified SOP Class or retrieval level. Error message is output to the Service Log. Note that the Warning Status, B000 (Sub-operations complete One or more Failures) is never returned. If a failure occurs during export to the C-MOVE Destination AE by the STORAGE-SCU AE then the entire task is aborted. Thus any remaining matches are not exported. Table 2-18: QUERY-RETRIEVE-SCP AE COMMUNICATION FAILURE BEHAVIOR Exception Timeout expiry for an expected DICOM Message Request (DIMSE level timeout). I.e. The QUERY-RETRIEVE- Behavior The Association is aborted by issuing a DICOM A-ABORT. Error message is output to the Service Log. If the STORAGE-SCU AE is still exporting Composite SOP

22 AG Mednet, Inc. Page 22 SCP AE is waiting for the next C-FIND or C-MOVE Request on an open Association but the timer expires. Timeout expiry for an expected DICOM PDU or TCP/IP packet (Low-level timeout). I.e. The QUERY-RETRIEVE- SCP AE is waiting for the next message PDU but the timer expires. Association aborted by the SCU or the network layers indicate communication loss (i.e. low-level TCP/IP socket closure) Instances as a result of an earlier C-MOVE Request received on this Association, it will continue attempting to complete the entire C-MOVE Request. The Association is aborted by issuing a DICOM A-ABORT. Error message is output to the Service Log. If the STORAGE-SCU AE is still exporting Composite SOP Instances as a result of an earlier C-MOVE Request received on this Association, it will continue attempting to complete the entire C-MOVE Request. Error message is output to the Service Log. If the STORAGE-SCU AE is still exporting Composite SOP Instances as a result of an earlier C-MOVE Request received on this Association, it will continue attempting to complete the entire C-MOVE Request STORAGE-SCP Application Entity Specification SOP Classes The STORAGE-SCP AE provides Standard Conformance to the following DICOM V3.0 SOP Classes: Table 2-19: SOP CLASSES FOR STORAGE-SCP AE SOP Class Name SOP Class UID Verification Storage Commitment Push Model US Image Storage (Retired) US Image Storage US Multi-frame Storage (Retired) US Multi-frame Storage Computed Radiography Image Storage CT Image Storage MR Image Storage Secondary Capture Image Storage These are the default SOP Classes supported. By altering the configuration it is possible to support additional or fewer SOP Classes Association Policies General The STORAGE-SCP AE will accept Association Requests for the Verification and Storage Services. The DICOM standard Application Context Name for DICOM 3.0 is always accepted and proposed: Table 2-20: DICOM APPLICATION CONTEXT FOR STORAGE-SCP AE Application Context Name

23 AG Mednet, Inc. Page Number of Associations The STORAGE-SCP AE can support multiple simultaneous Associations requested by peer AEs. Each time the STORAGE-SCP AE receives an Association, a child process will be spawned to process the Verification or Storage requests. The maximum number of child processes, and thus the maximum number of simultaneous Associations that can be processed, is set by configuration. The default maximum number is 10 in total. This maximum number of simultaneous Associations can be either an absolute number or a maximum number for each requesting external Application Entity. The latter flexibility can be useful if communication with one external AE is unreliable and one does not wish hung connections with this AE to prevent Associations with other client AEs. Table 2-21: NUMBER OF SIMULTANEOUS ASSOCIATIONS AS AN SCP FOR STORAGE-SCP AE Maximum number of simultaneous Associations requested by peer AEs Maximum number of simultaneous Associations proposed by STORAGE-SCP AE 10 (Configurable) 10 (Configurable) Asynchronous Nature The STORAGE-SCP AE does not support asynchronous communication (multiple outstanding transactions over a single Association). Table 2-22: ASYNCHRONOUS NATURE AS A SCP FOR STORAGE-SCP AE Maximum number of outstanding asynchronous transactions 1 (Not Configurable) Implementation Identifying Information The implementation information for this Application Entity is: Table 2-23: DICOM IMPLEMENTATION CLASS AND VERSION FOR STORAGE-SCP AE Implementation Class UID Implementation Version Name dcm4che Note that the STORAGE-SCP AE specifies a different Implementation Class UID than that used by the other Application Entities. All AGMEDNET-AGENT AEs use the same Implementation Version Name. This Version Name is updated with each new release of the product software, as the different AE versions are never released independently Association Acceptance Policy Activity Receive Images Description and Sequencing of Activity The STORAGE-SCP AE accepts Associations only if they have valid Presentation Contexts. If none of the requested Presentation Contexts are accepted then the Association Request itself is rejected. It can be configured to only accept Associations with certain hosts (using TCP/IP address) and/or Application Entity Titles.

24 AG Mednet, Inc. Page 24 Figure 2-5: Sequencing of Activity Receive Images The following sequencing constraints illustrated in Figure 2-5: Sequencing of Activity apply to the STORAGE-SCP AE for handling Storage Commitment Push Model Requests over the original Association: 1. Peer AE opens an Association with the STORAGE-SCP AE. 2. Peer AE sends zero or more Composite SOP Instances. 3. STORAGE-SCP AE sends Storage Commitment Push Model Notification request (N-EVENT- REPORT-RQ) and successfully receives Notification response (N-EVENT-REPORT-RSP) from peer AE. 4. Peer AE closes the Association. a. The STORAGE-SCP AE may reject Association attempts as shown in the Table below. The Result, Source and Reason/Diag columns represent the values returned in the corresponding fields of an ASSOCIATE-RJ PDU (see PS 3.8, Section 9.3.4).

