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 AdvancedEach 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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