Patent ID: 6418475
Filing Date: 2002-07-09
Classification: A61B,G16H

Abstract:
A medical imaging system comprising:means for acquiring medical image data; means for processing said medical image data; memory means for storing said medical image data comprising a plurality of separate, individual memory systems each comprising a plurality of memory subsystems each comprising a plurality of image memories; communication means for transferring said medical image data among said processing means and said memory systems; and control means for controlling storage of said medical image data in said memory systems for causing successive sets of said medical image data to be stored in different ones of said memory systems, said control means including a distributor for distributing said medical image data among said memory systems, and means for routing said medical image data respectively to a designated one of said plurality of image memories in one of said memory subsystems, to which said medical image data are being distributed, said means for routing including a patient data server for distributing said medical image data only via patient data.