Export CINE and images to a folder organized by patient or study.

[Terry_Hauschulz]

I would like to have images as JPG and CINE’s as MP4 or WMV all organized into a patient folder or a study folder. Is there a way to do this export out of Orthanc, and better yet automatically as the images arrive in Orthanc. Currently using Postgres DB which works great.

Thank you, Terry

[jodogne]

You have multiple solutions to this end:

• Use a Lua script, cf. “OnStoredInstance()”: https://book.orthanc-server.com/users/lua.html
• Use an external script (e.g. in Python, Java, C#…) that uses the REST API of Orthanc, notably by monitoring the “/changes” route: https://book.orthanc-server.com/users/rest.html
• Create a Python plugin that listens to events in Orthanc as new instances are received: https://book.orthanc-server.com/plugins/python.html#accessing-the-content-of-a-new-instance

The REST API of Orthanc allows you download JPEG previews as follows:

$ curl -H ‘Accept: image/jpeg’ https://demo.orthanc-server.com/instances/58298b2d-c272f374-a0dac287-46d36eec-bbd398c6/preview > preview.jpg

You can download a MPEG2 or H.264 video embedded inside a DICOM instance as follows:

$ curl http://localhost:8042/instances/e465dd27-83c96343-96848735-7035a133-1facf1a0/frames/0/raw > video.mp4

HTH,

Sébastien-