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Nature of Suit Code: 830
Nature of Suit: Patent
Cause of Action: 35:145 Patent Infringement

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After the Markman hearing on Plaintiff’s patent, the case was transferred to another

District Judge in preparation for the undersigned’s retirement. In the interest of judicial

economy, the Court heard the related motion to correct Figure 8, with the resulting

amendment to the Claim Construction Order on Plaintiff’s ‘416 Patent.

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

DR SYSTEMS, INC.,

Plaintiff,

CIV. NO. 06-417-JLS (NLS)1

ORDER GRANTING JOINT

MOTION TO CORRECT &

ISSUING AN AMENDED CLAIM

CONSTRUCTION ORDER FOR

UNITED STATES PATENT

NUMBER 5,452,416 

[Doc. No. 249]

vs.

FUJIFILM MEDICAL SYSTEMS

USA, INC., et al,,

Defendants.

and related counterclaims.

On October 2, 2007, the Court issued the Markman Order on the Plaintiff’s United

States Patent No. 5,452,416 (‘416 Patent). [# 236] By separate Order, the Court granted

Plaintiff’s motion to correct Figure 8 in the ‘416 Patent. The Court issues this amended

Claim Construction Order to reflect that change (by deleting the asterisk from Page 8 that

had marked that correction point in Claim 5).

In addition, the parties filed a joint motion to correct clerical errors in the October 2,

2007 Markman Order. [# 249] The Court has reviewed the helpful, red-lined version of

their proposed changes that was submitted directly to chambers. Some of the corrections are

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traditional clerical errors, and the Court has made those corrections. Other changes indicate

that the parties have agreed to define additional terms or to modify and clarify the definitions

of certain phrases. The Court approves these stipulated alterations and has incorporated the

requested changes into this Amended Claim Construction Order. 

Pursuant to Markman v. Westview Instruments, Inc., 517 U.S. 370 (1996), the Court

conducted hearings on February 27-28, June 12-13, and September 24-25, 2007 regarding the

construction of the disputed claims in Plaintiff DR Systems, Inc.’s United States Patent

Number 5,452,416 (‘416). 

At the Markman hearing, the Court, with the assistance of the parties, analyzed the

claim terms in order to prepare jury instructions interpreting the pertinent claims at issue in

the ‘416 patent. Additionally, the Court prepared a case glossary for terms found in the

claims and specification for the ‘416 patent considered to be technical in nature which a jury

of laypersons might not understand clearly without a specific definition.

After careful consideration of the parties’ arguments and the applicable statutes and

case law, the Court HEREBY CONSTRUES the claims in dispute for the ‘416 patent and

ISSUES the relevant jury instructions as written in Exhibit A, attached hereto. Further, the

Court HEREBY DEFINES all pertinent technical terms as written in Exhibit B, attached

hereto.

IT IS SO ORDERED

DATED: December 5, 2007

Hon. Rudi M. Brewster

United States Senior District Judge

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2 All terms appearing in bold face type have been construed by the Court and appear

with their definitions in the glossary in Exhibit B. The definition for each construed term

appears in within brackets and in italics after its first use in the patent. Thereafter, a term that

has previously been defined appears in bold type face and is also underlined.

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EXHIBIT A2

UNITED STATES PATENT NUMBER 5,452,416 - CLAIM CHART

VERBATIM CLAIM LANGUAGE COURT’S CONSTRUCTION

Claim 1

A system for presenting images of

anatomical structure for examination by a

diagnosing physician, including:

A system for presenting images of

anatomical structure for examination by a

diagnosing physician, including:

means including one or more display

monitors for displaying at least one

display container including a display area

subdivided into a plurality of presentation

areas in a predetermined array;

means including one or more display

monitors for displaying at least one

display container [a bounded area or

window in which images are presented]

including a display area [a space within a

display container in which the anatomical

images may be viewed] subdivided into a

plurality [two or more] of presentation

areas [an area in which a single image is

presented at a time] in a predetermined

array [a two-dimensional layout of

presentation areas (e.g. 2X2 or 4X5)

determined beforehand] [This is a meansplus-function limitation. The function is

displaying at least one display container

including a display area subdivided into a

plurality of presentation areas in a

predetermined array. The corresponding

structure is a display monitor.];

means for storing an image database

including a plurality of images of

anatomical structures, the images being

separated into a plurality of image groups,

in which:

means for storing an image database [a

collection including stored image files,

physician data tables, and indices that

enables storage and retrieval of images]

including a plurality of images of

anatomical structures, the images being

separated into a plurality of image

groups [assigning images a file name that

is specific to a particular image group [one

or more image series obtained during an

examination]] [This is a means-plusfunction limitation. The function is storing

an image database including a plurality of

images of anatomical structures, the images

being separated into a plurality of image

groups. The corresponding structure is a

storage device.], in which:

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VERBATIM CLAIM LANGUAGE COURT’S CONSTRUCTION

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each image group is indexed by a unique

group identification; and

each image group is indexed [one piece of

information used to locate other

information] by a unique group

identification [identification of a particular

image group for a specific patient to the

exclusion of all other image groups]; and

each image group is partitioned into one

or more ordered image series, each

ordered image series including a

succession of images which illustrate

incrementally registered aspects of an

anatomical target, each image series being

ordered by assignment to each image in

the image series of a numerical position in

a respective monotonically changing

sequence; and 

each image group is partitioned into one or

more ordered image series, each ordered

image series including a succession of

images which illustrate incrementally

registered aspects of an anatomical target,

each image series being ordered by

assignment to each image in the image

series of a numerical position in a

respective monotonically changing

sequence [each image in a collection of

images in an image series is assigned a

numerical value representing its order in

the sequence]; and

physician data tables are stored with

indexes to unique group identifications

and to physician identifiers and including

entries specifying output functions and

displaying formats;

physician data tables [data tables

organized by referring and diagnosing

physician that contain preferences for each

respective physician] are stored with

indexes [values in a database used to locate

information at another location] to unique

group identifications and to physician

identifiers [information associated with a

particular physician to the exclusion of all

other physicians] and including entries

[information input into a field] specifying output functions [an action to be carried

out by a program to control presentation of

images in an image group to a physician

according to preprogrammed output

preferences] and displaying formats [for

each diagnosing physician, predetermined

settings for the display on the monitor of all

image series including, for example, mode,

layout, size, and coupling of images];

means for receiving a physician identifier; means for receiving a physician identifier

[This is a means-plus-function limitation. 

