Using data from DICOM images in message flows

Use DICOM nodes in a message flow to locate, process, and transfer DICOM images.

Before you start:

Configure the integration node. To use your message flow, it must be deployed to an integration node. To set up a default integration node configuration, see Creating the default configuration for IBM Integration Bus Healthcare Pack.
Read the information about how to develop message flow applications; see Developing message flow applications in the IBM® Integration Bus product documentation.
Check whether there are any patterns that you can use (or adapt) to meet your requirements, see Developing healthcare message flow applications by using the patterns supplied in IBM Integration Bus Healthcare Pack
Review the example scenarios to understand how you can use DICOM nodes in a message flow, see Collect studies for patient admission, Second opinion or expert referral, and Clinical portal.

You can process and manage Digital Imaging Communications in Medicine (DICOM) images in a message flow by using a combination of one or more DICOMInput, DICOMOutput and DICOMFindMove nodes, which are included in IBM Integration Bus Healthcare Pack. Use these nodes with the built-in nodes provided in IBM Integration Bus to develop message flow applications that meet your requirements.

To use the data from DICOM images in message flows, complete the following steps:

Collect connection information about any DICOM Service Class User (SCU) nodes that will access your message flow, and any DICOM Picture Archiving Communications Systems (PACS), or other DICOM Service Class Provider (SCP) nodes, that will be accessed by your message flow. This connection information includes the host name, port number, and Application Entity Title (AET).
Create a message flow and add the appropriate DICOM nodes. For information about the DICOM nodes and their purposes, see DICOM nodes in message flows.
Optional: If you are using a DICOMInput node in your message flow, create a configurable service to define the acceptable presentation contexts and transfer syntax groups that can be used to receive images from SCU nodes. See Configuring the presentation contexts accepted by a DICOMInput node.
Complete your message flow. For more information about developing message flow applications, see Developing message flow applications in the IBM Integration Bus product documentation.

Next:

Test and debug your message flow application to verify that it functions correctly. See Testing and debugging message flow applications in the IBM Integration Bus product documentation.

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