DICOMweb Protocol

What This Skill Does

Generates correct HTTP client code for the DICOMweb standard (WADO-RS, STOW-RS, QIDO-RS). Handles the parts that trip up developers: multipart MIME encoding, DICOM-specific content types, query parameter syntax, and bulk data retrieval. Works with any DICOMweb-compliant server.

Prerequisites

• Python 3.8+ with requests (or httpx for async)
• Understanding of DICOM data model (studies, series, instances)
• A DICOMweb-compliant server endpoint

Protocol Overview

DICOMweb provides three RESTful services for medical imaging: