1. System Requirements
   
   • Operating systems: Windows 98, NT, 2000 and XP
     
   • Minimum screen resolution: 800x600 pixels
   • Network: fixed IP address
   • Available disk space: twice the size of received data sets
   
   
   
2. Installing the Software
   
   • Select the directory into which the application is to be installed
   • Place a copy of ITC_DICOMpiler.exe
   • Double click to run the DICOMpiler
     
   
   
   
3. Configuring the DICOM sender (Storage Service Class User)
   
   • Obtain Hostname/ IP Address of the receiver (machine on which DICOMpiler is installed)
   • Configure sender to send to the node specified by the following
     
   1. Domain Name: (IP Address of machine on which DICOMpiler is installed)
   2. Port Number: 104
   3. Application Title: ITC_STORESCP
   
   
   
4. Running the Software
   
   1. Open application
      
      • Click on ITC_DICOMpiler.exe to start the DICOMpiler application.
   2. Click on the Run DICOM Receiver button on the bottom on the main interface
   3. Send from a DICOM source
      
      • When the DICOM receiver is running, DICOM images and RT objects may be sent to this application
   4. Stop the DICOM receiver
      
      • The number of files that have been received in this session will be shown on the receiver dialog. This number is reset to 0 each time the receiver is started. Once all data have been transfered, click the Stop Dicom Receiver button
   5. Select Series to be Included in DICOM Fileset
      
      • To select a single image/RT object series, click on the image/RT object series in the upper (Available Series) list. Then click the single down arrow icon located below the list of Available Series.
      • To select all series, click the double down arrow icon located below the list of Available Series.
      • To unselect files (move them from the lower list), use the single up arrow icon for one series or the double up arrow icon for all series.
      • When a file series is clicked on, a button labeled Information appears. Pressing this button will pop up a window containing addition information about that file series.
   6. Make Patient ID to identify the DICOM Fileset
      
      • Enter the Study group identifier, the Protocol identifier, the Case number and the Patient's initials (optional) in the appropriate boxes
      • Click the Make Patient ID button
   7. Build Fileset
      
      • Click the Make CD fileset button. (requires that a Patient ID has been created and at least one Series has been selected.)
   8. Delete Selected Series
      
      • Click the Delete All Selected button to remove all the files in the Selected Series window (these are stored in the \dcmtemp\ directory)
   9. Quit the program
      
      • Click the Quit Program button to exit the application
   
   
   
5. Copying the Files to Destination (CD or FTP)
   
   • The contents of the \dcmcd\ directory may be written to CD-R using widely available CD writing software. In order to create a CD-R volume which complies with DICOM Part 12, all files within the \dcmcd\ directory must be written to the root directory (i.e., X:\, where X is the drive letter of the CD-R drive).
     
     
   • As an alternative to writing a CD-R, the contents of the \dcmcd\ directory may be transferred to the ITC using FTP with an assigned username and password.
     
     
   • Creating a new Fileset with the DICOMpiler application will overwrite the files currently in the \dcmcd\ directory. Move the files to the destination CD after you create each set. Closing the DICOMpiler application after creating a Fileset is recommended to conserve memory

Updated
Aug 31, 2004