9.3.3 C-GET Protocol

The information necessary for the C-GET request and indication DIMSE-C primitives are conveyed in the C-GET-RQ Message. The information necessary for the C-GET response and confirmation DIMSE-C primitives are conveyed in the C-GET-RSP Message. The information necessary for the C-GET Cancel Request and Cancel Indication primitives are conveyed in the C-CANCEL-GET-RQ Message.

9.3.3.1 C-GET-RQ

The C-GET-RQ Message contains fields as defined in Table 9.3-6. Each field shall conform to DICOM encoding and Value Representation as defined in PS3.5. Fields are required as specified in the C-GET service definition unless otherwise noted in Table 9.3-6. Fields not specified in the C-GET service definition but present in Table 9.3-6 are required by the DIMSE-C protocol.

Table 9.3-6. C-GET-RQ Message Fields

Message Field

Tag

VR

VM

Description of Field

Command Group Length

(0000,0000)

UL

1

The even number of bytes from the end of the value field to the beginning of the next group.

Affected SOP Class UID

(0000,0002)

UI

1

SOP Class UID associated with this operation.

Command Field

(0000,0100)

US

1

This field distinguishes the DIMSE‑C operation conveyed by this Message. The value of this field shall be set to 0010H for the C-GET-RQ Message.

Message ID

(0000,0110)

US

1

Implementation-specific value that distinguishes this Message from other Messages.

Priority

(0000,0700)

US

1

The priority shall be set to one of the following values:

LOW = 0002H

MEDIUM = 0000H

HIGH = 0001H

Command Data Set Type

(0000,0800)

US

1

This field indicates that a Data Set is present in the Message. It shall be set to any value other than 0101H (Null).

Identifier

(no tag)

-

-

A Data Set that encodes attributes providing status information about the C-GET operation. See Section 9.1.3.1.5.


Note

Implementations that require compatibility to previous versions of this Standard must set the Command Data Set Type (0000,0800) Field to 0102H (Identifier).