Patent ID: 6112234
Filing Date: 2000-08-29
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
A method of transferring one or more series of electronic image files, representing radiographic images in a patient study, which image series have a midpoint image and endpoint images, from a transmitting station to a receiving station, comprising the steps of:said transmitting station transmitting to the receiving station one or more electronic files containing defined data relating to the patient study, said defined data comprising one or more of: an electronic folder name, the patient's name, the names of all the electronic image files to be transmitted, the number of electronic image series and the number of electronic image files in each series to be transmitted, a description of the patient study, the date and time of the images contained in the patient study;said receiving station calculating a desired image order sequence from said defined data;said receiving station transmitting a request for said desired image order sequence preference to said transmitting station, said desired image order sequence being a sequence in which said electronic image files are transmitted in an order wherein the first image transmitted is a midpoint image of a series;said transmitting station transmitting said electronic image files to said receiving station in the order specified in said request for said desired image order.