Image archiving and communications system
First Claim
1. A system for facilitating the communication of images, said system comprising:
- a central computer;
at least one remote computer having a processor, said at least one remote computer being a physician computer in communication with said central computer via a communication link; and
a program running on said processor;
wherein said program causes said at least one remote computer to automatically and without user input determine whether an image is available for download from said central computer, and when an image is available for download from said central computer, to automatically and without user input download the image in the background;
wherein said program, after the download of the image is completed, causes said at least one remote computer to generate and cause to be displayed a notification that the image is ready for display; and
wherein said program, in response to a request to display the downloaded image, causes said at least one remote computer to display the image.
1 Assignment
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
A system for facilitating the communication of images includes a central computer and at least one remote computer in communication with the central computer via a communication link. Computer executable instructions executing on the at least one remote computer automatically and without user input determine whether an image is available for download from the central computer, and if an image is available for download from the central computer, automatically and without user input download the image in the background. Additional computer executable instructions executing on the at least one remote computer, after the download of the image is completed, generate and cause to be displayed a notification that the image is ready for display. Further computer executable instructions executing on the at least one remote computer, in response to a request to display the downloaded image, cause the image to be displayed.
24 Citations
29 Claims
-
1. A system for facilitating the communication of images, said system comprising:
-
a central computer; at least one remote computer having a processor, said at least one remote computer being a physician computer in communication with said central computer via a communication link; and a program running on said processor; wherein said program causes said at least one remote computer to automatically and without user input determine whether an image is available for download from said central computer, and when an image is available for download from said central computer, to automatically and without user input download the image in the background; wherein said program, after the download of the image is completed, causes said at least one remote computer to generate and cause to be displayed a notification that the image is ready for display; and wherein said program, in response to a request to display the downloaded image, causes said at least one remote computer to display the image. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
-
-
13. A system for facilitating the communication of medical images from an imaging center to at least one physician, said system comprising:
-
an imaging center computer; a referring physician computer having a processor, said referring physician computer being in communication with said imaging center computer via a communication link; and a program running on said processor; wherein said program causes said referring physician computer to automatically and without user input poll said imaging center computer periodically or from time-to-time to determine whether an image is available for download, and when an image is available for download from said imaging center computer, to automatically and without user input download the image in the background; wherein said program, after the download of the image is completed, causes said referring physician computer to generate and cause to be displayed a notification that the image is ready for display; and wherein said program, in response to a request to display the downloaded image, causes said referring physician computer to cause the image to be displayed. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
-
-
22. A method for facilitating the communication of images, said method comprising the steps of:
-
determining, automatically and without user input, whether an image is available for download from a central computer; downloading, when it is determined that an image is available for download, the image in the background of a remote physician computer operating system automatically and without user input; notifying, after the download is completed, a user that the image is available for viewing on the remote physician computer; receiving a request for display of the image from the user; and displaying the image to the user on the remote physician computer. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
-
Specification