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Intelligent medical image management system

  • US 20040141661A1
  • Filed: 11/24/2003
  • Published: 07/22/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/27/2002
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An image management system connected to receive messages from a plurality of image producing devices coupled to a network, the image management system comprising:

  • a plurality of storage devices, each storage device having cost and operating characteristics which differ from the other storage devices;

    means for receiving over the network from image producing devices messages which contain image data and metadata, said metadata containing information related to the image data and the image producing device;

    a buffer for storing image data in a received message coupled to the means for receiving;

    processor means coupled to the means for receiving to process metadata in a received message to determine in accordance with a stored rule which one of the plurality of storage devices should store the associated image data; and

    archiving means responsive to the determination made by the processor means to transfer the image data in the buffer to said one storage device.

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