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Get Study Metadata (DICOMweb)

MyHealth@EU Study Information Retrieval service

• DICOM Version Supported: DICOM 2020e

Introduction

The MyHealth@EU Study Information Retrieval service is a DICOM-compliant service that provides support for DICOMweb-based RESTful services, including QIDO-RS and WADO-RS. This conformance statement outlines the supported DICOM SOP classes, Transfer Syntaxes, and Query/Retrieve capabilities.

Supported DICOM SOP Classes

• SCP: Service Class Provider – The system acts as a provider for queries and retrievals.

DICOMweb Services Supported

QIDO-RS (Query based on ID for DICOM Objects - RESTful Service)

Description: Provides querying of DICOM studies, series, and instances via RESTful APIs using standard DICOM Query/Retrieve SOP Classes.

• Base URL: /dicom-web/studies
• HTTP Methods: GET
• Supported Query Parameters:
  • PatientID: Query based on Patient ID
  • StudyInstanceUID: Query based on Study Instance UID
  • Modality: Filter based on modality (e.g., MR, CT, XR)
  • StudyDate: Filter based on study date
  • SeriesInstanceUID: Query specific series within a study

Example Request:

GET /dicom-web/studies?PatientID=123456789&Modality=MR

Example Response (JSON Format):

[
  {
    "0020000D": { "vr": "UI", "Value": ["1.2.840.113619.2.55.3.2831164356.1234.1578912545.100"] },
    "00080020": { "vr": "DA", "Value": ["20220101"] },
    "00080061": { "vr": "CS", "Value": ["MR"] },
    "00100010": { "vr": "PN", "Value": [{"Alphabetic": "Doe^John"}] },
    "00100020": { "vr": "LO", "Value": ["123456789"] },
    "00081030": { "vr": "LO", "Value": ["Brain MRI with Contrast"] }
  }
]

WADO-RS (Web Access to DICOM Objects - RESTful Service)

Description: Provides retrieval of DICOM objects (e.g., studies, series, instances) via RESTful APIs. The system supports retrieval of images, metadata, and bulk pixel data using HTTP methods.

• Base URL: /dicom-web/studies/{StudyInstanceUID}/series/{SeriesInstanceUID}/instances
• HTTP Methods: GET
• Supported Transfer Syntaxes:
  • Explicit VR Little Endian (1.2.840.10008.1.2.1)
  • JPEG Baseline (1.2.840.10008.1.2.4.50)
  • JPEG-LS Lossless (1.2.840.10008.1.2.4.80)
  • MPEG-2 (1.2.840.10008.1.2.4.100)

Example Request:

GET /dicom-web/studies/1.2.840.113619.2.55.3.2831164356.1234.1578912545.100/series/1.2.840.113619.2.55.3.2831164356.1234.1578912545.200/instances

Example Response (Bulk Data):

• Response format: Multipart or DICOM Binary
• Contains the requested series or instances with pixel data.

Security

• Authentication: OAuth 2.0
• Data Encryption: TLS 1.2 or higher
• Access Control: Role-based access control (RBAC) for data access and query permissions.

Network Communication Protocol

• Protocol: HTTP/1.1 or HTTPS
• Port: 80 (HTTP), 443 (HTTPS)
• Data Format: JSON for query responses, DICOM Binary for object retrieval

Error Handling

The system supports the following HTTP response codes:

• 200 OK: Request was successful, and the response contains the requested information.
• 400 Bad Request: Invalid parameters in the request.
• 404 Not Found: Requested resource (e.g., study, series) could not be found.
• 500 Internal Server Error: A server-side error occurred.

Compliance with DICOM Standards

• DICOM Standard Version: 2020e
• RESTful Web Services Standard: DICOM PS3.18
• Data Encapsulation: Support for JSON and XML representations of DICOM metadata.

8Examples

Query for a Study for this patient

Request

Give me the studies of this Patient

`GET $DICOMWeb-server/studies?PatientID=123456789

Response

[
  {
    "0020000D": {
      "vr": "UI",
      "Value": [
        "1.2.840.113619.2.55.3.2831164356.1234.1578912545.100"
      ]
    },
    "00080020": {
      "vr": "DA",
      "Value": [
        "20220101"
      ]
    },
    "00080030": {
      "vr": "TM",
      "Value": [
        "090000"
      ]
    },
    "00080061": {
      "vr": "CS",
      "Value": [
        "MR"
      ]
    },
    "00100010": {
      "vr": "PN",
      "Value": [
        {
          "Alphabetic": "Doe^John"
        }
      ]
    },
    "00100020": {
      "vr": "LO",
      "Value": [
        "123456789"
      ]
    },
    "00200010": {
      "vr": "SH",
      "Value": [
        "STUDY12345"
      ]
    },
    "00081030": {
      "vr": "LO",
      "Value": [
        "Brain MRI with Contrast"
      ]
    }
  }
]

####### Explanation of Response Fields:

• 0020000D (Study Instance UID):
  • vr: "UI": Value Representation of UID (Unique Identifier).
  • The Value array contains the Study Instance UID, which uniquely identifies the study.
• 00080020 (Study Date):
  • vr: "DA": Value Representation of Date.
  • The Value array contains the study date (20220101 represents January 1, 2022).
• 00080030 (Study Time):
  • vr: "TM": Value Representation of Time.
  • The Value array contains the study time (090000 represents 09:00 AM).
• 00080061 (Modalities in Study):
  • vr: "CS": Value Representation of Code String.
  • The Value array contains the modalities used in the study (e.g., “MR” for MRI).
• 00100010 (Patient’s Name):
  • vr: "PN": Value Representation of Person Name.
  • The Value array contains the patient’s name ("Doe^John" means the patient’s name is John Doe).
• 00100020 (Patient ID):
  • vr: "LO": Value Representation of Long String.
  • The Value array contains the Patient ID ("123456789").
• 00200010 (Study ID):
  • vr: "SH": Value Representation of Short String.
  • The Value array contains the Study ID ("STUDY12345").
• 00081030 (Study Description):
  • vr: "LO": Value Representation of Long String.
  • The Value array contains the description of the study ("Brain MRI with Contrast").

DICOM Tags Used:

• 0020000D: Study Instance UID
• 00080020: Study Date
• 00080030: Study Time
• 00080061: Modalities in Study
• 00100010: Patient’s Name
• 00100020: Patient ID
• 00200010: Study ID
• 00081030: Study Description

This JSON response provides essential metadata about the study but does not include the bulk image data (which can be retrieved via different endpoints like WADO-RS for fetching image instances).