Steve Pieper

> @pieper did you try the `callback` approach? It would not yet solve the problem of setting the min/max retry values, but it should allow you to inject log messages...

Yes, these alternatives could be good too. The reason I suggested `asks` is that it builds on `trio` which opens the possibility of using [`qtrio`](https://pypi.org/project/qtrio/) to integrate with the Qt...

> we could create a `dicomweb.ConcurrentDICOMwebClient`, which would provide the same (or a very similar) interface, but would be implemented fully async. We Yes, that's what I meant - a...

I think async is more fundamental than the threading since most of the time will be spent waiting for the network anyway. I haven't worked with any of the native...

I think the pre-computed metadata works for archives (rarely changing data, like IDC where we plan monthly versions). @hackermd mentioned he wanted to use this client in a dynamic environment...

Hi @johndgiese Hope you are well too! To give a concrete use case for future reference, in [Slicer](https://www.slicer.org/)/[CTK](http://commontk.org/) we have the [header browser](https://www.slicer.org/wiki/Documentation/4.10/Modules/DICOM#/media/File:DICOM4_2014-11-17-09-38.png) set up to link out to [dicomlookup](http://dicomlookup.com/),...

Yes, a tag-specific page would be perfect! We just want to get people into a useful spot so they can better understand their data.

I'm also thrilled to see this! There are a couple other use-cases and features I could add to the wishlist if you are interested (I don't want be a distraction).

Okay here are some of my wishlist items: * I'd love to be able to re-use shader snippets across desktop vtk (slicer), vtkjs, and other environments. We have the [PrismRendering](https://github.com/ETS-vis-interactive/SlicerPRISMRendering)...

Hi @neurolabusc - that looks close to what I mean, but it's not clear to me that any of those modes are exactly what I mean. I'm thinking of something...