Patent ID: 8983163
Filing Date: 2015-03-17
Classification: A61B,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for compressing data for transmission via a slip ring connector in a medical imaging system, the method comprising: configuring a slip ring connector to transmit data from at least one processor to a computer of the medical imaging system; configuring the at least one processor to acquire raw data in a plurality of channels and compress the acquired raw data using data compression based on one or more of a geometric sensitivity of a scanner of the medical imaging system, a distance from an iso-center of the medical imaging system, or a temporal correlation of data acquired using the medical imaging system, for transmitting from the at least one processor to the computer via the slip ring connector, wherein a compression ratio of the acquired raw data compression, in each of the plurality of channels, is provided using a dynamic compression ratio, wherein the at least one processor performs an initial dynamic compression of the acquired raw data prior to data compressing the acquired raw data; and configuring the computer to reconstruct at least one image using the compressed data.