Should I DICOM?

The other day a clinic called in asking for help with email setup. She (Cary) needed help with her email so she could send X-Ray images to a radiologist from within her imaging software.

After spending some time setting up the email configuration to make the process a little more automated, we asked the client if the person or company she was sending to supported DICOM. Cary asked, "Why?"  Once configured, the DICOM-Send function is quick and easy. She called her contact and discovered they do accept DICOM files directly and gave her their DICOM Server configuration details.

By using just an IP number, port number, AE-Title, and a “Nick Name” we configured a DICOM Server which the clinic would send to. Oh, and we did this all remotely by simply remote controlling the computer!

Within a few minutes, we had a DICOM Server created as a destination and were ready for our first test. Cary marked a couple of images to send and clicked on “Send by DICOM”. Next, she picked the DICOM Server we had just created and clicked “Send”. Cary said – “That’s it? That is way easier than trying to send images by email…..”

The DICOM Send program will make several attempts to deliver the “study” to the DICOM Server and can report back success or failure. This, too, is better than email.



Kevin Scholz
CEO
DVMConnexx, Inc.