Description

FileRoom and FileClerk make up the ‘back-end’ of the Connect Imaging PACS. They receive images via DICOM associations from modalities, store the studies in a folder structure, make entries in the database for retrieval, forward and prefetch studies, and respond to requests for studies from workstations and DICOM programs.

FileClerk runs as a service on a Windows 2003 Server or Windows 2008 Server. The service logs all communications to a log, and a separate log reader program can be used to read the log in real time.

FileRoom runs as a service on a Windows 2003 Server or Windows 2008 Server. The service logs all activity to a log. Depending on the FileRoom version, different programs are provided to provide detailed access to studies processed. A web-accessible page can also display recent studies processed, along with a summary page showing the health of the FileRoom server and programs.

Features and Benefits

• Provides a DICOM Storage SCP to receive images from other DICOM devices.
• Provides a DICOM Query/Retrieve SCP to receive requests for studies from other DICOM devices.
• Provides DICOM Modality Worklist SCP to receive MWL requests from other DICOM devices, when configured with HL7 interface to receive study orders from HIS or RIS.
• Validates all attempted DICOM associations, logging the IP address and AE title of the SCU attempting the association.
• Supports all standard DICOM transfer protocols, including Explicit or Implicit Little Endian, lossless or lossy JPEG, and lossless or lossy JPEG2000.
• Stores images on any standard network storage device such as RAID, NAS, and SAN. Maintains Microsoft SQL Server database for all patients, studies, series, and images.
• Configurable to store images in uncompressed JPEG lossless, or JPEG2000 lossless form. Studies received in lossy compressed form are stored in same form.
• Maintains HIPAA logging database for all workstations.
• Automatic forwarding and prefetch of studies can be configured.