# HG changeset patch # User Benjamin Golinvaux # Date 1551707371 -3600 # Node ID 997b6c308e2805f38b404b8eac147a27fa2effc8 # Parent 26441131d72504f5bc91a07d45dd4bce71dae3b4 Added FAQ entry about the origin instance Metadata diff -r 26441131d725 -r 997b6c308e28 Sphinx/source/faq.rst --- a/Sphinx/source/faq.rst Mon Mar 04 12:19:01 2019 +0100 +++ b/Sphinx/source/faq.rst Mon Mar 04 14:49:31 2019 +0100 @@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ faq/video.rst faq/worklist.rst faq/viewers.rst + faq/orthanc-dicom-origin.rst Specific FAQs diff -r 26441131d725 -r 997b6c308e28 Sphinx/source/faq/orthanc-dicom-origin.rst --- /dev/null Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 +++ b/Sphinx/source/faq/orthanc-dicom-origin.rst Mon Mar 04 14:49:31 2019 +0100 @@ -0,0 +1,44 @@ +.. highlight:: bash +.. _orthanc-dicom-origin: + +How to find out where a DICOM instance originates from? +======================================================== + +Information about the origin of the instances is stored as Metadata, which can be accessed using the REST API:: + + + $ curl http://localhost:8042/instances/19816330-cb02e1cf-df3a8fe8-bf510623-ccefe9f5/metadata + [ + "IndexInSeries", + "ReceptionDate", + "RemoteAET", + "Origin", + "TransferSyntax", + "SopClassUid", + "RemoteIP", + "CalledAET" + ] + + +The relevant metadata about the origin of an instance is: + +- ``Origin``: Whether the instance was received from the REST API, the DICOM protocol, some plugin or some Lua script. +- ``RemoteAET``: The remote AET (for DICOM). +- ``RemoteIP`` (in Orthanc ≥ 1.4.0): The IP address of the remote server (for REST API and DICOM). +- ``CalledAET`` (in Orthanc ≥ 1.4.0): The called AET (for DICOM). +- ``HttpUsername`` (in Orthanc ≥ 1.4.0): The username that created the instance (for REST API). + +Please note that adding ``?expand`` to the REST endpoint will result in expanding the actual Metadata values:: + + $ curl http://localhost:8042/instances/cab76369-429ce4d8-6ed415e7-7a3c9482-50f3b1b4/metadata?expand + { + "CalledAET" : "ORTHANCTMP1", + "IndexInSeries" : "1", + "Origin" : "DicomProtocol", + "ReceptionDate" : "20190225T143257", + "RemoteAET" : "ORTHANC", + "RemoteIP" : "127.0.0.1", + "SopClassUid" : "1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.1.1", + "TransferSyntax" : "1.2.840.10008.1.2" + } +