ramesh.s.raghavan@gmail.com wrote:
> I am able to use the PrintSCU and PrintSCP to print a plain dicom image
> on a film using Kodak Dryview printer. But I could not figure out how
> to print the details on the film such as Patient name, DOB, Hospital
> Name and other details such as MR Sequence details.
>
> Would anyone point me in the right direction?
Ramesh,
things like Patient name, Hospital and so on are not part of the DICOM
messages for printing in terms of a Tag. Instead the PrintSCU e.g.
workstation will add this texts to the pixel data. Most workstations
are configurable so you can select which information to print at which
position.
The basic idea with DICOM printing is that SCU and SCP work together
to get high quality print results. The image data is created by the SCU
and not necessarily identical to the original DICOM image you would
store on a PACS. There are no informations like Patient Name, Dates and
so on in the DICOM print messages. In DICOM terms: printing works with
different information entities (Printer, print session, film box, image
box...) not with patient, study, series.
Depending on what PrintSCU you use have a look if it is configurable to
add the desired information

Thomas