I have been utilizing the dicom-web plugin to retrieve DICOM data in my application. However, due to performance issues, I am now considering a switch. My current focus is on adopting the Orthanc Native API. The first aspect I am looking to modify is the “Metadata,” referred to as “tags” in the native REST API. I’ve observed a structural difference between dicom-web and Orthanc’s native API. While dicom-web provides the “VR” (Value Representation), I couldn’t find a similar feature in the Orthanc native API under “instance/…/tags.” My question is whether it’s possible to obtain the “VR” in the “tags” API of Orthanc. If not, I’m curious about how dicom-web achieves this.
Hi,
No, there is no such option.
The DicomWeb uses its own primitives to parse the DICOM file and does not use the Orthanc REST API for that.
Best regards,
Alain
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