Patent ID: 7502891
Filing Date: 2009-03-10
Classification: G06F,G16H,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method of managing a storage, wherein the storage includes a faster access part and a slower access part, the method comprising: periodically querying by a prefetcher, using a Digital Image Communications in Medicine (DICOM) communications protocol, a DICOM modality worklist for information regarding at least one task scheduled to be performed by at least one modality listed in said DICOM modality worklist; querying said DICOM modality worklist by said at least one modality, at a configurable query rate, using said DICOM communications protocol, for information regarding at least one task scheduled to be performed by said at least one modality, wherein said configurable query rate is based on at least one parameter selected from the group consisting of: time of day, and workload of said at least one modality; determining, based on information received by said prefetcher and at least one predetermined rule, at least one type of data likely to be accessed in connection with said at least one task; and using said DICOM communications protocol to communicate directly with said storage for prefetching at least some data of said type from the slower access part to the faster access part of said storage.