A video demonstration and configuration of this feature is available here.
The Dicom Media Watch application is available in DocScanFx versions v.3.3.0.1 and higher. It can be configured to watch your computer for inserted external media containing DICOM files and prompt your end users to perform an import. The user prompt can be as simple as asking the user if they want to import:
Or it can offer more specific options:
To install Dicom Media Watch, choose its component option during the DocScanFx setup:
To configure it, browse to the DocScanFx installation folder and open the DocScan.INI file in a text editor, or if you prefer, use the DocScanFx IniEditor. Navigate to the COMMON section and look for these two lines:
[COMMON] ... DicomMediaWatchDrive=D: DicomMediaWatchModes=CD Import ...
Note that if you make any of the changes that are about to be described you will need to close Dicom Media Watch by RIGHT clicking its icon in the system tray and choosing exit. Next, restart it by browsing to your DocScanFx install location, then to the Resources folder, and finally double click on the DicomMediaWatch.exe file.
The first setting, DicomMediaWatchDrive, is a comma delimited list of drives to be watched for DICOM files. If you had a CD drive labeled "D:" and a DVD drive labeled "E:" and you also wanted to watch for USB drives "F:" and "G:" then you would change this settings to:
DicomMediaWatchDrive=D:,E:,F:,G:
The second setting, DicomMediaWatchModes, is a comma separated list of DICOM Import Modes you want your end users to be able to choose from. This requires that you have these extra modes setup in your INI file to begin with. Essentially, this lets your end users have more granular control over how different media types get imported. The video at the top of this article goes into detail on how to add five different import modes. If you had all those import modes in your INI file, then this setting would look like this (note that word wrap may make it appear as more than one line):
DicomMediaWatchModes=Import Dicom CD/DVD (D:)|Import Dicom USB (E:)|Import Cardio CD/DVD/USB|Import Dicom - Slow search|Import CD/DVD/USB for reading
The following INI modes are the DICOM import modes referenced in the instructional video for Dicom Media Watch. Feel free to copy/paste any of them into your INI file. Be sure to adjust any referenced search or archive values to the ones you use.
[Import Dicom CD/DVD (D:)]
ModeDescription=Automatically search a Dicom CD or DVD for importing
DefaultDICOMSearchMethod=Import
StoreArchive=PacsArchive
ImportLocationChoices=D:\
ImportLocationDefault=D:\
ImportModeAutoSearchDefaultLocation=True
[Import Dicom USB (E:)]
ModeDescription=Automatically search a Dicom USB device for importing
DefaultDICOMSearchMethod=Import
StoreArchive=PacsArchive
ImportLocationChoices=E:\
ImportLocationDefault=E:\
ImportModeAutoSearchDefaultLocation=True
[Import Cardio CD/DVD/USB]
ModeDescription=Import DICOM study to Cardiology PACS
DefaultDICOMSearchMethod=Import
StoreArchive=ArchiveCardio
ImportLocationChoices=D:\,E:\
ImportLocationDefault=D:\
;ImportModeAutoSearchDefaultLocation=True
[Import Dicom - Slow search]
ModeDescription=Import CD/DVD/USB by searching for DICOM (slow) and allow advanced editing
DefaultDICOMSearchMethod=Import
StoreArchive=PacsArchive
ImportLocationChoices=D:\,E:\
ImportLocationDefault=D:\
;ImportModeAutoSearchDefaultLocation=True
ImportAllowEditSeries=True
ImportAllowEditPatientDOB=True
ImportAllowEditPatientGender=True
DicomImportIgnoreDICOMDIR=True
[Import CD/DVD/USB for reading]
ModeDescription=Import CD/DVD/USB for overread
DefaultDICOMSearchMethod=Import
StoreArchive=PacsArchive
QuerySource=PacsArchive
ImportLocationChoices=D:\,E:\
ImportLocationDefault=D:\
;ImportModeAutoSearchDefaultLocation=True
ImportAllowEditSeries=True
ImportAllowEditPatientDOB=True
ImportAllowEditPatientGender=True
ImportAllowPatientSearchMRN=True
ImportAllowPatientSearchName=True
PatientNameAddSearchWildcard=True
ImportAllowPatientSearchDOB=True
GenerateNewUidsForImportedExams=True
AdditionalDicomTags=DICOM-TAGS-Import-Advanced
ImportAutoSearch=DOB,LastF
[DICOM-TAGS-Import-Advanced]
AccessionNumber=(0008,0050)|{{NowYear}}{{NowMonth}}{{NowDay}}{{NowHour}}{{NowMinute}}{{NowSecond}}|SH|1
OtherPatientID=(0010,1000)||LO|1
OtherPatientName=(0010,1001)||PN|1