Plan and execute a PACS-to-PACS migration using DICOM C-MOVE with throttling and integrity verification

Steps

1. Enumerate all studies on the source PACS using C-FIND at the Study Root level, filtering by date range, and export the list (StudyInstanceUID, AccessionNumber, PatientID, study date) to a migration manifest file
2. Issue C-MOVE requests in batches from the source PACS to the destination PACS, scheduling transfers during off-peak hours; control concurrency and inter-request delay to avoid saturating the clinical network
3. For each migrated study, re-query the destination PACS with C-FIND and verify that the number of series and instances matches the source manifest; log discrepancies for re-transfer
4. Reconcile patient and accession metadata differences between source and target using RIS data where DICOM headers contain legacy or incorrect identifiers, applying DICOM header correction before final send
5. Run a dual-read period where both PACSes are live, verifying clinician access and study routing, before decommissioning the source