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Table of Contents
1 Introduction................................................................................................................ 1
1.1 References .......................................................................................................................................1
1.2 Definitions........................................................................................................................................1
1.3 Acronyms, Abbreviations and Symbols ........................................................................................2
3 AE Specifications ...................................................................................................... 6
3.1 Export Specification........................................................................................................................6
3.1.1 Export Association Establishment Policies...................................................................................6
3.1.2 Export Association Initiation by Real-World Activity .....................................................................7
3.1.3 Export Association Acceptance Policy .......................................................................................10
3.2 Import Specification ......................................................................................................................11
3.2.1 Import Association Establishment Policies .................................................................................11
3.2.2 Import Association Initiation by Real-World Activity ...................................................................11
3.2.3 Import Association Acceptance Policy........................................................................................12
4 Communication Profiles.......................................................................................... 20
4.1 Supported Communication Stacks ..............................................................................................20
4.2 OSI Stack........................................................................................................................................20
4.3 TCP/IP Stack ..................................................................................................................................20
4.3.1 API ..............................................................................................................................................20
4.3.2 Physical Media Support ..............................................................................................................20
4.4 Point-to-Point Stack ......................................................................................................................20
5 Extensions/Specializations/Privatizations ............................................................. 21
6 Configuration ........................................................................................................... 22
6.1 AE Title/Presentation Address Mapping......................................................................................22
6.2 Configurable Parameters ..............................................................................................................22
6.2.1 Time-out Value, Retry Count, Retry Interval...............................................................................22
6.2.2 Warning Status Criteria...............................................................................................................24
6.3 Implementation Information and Maximum Reception PDU Size ..............................................24
6.4 Default Transfer Syntax ................................................................................................................25
6.4.1 Export AE ....................................................................................................................................25
6.4.2 Import AE ....................................................................................................................................25
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1 Introduction
This document is a DICOM Conformance Statement for Toshiba CT Scanner A-series. It is intended to
provide the reader with the knowledge of how to integrate this product within a DICOM compliant hospital
network. It details the DICOM Service Classes, Information Objects, and Communication Protocols which
are supported by this product.
If the reader is unfamiliar with DICOM, it is recommended that they read the DICOM Specification
(referenced below) prior to reading this conformance statement. Also note that this document is formatted
according to the DICOM Specification, Part 2: Conformance.
1.1 References
• ACR-NEMA Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine, DICOM V3.0.
1.2 Definitions
• Association Establishment - An Association Establishment is the first phase of communication
between two DICOM Application Entities. The AEs use the Association Establishment to negotiate how
data will be encoded and the type of data to be exchanged.
• Called Application Entity Title - The Called AE Title defines the intended receiver of an Association.
• Calling Application Entity Title - The Calling AE Title defines the requestor of an Association.
• DICOM Message Service Element (DIMSE) - A DIMSE defines the services and protocols utilized by
an Application Entity to exchange messages.
• Information Object Definition (IOD) - An IOD is a data model which is an abstraction of real-world
information. This data model defines the nature and attributes relevant to the class of real-world objects
represented.
• Service Class Provider (SCP) - A Service Class Provider plays the "server" role to perform operations
and invoke notifications during an Association. An example of a Storage Service Class Provider would
be an image storage device. In this case, the image storage device is storing the image that was sent by
a Service Class User.
• Service Class User (SCU) - A Service Class User plays the "client" role to invoke operations and
perform notifications during an Association. An example of a Storage Service Class User would be an
image acquisition device. In this case, the image acquisition device will create and send a DICOM image
by requesting that a Service Class Provider store that image.
• Service/Object Pair (SOP) Class - A SOP Class is defined by the union of an Information Object
Definition and a set of DIMSE Services. A DICOM Application Entity may support one or more SOP
Classes. Each SOP Class is uniquely identified by a SOP Class UID.
• SOP Instance - A specific occurrence of a Information Object.
• Transfer Syntax - The Transfer Syntax is a set of encoding rules that allow DICOM Application Entities
to negotiate the encoding techniques (e.g. data element structure, byte ordering, compression) they are
able to support. The Transfer Syntax is negotiated during Association Negotiation.
• Unique Identifier (UID) - A Unique Identifier is a globally unique, ISO compliant, ASCII-numeric string. It
guarantees uniqueness across multiple countries, sites, vendors and equipment.
