| US 7,483,557 B2 | ||
| Medical imaging communication system, method and software | ||
| Takashi Masuzawa, Otawara (Japan); Akihiro Toshimitsu, Otawara (Japan); and Takashi Ichihara, Otawara (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo (Japan); and Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation, Tochigi-Ken (Japan) | ||
| Filed on Sep. 24, 2004, as Appl. No. 10/949,690. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 2003-339118 (JP), filed on Sep. 30, 2003. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2005/0080330 A1, Apr. 14, 2005 | ||
| Int. Cl. G06K 9/001 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 382—131 [382/157; 378/4] | 40 Claims |
| 1. A method of archiving, processing and communicating imaging data over a network, comprising the steps of:
storing processing software programs at a second device on the network;
storing imaging data at a first device on the network;
requesting the second device for information on a medical image from a third device on the network;
requesting a process to be performed on imaging data for the requested medical image from the third device if the imaging
data needs to be processed;
transferring from the second device the information to the first device;
transferring from the second device a selected one of the processing software programs associated with the requested process
to the first device if the process has been requested; and
executing the transferred processing software program to process the imaging data at the first device to generate processed
imaging data for a processed medical image if the process has been requested.
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