Why?

This library offers pre-packaged solutions for features common to Web-based medical imaging viewers. For example:

• Hotkeys
• DICOM Web
• Hanging Protocols
• Managing a study's measurements
• Managing a study's DICOM metadata
• A flexible pattern for extensions
• And many others

It does this while remaining decoupled from any particular view library or rendering logic. While we use it to power our React Viewer, it can be used with Vue, React, Vanilla JS, or any number of other frameworks.

Getting Started

The documentation for this library is sparse. The best way to get started is to look at its top level exports and explore the source code of features that interest you. If you want to see how we use this library, you can check out our viewer implementation.

Install

This library is pre- v1.0. All releases until a v1.0 have the possibility of introducing breaking changes. Please depend on an "exact" version in your projects to prevent issues caused by loose versioning.

// with npm
npm i @dcm-cloud/core --save-exact

// with yarn
yarn add @dcm-cloud/core --exact

Usage

Usage is dependent on the feature(s) you want to leverage. The bulk of @dcm-cloud/core's features are "pure" and can be imported and used in place.

Example: retrieving study metadata from a server

import { studies } from '@dcm-cloud/core';

const studiesMetadata = await studies.retrieveStudiesMetadata(
  server, // Object
  studyInstanceUIDs, // Array
  seriesInstanceUIDs // Array (optional)
);

Contributing

It is notoriously difficult to setup multiple dependent repositories for end-to-end testing and development. That's why we recommend writing and running unit tests when adding and modifying features for this library. This allows us to program in isolation without a complex setup, and has the added benefit of producing well-tested business logic.

1. Clone this repository
2. Navigate to the project directory, and yarn install
3. To begin making changes, yarn run dev
4. To commit changes, run yarn run cm

When creating tests, place the test file "next to" the file you're testing. For example:

// File
index.js;

// Test for file
index.test.js;

As you add and modify code, jest will watch for uncommitted changes and run your tests, reporting the results to your terminal. Make a pull request with your changes to master, and a core team member will review your work. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to reach out via a GitHub issue.