The iQ-DICOM Web Server consists of:
DICOM Server. This program can run in the background and waits for the input modalities to receive DICOM data. It is used for servicing requests for image storage, query and retrieval, forwarding, routing, printing images, and DICOM-formatted media interchange through import and export functions. Archive Server. It stores the received images on RAID storage or long-term storage media, e.g. MOD, DLT, DVD, and others. A separate database may be included to keep track of where and on which media a certain image is archived. Web Server. The web server is a very cost efficient way of distributing images based on user management including authentication and encoding but without limitation in the number of users! It gives the opportunity to either look at whole studies in the web or query other DICOM archives.Further features of the iQ-DICOM Web Server:
Privacy. The system enables referring physicians to log into the system to view their cases. But they will only be able to retrieve their own cases / patients, not those of other physicians. The radiologist, however, has access to the whole system. DICOM Structured Reports. They can be read as well as the image studies and are displayed in a web page. DICOM Print. Images can be printed from any web client on a remote DICOM imager! ONLINE Image Processing. Using the web server, the whole dynamics of any DICOM image can be accessed.