Patent ID: 8825680
Filing Date: 2014-09-02
Classification: G06F,G16H

Abstract:
1. A method of converting a medical image used in a network at a patient care facility, the network comprising an enterprise network storage solution where medical images stored in a standardized medical imaging format are to be retrieved over the network, the method comprising: with a computer system, searching a portable computer-readable medium for an indication that the medical image is stored in a proprietary format on a portable computer-readable medium; identifying, with the computer system, the proprietary format of the medical image based on the indication; converting the medical image obtained from the portable computer-readable medium in the proprietary format into a format that is compliant with a standardized medical-imaging format; and transmitting the medical image in the format that is compliant with the standardized medical-imaging format to be: (i) subsequently displayed by a display device without requiring prior storage of the medical image in an enterprise storage solution for medical images, and/or (ii) stored in the enterprise storage solution.