Systems and methods for communicating a protocol over a network
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1. A protocol/medical image registration system comprising:
- a vendor terminal managed by a vendor;
a protocol management server connected to said vendor terminal, wherein if an operator instructs new registration or update of a medical image and a protocol executed by a medical imaging system to generate the medical image, said vendor terminal transmits a new registration request including the new registration or an update request including the update via a network to said protocol management server;
in response to the registration request, said protocol management server newly registers or updates the protocol and medical image, which are sent from said vendor terminal, by recording data in a database; and
a user terminal configured to receive a determination whether to download the protocol from said protocol management server based on multiple levels of usefulness that are displayed by said user terminal and that include a grade value of the protocol received from a grader, the grader determining the grade value representative of a use value of the protocol based on a comprehensive assessment of the medical image, wherein the grade value is used to determine a monetary reward rewarding a provider of the protocol, wherein said protocol management sewer is configured to deny, to a user, a download of the protocol configured to generate an echo to generate the medical image, wherein said protocol management server is configured to deny the download of the protocol based on a legal condition established in a geographical region including said user terminal.
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Abstract
The present invention aims at permitting numerous user terminals to share protocols as common resources. A vendor terminal or user terminal registers a pair of a protocol and a medical image, which is produced during scanning performed according to the protocol, by recording data in a protocol/medical image database included in a protocol management server. The user terminal acquires a medical image from the protocol management server over a network, and displays it on a display device. Moreover, the user terminal downloads a required protocol from the protocol management server and sets it in a medical diagnostic imaging system.
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1. A protocol/medical image registration system comprising:
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a vendor terminal managed by a vendor; a protocol management server connected to said vendor terminal, wherein if an operator instructs new registration or update of a medical image and a protocol executed by a medical imaging system to generate the medical image, said vendor terminal transmits a new registration request including the new registration or an update request including the update via a network to said protocol management server; in response to the registration request, said protocol management server newly registers or updates the protocol and medical image, which are sent from said vendor terminal, by recording data in a database; and a user terminal configured to receive a determination whether to download the protocol from said protocol management server based on multiple levels of usefulness that are displayed by said user terminal and that include a grade value of the protocol received from a grader, the grader determining the grade value representative of a use value of the protocol based on a comprehensive assessment of the medical image, wherein the grade value is used to determine a monetary reward rewarding a provider of the protocol, wherein said protocol management sewer is configured to deny, to a user, a download of the protocol configured to generate an echo to generate the medical image, wherein said protocol management server is configured to deny the download of the protocol based on a legal condition established in a geographical region including said user terminal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A medical image provision system comprising:
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a vendor terminal managed by a vendor; a protocol management sewer connected to said vendor terminal; a user terminal; and a network over which said protocol management sewer and said user terminal are interconnected, wherein if an operator instructs new registration or update of a medical image and a protocol executed by a medical imaging system to generate the medical image, said vendor terminal or user terminal transmits a new registration request including the new registration or an update request including the update via said network to said protocol management sewer; in response to the registration request, said protocol management sewer newly registers or updates the protocol and medical image, which are sent from said vendor terminal or user terminal, by recording data in a database; if an operator instructs acquisition of the medical image, said user terminal transmits an image request to said protocol management sewer; in response to the image request, said protocol management sewer reads the medical image from said database and transmits it to said user terminal; and said user terminal receives the medical image and displays it on a screen included therein, and said user terminal configured to receive a determination whether to download the protocol from said protocol management sewer based on multiple levels of usefulness that are displayed by said user terminal and that include a grade value of the protocol received from a grader, the grader determining the grade value representative of a use value of the protocol based on a comprehensive assessment of the medical image, wherein the grade value is used to determine a monetary reward rewarding a provider of the protocol, wherein said protocol management sewer is configured to deny, to a user, a download of the protocol configured to generate an echo to generate the medical image, wherein said protocol management server is configured to deny the download of the protocol based on a legal condition established in a geographical region including said user terminal. - View Dependent Claims (8)
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9. A protocol utilization system comprising:
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a vendor terminal managed by a vendor; a protocol management server connected to said vendor terminal; a user terminal; and a network over which said protocol management server and said user terminal are interconnected, wherein if an operator instructs new registration or update of a medical image and a protocol executed by a medical imaging system to generate the medical image, said vendor terminal or user terminal transmits a new registration request including the new registration or an update request including the update via said network to said protocol management server; in response to the registration request, said protocol management server newly registers or updates the protocol and medical image, which are sent from said vendor terminal or user terminal, by recording data in a database; if an operator instructs utilization of the protocol, said user terminal transmits a protocol download request to said protocol management server; in response to the protocol download request, said protocol management server reads the protocol from said database and transmits it to said user terminal; and said user terminal sets the received protocol in a medical diagnostic imaging system, and said user terminal configured to receive a determination whether to download the protocol from said protocol management server based on multiple levels of usefulness that are displayed by said user terminal and that include a grade value of the protocol received from a grader, the grader determining the grade value representative of a use value of the protocol based on a comprehensive assessment of the medical image, wherein the grade value is used to determine a monetary reward rewarding a provider of the protocol, wherein said protocol management server is configured to deny, to a user, a download of the protocol configured to generate an echo to generate the medical image, wherein said protocol management server is configured to deny the download of the protocol based on a legal condition established in a geographical region including said user terminal. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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