MeDiC software must be installed on a local area network (LAN) and DICOM Nodes must be on the same network, otherwise, they can not communicate with each other.
To edit a MeDiC application, click on the “Edit” icon on the right side of the page.
MeDiC General Settings will be shown.
Click on the “PACS Settings” header on the upper side of the page.
On this page, you can see MeDiC PACS Settings. You can see store location, query locations, send locations, ae title, lan ip, port, server status, upload channels, and number of uploaders. You can also add, edit, delete, and verify nodes. You can edit MeDiC Server Port information by writing in related fields. After the port number is changed, click on the “Save” button to save the changes. Then MeDiC will automatically restart.
MeDiC software must be installed on a local area network and DICOM Nodes must be on the same network, otherwise, they can not communicate with each other.
Adding a DICOM Node
To communicate with other DICOM Compatible modalities (MRI, CT, CR, Ultrasound, etc.), you have to add their properties (AE Title, IP and Port) to each other's configuration.
DICOM requests from unregistered nodes will be rejected by the MeDiC PACS Server. Therefore, every modality that will interact with the MeDiC PACS Server must be added to the Nodes list.
Each DICOM compatible device has interface for adding other DICOM Nodes to their allowed list. As an example, we gave the steps to configure Horos Viewer to work with PostDICOM MeDiC. These steps are given below.
Each DICOM-compatible device has interface for adding other DICOM Nodes to their allowed list. As an example, we gave the steps to configure Horos Viewer to work with PostDICOM MeDiC. These steps are given below.
Go to the Horos->Preferences and look at the Horos AE Title and Port.
Click on Sharing->Listener.
Copy the Horos AE Title, IP address and Port number.
Click on the "Add Node" button.
After clicking the “Add Node” button, you will see the "Add Node" form. the "Add Node" form contains the description, ae title,ip, and port number.
After filling in the necessary information click on the “Add Node” button to add a newly created DICOM node to the Nodes list.
New DICOM node will be added to the Nodes list on the left side of the page.
To reflect the changes, click on the “Save” button on the upper right side of the page. If you close the Settings page without saving, all of the changes will be lost. Make sure that you saved your changes before closing the current window.
To communicate with MeDiC, you have to add MeDiC's AE Title, IP, and Port to the Horos Viewer.
Go to Horos->Preferences and click on Locations.
Click on Add new node.
Fill the values with PostDICOM's MeDiC AE Title, IP Address, Port and name.
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To verify (DICOM Echo) a DICOM Node, select the Node and then, click on the “Verify” button on the right side of the page.
Once you have clicked, you will see a message box indicating whether the verification successful or not.
If DICOM Echo (Verify) fails, you will see a dialog box indicating the problem. At that point, check that the following steps, and make sure they are correct.
MeDiC and DICOM Node must be up and running. Otherwise, they cannot accept DICOM requests.
Check that the DICOM Node's AE Title, IP, and Port are entered into MeDiC correctly.
Check that MeDiC's AE Title, IP, and Port are entered into the DICOM Node's configuration list correctly.
A firewall between MeDiC and DICOM Node is allowed to communicate on the IP and Ports of the MeDiC and DICOM Node.
Editing DICOM Nodes
To edit nodes click on the "Edit Node" button.
You can edit the selected node's description, ae title, IP address, and port number. After making changes click on the "Update Node" button. Make sure to click on the "Save" button to save configuration.
Deleting DICOM Nodes
To delete a DICOM Node, click on the node you want to delete. Then, click on the “Delete Node” icon on the right side of the page. After clicking the "Yes" button node will be deleted.
