Method and apparatus for displaying non-standard-compliant images
First Claim
1. A method of converting a medical image used in a network at a patient care facility, the network comprising an enterprise network storage solution where medical images stored in a standardized medical imaging format are to be retrieved over the network, the method comprising:
- with a computer system, searching a portable computer-readable medium for an indication that the medical image is stored in a proprietary format on a portable computer-readable medium;
identifying, with the computer system, the proprietary format of the medical image based on the indication;
converting the medical image obtained from the portable computer-readable medium in the proprietary format into a format that is compliant with a standardized medical-imaging format; and
transmitting the medical image in the format that is compliant with the standardized medical-imaging format to be;
(i) subsequently displayed by a display device without requiring prior storage of the medical image in an enterprise storage solution for medical images, and/or (ii) stored in the enterprise storage solution.
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Abstract
Provided is a method of converting a medical image used in a network at a patient care facility, the network including an enterprise network storage solution optionally dedicated for storing medical images in a standardized medical imaging format that are to be retrieved over the network. The method includes us a computer system to search a portable computer-readable medium for an indication that the medical image is stored in a proprietary format on the portable computer-readable medium. The proprietary format of the medical image is identified, using the computer system, based on the indication. The medical image is converted into a format that is compliant with a standardized medical-imaging format, transmitted in the standardized medical-imaging format to be: (i) subsequently displayed by a display device without requiring prior storage of the medical image in an enterprise storage solution for medical images, and/or (ii) stored in the enterprise storage solution.
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1. A method of converting a medical image used in a network at a patient care facility, the network comprising an enterprise network storage solution where medical images stored in a standardized medical imaging format are to be retrieved over the network, the method comprising:
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with a computer system, searching a portable computer-readable medium for an indication that the medical image is stored in a proprietary format on a portable computer-readable medium; identifying, with the computer system, the proprietary format of the medical image based on the indication; converting the medical image obtained from the portable computer-readable medium in the proprietary format into a format that is compliant with a standardized medical-imaging format; and transmitting the medical image in the format that is compliant with the standardized medical-imaging format to be;
(i) subsequently displayed by a display device without requiring prior storage of the medical image in an enterprise storage solution for medical images, and/or (ii) stored in the enterprise storage solution. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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