storescu(1)                       OFFIS DCMTK                      storescu(1)



NAME
       storescu - DICOM storage (C-STORE) SCU

SYNOPSIS
       storescu [options] peer port dcmfile-in...


DESCRIPTION
       The  storescu application implements a Service Class User (SCU) for the
       Storage Service Class. For each DICOM file on the command line it sends
       a  C-STORE  message to a Storage Service Class Provider (SCP) and waits
       for a response. The application can be used to  transmit  DICOM  images
       and other DICOM composite objects.

PARAMETERS
       peer        hostname of DICOM peer

       port        tcp/ip port number of peer

       dcmfile-in  DICOM file or directory to be transmitted


OPTIONS
   general options
         -h    --help
                 print this help text and exit

               --version
                 print version information and exit

               --arguments
                 print expanded command line arguments

         -q    --quiet
                 quiet mode, print no warnings and errors

         -v    --verbose
                 verbose mode, print processing details

         -d    --debug
                 debug mode, print debug information

         -ll   --log-level  [l]evel: string constant
                 (fatal, error, warn, info, debug, trace)
                 use level l for the logger

         -lc   --log-config  [f]ilename: string
                 use config file f for the logger

         +v    --verbose-pc
                 show presentation contexts in verbose mode


   input options
       input file format:

         +f    --read-file
                 read file format or data set (default)

         +fo   --read-file-only
                 read file format only

         -f    --read-dataset
                 read data set without file meta information

       input files:

         +sd   --scan-directories
                 scan directories for input files (dcmfile-in)

         +sp   --scan-pattern  [p]attern: string (only with --scan-directories)
                 pattern for filename matching (wildcards)

                 # possibly not available on all systems

         -r    --no-recurse
                 do not recurse within directories (default)

         +r    --recurse
                 recurse within specified directories


   network options
       application entity titles:

         -aet  --aetitle  [a]etitle: string
                 set my calling AE title (default: STORESCU)

         -aec  --call  [a]etitle: string
                 set called AE title of peer (default: ANY-SCP)

       association negotiation profile from configuration file:

         -xf   --config-file  [f]ilename, [p]rofile: string
                 use profile p from config file f

       proposed transmission transfer syntaxes (not with --config-file):

         -x=   --propose-uncompr
                 propose all uncompressed TS, explicit VR
                 with local byte ordering first (default)

         -xe   --propose-little
                 propose all uncompressed TS, explicit VR little endian first

         -xb   --propose-big
                 propose all uncompressed TS, explicit VR big endian first

         -xi   --propose-implicit
                 propose implicit VR little endian TS only

         -xs   --propose-lossless
                 propose default JPEG lossless TS
                 and all uncompressed transfer syntaxes

         -xy   --propose-jpeg8
                 propose default JPEG lossy TS for 8 bit data
                 and all uncompressed transfer syntaxes

         -xx   --propose-jpeg12
                 propose default JPEG lossy TS for 12 bit data
                 and all uncompressed transfer syntaxes

         -xv   --propose-j2k-lossless
                 propose JPEG 2000 lossless TS
                 and all uncompressed transfer syntaxes

         -xw   --propose-j2k-lossy
                 propose JPEG 2000 lossy TS
                 and all uncompressed transfer syntaxes

         -xt   --propose-jls-lossless
                 propose JPEG-LS lossless TS
                 and all uncompressed transfer syntaxes

         -xu   --propose-jls-lossy
                 propose JPEG-LS lossy TS
                 and all uncompressed transfer syntaxes

         -xm   --propose-mpeg2
                 propose MPEG2 Main Profile @ Main Level TS only

         -xh   --propose-mpeg2-high
                 propose MPEG2 Main Profile @ High Level TS only

         -xr   --propose-rle
                 propose RLE lossless TS
                 and all uncompressed transfer syntaxes

         -R    --required
                 propose only required presentation contexts
                 (default: propose all supported)

         +C    --combine
                 combine proposed transfer syntaxes
                 (default: separate presentation context for each TS)

       post-1993 value representations:

         +u    --enable-new-vr
                 enable support for new VRs (UN/UT) (default)

         -u    --disable-new-vr
                 disable support for new VRs, convert to OB

       deflate compression level (only with --propose-deflated or --config-file):

         +cl   --compression-level  [l]evel: integer (default: 6)
                 0=uncompressed, 1=fastest, 9=best compression

       user identity negotiation:

         -usr  --user  [u]ser name: string
                 authenticate using user name u

         -pwd  --password  [p]assword: string (only with --user)
                 authenticate using password p

