dcm4che 5.22.0 dcmqrscp IncompatibleSpecificCharaterSetException - dicom

Question

I am trying to use the new dcm4che release 5.22.0 and more specifically the dcmqrscp tool:
https://github.com/dcm4che/dcm4che/blob/master/dcm4che-tool/dcm4che-tool-dcmqrscp/README.md
I am starting an instance:
dcmqrscp -b DCMROUTER:435 --dicomdir /media/cdrom/DICOMDIR
But i am getting the following exception during the association request (no matter the study i am trying to send):
11:12:29,896 INFO - Accept connection Socket[addr=/127.0.0.1,port=52127,localport=4006]
11:12:29,917 DEBUG - /127.0.0.1:4006<-/127.0.0.1:52127(1): enter state: Sta2 - Transport connection open
11:12:29,937 INFO - DCMROUTER<-MAYAM(1) >> A-ASSOCIATE-RQ
11:12:29,942 DEBUG - A-ASSOCIATE-RQ[
calledAET: DCMROUTER
callingAET: MAYAM
applicationContext: 1.2.840.10008.3.1.1.1 - DICOM Application Context Name
implClassUID: 1.2.40.0.13.1.1
implVersionName: dcm4che-2.0
maxPDULength: 16384
maxOpsInvoked/maxOpsPerformed: 0/0
PresentationContext[id: 1
as: 1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.1.4 - MR Image Storage
ts: 1.2.840.10008.1.2 - Implicit VR Little Endian
]
PresentationContext[id: 3
as: 1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.1.4 - MR Image Storage
ts: 1.2.840.10008.1.2.1 - Explicit VR Little Endian
]
]
11:12:29,942 DEBUG - DCMROUTER<-MAYAM(1): enter state: Sta3 - Awaiting local A-ASSOCIATE response primitive
11:12:29,942 INFO - DCMROUTER<-MAYAM(1) << A-ASSOCIATE-AC
11:12:29,942 DEBUG - A-ASSOCIATE-AC[
calledAET: DCMROUTER
callingAET: MAYAM
applicationContext: 1.2.840.10008.3.1.1.1 - DICOM Application Context Name
implClassUID: 1.2.40.0.13.1.3
implVersionName: dcm4che-5.22.0
maxPDULength: 16378
maxOpsInvoked/maxOpsPerformed: 0/0
PresentationContext[id: 1
result: 0 - acceptance
ts: 1.2.840.10008.1.2 - Implicit VR Little Endian
]
PresentationContext[id: 3
result: 0 - acceptance
ts: 1.2.840.10008.1.2.1 - Explicit VR Little Endian
]
]
11:12:29,943 DEBUG - DCMROUTER<-MAYAM(1): enter state: Sta6 - Association established and ready for data transfer
11:12:29,947 INFO - DCMROUTER<-MAYAM(1) >> 1:C-STORE-RQ[pcid=3, prior=0
cuid=1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.1.4 - MR Image Storage
iuid=2.25.236888348187743071893701493905889154404.2 - ?
tsuid=1.2.840.10008.1.2.1 - Explicit VR Little Endian]
11:12:29,968 DEBUG - DCMROUTER<-MAYAM(1) >> 1:C-STORE-RQ Command:
(0000,0002) UI [1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.1.4] AffectedSOPClassUID
(0000,0100) US [1] CommandField
(0000,0110) US [1] MessageID
(0000,0700) US [0] Priority
(0000,0800) US [0] CommandDataSetType
(0000,1000) UI [2.25.236888348187743071893701493905889154404.2] AffectedSOPIns
11:12:29,969 DEBUG - DCMROUTER<-MAYAM(1) >> 1:C-STORE-RQ Dataset receiving...
11:12:29,969 INFO - DCMROUTER<-MAYAM(1): M-WRITE \media\cdrom\2.25.236888348187743071893701493905889154404.2
11:12:29,988 INFO - DCMROUTER<-MAYAM(1): M-RENAME \media\cdrom\2.25.236888348187743071893701493905889154404.2
11:12:30,072 INFO - M-UPDATE \media\cdrom\DICOMDIR: add STUDY Record
11:12:30,074 INFO - DCMROUTER<-MAYAM(1): M-DELETE \media\cdrom\DICOM\67EEF683\3AA0D620\7E6BFF30
11:12:30,075 INFO - DCMROUTER<-MAYAM(1): processing 1:C-STORE-RQ[pcid=3, prior=0
cuid=1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.1.4 - MR Image Storage
iuid=2.25.236888348187743071893701493905889154404.2 - ?
tsuid=1.2.840.10008.1.2.1 - Explicit VR Little Endian] failed. Caused by:
org.dcm4che3.net.service.DicomServiceException: org.dcm4che3.data.IncompatibleSpecificCharaterSetException: Specific Character Sets [] and [ISO_IR 100] not compatible
