SYSTEMS AND DEVICES FOR ENCRYPTING, CONVERTING AND INTERACTING WITH MEDICAL IMAGES

• US 20160037057A1
• Filed: 10/15/2015
• Published: 02/04/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 10/14/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Trice Imaging, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Trice Imaging, Inc.
• Inventors: Westin, Martin, Melin, Johanna Wollert, Nordgren, Asa Sjoblom, Eriksson, John Axel, Thurman, Audree
• Granted Patent: US 11,462,314 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/51 Indexing; Data structures therefor; Storage structures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/5866 using information manually generated, e.g. tags, keywords, comments, manually generated location and time information
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/107 Computer-aided management of electronic mailing [e-mailing]
• 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: G16H 40/63 for local operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/64 Computer-aided capture of images, e.g. transfer from script file into camera, check of taken image quality, advice or proposal for image composition or decision on when to take image
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/91 Television signal processing therefor

Abstract

A system for communicating images, comprises an imaging device configured to capture and image and generate a digital image file, the imaging device comprising a device identifier; a set of routines configured to label the digital image file, associated account information with the digital image file, associate the device identifier with the digital image file, and communicate the digital image file to a server; a server configured to receive digital image files and process the digital image file according to at least one of a label associated with the digital image file, account information associated with the digital image file, and a device identifier associated with a device that captured the digital image file.

Claims

1. A system for communicating images, comprising:

an imaging device configured to capture and image and generate a digital image file, the imaging device comprising a device identifier;

a set of routines configured to label the digital image file, associated account information with the digital image file, associate the device identifier with the digital image file, and communicate the digital image file to a server;

a server configured to receive digital image files and process the digital image file according to at least one of a label associated with the digital image file, account information associated with the digital image file, and a device identifier associated with a device that captured the digital image file.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the imaging device further comprises a shared key, and wherein the routines are configured to encrypt the digital image file using the shared key.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the server comprises a plurality of shared keys, each associated with a particular imaging device, and wherein the server is configured to decrypt messages from a particular imaging device using the shared key associated with the particular device.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the routines are stored on the imaging device.

5. The system of claim 1, further comprising a terminal coupled with the imaging device, and wherein the routines are stored on the terminal.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein the terminal is a mobile device.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein the mobile device is a potable computing device, tablet, or smartphone.

8. The system of claim 1, further comprising one or more storage locations, and wherein the account information identifies a file location in the one or more storage locations.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the routines are further configured to convert a format associated with the digital image file before communicating the digital image file to a server.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein the routines are further configured to perform at least one of initialization, sending heartbeats to the server, failure reporting, configuration updates, and software updates.

11. An imaging device, comprising:

a modality configured to capture and image and generate a digital image file;

a device identifier;

a shared key; and

a set of routines configured to label the digital image file, associated account information with the digital image file, associate the device identifier with the digital image file, encrypt the digital image file using the shared key, and communicate the digital image file to a server;

wherein the label, account information and device identifier instruct the server as to how to process the digital image file.

12. The imaging device of claim 11, wherein the imaging device is an ultrasound device.

13. The device of claim 11, wherein the routines are configured to communicate the digital image data via a standard port.

14. The device of claim 11, wherein the routines are further configured to perform at least one of initialization, sending heartbeats to the server, failure reporting, configuration updates, and software updates.