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author | Sebastien Jodogne <s.jodogne@gmail.com> |
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date | Mon, 30 Mar 2020 18:47:35 +0200 |
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--- a/Sphinx/source/dicom-guide.rst Mon Mar 30 07:59:50 2020 +0200 +++ b/Sphinx/source/dicom-guide.rst Mon Mar 30 18:47:35 2020 +0200 @@ -7,18 +7,18 @@ This section of the Orthanc Book provides a **gentle, informal, -high-level introduction to DICOM**. We will try and map -DICOM's own concepts to a modern terminology that should hopefully be -more easy to understand for software engineers diving for the first -time into DICOM. Once the concepts of this page are understood, -interested readers are invited to read a more formal textbook about -DICOM, such as the so-called "`Practical introduction and survival -guide <http://www.springer.com/us/book/9783642108495>`__", or to read -the full `DICOM specification +high-level introduction to DICOM**. We will try and map DICOM's own +concepts to a modern terminology that should hopefully be more easy to +understand for software engineers diving for the first time into +DICOM. Once the concepts of this page are understood, interested +readers are invited to read a more formal textbook about DICOM, such +as the so-called "`Practical introduction and survival guide +<https://www.springer.com/us/book/9783642108495>`__", or to read the +full `DICOM specification <http://dicom.nema.org/medical/dicom/current/output/html/>`__. All the DICOM concepts that are defined in this introduction are -illustrated with `Orthanc <http://www.orthanc-server.com/>`__, a +illustrated with `Orthanc <https://www.orthanc-server.com/>`__, a lightweight, yet powerful standalone DICOM server for healthcare and medical research. As Orthanc is free and open-source software, it is a good companion to learn DICOM. @@ -617,11 +617,12 @@ authentication and :ref:`SSL encryption <https>`. The :ref:`Orthanc Explorer <orthanc-explorer>` interface can transparently use this peer mechanism to send DICOM files over HTTP(S). -2. Resort to the `DICOMweb standard <http://www.dicomweb.org/>`__, - that is an extension to the DICOM standard specifying how to access - the content of a remote DICOM server through HTTP(S). Because the - peer mechanism is bound to Orthanc, DICOMweb offers a less - expressive, but more generic access to remote servers. - Importantly, a `DICOMweb plugin to Orthanc - <http://www.orthanc-server.com/static.php?page=dicomweb>`__ is +2. Resort to the `DICOMweb standard + <https://www.dicomstandard.org/dicomweb/>`__, that is an extension + to the DICOM standard specifying how to access the content of a + remote DICOM server through HTTP(S). Because the peer mechanism is + bound to Orthanc, DICOMweb offers a less expressive, but more + generic access to remote servers. Importantly, a `DICOMweb plugin + to Orthanc + <https://www.orthanc-server.com/static.php?page=dicomweb>`__ is freely available.