Vitrea Connection 8.5

The 8.5 release introduces DICOMweb to our data orchestration engine delivering significantly greater interoperability advantages including increased performance and scalability.

DICOMweb is a web-based implementation of Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM) standard, which is used for the communication and management of medical imaging information and related data. It specifies a web-based service for accessing and presenting DICOM objects (e.g., images, measurements, and, to some degree, medical imaging reports). DICOMWeb provides a simple mechanism for accessing a DICOM object using commonly used web protocols, i.e. a HTTP/HTTPS protocol. It allows querying of a distinctly defined database, e.g., a PACS, VNA, or image registry such as a private or public Health Information Exchange (HIE) for imaging studies and related patient information.

DICOMweb™ retrieves studies/series/instances in various formats, including metadata, bulk data, and pixel data (specifying specific frames). It also supports transcoding the image data to different transfer syntaxes and providing rendered representations of the image data. It allows clients to retrieve only the information they need in the format they require.

The following services are currently supported with DICOMweb™ in Vitrea Connection:

  • Search (QIDO-RS)
  • Retrieve (WADO-RS)

Note, the following services are not currently supported, but will be included in a future release:

  • STOW-RS
  • Fuzzymatching

DICOMweb provides:

  • Increased Performance: Leveraging DICOMweb’s standardized RESTful services allows for improved performance and faster image access over traditional DICOM. First, DICOMweb offers standardized methods for querying metadata associated with medical images, which enhances search performance and enables targeted retrieval of relevant image data. Second, DICOMweb allows for on-demand image loading, enabling faster access to specific regions or frames of an image. With traditional DICOM retrieve methods, the entire image file may need to be retrieved before viewing, resulting in slower performance;
  • Web-based access: DICOMweb allows users to access medical images and related data from any web-enabled device, such as a desktop computer, laptop, tablet, or smartphone;
  • Improved Security: DICOMweb supports secure transmission of medical images and related data over the internet, using standard web security protocols such as HTTPS and OAuth2;
  • Enhanced Scalability: DICOMweb can support large-scale medical image management and sharing, allowing healthcare providers to store and share vast amounts of data over the web.