Patent ID: 7082440
Filing Date: 2006-07-25
Classification: G16H,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A medical image servicing system comprising: a network generally available to the public; a plurality of subscribers having imaging devices for producing medical images and connected to said network for transmitting through said network said produced medical images for storage and for receiving through said network said stored medical images; wherein each of said plurality of subscribers has a registration contract and/or access contract whereby the registration contract entitles the holder thereof to transmit through said network said medical images produced by imaging devices of the subscriber to a single server for storage, and whereby the access contract entitles the holder thereof to receive through said network said medical images stored in said single server; wherein said medical images are associated with at least one image selected from the group of imaging devices producing MRI, X-ray CT, Ultrasound, PET, digitalized X-ray and CR; and said single server, being separate from and used commonly by said plurality of subscribers, and being connected to said network for servicing said plurality of subscribers upon signaling from said plurality of subscribers; said single server comprising: a data base for storage of said medical images produced by said imaging devices of said plurality of subscribers and transmitted through said network upon signaling by said plurality of subscribers; means for checking and verifying legitimacy of said plurality of subscribers seeking to store said medical image in said data base of said single server or seeking to access said medical images stored in said data base of said single server; means for registering in said data base said medical images produced by said imaging devices of said plurality of subscriber and transmitted through said network by ones of said plurality of subscribers having a registration contract upon signaling by said ones of said plurality of subscribers and upon checking and verifying legitimacy; means for accessing in said data base said medical images registered therein by ones of said plurality of subscribers having an access contract upon signaling by said ones of said plurality of subscribers and upon checking and verifying legitimacy; wherein said storing being equivalent to said registering of medical images in said data base; means for compressing in data size said medical images when transmitted through said network and for decompressing in data size said medical images to original data size when received through said network by a subscriber seeking access; and means for producing a backup of medical images registered in said data base.