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PACS archive techniques

  • US 6,675,271 B1
  • Filed: 12/16/1999
  • Issued: 01/06/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/16/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. In a picture archive and communication system comprising a network, apparatus providing communication across said network comprising:

  • at least one source of medical data, connected to a network, to generate image data and corresponding text data;

    a first memory, connected to said network, to receive said image data at a first data rate, and to store said image data;

    a second memory, connected to said network, to receive said image data from said first memory at a second data rate before a first capacity of said first memory is exceeded; and

    an information management server for storing said corresponding text data and transferring said image data through said information management server from said first memory to said second memory at said second data rate, wherein said second data rate is higher than said first data rate; and

    at least one workstation, connected to said network, to receive said image data and said corresponding text data from said information management server to generate and display an image.

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