         -epw  --empty-password
                 send empty password (only with --user)

         -kt   --kerberos  [f]ilename: string
                 read kerberos ticket from file f

               --saml  [f]ilename: string
                 read SAML request from file f

         -rsp  --pos-response
                 expect positive response

       other network options:

         -to   --timeout  [s]econds: integer (default: unlimited)
                 timeout for connection requests

         -ta   --acse-timeout  [s]econds: integer (default: 30)
                 timeout for ACSE messages

         -td   --dimse-timeout  [s]econds: integer (default: unlimited)
                 timeout for DIMSE messages

         -pdu  --max-pdu  [n]umber of bytes: integer (4096..131072)
                 set max receive pdu to n bytes (default: 16384)

               --max-send-pdu  [n]umber of bytes: integer (4096..131072)
                 restrict max send pdu to n bytes

               --repeat  [n]umber: integer
                 repeat n times

               --abort
                 abort association instead of releasing it

         -nh   --no-halt
                 do not halt if unsuccessful store encountered
                 (default: do halt)

         -up   --uid-padding
                 silently correct space-padded UIDs

         +II   --invent-instance
                 invent a new SOP instance UID for every image sent

         +IR   --invent-series  [n]umber: integer (implies --invent-instance)
                 invent a new series UID after n images have been sent
                 (default: 100)

         +IS   --invent-study  [n]umber: integer (implies --invent-instance)
                 invent a new study UID after n series have been sent
                 (default: 50)

         +IP   --invent-patient  [n]umber: integer (implies --invent-instance)
                 invent a new patient ID and name after n studies have been sent
                 (default: 25)


   transport layer security (TLS) options
       transport protocol stack:

         -tls  --disable-tls
                 use normal TCP/IP connection (default)

         +tls  --enable-tls  [p]rivate key file, [c]ertificate file: string
                 use authenticated secure TLS connection

         +tla  --anonymous-tls
                 use secure TLS connection without certificate

       private key password (only with --enable-tls):

         +ps   --std-passwd
                 prompt user to type password on stdin (default)

         +pw   --use-passwd  [p]assword: string
                 use specified password

         -pw   --null-passwd
                 use empty string as password

       key and certificate file format:

         -pem  --pem-keys
                 read keys and certificates as PEM file (default)

         -der  --der-keys
                 read keys and certificates as DER file

       certification authority:

         +cf   --add-cert-file  [c]ertificate filename: string
                 add certificate file to list of certificates

         +cd   --add-cert-dir  [c]ertificate directory: string
                 add certificates in d to list of certificates

       ciphersuite:

         +cs   --cipher  [c]iphersuite name: string
                 add ciphersuite to list of negotiated suites

         +dp   --dhparam  [f]ilename: string
                 read DH parameters for DH/DSS ciphersuites

       pseudo random generator:

         +rs   --seed  [f]ilename: string
                 seed random generator with contents of f

         +ws   --write-seed
                 write back modified seed (only with --seed)

         +wf   --write-seed-file  [f]ilename: string (only with --seed)
                 write modified seed to file f

       peer authentication:

         -rc   --require-peer-cert
                 verify peer certificate, fail if absent (default)

         -vc   --verify-peer-cert
                 verify peer certificate if present

         -ic   --ignore-peer-cert
                 dont verify peer certificate


NOTES
   DICOM Conformance
       The  storescu application supports the following Storage SOP Classes as
       an SCU:



