pypx 0.4

Wrapper around DCMTK for PACS related actions (echo, find, move and listen)

1. Overview

Pypx is a simple Python wrapper around DCMTK and PyDicom. It provides 4 simple way to interact with the PACS:

1. px-echo: Ping the PACS to make sure it is online (echoscu).

2. px-find: Find data on the PACS (findscu).

3. px-move: Move data on the PACS (movescu).

4. px-listen: Listen for incoming data from the PACS (storescp).

2. Installation

pip install pypx

3. Usage

Scripts

px-echo --help

Modules

# in yourscript.py
import pypx

options = {
  'executable': '/bin/echoscu',
  'aec': 'MY-AEC',
  'aet': 'MY-AET',
  'server_ip': '192.168.1.110',
  'server_port': '4242'
}

output = pypx.echo(options)
print(output)

# output:
# {
#   'command': '/bin/echoscu --timeout 5  -aec MY-AEC -aet MY-AET 192.168.1.110 4242',
#   'data': '',
#   'status': 'success'
# }

4. Credits

PyDicom

• Author(s): darcymason

DCMTK

• Author(s): Dicom @ OFFIS Team