at org.dcm4che3.tool.dcmqrscp.DcmQRSCP$CStoreSCPImpl.store(DcmQRSCP.java:176)
at org.dcm4che3.net.service.BasicCStoreSCP.onDimseRQ(BasicCStoreSCP.java:72)
at org.dcm4che3.net.service.DicomServiceRegistry.onDimseRQ(DicomServiceRegistry.java:86)
at org.dcm4che3.net.ApplicationEntity.onDimseRQ(ApplicationEntity.java:474)
at org.dcm4che3.net.Association.onDimseRQ(Association.java:746)
at org.dcm4che3.net.PDUDecoder.decodeDIMSE(PDUDecoder.java:467)
at org.dcm4che3.net.Association.handlePDataTF(Association.java:729)
at org.dcm4che3.net.State$4.onPDataTF(State.java:103)
at org.dcm4che3.net.Association.onPDataTF(Association.java:725)
at org.dcm4che3.net.PDUDecoder.nextPDU(PDUDecoder.java:177)
at org.dcm4che3.net.Association$2.run(Association.java:562)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1149)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:624)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:748)
Caused by: org.dcm4che3.data.IncompatibleSpecificCharaterSetException: Specific Character Sets [] and [ISO_IR 100] not compatible
at org.dcm4che3.data.Attributes.add(Attributes.java:2103)
at org.dcm4che3.data.Attributes.addSelected(Attributes.java:2060)
at org.dcm4che3.media.RecordFactory.createRecord(RecordFactory.java:255)
at org.dcm4che3.tool.dcmqrscp.DcmQRSCP.addDicomDirRecords(DcmQRSCP.java:1087)
at org.dcm4che3.tool.dcmqrscp.DcmQRSCP$CStoreSCPImpl.store(DcmQRSCP.java:167)
... 13 more
11:12:30,083 INFO - DCMROUTER<-MAYAM(1) << 1:C-STORE-RSP[pcid=3, status=110H, errorComment=org.dcm4che3.data.IncompatibleSpecificCharaterSetException: Spec
tsuid=1.2.840.10008.1.2.1 - Explicit VR Little Endian]
11:12:30,083 DEBUG - DCMROUTER<-MAYAM(1) << 1:C-STORE-RSP Command:
(0000,0100) US [32769] CommandField
(0000,0120) US [1] MessageIDBeingRespondedTo
(0000,0800) US [257] CommandDataSetType
(0000,0900) US [272] Status
(0000,0902) LO [org.dcm4che3.data.IncompatibleSpecificCharaterSetException: Sp
11:12:30,088 INFO - DCMROUTER<-MAYAM(1) >> A-RELEASE-RQ
11:12:30,088 DEBUG - DCMROUTER<-MAYAM(1): enter state: Sta8 - Awaiting local A-RELEASE response primitive
11:12:30,088 INFO - DCMROUTER<-MAYAM(1) << A-RELEASE-RP
11:12:30,089 DEBUG - DCMROUTER<-MAYAM(1): enter state: Sta13 - Awaiting Transport Connection Close Indication
11:12:30,093 DEBUG - DCMROUTER<-MAYAM(1): closing Socket[addr=/127.0.0.1,port=52127,localport=4006] in 50 ms
11:12:30,142 INFO - DCMROUTER<-MAYAM(1): close Socket[addr=/127.0.0.1,port=52127,localport=4006]
11:12:30,142 DEBUG - DCMROUTER<-MAYAM(1): enter state: Sta1 - Idle
Any ideas what has changed in 5.22.0 and might cause this error?

Answer 1

As commented by #thanili:
It was a bug, fixed hopefully now. Please refer to github source code for more details.

Answer 2

Looking at source code on github, it seems the exception is recently added.
package org.dcm4che3.data;
/**
* #author Gunter Zeilinger (gunterze#protonmail.com)
* #since Mar 2020
*/
public class IncompatibleSpecificCharaterSetException extends IllegalArgumentException {
public IncompatibleSpecificCharaterSetException(String s) {
super(s);
}
}
Apparently, you need to set the supported Specific Character Sets yourself.
public void setSpecificCharacterSet(String... codes) {
ensureModifiable();
decodeStringValuesUsingSpecificCharacterSet();
setString(Tag.SpecificCharacterSet, VR.CS, codes);
}
Without it, it throws exception as here and here.
On command line as mentioned in readme:
--fs-desc-cs <code> Character Set used in File-set
Descriptor File ("ISO_IR 100" =
ISO Latin 1)