Patent ID: 6718192
Filing Date: 2004-04-06
Classification: H04N,Y10S

Abstract:
An image management system comprising:a picture archival and communications system (PACS) server having a plurality of inputs and outputs, the inputs configured to receive image information signals and the outputs configured to provide image output signals, the PACS server configured to store information representative of a plurality of two dimensional image slices, and the output signals representative of the stored two dimensional image slices; at least two imaging devices having outputs coupled to at least one of the inputs of the PACS server, and configured to provide an image signal; and a PACS workstation having an input coupled to at least one of the outputs of the PACS server, and configured to receive output signals from the PACS server representative of selected two dimensional image slices stored by the PACS server, the PACS workstation configured to construct three dimensional image renderings while the output signals are being received by the PACS workstation.