Medical image capture system and method
First Claim
1. A system for processing patient video images, comprising:
- a medical services site that includes an acquisition station, a review station, a site sever, and a local network for transporting the patient video images between the acquisition station, review station, and site server;
said acquisition station for collecting the patient video images;
said site sever for receiving the patient video images from said acquisition station over the local network and storing the patient video images;
the review station for retrieving patient video images from the site server over the local network and displaying the patient video images to a diagnostician;
an internet data center in communication with said site sewer and receiving the patient video images transmitted by the site server over an internet communication network;
said internet data center including a web server and a database server;
said database server storing the patient video images; and
a web-based client for receiving said patient video images from the web server of said internet data center over said internet communication network;
wherein the web server transmits frames of the patient video images to the web-based client in which intervening frames of the patient video images have been skipped, the web-based client displaying the received frames, and then later the web server transmits the skipped frames of patient video images, which the web-based client then displays with the previously received frames.
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Abstract
As patient video images are captured in a lab, they are converted into an uncompressed data set and stored locally on a hospital site server, where they are immediately viewable by diagnosticians in the hospital. The hospital site server generates a plurality of compressed data sets for use by the Internet Data Center. Additionally, the uncompressed data set and a plurality of compressed data sets are stored permanently on a centralized Internet Data Center, from which they can be searched out and displayed by any client device running web-browser software. A client is provided with immediate access to the uncompressed images when pausing and requesting the images of interest from the server. The patient video images are automatically delivered to any authorized Clinical Research Organizations, they are delivered back to the treating hospital when the patient returns for subsequent visits, and are viewable through in-hospital viewing stations over a private high-speed network.
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14 Claims
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1. A system for processing patient video images, comprising:
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a medical services site that includes an acquisition station, a review station, a site sever, and a local network for transporting the patient video images between the acquisition station, review station, and site server; said acquisition station for collecting the patient video images; said site sever for receiving the patient video images from said acquisition station over the local network and storing the patient video images; the review station for retrieving patient video images from the site server over the local network and displaying the patient video images to a diagnostician; an internet data center in communication with said site sewer and receiving the patient video images transmitted by the site server over an internet communication network; said internet data center including a web server and a database server; said database server storing the patient video images; and a web-based client for receiving said patient video images from the web server of said internet data center over said internet communication network; wherein the web server transmits frames of the patient video images to the web-based client in which intervening frames of the patient video images have been skipped, the web-based client displaying the received frames, and then later the web server transmits the skipped frames of patient video images, which the web-based client then displays with the previously received frames. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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