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<p>MedITEX DICOM Server (MDS) has 2 main tasks:</p>
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<li>Communication with ultrasound devices to retrieve DICOM measurements ("ultrasound" or "structured report") and provide worklists.</li>
<li>Processing the DICOM measurements, extracting header information and  perform a database insert or update for the associated patient.</li>
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<p>MedITEX DICOM Server can be run as a service (hidden) or as a normal application with a user interface.</p>
<p>This is a description of its general workflow:</p>
<p>- A DCM message comes in:</p>
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<li>In case of a <strong>worklist</strong> request, MDS sends back the daily task list.</li>
<li>In case of any measurement, MDS saves a DCM file in a so called <strong>SPOOL</strong> folder.</li>
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<p>- DCM files are scanned, analyzed and processed (one after the other).</p>
<p>- Each single step is recorded in a protocol file:</p>
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<li>Communications in a monthly created log file.</li>
<li>DCM processing in a protocol keeping the last 50 records.</li>
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<p>- If a DCM file is successfully processed it will be saved in a so called <strong>ARCHIVE</strong> folder, in case of errors it will be saved in a <strong>FAILED </strong>folder where it can be used later for manual re-work.</p>
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<p>The following screenshots describe each form of the MedITEX DICOM Server Application:</p>
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<p>[[Image:1_MedITEX_DICOM_US.png|none|740px|thumb|left|link=http://wiki.meditex-software.com/images/1_MedITEX_DICOM_US.png|   ]]</p>
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<td>[[Image:2_DICOM_SR_ListView.png|none|740px|thumb|left|link=http://wiki.meditex-software.com/images/2_DICOM_SR_ListView.png|   ]]</td>
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<td>[[Image:3_DICOM_SR_Dataset.png|none|740px|thumb|left|link=http://wiki.meditex-software.com/images/3_DICOM_SR_Dataset.png|   ]]</td>
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<p>Patient ID, Patient Name, DOB (Date of Birth), Sex, Study Date / Time and SOP Class are extracted from the DCM header (no manual interaction is possible here).</p>
<p>The SOP Class defines the Modality that informs the MDS Application which kind of information is in the DCM file and how it should be processed.</p>
<p>Drag any DCM file from explorer and drop it into the MDS form or click on the upper right button to open a file dialog.</p>
<p>The DCM file is immediately analyzed and processed if possible.</p>
<p>The above screenshots show a typical US (ultrasound image), a typical SR (structured report) and how the relevant follicle measurement is extracted and prepared for database insert or update.</p>
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<p>The 3<sup>rd</sup> picture shows (for the sake of completeness) typical header information. If no header can be extracted or the internal SOPClassUID is not mapped to a modality, the whole DCM file cannot be processed and is immediately moved into the FAILED folder.</p>
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<p>[[Image:4_DICOM_DCM_Header.png|none|740px|thumb|left|link=http://wiki.meditex-software.com/images/4_DICOM_DCM_Header.png|   ]]</p>
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<p>The normal situation where you can interact with the MDS application is called RE-WORK. <br /> Here you can manually work on a DCM file, associate the correct patient and run the import again.</p>
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<p>[[Image:5_DICOM_Rework_Analyse.png|none|740px|thumb|left|link=http://wiki.meditex-software.com/images/5_DICOM_Rework_Analyse.png|   ]]</p>
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<td>[[Image:6_DICOM_Rewok_Assign.png|none|740px|thumb|left|link=http://wiki.meditex-software.com/images/6_DICOM_Rewok_Assign.png|   ]]</td>
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<p>Last not least a screenshot of a typical protocol. Two records are displayed: one successfully imported ultrasound image, and one failed because of unmapped patient ID.</p>
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<p>[[Image:7_DICOM_Protocol.png|none|740px|thumb|left|link=http://wiki.meditex-software.com/images/7_DICOM_Protocol.png|   ]]</p>
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