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Aurabox Bounce

Aurabox Bounce is a small DICOM proxy service that runs inside your firewall and forwards DICOM C-STORE requests to Aurabox via https. This allows you to send DICOM to Aurabox without having to open new firewall ports or implement a VPN.

Requirements

  • Windows, MacOS
  • DICOM connectivity with your PACS or modality
  • Outgoing HTTPS connectivity from the install location

How it works

Bounce installs a small agent on a workstation or server that listens for C-STORE requests and automatically forwards these to Aurabox. It does this by zipping the received files and sending them like normal file upload, bypassing the need to implement a VPN for DICOM forwarding.

Bounce can be installed on the same workstation as your PACS.

Installation

Follow the links to the latest release and run the installer on the workstation or system which your PACS or modality can access.

Download Bounce

Setup

Install Bounce locally

  1. Open the downloaded Bounce application and copy it to the usual location on your system (e.g. “Applications”).
  2. Run Bounce.

You will be asked to enter your API Key, Port and Storage Directory.

  • API Key: This is created when you add a new Service in Aurabox (see below)
  • Port: The internal port that your server listends on. If you don’t know, just use the default.
  • Storage Directory: A location on the current system that Bounce will use to store studies prior to upload.

Creating a Service

Using Bounce requires you to add a Bounce Service within Aurabox. Services are configurations that connect your internal systems to Aurabox.

  1. Go to the Network tab in the Aurabox interface.
  2. Select “Manage Services” from the Services pane
  3. Add a new Service…
  4. Select “Bounce Gateway” as the Service Type, and give it a Label
  5. Click “Save” and you will be presented with an API key. Copy this somewhere safe or paste it directly into Bounce, then delete it.

If you need to regenerate the key later, just Edit the service and click Regenerate.

Connecting your PACS

Bounce functions just like another DICOM node within your network, however it only accepts C-STORE requests.

  • AE Title: BOUNCE
  • Host: The IP address of the system you are runnning Bounce on. If that is the same workstation as your PACS, use 127.0.0.1
  • Port: The Port you selected when setting up the application.