DICOM PS3.18 2026a - Web Services

11.9.3 Response

The response shall have the following syntax:

version SP status-code SP reason-phrase CRLF
[Content-Type: dicom-media-type CRLF]
[(Content-Length: uint / Transfer-Encoding: encoding) CRLF]
[Content-Location: url CRLF]
*(header-field CRLF)
CRLF
[search-results / status-report]

11.9.3.1 Status Codes

Table 11.9.3-1 shows some common status codes corresponding to this Transaction. See also Section 8.5 for additional status codes.

Table 11.9.3-1. Status Code Meaning

Status

Code

Meaning

Success

200 (OK)

The search completed successfully, and the matching results are returned in the message body. This status code is also be used to indicate a successful search that yields zero results, in which case the payload includes an empty list of results.

Failure

400 (Bad Request)

There was a problem with the request. For example, an invalid Query Parameter syntax.

413 (Payload Too Large)

The size of the results exceeds the maximum payload size supported by the origin server. The user agent may repeat the request with paging or with a narrower query to reduce the size of the result.


DICOM PS3.18 2026a - Web Services