Ok so its been some time since I first posted about the web viewing system that I am making. Since then there where a lot of project under way and it sort of got filled under the pile for a while.I have recently had some time to re-visit the web ...

I found an interesting quirk of Conquest Dicom server today while doing some house keeping. I deleted some images in the image directory and decided to re-initialise the database. I suddely noticed that Conquest was shuffeling through the recycle bin and pulling out all the images I had just deleted! ...

Boy is this annoying. We have lots of 00000000 (eight) patient IDs in our system. Eight zeros PID is the default Conquest assigns when it receives images with a blank PID field. Many of our GE and Philips ultrasound units do not set the PID field until the tech leaves the ...

In a previous post, I talked about the Conquest server slowdowns we have been experiencing on an increasing frequency. Previously, I thought these problems might be related to WAN network issues. Last week I made another discovery, this one I suspect being the culprit. Twice last week I was able to ...

Lately we have noticed an increasing number of instances where a clinic’s Conquest server will slow down dramatically. The tech’s on site notice their images not arriving from the modalities in an efficient manner. When we look at it, nothing appears wrong, Conquest is still processing requests, but just slowly. ...

Our architecture is such that each clinic runs its own Conquest server. This server is nothing more then a powerful PC with mirrored 500GB drives. It was determined that it would be more cost effective to use inexpensive servers on site with limited storage, and to invest in large storage ...

The following is some steps you can take to help troubleshoot issues with Conquest receiving files. These are the steps I have followed to fix specific problems I have encountered. This may fix your problem, this may make your problem worse. Proceed with caution.   Steps to take when Conquest logs:   ***Error saving ...

One of our clinics just got a 3D probe for a Philips HD11 ultrasound machine. The Philips tech who came to set it up and train was unable to get 3D images sent to our PACS. Upon first glance, I noticed the cases were staying the Philips dicom queue. The ...