Patent ID: 7013032
Filing Date: 2006-03-14
Classification: G06T,G16H,Y10S

Abstract:
1. An image management system comprising: a picture and archival and communication 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 in one of DICOM3 or DEFF format, and the output signals representative of the stored two dimensional image slices; an imaging device having an output 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 from the two dimensional image slices by at least one of multi-plane reconstruction (MPR), multi-plane volume reconstruction (MPVR), and maximum intensity pixel (MIP) projection and the PACS workstation having an output coupled to the PACS server and configured to provide the PACS server with a signal representative of the three dimensional rendering.