MOSAIQ User's Guide - UCSF Radiation Oncology

MOSAIQ User’s Guide
Opening DCM
Operation
Messages
1. On your DICOM workstation, double-click to open the DICOM Communication
Module window.
DCM shows a copyright screen upon startup.
If DCM is not configured, an alert message appears and the application closes. If the
system is configured, then the application performs a system status check.
DCM tests to make sure that the import areas can be written to and updates the Status
Display appropriately. The import process starts after DCM reads configuration
information.
DCM has two basic operational states: Waiting Mode and Import Mode. In Waiting Mode,
DCM does not make any import scans. In Import Mode, DCM scans the TCP/IP port for a
valid request for an association from an SCU.
If an association is valid, DCM follows this processing sequence:
Message Validation DCM identifies individual DICOM messages received through
the TCP/IP port and validates them against the DICOM
standard.
Import Area
Association
DCM uses the modality extracted from the DICOM message to
associate the message with a specific import area.
File Creation DCM saves the original DICOM message in a DICOM file.
DCM records the communication module’s events and their times of occurrence in the
Activity Log. The window helps to verify that the communication module operates in its
intended manner. Any unanticipated behavior due to inadvertent preference settings,
database difficulties, network problems, and so on is shown here. A daily log file of all log
entries is kept in a logs directory on the network volume. The name of the log file shows the
date with which it is associated.
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