DICOM search for studies using query params/DICOM tags

Use query parameters to search by DICOM tag, such as PatientName.

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Go

Before trying this sample, follow the Go setup instructions in the Cloud Healthcare API quickstart using client libraries. For more information, see the Cloud Healthcare API Go API reference documentation.

To authenticate to Cloud Healthcare API, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.

import (
	"context"
	"fmt"
	"io"
	"io/ioutil"

	healthcare "google.golang.org/api/healthcare/v1"
)

// queryParamOpt is a googleapi.Option (https://godoc.org/google.golang.org/api/googleapi#CallOption)
// that adds query parameters to an API call.
type queryParamOpt struct {
	key, value string
}

func (qp queryParamOpt) Get() (string, string) { return qp.key, qp.value }

// dicomWebSearchStudies refines a DICOMweb studies search by appending DICOM tags to the request.
func dicomWebSearchStudies(w io.Writer, projectID, location, datasetID, dicomStoreID, dicomWebPath string) error {
	// projectID := "my-project"
	// location := "us-central1"
	// datasetID := "my-dataset"
	// dicomStoreID := "my-dicom-store"
	// dicomWebPath := "studies"
	ctx := context.Background()

	healthcareService, err := healthcare.NewService(ctx)
	if err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("healthcare.NewService: %w", err)
	}

	storesService := healthcareService.Projects.Locations.Datasets.DicomStores

	name := fmt.Sprintf("projects/%s/locations/%s/datasets/%s/dicomStores/%s", projectID, location, datasetID, dicomStoreID)

	call := storesService.SearchForStudies(name, dicomWebPath)
	// Refine your search by appending DICOM tags to the
	// request in the form of query parameters. This sample
	// searches for studies containing a patient's name.
	patientName := queryParamOpt{key: "PatientName", value: "Sally Zhang"}
	resp, err := call.Do(patientName)
	if err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("Get: %w", err)
	}

	defer resp.Body.Close()

	respBytes, err := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
	if err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("ioutil.ReadAll: %w", err)
	}

	if resp.StatusCode > 299 {
		return fmt.Errorf("SearchForStudies: status %d %s: %s", resp.StatusCode, resp.Status, respBytes)
	}
	respString := string(respBytes)
	if len(respString) > 0 {
		fmt.Fprintf(w, "Found studies: %s\n", respString)
	} else {
		fmt.Println("No studies found.")
	}

	return nil
}

Java

Before trying this sample, follow the Java setup instructions in the Cloud Healthcare API quickstart using client libraries. For more information, see the Cloud Healthcare API Java API reference documentation.

To authenticate to Cloud Healthcare API, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.

import com.google.api.client.http.HttpRequestInitializer;
import com.google.api.client.http.HttpResponse;
import com.google.api.client.http.javanet.NetHttpTransport;
import com.google.api.client.json.JsonFactory;
import com.google.api.client.json.gson.GsonFactory;
import com.google.api.services.healthcare.v1.CloudHealthcare;
import com.google.api.services.healthcare.v1.CloudHealthcare.Projects.Locations.Datasets.DicomStores;
import com.google.api.services.healthcare.v1.CloudHealthcareScopes;
import com.google.auth.http.HttpCredentialsAdapter;
import com.google.auth.oauth2.GoogleCredentials;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.Collections;

public class DicomWebSearchStudies {
  private static final String DICOM_NAME = "projects/%s/locations/%s/datasets/%s/dicomStores/%s";
  private static final JsonFactory JSON_FACTORY = new GsonFactory();
  private static final NetHttpTransport HTTP_TRANSPORT = new NetHttpTransport();

  public static void dicomWebSearchStudies(String dicomStoreName) throws IOException {
    // String dicomStoreName =
    //    String.format(
    //        DICOM_NAME, "your-project-id", "your-region-id", "your-dataset-id", "your-dicom-id");

    // Initialize the client, which will be used to interact with the service.
    CloudHealthcare client = createClient();

    DicomStores.SearchForStudies request =
        client
            .projects()
            .locations()
            .datasets()
            .dicomStores()
            .searchForStudies(dicomStoreName, "studies")
            // Refine your search by appending DICOM tags to the
            // request in the form of query parameters. This sample
            // searches for studies containing a patient's name.
            .set("PatientName", "Sally Zhang");

