HP Medical Archive Solution manual Dicom Advanced, CMN X Dicom Component Attributes, Grid AE

Services and Components

The grid can present multiple AE titles, so associations must also match the caller to an accepted grid AE. This is used to assign differing profiles to single remote AEs.

Table 24: CMN X DICOM Component Attributes

Attribute	Type / Units	Description	C	T	Alarm
DICOM AEs
Description	Text	User-defined description of the			N/A
		entity or group of entities.
AE Title	Text	The AE Title of the remote entity.			N/A
IP Range	Dotted decimal	A remote device IP address (or			N/A
	or CIDR	inclusive range) to which the grid
		assigns the profile.
Port	Number	The port used for DICOM by the			N/A
		remote device.
Via LDR	Check box	Indicates whether the LDR can			N/A
		make direct connections with
		remote entities. If not selected,
		connections are routed through a
		CLB service. The HP Medical
		Archive must use the CLB (check
		box is deselected).
GRID AE	Text	AE Title of the grid to which the			N/A
		entity can associate.
Profile Name	Text	Case sensitive reference to an			N/A
		entry defined in the DICOM
		Advanced component. The profile
		governs the permitted activities
		for entities in this IP range.

DICOM Advanced

Each remote entity that supports DICOM can be allocated a profile

defining the capabilities the grid offers to that entity. This component defines the profiles that can be assigned to AEs in the DICOM compo-

nent (above).

The Advanced Config Profile is used during the association handshake to control the types of actions permitted and the format of files in the

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