Relocating medical data

• US 10,586,016 B2
• Filed: 04/08/2016
• Issued: 03/10/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 04/08/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Siemens Healthineers AG (Siemens AG)
• Original Assignee: Siemens Healthcare GMBH (Siemens AG)
• Inventors: Dominick, Lutz, Ukis, Vladyslav
• Primary Examiner(s): Chang, Jungwon
• Application Number:
  US15/094,590
• Publication Number:
  US 20160300016A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,432 Days
• Field of Search: 711165, 709217
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/11 File system administration, e.g. details of archiving or snapshots file system backup G06F11/14
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/214 Database migration support
• CPC Class Codes: G16B 50/00 ICT programming tools or database systems specially adapted for bioinformatics
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 30/20 for handling medical images, e.g. DICOM, HL7 or PACS
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/50 for simulation or modelling of medical disorders
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/046 Interoperability with other network applications or services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/10 for controlling access to devices or network resources
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1095 Replication or mirroring of data, e.g. scheduling or transport for data synchronisation between network nodes
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1097 for distributed storage of data in networks, e.g. transport arrangements for network file system [NFS], storage area networks [SAN] or network attached storage [NAS]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/12 specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/563 Data redirection of data network streams

Abstract

A method for relocating medical data in a computer network having a plurality of storage nodes connected via data transfer channels is provided. Technical conditions for relocating the medical data from a first storage node to a second storage node are determined. A relocation of the medical data is decided based on the technical conditions and a predetermined relocation plan. The medical data is automatically relocated from the first storage node to the second storage node via the transfer channel when a relocation of the medical data is decided.

Claims

1. A method for relocating medical data in a computer network having a plurality of storage nodes connected via data transfer channels, the method comprising:

determining technical conditions for relocating the medical data from a first storage node of the plurality of storage nodes to a second storage node of the plurality of storage nodes;

determining a relocation of the medical data based on the determined technical conditions and a predetermined relocation plan;

fracking the medical data into one or more associated datasets based on a required access speed, wherein the one or more associated datasets include a logical link between the one or more associated datasets such that the medical data is reconstructable by following the logical link; and

automatically relocating the associated datasets from the first storage node to the second storage node via one of the data transfer channels when the relocation of the medical data is determined,

wherein the technical conditions comprise technical costs for relocating the medical data, the technical costs including pricing for relocating the medical data.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the technical conditions for relocating the medical data are determined for a number of storage nodes of the plurality of storage nodes.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the predetermined relocation plan is time-dependent.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the technical conditions further comprise a bandwidth of the transfer channel, a duration of the relocation, an available storage space of the first storage node or the second storage node, a processing speed of the first storage node or the second storage node, or any combination thereof.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the medical data is re-routed along data transfer channels in dependence of the predetermined relocation plan.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein determining the technical conditions comprises determining the technical conditions by testing by one or more storage nodes of the plurality of storage nodes.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein an address of a storage node of the plurality of storage nodes, on which a particular dataset of the medical data currently resides, is stored in a database.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein an address of a storage node of the plurality of storage nodes, from which a particular dataset of the medical data has been transferred, is stored in a database.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising storing a relocation status of a particular dataset of the medical data.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising transmitting a request for accessing a dataset of the medical data to an application that determines whether the dataset resides on the first storage node or the second storage node.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising forwarding, by the application, the retrieved datasets to requesting nodes.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein associated datasets are transferred in dependence on size or structure of the medical data.

13. A system for relocating medical data in a computer network, the system comprising:

a data transfer channel;

a plurality of storage nodes connected via the data transfer channel;

a device configured to;

determine technical conditions for relocating the medical data from a first storage node of the plurality of storage nodes to a second storage node of the plurality of storage nodes;

decide a relocation of the medical data based on the determined technical conditions and a predetermined relocation plan;

frack the medical data into one or more associated datasets based on a required access speed, wherein the one or more associated datasets include a logical link between the one or more associated datasets such that the medical data may be reconstructed by following the logical link; and

automatically relocate the medical data from the first storage node to the second storage node via the data transfer channel when the relocation of the medical data is decided,

wherein the technical conditions comprise technical costs for relocating the medical data, the technical costs including pricing for relocating the medical data.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the device is configured to determine the technical conditions for relocating the medical data for a number of storage nodes of the plurality of storage nodes.

15. The system of claim 13, wherein the relocation plan is time-dependent.

16. The system of claim 13, wherein the technical conditions further comprise a bandwidth of the transfer channel, a duration of the relocation, an available storage space of the first storage node or the second storage node, a processing speed of the first storage node or the second storage node, or any combination thereof.

17. The system of claim 13, wherein the medical data is re-routable along data transfer channels in dependence of the predetermined relocation plan.

18. The system of claim 13, wherein one or more storage nodes of the plurality of storage nodes are configured to determine the technical conditions by testing.

19. The system of claim 13, further comprising a database configured to store an address of a storage node of the plurality of storage nodes, on which a particular dataset of the medical data currently resides.

20. The system of claim 13, further comprising a database configured to store an address of a storage node of the plurality of storage nodes, from which a particular dataset of the medical data has been transferred.

21. The system of claim 13, further comprising a database configured to store a relocation status of a particular dataset of the medical data.

22. The system of claim 13, wherein the device is configured to determine whether the dataset resides on the first storage node or the second storage node.

23. The system according to claim 22, wherein the device is configured to forward the retrieved datasets to the requesting nodes.

24. The system of claim 13, wherein associated datasets are transferrable in dependence on size or structure of the medical data.

25. In a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing code instructions executable by a computer to relocate medical data in a computer network having a plurality of storage nodes connected via data transfer channels, the instructions comprising:

determining technical conditions for relocating the medical data from a first storage node of the plurality of storage nodes to a second storage node of the plurality of storage nodes;

determining a relocation of the medical data based on the determined technical conditions and a predetermined relocation plan;

fracking the medical data into one or more associated datasets based on a required access speed, wherein the one or more associated datasets include a logical link between the one or more associated datasets such that the medical data is reconstructable by following the logical link; and

automatically relocating the medical data from the first storage node to the second storage node via a transfer channel when the relocation of the medical data is determined,

wherein the technical conditions comprise technical costs for relocating the medical data, the technical costs including pricing for relocating the medical data.