25 AG Mednet, Inc. Page 25 Table 2-24: ASSOCIATION REJECTION REASONS Result Reason/Diag Explanation 2 rejected-transient 2 local-limit-exceeded The (configurable) maximum number of simultaneous Associations has been reached. An Association request with the same parameters may succeed at a later time. 2 rejected-transient 1 temporary-congestion No Associations can be accepted at this time due to the real-time requirements of higher priority activities (e.g. during image acquisition no Associations will be accepted) or because insufficient resources are available (e.g. memory, processes, threads). An Association request with the same parameters may succeed at a later time. 1 rejected-permanent 2 application-contextname-not-supported 1 rejected-permanent 7 called-ae-title-notrecognized 1 rejected-permanent 3 calling-ae-title-notrecognized The Association request contained an unsupported Application Context Name. An association request with the same parameters will not succeed at a later time. The Association request contained an unrecognized Called AE Title. An Association request with the same parameters will not succeed at a later time unless configuration changes are made. This rejection reason normally occurs when the Association initiator is incorrectly configured and attempts to address the Association acceptor using the wrong AE Title. The Association request contained an unrecognized Calling AE Title. An Association request with the same parameters will not succeed at a later time unless configuration changes are made. This rejection reason normally occurs when the Association acceptor has not been configured to recognize the AE Title of the Association initiator. 1 rejected-permanent 1 no-reason-given The Association request could not be parsed. An Association request with the same format will not succeed at a later time Accepted Presentation Contexts The default Behavior of the STORAGE-SCP AE supports the Implicit VR Little Endian and Explicit VR Little Endian Transfer Syntaxes for all Associations. In addition, explicit JPEG (baseline lossy) compression syntax is supported for the following SOP Classes: US Image, US Multi-frame Image, US Image (retired), US Multi-frame Image (retired), VL Image, VL Multi-frame and Secondary Capture Image Storage. The STORAGE-SCP AE can be configured to accept a subset of these Transfer Syntaxes, with the inclusion of Implicit VR Little Endian being mandatory. If multiple Transfer Syntaxes are proposed per Presentation Context then only the most preferable Transfer Syntax is accepted. The order of Transfer Syntax preference for the STORAGE-SCP AE is configurable. The default preference order if multiple Transfer Syntaxes are proposed in a single Presentation Context is: JPEG Baseline1, Little Endian Explicit, Little Endian Implicit (if all these are proposed for a single Presentation Context). This means that if the Implicit VR Little Endian and Explicit

26 AG Mednet, Inc. Page 26 VR Little Endian Transfer Syntaxes are proposed in a single Presentation Context then the accepted Transfer Syntax will be Explicit VR Little Endian. This order of preference is configurable. Any of the Presentation Contexts shown in Section 7 are acceptable to the STORAGE-SCP AE for receiving images SOP Specific Conformance for Verification SOP Class The STORAGE-SCP AE provides standard conformance to the Verification SOP Class as an SCP SOP Specific Conformance for Storage SOP Classes The associated Activity with the Storage service is the storage of medical image data received over the network on a designated hard disk. The STORAGE-SCP AE will return a failure status if it is unable to store the images on to the hard disk. The STORAGE-SCP AE does not have any dependencies on the number of Associations used to send images to it. Images belonging to more than one Study or Series can be sent over a single or multiple Associations. Images belonging to a single Study or Series can also be sent over different Associations. There is no limit on either the number of SOP Instances or the maximum amount of total SOP Instance data that can be transferred over a single Association. The STORAGE-SCP AE is configured to retain the original DICOM data in DICOM Part 10 compliant file format. The STORAGE-SCP AE is Level 2 (Full) conformant as a Storage SCP. In addition, all Private and SOP Class Extended Elements are maintained in the DICOM format files. In addition to saving all Elements in files, a subset of the Elements are stored in the AGMEDNET-AGENT database to support query and retrieval. Refer to the Annex for the list of Elements that are checked and/or processed upon receiving a Composite SOP Instance. The Behavior for handling duplicate SOP Instances is to hide the original SOP Instance (effectively retaining an archival version ) and storing the new (duplicate) SOP Instance as the available instance. The actual performance will depend greatly on the performance of the C-STORE SCU, the number of simultaneous active Associations, and the underlying network performance. Service Status Table 2-25: STORAGE-SCP AE C-STORE RESPONSE STATUS RETURN REASONS Further Meaning Error Code Reason Success Success 0000 The Composite SOP Instance was successfully received, verified, and stored in the system database. Refused Error Out of Resources Data Set does not match SOP Class Cannot understand A700 A900 C000 Indicates that there was not enough disk space to store the image. Error message is output to the Service Log. The SOP Instance will not be saved. Indicates that the Data Set does not encode a valid instance of the SOP Class specified. This status is returned if the DICOM Object stream can be successfully parsed but does not contain values for one or more mandatory Elements of the SOP Class. The STORAGE-SCP AE does not perform a comprehensive check, as it only checks a subset of required Elements. In addition, if the SOP Class is for a type of image but the SOP Instance does not contain values necessary for its display then this status is returned. Error message is output to the Service Log. The system can be configured to temporarily save such Data Sets in order to aid problem Indicates diagnosis. that the STORAGE-SCP AE cannot parse the Data Set into Elements.