SeriesDescription in Json when querying at series level

Hello,

I am currently using Orthance to query studies from other PACS systems in out institution and have a couple questions.

First, is it possible to have the SeriesDescription (0008,103E) be part of the returned json answer when querying at the series level? And if so, is it possible to only retrieve a specific series from a study?

The reason I ask is we are working on a project with Coronary CTA’s, and by the time the physician is done interpreting and all post processing is complete, there is anywhere from 4000-9000 images per study. Our group only needs 1 specific series from these studies that is at max, 250 images. To Q/R the whole study can be a 45 minute process, where just getting the series we need is 1-2 minutes.

Thank you in advance for any help guidance you can offer. (example of my current answer below)

Matt

{
‘0008,0005’: {
‘Name’: ‘SpecificCharacterSet’,
‘Type’: ‘String’,
‘Value’: ‘ISO_IR 100’
},
‘0008,0050’: {
‘Name’: ‘AccessionNumber’,
‘Type’: ‘String’,
‘Value’: ‘999999E’
},
‘0008,0052’: {
‘Name’: ‘QueryRetrieveLevel’,
‘Type’: ‘String’,
‘Value’: ‘SERIES’
},
‘0008,0054’: {
‘Name’: ‘RetrieveAETitle’,
‘Type’: ‘String’,
‘Value’: ‘PACS’
},
‘0008,0056’: {
‘Name’: ‘InstanceAvailability’,
‘Type’: ‘String’,
‘Value’: ‘ONLINE’
},
‘0010,0020’: {
‘Name’: ‘PatientID’,
‘Type’: ‘String’,
‘Value’: ‘123456789’
},
‘0020,000d’: {
‘Name’: ‘StudyInstanceUID’,
‘Type’: ‘String’,
‘Value’: ‘xxx’
},
‘0020,000e’: {
‘Name’: ‘SeriesInstanceUID’,
‘Type’: ‘String’,
‘Value’: ‘xxx’
}
}

I should give more details. I’m using Python 3.6 to script this Q/R process (using the requests package), and am using Orthan 1.4.2. Please let me know if you need any more details.

I’ve answered my own question. I was able to use wildcards in my query parameters and query the “SeriesDescription” field with success. I had tried this before but without wildcards and it didn’t seem to work, but upon trying with wildcards, it’s working perfectly. You may disregard my questions. Thank you!

Matt