Patent ID: 11942210
Assignee: MYMEDICALIMAGES.COM, LLC
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A method comprising:
generating, by a processor, a scannable graphic associated with a DICOM image, wherein the scannable graphic includes first DICOM tag data encoded within the scannable graphic;
retrieving, by the processor and using the first DICOM tag data, DICOM image data associated with the DICOM image;
increasing, by the processor, at least one image pixel border of the DICOM image data by a graphic pixel dimension of the scannable graphic;
setting, by the processor, image pixels of the DICOM image data within the increased at least one image pixel border to a contrasting color of the scannable graphic;
replacing, by the processor, a subset of pixel data within the increased at least one image pixel border of the DICOM image data with pixel data of the scannable graphic to form updated DICOM image data;
acquiring, by the processor, the scannable graphic from the updated DICOM image data;
extracting, by the processor, the first DICOM tag data from the acquired scannable graphic;
and wherein the first DICOM tag data includes image identification data;
storing, by the processor, the first DICOM tag data, in response to the acquiring of the scannable graphic;
matching, by the processor, the image identification data with a stored image identification data contained in first user data of the DICOM image;
receiving, by the processor, a selection associated with the DICOM image;
receiving, by the processor, user authentication data;
searching, by the processor, for the DICOM image based on the image identification data;
acquiring, by the processor, second tag data from the DICOM image, wherein the second tag data includes second user data;
confirming, by the processor, an association between the first user data and the second user data;
retrieving, by the processor, the DICOM image, in response to the confirming the association between the user data and the user authentication data; and
displaying, by the processor, the DICOM image, in response to the retrieving the DICOM image.