       ComputedRadiographyImageStorage                      1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.1.1
       DigitalXRayImageStorageForPresentation               1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.1.1.1
       DigitalXRayImageStorageForProcessing                 1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.1.1.1.1
       DigitalMammographyXRayImageStorageForPresentation    1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.1.1.2
       DigitalMammographyXRayImageStorageForProcessing      1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.1.1.2.1
       DigitalIntraOralXRayImageStorageForPresentation      1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.1.1.3
       DigitalIntraOralXRayImageStorageForProcessing        1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.1.1.3.1
       CTImageStorage                                       1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.1.2
       EnhancedCTImageStorage                               1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.1.2.1
       UltrasoundMultiframeImageStorage                     1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.1.3.1
       MRImageStorage                                       1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.1.4
       EnhancedMRImageStorage                               1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.1.4.1
       MRSpectroscopyStorage                                1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.1.4.2
       UltrasoundImageStorage                               1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.1.6.1
       SecondaryCaptureImageStorage                         1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.1.7
       MultiframeSingleBitSecondaryCaptureImageStorage      1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.1.7.1
       MultiframeGrayscaleByteSecondaryCaptureImageStorage  1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.1.7.2
       MultiframeGrayscaleWordSecondaryCaptureImageStorage  1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.1.7.3
       MultiframeTrueColorSecondaryCaptureImageStorage      1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.1.7.4
       TwelveLeadECGWaveformStorage                         1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.1.9.1.1
       GeneralECGWaveformStorage                            1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.1.9.1.2
       AmbulatoryECGWaveformStorage                         1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.1.9.1.3
       HemodynamicWaveformStorage                           1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.1.9.2.1
       CardiacElectrophysiologyWaveformStorage              1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.1.9.3.1
       BasicVoiceAudioWaveformStorage                       1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.1.9.4.1
       GrayscaleSoftcopyPresentationStateStorage            1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.1.11.1
       ColorSoftcopyPresentationStateStorage                1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.1.11.2
       PseudoColorSoftcopyPresentationStateStorage          1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.1.11.3
       BlendingSoftcopyPresentationStateStorage             1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.1.11.4
       XRayAngiographicImageStorage                         1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.1.12.1
       EnhancedXAImageStorage                               1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.1.12.1.1
       XRayRadiofluoroscopicImageStorage                    1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.1.12.2
       EnhancedXRFImageStorage                              1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.1.12.2.1
       NuclearMedicineImageStorage                          1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.1.20
       RawDataStorage                                       1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.1.66
       SpatialRegistrationStorage                           1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.1.66.1
       SpatialFiducialsStorage                              1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.1.66.2
       RealWorldValueMappingStorage                         1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.1.67
       VLEndoscopicImageStorage                             1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.1.77.1.1
       VLMicroscopicImageStorage                            1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.1.77.1.2
       VLSlideCoordinatesMicroscopicImageStorage            1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.1.77.1.3
       VLPhotographicImageStorage                           1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.1.77.1.4
       OphthalmicPhotography8BitImageStorage                1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.1.77.1.5.1
       OphthalmicPhotography16BitImageStorage               1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.1.77.1.5.2
       StereometricRelationshipStorage                      1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.1.77.1.5.3
       OphthalmicTomographyImageStorage                     1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.1.77.1.5.4
       BasicTextSRStorage                                   1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.1.88.11
       EnhancedSRStorage                                    1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.1.88.22
       ComprehensiveSRStorage                               1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.1.88.33
       ProcedureLogStorage                                  1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.1.88.40
       MammographyCADSRStorage                              1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.1.88.50
       KeyObjectSelectionDocumentStorage                    1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.1.88.59
       ChestCADSRStorage                                    1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.1.88.65
       XRayRadiationDoseSRStorage                           1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.1.88.67
       ColonCADSRStorage                                    1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.1.88.69
       EncapsulatedPDFStorage                               1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.1.104.1
       PositronEmissionTomographyImageStorage               1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.1.128
       RTImageStorage                                       1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.1.481.1
       RTDoseStorage                                        1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.1.481.2
       RTStructureSetStorage                                1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.1.481.3
       RTBeamsTreatmentRecordStorage                        1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.1.481.4
       RTPlanStorage                                        1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.1.481.5
       RTBrachyTreatmentRecordStorage                       1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.1.481.6
       RTTreatmentSummaryRecordStorage                      1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.1.481.7


       The default behaviour  of  storescu  is  to  propose  two  presentation
       contexts  for each supported SOP class (abstract syntax) - one with the
       preferred transfer syntax and one with all other uncompressed  transfer
       syntaxes.  The  default  preferred  transfer syntax is explicit VR with
       byte ordering corresponding to the local byte ordering of  the  machine
       on  which  storescu  is running. This behaviour can be changed with the
       --propose, --combine and --required options, see  above.  Depending  on
       these options, the following transfer syntaxes are supported:



       LittleEndianImplicitTransferSyntax                   1.2.840.10008.1.2
       LittleEndianExplicitTransferSyntax                   1.2.840.10008.1.2.1
       DeflatedExplicitVRLittleEndianTransferSyntax         1.2.840.10008.1.2.1.99
       BigEndianExplicitTransferSyntax                      1.2.840.10008.1.2.2
       JPEGProcess1TransferSyntax                           1.2.840.10008.1.2.4.50
       JPEGProcess2_4TransferSyntax                         1.2.840.10008.1.2.4.51
       JPEGProcess14SV1TransferSyntax                       1.2.840.10008.1.2.4.70
       JPEGLSLosslessTransferSyntax                         1.2.840.10008.1.2.4.80
       JPEGLSLossyTransferSyntax                            1.2.840.10008.1.2.4.81
       JPEG2000LosslessOnlyTransferSyntax                   1.2.840.10008.1.2.4.90
       JPEG2000TransferSyntax                               1.2.840.10008.1.2.4.91
       MPEG2MainProfileAtMainLevelTransferSyntax            1.2.840.10008.1.2.4.100
       MPEG2MainProfileAtHighLevelTransferSyntax            1.2.840.10008.1.2.4.101
       RLELosslessTransferSyntax                            1.2.840.10008.1.2.5