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2 Implementation Model
Export AE Remote
Verification
SCP
Request of
Query/Retrieve
(COT-35A,C)
Remote
Query/Retrieve
SCP
Storage SCU
Remote
Storage
SCU
Import AE
Response of
Query/Retrieve Remote
(COT-34A,C) Verification
SCU
Archiving of Remote
the received DICOM Query/Retrieve
Image to the Standard SCU
local file Interface
system
Legend
(COT-30A)
Application Entity
Remote Real-World Activity
Local Real-World Activity
Association Negotiation
Local Relationship
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2.2.1 Export AE
Export AE is used to verify that a remote DICOM device is active on the network, to transmit
images to a remote DICOM device, to transmit Query and Retrieve requests to a remote
DICOM device. It therefore performs the following tasks:
• Builds DICOM CT and SC Information Objects
• Establishes DICOM Association with remote DICOM device
• Performs storage of DICOM CT and SC Information Objects to remote DICOM
device
• Performs request of query to remote DICOM device
• Performs retrieve from a remote DICOM device
• Performs verification of remote DICOM device's presence on network
2.2.2 Import AE
Import AE is used to respond to requests to verify that the A-series is present and active on the
network, to receive CT and SC images and to respond to requests of Query/Retrieve from
remote DICOM devices, to receive CT and SC images from remote DICOM devices.
2.3.1 Features
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3 AE Specifications
Export AE supports a minimum PDU size of 16Kbytes and a maximum PDU size of 16Kbytes.
The default value is set to 16Kbytes.
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Import AE supports a minimum PDU size of 16Kbytes and a maximum PDU size of 16Kbytes.
The default value is set to 16Kbytes.
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If the service status response is “Refused” then check the A-series for one of the following
situations:
1) Out of free local storage space
2) Busy processes/applications that are draining CPU resources
Import AE is Level 0 Conformance as described in Section B.4.1 of Part 4 of DICOM V3.0
Standard document.
CT and SC Information Object Definitions for Storage SCP are described in chapter 9.
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4 Communication Profiles
4.3.1 API
Not applicable to this product.
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5 Extensions/Specializations/Privatizations
Not applicable to this product.
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6 Configuration
For the A-series, the configuration can be set using the DICOM Online Setup interface.
Note: Settings is performed by Toshiba Service Personnel at the time of installation of the A-series.
SCU SCP
Association
TCP connection
Initiation of connection
Association establishment request S1
S2 Association establishment response
Service request S3
S4 Service response
Association release request S3
S5 Association release response
Disconnection
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Parameter Default
Implementation Class UID 1.2.392.200036.9116.2.2.2.100
Implementation Version Name TM_CT_CMW_V2.00
Maximum length received 0x4000(16Kbytes)
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6.4.1 Export AE
In CT Image Storage and SC Image Storage, when two transfer syntax responses are received, the A-series
performs the transfer using the following setting:
Default = "Explicit VR Big Endian"
6.4.2 Import AE
Selection priority of acceptable Transfer Syntax is following Default Transfer Syntax:
Default = "Explicit VR Big Endian"
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If Import AE receives query request that contains characters from an unsupported character set, Import AE
will respond with “Unable to process” to the C-FIND request.
If Import AE receives image data that contains characters from ‘ISO-IR 100’, a G1 character may replace
any G0 character. The method of replacement is configurable. It can be set using the service tool.
Note: Settings is performed by Toshiba Service Personnel at the time of installation of the A-series.
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10 Search Keys
Patient ID (0010,0020) R
Patient’s Sex (0010,0040) O
Patient’s Age (0010,1010) O
Study Instance UID (0020,000D) U
Study ID (0020,0010) R
Number of Study Related Series (0020,1206) O
Number of Study Related Images (0020,1208) O
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Patient ID (0010,0020) U
Patient’s Sex (0010,0040) O
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Patient ID (0010,0020) R
Patient’s Sex (0010,0040) O
Patient’s Age (0010,1010) O
Study Instance UID (0020,000D) U
Study ID (0020,0010) R
Number of Study Related Series (0020,1206) O
Number of Study Related Images (0020,1208) O
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Patient ID (0010,0020) U
Patient’s Sex (0010,0040) O
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