Open(String,Int32,String,String,String) Method

In This Topic

Open and negotiate a new DICOM Association

Syntax

Visual Basic
C#

'Declaration
 
Public Overloads Sub Open( _
   ByVal Node As System.String, _
   ByVal Port As System.Integer, _
   ByVal CallingAE As System.String, _
   ByVal CalledAE As System.String, _
   Optional ByVal LocalIP As System.String _
)

public void Open( 
   System.string Node,
   System.int Port,
   System.string CallingAE,
   System.string CalledAE,
   System.string LocalIP
)

Parameters

Node: Network address (as dotted notation or resolvable name) to which the association is to be made
Port: Port on which remote application is listening
CallingAE: Name to quote for this Application Entity
CalledAE: Name of remote Application Entity
LocalIP: Optional Local IP Address to use for binding the outbound Socket

Remarks

This method returns, after the connection has been established. If there is a protocol failure, then a trappable DicomException is thrown.

Example

DicomImage image = new DicomImage("image.dcm");
                    
string node = "dicomserver.co.uk";
int port = 104;
string callingAE = "SCU";
string calledAE = "SCP";
                    
using (DicomAssociation cn = new DicomAssociation())
{
   cn.RequestedContexts.Add(image.SOPClass, TransferSyntaxes.ExplicitVRLittleEndian);        
   cn.Open(node, port, callingAE, calledAE);
   cn.SendInstances(image);
    
   var result = cn.LastStatus;
    
   cn.Close();
}

Requirements

Target Platforms: .NET CLR 4.8 or higher

Reference

DicomAssociation Class
DicomAssociation Members
Overload List

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