    // Execute the request and process the results.
    HttpResponse response = request.executeUnparsed();
    System.out.println("Studies found: \n" + response.toString());
  }

  private static CloudHealthcare createClient() throws IOException {
    // Use Application Default Credentials (ADC) to authenticate the requests
    // For more information see https://cloud.google.com/docs/authentication/production
    GoogleCredentials credential =
        GoogleCredentials.getApplicationDefault()
            .createScoped(Collections.singleton(CloudHealthcareScopes.CLOUD_PLATFORM));

    // Create a HttpRequestInitializer, which will provide a baseline configuration to all requests.
    HttpRequestInitializer requestInitializer =
        request -> {
          new HttpCredentialsAdapter(credential).initialize(request);
          request.setConnectTimeout(60000); // 1 minute connect timeout
          request.setReadTimeout(60000); // 1 minute read timeout
        };

    // Build the client for interacting with the service.
    return new CloudHealthcare.Builder(HTTP_TRANSPORT, JSON_FACTORY, requestInitializer)
        .setApplicationName("your-application-name")
        .build();
  }
}

Node.js

Before trying this sample, follow the Node.js setup instructions in the Cloud Healthcare API quickstart using client libraries. For more information, see the Cloud Healthcare API Node.js API reference documentation.

To authenticate to Cloud Healthcare API, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.

const google = require('@googleapis/healthcare');
const healthcare = google.healthcare({
  version: 'v1',
  auth: new google.auth.GoogleAuth({
    scopes: ['https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform'],
  }),
});

const dicomWebSearchStudies = async () => {
  // TODO(developer): uncomment these lines before running the sample
  // const cloudRegion = 'us-central1';
  // const projectId = 'adjective-noun-123';
  // const datasetId = 'my-dataset';
  // const dicomStoreId = 'my-dicom-store';
  const parent = `projects/${projectId}/locations/${cloudRegion}/datasets/${datasetId}/dicomStores/${dicomStoreId}`;
  const dicomWebPath = 'studies';
  const request = {parent, dicomWebPath};

  const studies =
    await healthcare.projects.locations.datasets.dicomStores.searchForStudies(
      request,
      {
        // Refine your search by appending DICOM tags to the
        // request in the form of query parameters. This sample
        // searches for studies containing a patient's name.
        params: {PatientName: 'Sally Zhang'},
        headers: {Accept: 'application/dicom+json'},
      }
    );
  console.log(studies);

  console.log(`Found ${studies.data.length} studies:`);
  console.log(JSON.stringify(studies.data));
};

dicomWebSearchStudies();

Python

Before trying this sample, follow the Python setup instructions in the Cloud Healthcare API quickstart using client libraries. For more information, see the Cloud Healthcare API Python API reference documentation.

To authenticate to Cloud Healthcare API, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.

def dicomweb_search_studies(project_id, location, dataset_id, dicom_store_id):
    """Handles the GET requests specified in the DICOMweb standard.

    See https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/python-docs-samples/tree/main/healthcare/api-client/v1/dicom
    before running the sample."""
    # Imports Python's built-in "os" module
    import os

    # Imports the google.auth.transport.requests transport
    from google.auth.transport import requests

    # Imports a module to allow authentication using a service account
    from google.oauth2 import service_account

    # Gets credentials from the environment.
    credentials = service_account.Credentials.from_service_account_file(
        os.environ["GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS"]
    )
    scoped_credentials = credentials.with_scopes(
        ["https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform"]
    )
    # Creates a requests Session object with the credentials.
    session = requests.AuthorizedSession(scoped_credentials)

    # URL to the Cloud Healthcare API endpoint and version
    base_url = "https://healthcare.googleapis.com/v1"

    # TODO(developer): Uncomment these lines and replace with your values.
    # project_id = 'my-project'  # replace with your GCP project ID
    # location = 'us-central1'  # replace with the parent dataset's location
    # dataset_id = 'my-dataset'  # replace with the parent dataset's ID
    # dicom_store_id = 'my-dicom-store' # replace with the DICOM store ID
    url = f"{base_url}/projects/{project_id}/locations/{location}"

    dicomweb_path = "{}/datasets/{}/dicomStores/{}/dicomWeb/studies".format(
        url, dataset_id, dicom_store_id
    )

    # Refine your search by appending DICOM tags to the
    # request in the form of query parameters. This sample
    # searches for studies containing a patient's name.
    params = {"PatientName": "Sally Zhang"}

    response = session.get(dicomweb_path, params=params)

    response.raise_for_status()

    print(f"Studies found: response is {response}")

    # Uncomment the following lines to process the response as JSON.
    # patients = response.json()
    # print('Patients found matching query:')
    # print(json.dumps(patients, indent=2))

    # return patients

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