Product: DICOM Connectivity Framework (DCF)
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The DICOM Connectivity Framework (DCF) DICOM Toolkit software is an advanced, object-oriented collection of software components implementing the DICOM v3.0 protocol for OEM medical imaging systems. The DCF DICOM software SDK enables a medical imaging system — printer, scanner, archive device, workstation, etc. — to communicate with other devices over a network, using the DICOM protocol. Using the DCF DICOM Toolkit, an OEM can provide DICOM connectivity for their application or device with a minimum of effort. The DCF is designed to:
The history of the DCF begins in the 1980s, and recounts how it was designed from the ground up to be an object-oriented implementation. It is the only DICOM toolkit solution on the market that provides programmers with a consistent API to C++, Java, and Microsoft COM/.Net (C#/C++.Net), providing support for Windows, Linux, Solaris, and other Unix platforms. This forward thinking design provides the medical imaging system architect, designer, and programmer with a wide variety of features and advantages that enables rapid development of DICOM-based systems and software. The underlying goal of the DCF is to provide an intuitive, usable and rock solid DICOM programmer toolkit for developers who are designing and programming DICOM tools and DICOM applications. The DCF SDK provides
Print and read the DCF Product Brochure for more details. Why Choose the DICOM Connectivity Framework?The DCF's next-generation DICOM Toolkit framework provides reliable, high-level components to help speed your DICOM interface development and reduce software costs on your platform of choice. Handling all the nuances of DICOM, the DCF allows your programmers to concentrate their efforts on your domain specific application rather than on learning DICOM. Connectivity — The DCF provides trouble-free, reliable connectivity in diverse environments. It has been tested and proven in and against a wide variety of OEM devices from leading manufacturers. Flexibility — We balance the opposing requirements of abstracting or encapsulating complexity, yet still provide access to lower level elements, allowing the OEM developer to choose the appropriate level at which to integrate DICOM services. Reliability — Using our proprietary automated testing software, publicly available DICOM validation tools, memory leak/corruption test tools, and a large test suite, the DCF is rigorously tested. Performance — The DCF was designed from the start to provide a high performance DICOM interface in a multi-threaded, OO design, capable of handling numerous associations in a single process. Support — Web-based problem tracking assures that no issue or problem slips through the cracks. Customers receive prompt telephone and e-mail support, and have access to senior developers when appropriate. Documentation — Most DCF documentation is generated directly from source code, so that low-level interface (API) and class documentation is always up-to-date and available. User, service, design, and higher-level architectural documentation is also provided. Configurability — The DCF supports configuration on a per-association basis and dynamic reconfiguration of running applications. Utilities — A rich set of DICOM tools and utilities is provided in the DCF Dicom Toolkit, including web-based test and troubleshooting tools, test image generation, command-line driven clients and servers, data set dump, along with access to a large suite of validation test scripts. Applications — Other DICOM applications and tools, based on DCF libraries, are available, including tools to support the following functions: message filter, protocol analyzer, message router, store splitter, migration controller and printer simulator. The DCF enables rapid development of your own applications, including DICOM viewers, DICOM store servers and clients, protocol analyzers and migration tools, among many others. Cost — The DCF development tools and run-time licenses are competitively priced. The ease of integration of the DCF components using modern OO programming practices provides significant reduction in time-to-market and software development costs, lowering the total cost of ownership and making the DCF the clear choice for new development efforts, as well as for retrofits of existing products. Adaptability — Customers always have input into our development efforts. The modern design, combined with our rigorous testing processes, allows the DCF to provide robustness without the inflexibility frequently associated commercial software packages. We are extremely responsive to customer needs for new feature requests or bug fixes. Our component model provides for the ability, in many cases, to release a new version of a single component without affecting other components. |
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Products based on the DCFSwitchboard™The Switchboard acts as an intermediate node between a DICOM client and server, allowing the user to route, monitor, and optionally alter DICOM DIMSE messages in real-time as they are passed between DICOM network devices. Designed primarily for network or PACS administrators, developers, field service engineers, migration specialists, or anyone responsible for integrating DICOM devices, it facilitates interconnection of otherwise incompatible DICOM devices or the movement of otherwise incompatible datasets. The user may configure, monitor, or control the application via any web browser that has network access to the device running the Switchboard. Exodus™Exodus provides automated facilities and services that allow migration of studies, series and SOP instance data from one DICOM 3.0 compatible physical archive to another. The controller supervises and schedules the transfer of studies, provides for error handling, plus provides verification to ensure that migrated studies are complete and accurate. Migration history is logged and performance statistics are gathered; various levels of reports are provided to summarize the status and progress of a migration. Additional cost options are available to provide site-specific mapping or alteration of DICOM elements that may be required by the migration of study data to a new archive. Mercury™The Mercury archive engine is a robust, fully functional DICOM store archive which serves as the foundation for a rich set of pluggable, interchangeable modules, allowing an OEM to very rapidly deploy an archive that can leverage their existing databases, persistence mechanisms, and look-and-feel. Switching between various pluggable modules is a snap: a single line in a configuration file is all that needs to be changed; no code modifications and recompilations are necessary. Even the Mercury archive engine itself is configurable: OEM’s can specify which DICOM tags should be stored in the database module and which DICOM tags should be available for Query/Retrieve searching by simply changing a configuration file. Compass™Compass is an application that acts as a replication device for DICOM C-Store requests. Modalities sometimes want to store to multiple destinations (e.g., an archive and a viewing station) without the hassle of repeatedly resending the same job. With Compass, this task is simple. Configure the powerful Compass mapping rules, specify the desired destinations, and then set up your modalities to send their Store requests directly to Compass. Mapping rules may be selected based on day of week and/or time of day to facilitate institutional scheduling requirements. | |
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