Users with access to the archive page can query remote archives and retrieve studies. By default, the query criteria page prompts you for what to search for, and from which archive. After performing the query request, the results appear in a table similar to the main worklist, with the same filtering, sorting and configuration tools.
Click on the Archive tab and then the External tab to reach the external archive query page.
Specify
search criteria from the query page using the Filter
button, , to define your search patterns. There is
a default filter limiting the search to studies less than one day old.
It does this to prevent users from inadvertently querying the entire database,
which could result in enough data to flood the network. Change or remove
this filter as necessary.
Select the archive device from the Source list. The device must exist as a DICOM Q/R SCP in the device's DICOM Services table.
Click on Query.
To move one or more of studies found in the
query to a defined device, put a check in the box on the left of each
study, select the destination devices from the list labeled Destinations,
and click the Retrieve button, . The SELF device
is your local server. The other devices listed are those that are defined
as DICOM Storage SOP class SCPs in the DICOM Services table.