DICOM stores within the Cloud Healthcare API support a subset of the RESTful web services specified in the DICOM PS3.18 - Web Services standard (commonly referred to as DICOMweb). Specifically, they support the Studies Service and Resources (previously referred to as the WADO-RS, STOW-RS, and QIDO-RS services).
Additionally, the Cloud Healthcare API supports a proprietary web service for deleting DICOM instances.
The Cloud Healthcare API does not support the URI Service, the Worklist Service, the Non-Patient Instance Service or any of the Capabilities Transactions.
Retrieve transaction
The Retrieve Transaction is a RESTful web service for retrieving DICOM imaging data.
The Retrieve Transaction supports the retrieving following resources:
- DICOM Resources:
- Study
- Series
- Instance
- Frames
- Bulkdata
- Metadata Resources
- Study
- Series
- Instance
- Rendered Resources
- Instance
- Frames
It does not support Thumbnail resources.
See Quotas and limits for details on quotas and limits for these methods.
DICOM study/series/instances
The following Accept Headers are supported:
multipart/related; type="application/dicom"; transfer-syntax=*multipart/related; type="application/dicom"; transfer-syntax=1.2.840.10008.1.2multipart/related; type="application/dicom"; transfer-syntax=1.2.840.10008.1.2.1(default)multipart/related; type="application/dicom"; transfer-syntax=1.2.840.10008.1.2.1.99multipart/related; type="application/dicom"; transfer-syntax=1.2.840.10008.1.2.4.50multipart/related; type="application/dicom"; transfer-syntax=1.2.840.10008.1.2.4.51multipart/related; type="application/dicom"; transfer-syntax=1.2.840.10008.1.2.4.57multipart/related; type="application/dicom"; transfer-syntax=1.2.840.10008.1.2.4.70multipart/related; type="application/dicom"; transfer-syntax=1.2.840.10008.1.2.4.80multipart/related; type="application/dicom"; transfer-syntax=1.2.840.10008.1.2.4.81multipart/related; type="application/dicom"; transfer-syntax=1.2.840.10008.1.2.4.90multipart/related; type="application/dicom"; transfer-syntax=1.2.840.10008.1.2.4.91multipart/related; type="application/dicom"; transfer-syntax=1.2.840.10008.1.2.4.110multipart/related; type="application/dicom"; transfer-syntax=1.2.840.10008.1.2.4.111multipart/related; type="application/dicom"; transfer-syntax=1.2.840.10008.1.2.4.112multipart/related; type="application/dicom"; transfer-syntax=1.2.840.10008.1.2.4.201multipart/related; type="application/dicom"; transfer-syntax=1.2.840.10008.1.2.4.202multipart/related; type="application/dicom"; transfer-syntax=1.2.840.10008.1.2.4.203multipart/related; type="application/dicom"; transfer-syntax=1.2.840.10008.1.2.5multipart/related; type="application/dicom"; transfer-syntax=1.2.840.10008.1.2.8.1
DICOM instances
In addition to the above Accept Headers, RetrieveInstance supports single part content types for convenience:
application/dicom; transfer-syntax=*application/dicom; transfer-syntax=1.2.840.10008.1.2application/dicom; transfer-syntax=1.2.840.10008.1.2.1application/dicom; transfer-syntax=1.2.840.10008.1.2.1.99application/dicom; transfer-syntax=1.2.840.10008.1.2.4.50application/dicom; transfer-syntax=1.2.840.10008.1.2.4.51application/dicom; transfer-syntax=1.2.840.10008.1.2.4.57application/dicom; transfer-syntax=1.2.840.10008.1.2.4.70application/dicom; transfer-syntax=1.2.840.10008.1.2.4.80application/dicom; transfer-syntax=1.2.840.10008.1.2.4.81application/dicom; transfer-syntax=1.2.840.10008.1.2.4.90application/dicom; transfer-syntax=1.2.840.10008.1.2.4.91application/dicom; transfer-syntax=1.2.840.10008.1.2.4.110application/dicom; transfer-syntax=1.2.840.10008.1.2.4.111application/dicom; transfer-syntax=1.2.840.10008.1.2.4.112application/dicom; transfer-syntax=1.2.840.10008.1.2.4.201application/dicom; transfer-syntax=1.2.840.10008.1.2.4.202application/dicom; transfer-syntax=1.2.840.10008.1.2.4.203application/dicom; transfer-syntax=1.2.840.10008.1.2.5application/dicom; transfer-syntax=1.2.840.10008.1.2.8.1
This is not part of the official DICOMweb standard.
DICOM frames
The following Accept Headers are supported:
multipart/related; type="application/octet-stream"; transfer-syntax=*multipart/related; type="application/octet-stream"; transfer-syntax=1.2.840.10008.1.2.1(default)multipart/related; type="image/jpeg"; transfer-syntax=1.2.840.10008.1.2.4.50multipart/related; type="image/jpeg"; transfer-syntax=1.2.840.10008.1.2.4.51multipart/related; type="image/jpeg"; transfer-syntax=1.2.840.10008.1.2.4.57multipart/related; type="image/jpeg"; transfer-syntax=1.2.840.10008.1.2.4.70multipart/related; type="image/png"multipart/related; type="image/jls"; transfer-syntax=1.2.840.10008.1.2.4.80multipart/related; type="image/jls"; transfer-syntax=1.2.840.10008.1.2.4.81multipart/related; type="image/jp2"; transfer-syntax=1.2.840.10008.1.2.4.90multipart/related; type="image/jp2"; transfer-syntax=1.2.840.10008.1.2.4.91multipart/related; type="image/jphc"; transfer-syntax=1.2.840.10008.1.2.4.201multipart/related; type="image/jphc"; transfer-syntax=1.2.840.10008.1.2.4.202