METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ATTACHING OBJECTS TO A DATA REPOSITORY

• US 20100088346A1
• Filed: 10/08/2008
• Published: 04/08/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 10/08/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: General Electric Company
• Original Assignee: General Electric Company
• Inventors: Kommu CHS, Mohan Krishna, Urness, Mark Steven
• Application Number:
  US12/247,693
• Publication Number:
  US 20100088346A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/802
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/51 Indexing; Data structures therefor; Storage structures
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 30/20 for handling medical images, e.g. DICOM, HL7 or PACS

Abstract

A method for attaching one or more objects to a data repository is presented. The method includes creating a link corresponding to each of the one or more objects. Furthermore, the method includes attaching the link corresponding to each of the one or more objects to the data repository. Systems and computer-readable medium that afford functionality of the type defined by this method is also contemplated in conjunction with the present technique.

Claims

1. A method for attaching one or more objects to a data repository, the method comprising:

creating a link corresponding to each of the one or more objects; and

attaching the link corresponding to each of the one or more objects to the data repository.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more objects comprises one or more images, log files, video clippings, reports, measurement values stored in text files, or other data files that include information.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising obtaining image data from a data source, wherein the image data is representative of an anatomical region, wherein the data source comprises a data stream or archived data, and wherein the archived data is obtained from a first storage.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising communicating the one or more objects to a first data repository.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising storing the one or more objects in the first data repository.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising storing the one or more links in a second data repository, wherein the second data repository is operationally coupled to the first data repository.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising generating user-viewable representations of the one or more links.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising presenting a listing of the user-viewable representations of the one or more links to a user.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising selecting one or links from the listing of user-viewable representations of the one or more links.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein selecting one or more links to be displayed comprises selecting links corresponding to one or more objects to be viewed by the user.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising retrieving one or more objects corresponding to the selected links from the first data repository.

12. The method of claim 11, further comprising presenting user-viewable representations of the retrieved objects to the user.

13. A method for attaching one or more objects to a data repository, the method comprising:

obtaining one or more objects;

creating a link corresponding to each of the one or more objects;

storing the one or more objects in a first data repository;

attaching the link corresponding to each of the one or more objects to a second data repository, wherein the second data repository is operationally coupled to the first data repository; and

accessing one or more objects from the first data repository.

14. The method of claim 13, further comprising generating user-viewable representations of the one or more links.

15. The method of claim 14, further comprising presenting a listing of the user-viewable representations of the one or more links to a user.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein accessing one or more objects from the first data repository comprises selecting one or more links from the listing of user-viewable representations of the one or more links.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein selecting one or more links to be displayed comprises selecting links corresponding to one or more objects of interest.

18. The method of claim 17, further comprising retrieving one or objects corresponding to the selected links from the first data repository.

19. The method of claim 18, further comprising presenting user-viewable representations of the retrieved objects to the user.

20. A computer readable medium comprising one or more tangible media, wherein the one or more tangible media comprise:

code adapted to create a link corresponding to each of one or more objects; and

code adapted to attach the link to each of the one or more objects to the data repository.

21. A file saving system, comprising:

a file saving platform configured to;

create a link corresponding to each of one or more objects; and

attach the link corresponding to each of the one or more objects to a data repository.

22. A system, comprising:

a data source, wherein the data source comprises;

an acquisition subsystem configured to acquire one or more objects, wherein the one or more objects comprises one or more images, log files, video clippings, reports, measurement values stored in text files, or other data files that include information;

a processing subsystem in operative association with the acquisition subsystem and configured to process the one or more objects;

a data storage system, wherein the data storage system comprises;

a data acquisition subsystem configured to receive the one or more objects;

a file saving platform configured to;

create a link corresponding to each of the one or more objects;

attach the link corresponding to each of the one or more objects to a data repository; and

a storage subsystem configured to store the one or more objects, the links corresponding to each of the one or more objects, or a combination thereof.

23. The system of claim 22, further configured to store the one or more objects in a first data repository.

24. The system of claim 23, further configured to store the one or more links in a second data repository, wherein the second data repository is operationally coupled to the first data repository.

25. The system of claim 24, further configured to present a listing of user-viewable representations of the one or more links to a user.