uv tool install dicom-mcp

# Clone and set up development environment
git clone https://github.com/ChristianHinge/dicom-mcp
cd dicom mcp

# Create and activate virtual environment
uv venv
source .venv/bin/activate

# Install with test dependencies
uv pip install -e ".[dev]"

nodes:
  main:
    host: "localhost"
    port: 4242 
    ae_title: "ORTHANC"
    description: "Local Orthanc DICOM server"

current_node: "main"
calling_aet: "MCPSCU" 

cd tests
docker ocmpose up -d
cd ..
pytest # uploads dummy pdf data to ORTHANC server
sh upload_dummy_data.sh

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "dicom": {
      "command": "uv",
      "args": ["tool","dicom-mcp", "/path/to/your_config.yaml"]
    }
  }
}

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "arxiv-mcp-server": {
            "command": "uv",
            "args": [
                "--directory",
                "path/to/cloned/dicom-mcp",
                "run",
                "dicom-mcp",
                "/path/to/your_config.yaml"
            ]
        }
    }
}

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🧑‍⚕️ User: "Any significant findings in John Doe's previous CT report?"

🧠 LLM → ⚙️ Tools:
   query_patients → query_studies → query_series → extract_pdf_text_from_dicom

💬 LLM Response: "The report from 2025-03-26 mentions a history of splenomegaly (enlarged spleen)"

🧑‍⚕️ User: "What's the volume of his spleen at the last scan and the scan today?"

🧠 LLM → ⚙️ Tools:
   (query_studies → query_series → move_series → query_series → extract_pdf_text_from_dicom) x2
   (The move_series tool sends the latest CT to a DICOM segmentation node, which returns volume PDF report)

💬 LLM Response: "last year 2024-03-26: 412cm³, today 2025-04-10: 350cm³"
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# Navigate to the directory containing docker-compose.yml (e.g., tests/)
cd tests
docker-compose up -d

# From the project root directory
pytest

cd tests
docker-compose down

npx @modelcontextprotocol/inspector uv run dicom-mcp /path/to/your_config.yaml --transport stdio