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11.3.4 MPPS
MPPS is used to send exam state information to the configured server. This facilitates the other systems
in obtaining the exam progress in time.
After you preset the Worklist server and MPPS server, if the system obtains the patient information from
Worklist server to begin the exam, it will send exam status information to MPPS server of when the exam
is undergoing or ended. If the sending fails, the system resend automatically.
11.3.5 Storage Commitment
Storage commitment is used to confirm whether the images or structured reports are successfully stored
on the DICOM storage server.
Before using storage commitment, set the associated storage service.
Storage commitment after sending images on the iStation screen.
1. Select the image, the cine or the data, and send it.
2.
Click to select “DICOM” in the Target box on the left side, and then select the DICOM storage server
in the Storage Server box on the right side.
3. Click [OK] to start sending. The system will send all the images stored in the exam record to the
storage server. Meanwhile, it will send storage commitment to the storage commitment server.
To send storage commitment automatically after an exam ends
1. Open [Setup]
[System]
[General], then check
in the
Patient Info area.
2.
Select “DICOM Service Preset”---“Storage”. Set the storage server to the default, and click “Storage
Commitment” to connect to the storage server.
3. Start the scan and obtain the image. Press <End Exam> each time; the system will send the image
to the default DICOM storage server for storage and send storage commitment to the storage
commitment server.
If images are successfully sent to the storage server, the storage commitment server will return to
the
information about the successful image storage. In the iStation screen, you will see a tick “√”
marked in the list below
.
Tip:
Storage commitment is confined to the whole exam. Not each image sending can be indicated.
NOTE:
Multi-
frame storage is not allowed if “Allow Multiframe” is not selected
([Setup]
[DICOM/HL7]
[Set DICOM Service]
“Storage”). Even if there is a multi-frame file
in the exam to be sent, only single-frame image storage will be performed. After the storage
is complete, there is
no “√” marked in the list of the iStation screen.
11.3.6 Query/Retrieve
The query/retrieve function is used to query and retrieve patient exam records in a designated server.
After setting the DICOM query/retrieve server, you can perform the query/retrieve function in the iStation
screen.
1. Open the iStation screen: press <F2 iStation> on the control panel.
2. Click [Query/Retrieve] to open the screen.
