Universal web service for DICOM objects

A medical image management system comprising:

• a network communication interface to receive a web services request from a remote web client for one or more Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM) objects;
• a memory coupled to the network communication interface to store received healthcare studies;
• a display screen coupled to the memory to display the received healthcare studies;
• and
• one or more processors coupled to the network connection interface, the memory and the display screen and configured to
• generate a DICOM Message Service Element (DIMSE) service request from the web services request, wherein generating the DIMSE service request includes parsing a modified base URL that includes information for a DIMSE service, the modified URL being compliant with a standard that specifies a web-based service for accessing and presenting DICOM objects, wherein the DIMSE service request is sent to a server via the network communication interface;
• reformat a response to the DIMSE service request received from the server via the network communication interface;
• and
• return the reformatted response to the remote web client via the network communication interface, the response being compliant with the standard that specifies a web-based service for accessing and presenting DICOM objects.

A non-transitory computer readable storage media having instructions stored thereupon which, when executed by a system having at least a processor, a memory and a display screen therein, cause the system to perform a method comprising:

• receiving, at a web service engine, a web services request from a remote web client for one or more Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM) objects;
• generating a DICOM Message Service Element (DIMSE) service request from the web services request, wherein generating the DIMSE se ice request includes parsing a modified base URL for a service that includes information for a DIMSE service, the DIMSE service request being compliant with a standard that specifies a web-based service for accessing and presenting DICOM objects;
• sending the DIMSE service request to a server;
• receiving a response to the DIMSE service request from the server;
• reformatting the response to be compliant with the standard that specifies a web-based service for accessing and presenting DICOM objects;
• and
• returning the reformatted response to the remote web client.