Questions about Orthanc in index-only mode

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Hi Guys, I have some questions about Orthanc:

  1. In index-only mode, I can access the Rest API to obtain the study data ??

  2. Even if I don’t save the dicom file, I can route the file to another instance to save it ???

Thank you in advance for your attention!

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Hi Lucas,

  1. In index-only mode, you’ll have access to the API to access the patients/studies/series/instances resources including the standard DICOM tags but you’ll never be able to access the pixels data or any non-standard tags.

  2. No, since the DICOM files are actually never saved on disk, you can not route them.

In your case, you might need a setup in which you have:

  • a front facing Orthanc that performs the routing to:
  • an orthanc that is in index-only mode
  • the primary destination of your routing
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Thank you, Alain Mazy!

One more doubt, is there any way to delete an instance and keep the Index using Lua Script ??

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no, it’s not possible to delete only the DICOM file while keeping the indexed information.