[BitBucket user: actocoa]
[BitBucket date: 2017-07-12.11:45:25]
Hi Sébastien,
The duplication, in the screenshot above, was the result of uploading a very same DICOM image for 4 times, when I used the LUA script you gave me earlier. I realized this happened because a new sets of study/series/instance UIDs were assigned to each new duplication when modification was made. Without the original UIDs, ORTHANC can no longer tell if a very same copy of DICOM image is already there in the server.
I believe that ORTHANC is a very good choice for clinics as in my case (In contrary, setting up DCM4CHEE was quite a pain). However, the duplication demonstrated above is truly a real world problem. In my clinic, patients usually bring in their image DVDs for advice, which they get from hospitals. Very often, they come back later with a new DVD which contains not only new studies but also the whole series of old ones. Duplication happens when these new DVDs were uploaded.
So far, I still couldn't find way to "heal" or circumvent this duplication. I understand the duplication has its own merits, but it could also be a problem in some cases. So... Would it be possible that the duplication be the default setting in ORTHANC but also allow users to disable it? I think it helps definitely if this can be done. Thanks! |