ADDING A CLUT TO OSIRIX MD MANUAL
Check your user manual for its location, or see if we have a video on reaching your network setup screen in our library of free Ultrasound Training Videos. You’ll want to take the IT person to your network setup on the ultrasound machine.
It’s worth the money to get it done correctly. If you have an IT person, I highly recommend you ask this person to get your machine connected to the network. If you were unable to obtain this information, stop here and come back once you have it. Once you receive the information, set it aside where you can refer to it later. Don’t change the other stuff unless it’s specifically requested. For other DICOM services (worklist, print, etc), you will be given other information to input on the corresponding services screen. The items you really need are the AE Title, IP Address, and Port number. You likely won’t need a lot of this information, so don’t worry if it’s not provided. There are often a lot of other parameters that you’ll find on a DICOM setup page. This list will include, but is not limited to: That person is going to give you a list that has a bunch of numbers and names. Tell them you need the DICOM information to enter into your ultrasound machine. STEP 1: Call the person, department or company who will be receiving and reading your studies. If you have an IT person, it is best to try and let them take over.įollowing the steps below, you’ll be armed with the proper information and steps to get your DICOM images sent properly to the radiologist. So, unless you run your own network and plan to read your own studies, you can’t do this on your own. Setting up DICOM requires the help of at least one IT professional… one on the receiving (server) side, and probably one for your own network. So, in order to get connected, you need to connect to the network, and provide your ultrasound with the proper addresses and information for delivery. Finally, there’s a port number, which is similar to saying the images will only be accepted via FedEx (not UPS, USPS, or other carrier).
In place of your name, they have something called an AE Title, which uniquely identifies you as the sender.
These addresses are called IP Addresses, and they’re unique to your machine and theirs. You need three things: 1) a network connected to the Internet, 2) your own network address that will let your machine connect to the Internet, and 3) a network address to deliver the images. In the DICOM Networking world, this is very similar. When these addresses are confirmed, you can schedule FedEx to pick up and deliver your images whenever you so desire. In order to do so, you must have a FedEx account, an address from which FedEx can pick up your images, and a delivery address. Let’s look at this as though you’re having FedEx pick up images and deliver them to your radiologist. If you need to know more about DICOM and PACS, you’ll see some definitions at the end of this post. All three components are given unique, specific information that can only be provided by parties directly involved with the network. Unfortunately, there’s nothing out there that explains it well. There’s a reason for that… the reason is that it’s different for every machine, every network, and every radiologist. The rest of this post gives an overview of what’s needed to get set up.ĭICOM is one of the most misunderstood and confusing things for experienced and inexperienced users. At the bottom of this post, I’ve outlined the most common problems experienced when setup is done properly. Someone typically needs to be on-site to check the routers and trace the problem. The problem, though, is that I can’t fix many of the problems over the phone. And to connect to DICOM or PACS, you need to have some background in understanding your router and basic networking.įrom “what is an IP address” to failed image transfer, this can be a complicated issue, particularly for those without an existing IT department. The reason? Sonographers and physicians are not IT professionals. It’s rarely an easy conversation, and more often a very frustrating one for the ultrasound user. These are the dreaded words I hear when a customer calls for technical support.
ADDING A CLUT TO OSIRIX MD SOFTWARE
A DICOM software option makes image transfer easy, but it can be difficult to set up.ĭICOM and PACS.
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