Medical archive library and method
First Claim
1. A method for archiving information in a medical system having a medical scanner that scans a patient and creates medical image data and a computer workstation coupled to the medical scanner for analyzing the medical image data, the method comprising:
- receiving medical data from the medical system at a removable medium recording station coupled to the medical system, the removable medium recording station having a first storage device capable of initially storing medical data received from the medical system on a nonremovable storage medium, a first removable medium drive capable of receiving a first type of removable media, and, a second removable medium drive capable of receiving a second type of removable media;
transferring medical data from one of the first storage device and the first removable medium drive to the second removable drive;
removing a removable medium containing the transferred medical data from the second removable medium drive; and
filing the removable medium in a storage facility.
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Abstract
A low-cost scaleable turnkey system and method for archiving medical image data. The archive system and method permits the selective storing of medical data (including image data) received from a medical modality (e.g., CT, MRI, etc.) onto a removable medium (e.g., DVD or Blu-ray), which may subsequently be placed via robotics in a magazine within the system housing. In addition to directing the archiving of the medical data as described, software components of the archive system permit a specific medium in a magazine to be addressed, retrieved, and read as needed.
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72 Claims
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1. A method for archiving information in a medical system having a medical scanner that scans a patient and creates medical image data and a computer workstation coupled to the medical scanner for analyzing the medical image data, the method comprising:
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receiving medical data from the medical system at a removable medium recording station coupled to the medical system, the removable medium recording station having a first storage device capable of initially storing medical data received from the medical system on a nonremovable storage medium, a first removable medium drive capable of receiving a first type of removable media, and, a second removable medium drive capable of receiving a second type of removable media;
transferring medical data from one of the first storage device and the first removable medium drive to the second removable drive;
removing a removable medium containing the transferred medical data from the second removable medium drive; and
filing the removable medium in a storage facility. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A medical archive library comprising:
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a communication facility for coupling the medical archive library to a medical system, the medical system having at least one medical scanner that scans a patient and creates medical image data and a computer workstation coupled to the medical scanner for analyzing the medical image data;
a first storage device capable of initially storing medical data received from the medical system on a nonremovable storage medium, a first removable medium drive capable of receiving a first type of removable media;
a second removable medium drive capable of receiving a second type of removable media;
processing facilities capable of controlling the transfer of medical data from one of the first storage device and the first removable medium drive to the second removable medium drive;
at least one magazine capable of storing the second type of removable media; and
,robotics capable of removing the second type of removable media from the second removable medium drive and filing the second type of removable media in the at least one magazine. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63)
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64. A medical archive system, comprising:
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a communications network;
at least one medical scanner, coupled to said communications network, that scans a patient and creates medical image data;
a computer workstation, coupled to the communication network and operative to store initially and to analyze the medical image data generated by the medical scanner;
a medical archive library, coupled to said communications network, the medical archive library having a first storage device capable of initially storing medical data received from the medical system on a nonremovable storage medium, a first removable medium drive capable of receiving a first type of removable media, a second removable medium drive capable of receiving a second type of removable media, processing facilities capable of transferring medical data from one of the nonremovable storage medium and a first removable medium inserted in the first removable medium drive to a second removable medium inserted in the second removable medium drive, at least one magazine capable of storing the second type of removable media, and, robotics capable of removing the second type of removable media from the second removable medium drive and filing the second type of removable media in the at least one magazine. - View Dependent Claims (65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72)
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