#11 Combine DICOMSendOperation and DICOMArchiveOperation in the same workflow?

[Erling Andersen]

We are using the ReceiverAnonymiser application with a workflow involving DICOMSendOperation. For a particular project there is an interest in combining DICOMSendOperation and DICOMArchiveOperation in order to build a local folder with the deidentified images, in addition to sending the images off to PACS.

Is it possible to enable both DICOMSendOperation and DICOMArchiveOperation in the same workflow?

-Erling

[David Rodriguez]

Hi,

Yes, it is possible. We have used in the past workflows' with DICOMArchiveOperation and DICOMSendOperation, in that order, but it should be possible to do it the other way round as well.

However, I suggest you consider changing from DICOMArchiveOperation to DICOMArchiver, like in DefaultWorkflow.xml
<pgw:operation classname="uk.ac.ed.dcmconf.workflow.operations.DICOMArchiver">
<pgw:property name="PathGenerator.pattern">(0010,0010)/(0020,0010)/(0020,0011)/(0020,0013).dcm</pgw:property>
<pgw:property name="DICOMArchiver.destination">../data</pgw:property>
</pgw:operation>

This class uses PathGenerator that provides a more flexible path building from the DICOM header.
In it you specify a pattern with the PathGenerator.pattern property using DICOM attribute tags and constants.

If you have any problem, please tell me.

Regards,

David