Medical imaging device with digital audio capture capability
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1. A medical imaging system, comprising:
- a system clock for generating a synchronization signal;
an imaging sub-system that procures a plurality of time domain images of a patient digitally converts the time domain images to digitized time domain image data;
a sound recording sub-system that records, digitizes and time-stamps at least one channel of sound related to the time domain images in accordance with the synchronization signal, the sound recording sub-system indexing the at least one channel of sound to events in the plurality of time domain images in order to realize a set of digitized, time-stamped audio data synchronized with the time-stamped, digitized time domain image data.
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A medical imaging system including a sound recording sub-system that records, digitizes and time-stamps at least one channel of sound related to time domain images produced by the medical imaging system in accordance with a system clock signal. The sound recording sub-system indexes or synchronizes the at least one channel of sound to events in the plurality of time domain images, which are acquired, digitized and time-stamped in accordance with the system clock signal. The time-stamped, digitized at least one channel of sound is memory-stored.
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1. A medical imaging system, comprising:
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a system clock for generating a synchronization signal;
an imaging sub-system that procures a plurality of time domain images of a patient digitally converts the time domain images to digitized time domain image data;
a sound recording sub-system that records, digitizes and time-stamps at least one channel of sound related to the time domain images in accordance with the synchronization signal, the sound recording sub-system indexing the at least one channel of sound to events in the plurality of time domain images in order to realize a set of digitized, time-stamped audio data synchronized with the time-stamped, digitized time domain image data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method for obtaining imaging and sound information during a medical diagnostic procedure, the method comprising:
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procuring a plurality of time domain images of a patient;
digitizing the time-domain images, and time-stamping the digitized time domain images with a system synchronization signal;
receiving at least one channel of sound related to the time domain images;
digitizing and time-stamping the least one channel of sound with the system synchronization signal to generate at least one digital audio clip;
encoding the at least one channel of sound into a computer readable file; and
indexing the at least one audio clip to events in the plurality of time domain images based on the time-stamping. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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