       Additional  Storage  SOP Classes and Transfer Syntaxes can be used with
       the so-called association negotiation profiles (see below).

       The storescu application  does  not  support  extended  negotiation  by
       default.  However, using an appropriate association negotiation profile
       (see below) the optional support for extended negotiation can be  added
       to particular SOP classes.

   Association Negotiation Profiles and Configuration Files
       storescu supports a flexible mechanism for specifying the DICOM network
       association negotiation  behaviour,  based  on  so-called  association
       negotiation  profiles which may be read from a configuration file. The
       format and semantics of  this  configuration  file  are  documented  in
       asconfig.txt.

LOGGING
       The  level  of  logging  output  of  the various command line tools and
       underlying libraries can be specified by the  user.  By  default,  only
       errors  and  warnings  are  written to the standard error stream. Using
       option --verbose also informational messages  like  processing  details
       are  reported.  Option  --debug  can be used to get more details on the
       internal activity, e.g. for debugging purposes.  Other  logging  levels
       can  be  selected  using option --log-level. In --quiet mode only fatal
       errors are reported. In such very severe error events, the  application
       will  usually  terminate.  For  more  details  on the different logging
       levels, see documentation of module oflog.

       In case the logging output should be written to file  (optionally  with
       logfile  rotation),  to syslog (Unix) or the event log (Windows) option
       --log-config can be used.  This  configuration  file  also  allows  for
       directing  only  certain messages to a particular output stream and for
       filtering certain messages based on the  module  or  application  where
       they  are  generated.  An  example  configuration  file  is provided in
       <etcdir>/logger.cfg).

COMMAND LINE
       All command line tools  use  the  following  notation  for  parameters:
       square  brackets  enclose  optional  values  (0-1), three trailing dots
       indicate that multiple values are allowed (1-n), a combination of  both
       means 0 to n values.

       Command line options are distinguished from parameters by a leading +
       or - sign, respectively. Usually, order and position of command  line
       options  are  arbitrary  (i.e.  they  can appear anywhere). However, if
       options are mutually exclusive the rightmost appearance is  used.  This
       behaviour  conforms  to  the  standard  evaluation rules of common Unix
       shells.

       In addition, one or more command files can be specified  using  an  @
       sign  as  a  prefix to the filename (e.g. @command.txt). Such a command
       argument is replaced by the content  of  the  corresponding  text  file
       (multiple  whitespaces  are  treated  as a single separator unless they
       appear between two quotation marks) prior to  any  further  evaluation.
       Please  note  that  a command file cannot contain another command file.
       This  simple  but  effective  approach  allows  to   summarize   common
       combinations  of  options/parameters  and  avoids longish and confusing
       command lines (an example is provided in file <datadir>/dumppat.txt).

ENVIRONMENT
       The storescu utility will  attempt  to  load  DICOM  data  dictionaries
       specified  in the DCMDICTPATH environment variable. By default, i.e. if
       the  DCMDICTPATH  environment   variable   is   not   set,   the   file
       <datadir>/dicom.dic  will be loaded unless the dictionary is built into
       the application (default for Windows).

       The  default  behaviour  should  be  preferred  and   the   DCMDICTPATH
       environment  variable  only used when alternative data dictionaries are
       required. The DCMDICTPATH environment variable has the same  format  as
       the  Unix  shell PATH variable in that a colon (:) separates entries.
       On Windows systems, a semicolon (;) is used as a separator. The  data
       dictionary  code  will  attempt  to  load  each  file  specified in the
       DCMDICTPATH environment variable. It is an error if no data  dictionary
       can be loaded.

FILES
       <docdir>/asconfig.txt - configuration file documentation
       <etcdir>/storescu.cfg - example association negotiation profile

SEE ALSO
       storescp(1)

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright  (C)  1996-2010  by OFFIS e.V., Escherweg 2, 26121 Oldenburg,
       Germany.



Version 3.6.0                     6 Jan 2011                       storescu(1)
