Computer based multimedia medical database management system and user interface
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1. A database management system for a database of multimedia data objects visually presentable to a user in hard copy form, wherein each of the data objects includes pixel values and has an associated unique identifier, comprising:
- an encoder responsive to signals corresponding to the unique identifier associated with a data object for generating an array of pixel values corresponding to a bit map of a machine readable identifying indicia representative of the unique identifier;
an adder for adding the pixel values corresponding to a bit map of the machine readable identifying indicia to the pixel values of the data object to integrate the machine readable identifying indicia with the data object;
a hard copy generator for generating a hard copy of the data object and the integrated machine readable identifying indicia;
a detector device for generating signals indicative of the bit map of the integrated machine readable identifying indicia from the hard copy; and
a decoder responsive to the signals indicative of the bit map of the integrated machine readable identifying indicia.
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Abstract
A computer database for medical imaging stores and manipulates multimedia data from various sources and reduces misidentification of data. A unique identifier is generated and linked to each data object, preferably at the time the image is generated. A graphical representation of the identifier is incorporated into the image or text when displayed or printed. A detector may be used to read the representation, allowing the identifier to be read and identify the data.
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1. A database management system for a database of multimedia data objects visually presentable to a user in hard copy form, wherein each of the data objects includes pixel values and has an associated unique identifier, comprising:
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an encoder responsive to signals corresponding to the unique identifier associated with a data object for generating an array of pixel values corresponding to a bit map of a machine readable identifying indicia representative of the unique identifier; an adder for adding the pixel values corresponding to a bit map of the machine readable identifying indicia to the pixel values of the data object to integrate the machine readable identifying indicia with the data object; a hard copy generator for generating a hard copy of the data object and the integrated machine readable identifying indicia; a detector device for generating signals indicative of the bit map of the integrated machine readable identifying indicia from the hard copy; and a decoder responsive to the signals indicative of the bit map of the integrated machine readable identifying indicia. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A database management system for a database of multimedia data objects generated by at least one medical imaging device, wherein the data objects are visually presentable in hard copy form, include pixel values, and are associated with a unique identifier, comprising:
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a computer, including; an encoder responsive to signals representative of the unique identifier for generating pixel values corresponding to a bit map of machine readable indicia representative of the unique identifier; an adder for adding the pixel values corresponding to the bit map of the machine readable encoder values to the pixel values of the data object to integrate the machine readable indicia with the data object; and a decoder responsive to signals indicative of the bit map of the indicia for deriving the corresponding unique identifier from the machine readable indicia; a hard copy generator for generating a hard copy representation of the data object and the machine readable indicia representative of the unique identifier; a detector device for generating signals indicative of the bit map of the machine readable indicia in the hard copy representation; and a scanner for generating additional data objects in the database from hard copy representations. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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