GE Voluson 730Pro, Basic User Manual

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System Setup
17.3.8 DICOM
DICOM is the abbreviation of Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine. This is the industrial
standard for communication of images and other information between medical devices on the network.
Using the DICOM option, you can send or print images after connecting your ultrasound equipment
and PACS.
This dialog section is used to set up details of all of your DICOM target nodes (image servers).
Once you have set up a DICOM node properly you can select it without worrying about the details.
AE ( A pplication E ntity) Title: Please enter the Application Entity Title under which your
DICOM-application is known to other DICOM applications
(required). For setting the correct AE-Title please contact your
DICOM network administrator.
e.g., V730
Station Name: Please enter the name of the hospital or institute.
Retry Count: Number of retries to establish a non-successful DICOM connection.
Retry Interval: Time pause in minutes between two attempts to establish a non-successful
DICOM connection.
Test Connection: Test the connection to a DICOM station.
First select the station that to test with the right or left trackball key, then click the
[
Test Connection
]
button. If the TCP/IP connection to the remote station is active, "OK" will appear in the
[
Ping
]
line. If
the DICOM server on the remote station is active, "OK" will appear in the
[
Verify
]
line.
This connection test may take up to 30 seconds.
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