Medical image capture system and method
First Claim
1. A system for processing patient video image data, comprising:
- a Hospital Site Server for capturing and storing said patient video image data;
an Internet Data Center in communication with said Hospital Site Server for storing said patient video image data, wherein the Internet Data Center comprises a server for and providing access to said patient video images; and
a web-based client for receiving said patient video image data from said Internet Data Center.
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Abstract
As patient video images are captured in a lab, they are converted into an uncompressed data set and stored locally on a hospital site server, where they are immediately viewable by diagnosticians in the hospital. The hospital site server generates a plurality of compressed data sets for use by the Internet Data Center. Additionally, the uncompressed data set and a plurality of compressed data sets are stored permanently on a centralized Internet Data Center, from which they can be searched out and displayed by any client device running web-browser software. A client is provided with immediate access to the uncompressed images when pausing and requesting the images of interest from the server. The patient video images are automatically delivered to any authorized Clinical Research Organizations, they are delivered back to the treating hospital when the patient returns for subsequent visits, and are viewable through in-hospital viewing stations over a private high-speed network.
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23 Claims
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1. A system for processing patient video image data, comprising:
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a Hospital Site Server for capturing and storing said patient video image data;
an Internet Data Center in communication with said Hospital Site Server for storing said patient video image data, wherein the Internet Data Center comprises a server for and providing access to said patient video images; and
a web-based client for receiving said patient video image data from said Internet Data Center. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A system for capturing and delivering patient video image data to a remote viewing station, comprising:
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a camera for capturing patient video images, said camera configured to transmit said patient video images to an acquisition station;
said acquisition station comprising instructions for receiving patient demographic information a hospital site server comprising a storage component for storing said patient video images and said patient demographic information. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 19, 20)
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17. A method for displaying a compressed multi-media file and retrieving lossless frames of interest, comprising:
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displaying a compressed multi-media file in a viewer;
detecting when a selected frame of video in said view has been selected;
retrieving a plurality of uncompressed video frames immediately before and immediately after the selected frame; and
displaying the plurality of uncompressed video frames.
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21. A method for displaying a multi-media file to a client computer comprising:
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calculating said client'"'"'s effective bandwidth;
determining how many frames of a multi-media file must be skipped in order to render the entire file without waiting for a subsequent frame to download;
reordering frames of said multi-media file such that the file is downloaded sequentially; and
delivering and repeatedly displaying said file until all frames of the file are downloaded and displayed. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23)
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