Partial data in the fields of Orthanc Explorer - Lookup

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I have noticed that when searching for anything in explorer you have to enter the complete string in order for explorer to return any results.

For instance, if you search for “Tom” in the Patient Name field you will get no results

If you search for “Tom^Thompson^” you get study results for this patient

Furthermore, if you just click All patients, All studies or Do lookup and load the entire list, you can then filter and typing only 3 letters will start to filter the results

Is there a way to enable the functionality of “filter” into the main search function?

For instance, if in the patient name area I type “Tom” results would display for “Tom^Thompson^” instead of either needing to type the entire string or clicking “Do lookup” and then filtering the result?

This would be helpful with all other fields as well such as Patient ID or Study Description. Needing to take the extra step to click to perform an empty search just so you can filter those results sort of makes this app experience feel broken for the end user. Must be some sort of fix?

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This is how “single value matching” works according to the DICOM standard:
https://dicom.nema.org/medical/dicom/2017c/output/chtml/part04/sect_C.2.2.2.html

You actually want to use “wild card matching”. In your example, you should look for “Tom”.

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So that works great! Thank you for your quick response!

Is there a way to enable wild card matching by default? So you don’t have to use the asterisks?

For example, I type Tom instead of Tom and get the same results?

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Hello,

This is really a UI question: The internal REST API of Orthanc won’t implement such a shortcut, because it is non-standard according to DICOM. Please have a look at the following FAQ:
https://book.orthanc-server.com/faq/improving-interface.html

This feature may certainly be taken into consideration by Alain for his work on “Orthanc Explorer 2”:
https://groups.google.com/g/orthanc-users/c/MhehpqAHiqI/m/P7SuwgXSCwAJ

Sébastien-

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I confirm this is how the search will work in Orthanc Explorer 2.