Patent ID: 6275869
Filing Date: 2001-08-14
Classification: G16H,H04L,H04N

Abstract:
A software system for communicating medical image information between at least one of a plurality of different input imaging devices and at least one of a plurality of different laser imagers via a network interface, the software system comprising:one or more network driver components, each of the network driver components being configured to receive medical image information from one of the input imaging devices via a network interface, the medical image information being received according to one of a plurality of different network driver protocols, wherein each of the network driver protocols is specifically associated with one of the input imaging devices;one or more network interpreter components, each of the network interpreter components being configured to generate first imaging requests based on the medical image information received by one of the network driver components, the first imaging requests being generated according to one of a plurality of different network interpreter protocols, wherein each of the network interpreter protocols is specifically associated with one of the input imaging devices;one or more output interpreter components, each of the output interpreter components being configured to generate second imaging requests based on the first imaging requests generated by one of the network interpreter components, the second imaging requests being generated according to one of a plurality of different output interpreter protocols, wherein each of the output interpreter protocols is specifically associated with one of the laser imagers;one or more output driver components, each of the output driver components being configured to communicate the second imaging requests generated by one of the output interpreter components to one of the laser imagers, the second imaging requests being communicated according to one of a plurality of different output driver protocols, wherein each of the output driver protocols is specifically associated with one of the laser imagers;one or more network executive components, each of the network executive components communicatively interconnecting one of the network driver components and one of the network interpreter components; andan interface executive component for defining one or more network communication pipelines, each of the pipelines communicatively interconnecting one of the input imaging devices, one of the network executive components, one of the output interpreter components, one of the output driver components, and one of the laser imagers.