update dicom transfer method by sending only the first slice due to o…

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Signed-off-by: Jose Raniery <[email protected]>

plugins/slicer/MONAILabel/MONAILabel.py

@@ -1437,6 +1437,11 @@ def onUploadImage(self, init_sample=True, session=False):
                 # if includeDicomFilesCheckBox is marked, save original dicom files on the client
                 if slicer.util.settingsValue("MONAILabel/includeDicomFiles", False, converter=slicer.util.toBool):
                     dcm_filenames = self.get_dicom_files()
+
+                    # send to server only the first slice due to transfer overhead
+                    dcm_filenames.sort()
+                    dcm_filenames = dcm_filenames[:1]
+
                     report_progress_increment = round(last_report_progress / len(dcm_filenames), 1)
                     for dcm_fullpath in dcm_filenames:
                     	# set original study and series UIDs