Connect PACS Server with Android App

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Hi,

I am trying to build an android app to view dicom images. My intention is to connect my app with the PACS server through a REST API. Is that possible to set the local and remote settings through REST API ? Can anyone help me to resolve this?

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Hello,

What do you mean by “Is that possible to set the local and remote settings through REST API?”?

Sébastien-

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Hi,

What I am trying to do is to communicate with the Orthanc server from my app. I need all the configuration ( setting AETitle, Port and IP) and communication to be done through REST APIs.

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At this point this is new functionality, but I suppose you can build an api that exposes settings and changes the json file.

Chico Venancio

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You can use the REST API of Orthanc to dynamically create/update modalities.

Check out the related integration test “test_update_modalities”:
https://bitbucket.org/sjodogne/orthanc-tests/src/90e5331ddee905afbe4657e7547c8e10bdb2349d/Tests/Tests.py?at=default&fileviewer=file-view-default#Tests.py-1246

HTH,
Sébastien-

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Did not know about that, Sébastien,

But I figured he meant the Orthanc instance’s own AETitle, Port and IP.

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Thanks for the clarification, Chico!

Indeed, setting Orthanc’s own AET and port cannot be done through REST API (note that setting the IP address makes no sense, as this is a system-level setting).

You would need a plugin that would overwrite the configuration file (check out the function “OrthancPluginGetConfigurationPath()” from Orthanc SDK [1]), then POST on “/tools/reset” to restart Orthanc.

Sébastien-

[1] http://sdk.orthanc-server.com/group__Toolbox.html#gac5330e46fe3b5ceddd7fb9d910244c96

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Thanks for your replies.

But before trying these I need a clarification. Inorder to communicate with Orthanc server from my app, do my app act as either another server (ie. after configuring the local & remote settings, then use C-ECHO, C-FIND and C-MOVE queries for the communication) or a client which simply uses the REST APIs of Orthanc.

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The second possibility is the best one: Your application would communicate with the Orthanc REST API (through some HTTP client), and would take advantage of the DICOM support provided by Orthanc to avoid re-implementing it.

Sébastien-

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Thank You…

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Hi,

Is that possible to go with the second option, if am trying to communicate with another PACS Server, not Orthanc? Means will the viewer app be vendor neutral ?

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Check out DICOMweb:
http://book.orthanc-server.com/plugins/dicomweb.html