×

MEDICAL IMAGE IMPORTER AND METHOD

  • US 20100114951A1
  • Filed: 11/06/2009
  • Published: 05/06/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/06/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
First Claim
Patent Images

1. A medical image importer comprising:

  • a housing comprising an external stand-alone form factor for being operatively connected to a communication network via a network interface without a local connection to a computer terminal including a display device;

    an optical drive provided to the housing for reading from an optical computer-readable medium introduced to the optical drive a medical image associated with a patient captured by a medical modality;

    a local computer-readable memory provided to the housing in communication with the optical drive for storing, at least temporarily, the medical image read by the optical drive;

    a controller that is operable to execute computer-executable logic for controlling operation of the medical image importer; and

    an instructional computer-readable memory storing computer-executable instructions to be executed by the controller for performing a method comprising;

    querying a remotely-located patient information database in communication with the communication network storing patient information associated with the medical image to be transmitted from the medical image importer, said querying comprising transmitting the patient information associated with the medical image over the communication network to identify a patient entry in the patient information database at a time of the query;

    serving content over the communication network to generate a display on a remotely-located computer terminal, said display being presentable in a web-browser application on the remotely-located computer terminal to display at least a portion of information associated with the patient entry stored in the patient information database returned in response to said querying;

    updating, in the local computer-readable memory, the patient information read by the optical drive based on the information associated with the patient entry in the patient information database returned in response to said querying;

    associating the medical image with the patient information updated based on the information associated with the patient entry in the patient information database; and

    transmitting over the communication network the patient information updated based on the information associated with the patient entry in the patient information database and the medical image to be stored in the PACS image database.

View all claims
  • 1 Assignment
Timeline View
Assignment View
    ×
    ×