System and Method for Producing Medical Image Data onto Portable Digital Recording Media

• US 20080063368A1
• Filed: 11/19/2007
• Published: 03/13/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 02/11/2000
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: DatCard Systems Incorporated
• Original Assignee: DatCard Systems Incorporated
• Inventors: Wright, Ken, LaGuardia, Chet
• Granted Patent: US 8,483,550 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 386/95
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/65 stored on portable record carriers, e.g. on smartcards, RFID tags or CD
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 30/20 for handling medical images, e.g. DICOM, HL7 or PACS
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 30/40 for processing medical images, e.g. editing
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00127 Connection or combination of a still picture apparatus with another apparatus, e.g. for storage, processing or transmission of still picture signals or of information associated with a still picture
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/2104 for one or a few pictures
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/2166 for mass storage, e.g. in document filing systems information retrieval G06F16/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/2179 Interfaces allowing access to a plurality of users, e.g. connection to electronic image libraries

Abstract

This application discloses a system for recording medical image data for production on a portable digital recording medium such as CDs and DVDs. This system includes a receiving module, a processing module and an output module, with viewing program for viewing medical image data stored on the portable digital recording medium. It also discloses a method of storing medical image data on a portable digital recording medium, including the steps of receiving the medical image data, processing the data and storing the data on the portable digital recording medium, with a viewing program for viewing medical image data stored on the portable digital recording medium. It further discloses a method of selecting medical image data for recording on a portable digital recording medium, including the steps of connecting a browsing terminal to a computer database that stores the medical image data, selecting a first set of the medical image data from the computer database, and recording the selected first set of medical image data on the portable digital medium, with a viewing program for viewing the medical image data stored on the portable digital recording medium. It also discloses the method and system of retrieving medical image data that are related to the received/selected original medical image data, and recording the original and related medical image data on a portable digital recording medium.

Claims

1. A method for selecting and automatically recording medical image data onto a data storage medium, the method comprising:

retrieving medical image data from one or more imaging modalities, the medical image data being formatted in a standard medical imaging format used by computers configured for viewing medical images;

storing the medical image data in a database;

receiving a user selection via a user interface, the user selection defining selected medical image data;

searching the database for related medical data that is related to the selected medical image data;

recording the selected medical image data and the related medical data onto a data storage medium, the selected medical image data being recorded on the data storage medium in the standard medical imaging format; and

recording a viewing program onto the data storage medium, the viewing program being configured to allow viewing of medical image data stored on the data storage medium on widely accessible computers not specifically configured with standard medical imaging software for viewing of medical images.