Creating DICOM media

 

To write a selection of studies and an viewer to a DICOM-compliant removable media, use the study forwarding feature. Exporting data requires Forward/Export rights.

 

DICOM compliant CD, DVD, DVD-RAM, and USB connected devices, compact flash drives, Multimedia cards and secure digital cards can be created. The format is selected from the Media Type pull-down list on the media setup page, after selecting Create DICOM Media from the Export targets page.

 

To export a single study, do the following:

  1. From the Worklist page, find the study in the worklist.

  2. Click the Export button,  , next to the study you want to transmit.

  3. Check Create DICOM Media and click the Forward button.

  4. Select the media type you want to create.

  5. Select the compression algorithm you want to apply.

  6. Check Add Viewer to include the Viewer.

  7. Check Omit Structured Report objects from DICOMDIR to exclude the report.

  8. In the User For Viewer Profile list, select the user account ID for the viewer profile included on the media.

  9. Click the Continue Button. Wait for the Creating ISO file progress bar to complete.

  10. Follow the instructions on the page to download the packaged files.

To export multiple studies at one time, do the following:

  1. From the Worklist page, filter the worklist so all the studies appear on a single page.

  2. Check the box on the far left of each worklist study to include on the medial.

  3. Click the batch Export button,  .

  4. Follow the directions as above starting at step 3.

Data collected for some media such as a USB connected device is downloaded in a self-extracting ZIP file and can be saved to the media directly. CD, DVD and DVD-RAM media requires the data be put into an ISO file that a commercial CD/DVD-writing application can burn to the media. This application is not provided with the system.

 

When the packaged studies are ready for download, retrieve the studies as follows:

  1. Click the Download and Burn ISO File button.

  2. When the download completes, you are prompted to save the data.

    1. If the media supports a ZIP file, browse to the device with the media and click OK. The data is extracted from the ZIP file and copied to the media.

    2. If the media supports an ISO file, save the file to your disk. Open the file. If your workstation is configured to launch your CD/DVD writing application, it will launch automatically. Otherwise, start your CD/DVD writing application manually and load the saved ISO file.

DICOM media created by eRAD PACS is serialized with a unique identifier. The identifier is logged in the system and includes the user ID and time stamp when it was created. It is also copied to the media in a README file that is electronically signed. To obtain the identifier from the logs, search the Action entries for the export request for the study. Add the Information column to the table. The identifier is the string following “UID:”.