The function is to receive the physician

identifier. The corresponding structure is a

trackball mechanism, keyboard, user

interface 14a, screen driver 14b.];

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VERBATIM CLAIM LANGUAGE COURT’S CONSTRUCTION

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means for receiving a group identification; means for receiving a group

identification [This is a means-plusfunction limitation. The function is to

receive the group identification. The

corresponding structure is a trackball

mechanism, keyboard, user interface 14a,

screen driver 14b.];

means connected to the means for

receiving, to the means for storing an

image database and to the means for

displaying at least one display container

and responsive to a physician identifier

and to a group identification for retrieving

at least one image series of an image

group indexed by the group identification

and for displaying the at least one image

series in one or more presentation areas of

the plurality of presentation areas in a

display format contained in the physician

data tables; and 

means connected to the means for

receiving, to the means for storing an

image database and to the means for

displaying at least one display container

and responsive to a physician identifier

and to a group identification for

retrieving at least one image series of an

image group indexed by the group

identification and for displaying the at

least one image series in one or more

presentation areas of the plurality of

presentation areas in a display format

contained in the physician data tables

[This is a means-plus-function limitation. 

The function is to retrieve at least one

image series of an image group indexed by

the group identification and to display the

at least one image series in one or more

presentation areas of the plurality of

presentation areas in a display format

contained in the physician data tables. The

corresponding structure is the algorithm

described at Figure 7 (except 83); col. 9,

line 44 through col. 10, line 13 running on a

computer with video card as described in

col. 6, lines 3 - 5.]; and 

means for providing an output from the

system according to an output function

specified in the physician data tables.

means for providing an output from the

system according to an output function

specified in the physician data tables

[This is a means-plus-function limitation. 

The function is to provide an output from

the system according to an output function

specified in the physician data tables. The

corresponding structure is a computer,

physician data tables as shown in Figure 6

(such as, for example, boxes 52 and 63), an

algorithm associated with either the DONE,

CHANGE SERIES, PRINT, NEXT, and/or

PREVIOUS functions identified at col. 11,

lines 7 - 47 and Figure 8 (box 92 and box

below, box 96 and box below), Figure 10

(box 113 and box below, box 118 and box

below).].

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Claim 2

The system of claim 1, wherein: The system of claim 1, wherein:

the physician data tables include at least

one entry specifying a mode of image

series presentation, in which a first mode

is a monitor mode and a second mode is a

series mode; and

the physician data tables include at least

one entry [information input into a field]

specifying a mode of image series

presentation, in which a first mode is a

monitor mode [an image series is

presented in the order of its respective

sequence in a single respective display

container such that each presentation area

of the single respective display container

includes no more than one image] and a

second mode is a series mode [each image

series is presented one image at a time in

the order of its respective sequence in a

single respective presentation area of the

plurality of presentation areas]; and 

the means for retrieving and displaying

including means for ordering the display

of the at least one image series in response

to mode specification by: 

the means for retrieving and displaying

including means for ordering the display

[Function and structure here below] of the

at least one image series in response to

mode specification by: 

displaying each image series of the at least

one image series in the order of its

respective sequence in a single respective

display container in the at least one

display container such that each

presentation area of the single respective

display container includes no more than

one image, in response to designation of

the monitor mode; and

displaying each image series of the at least

one image series in the order of its

respective sequence in a single respective

display container in the at least one

display container such that each

presentation area of the single respective display container includes no more than

one image, in response to designation of the

monitor mode; and [This is a means-plusfunction limitation. The function is

ordering the display of the at least one

image series in response to mode

specification. The corresponding structure

is a computer performing the algorithm

steps of boxes 81, 82 in Figure 7 and col. 6,

line 61 through col. 7, line 5; & col. 7, lines

41-44.] 

displaying each image series of the at least

one image series one image at the time in

the order of its respective sequence in a

single respective presentation area of the

plurality of presentation areas, in response

to designation of the series mode.

displaying each image series of the at least

one image series one image at the time in

the order of its respective sequence in a

single respective presentation area of the

plurality of presentation areas, in

response to designation of the series mode.

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Claim 3

The system of claim 2, further including

means for synchronizing the presentation

of each image series of two or more image

series such that whenever the display of

one image series of the two or more image

series is changed to display a next image

in the order of its respective sequence,

each other image series of the two or more

image series is correspondingly changed

by the means for retrieving and

displaying.

The system of claim 2, further including

means for synchronizing the presentation

of each image series [This is a meansplus-function limitation. The function is

synchronizing the presentation of each

image series of two or more image series

such that whenever the display of one image

series of the two or more image series is

changed to display a next image in the

order of its respective sequence, each other

image series of the two or more image

series is correspondingly changed. The

corresponding structure is computer

program implementing the algorithms

described at boxes 110, 111, 112 and box

below of Figure 10 and Col. 13, line 57

through col. 14, line 8.] of two or more

image series such that whenever the display

of one image series of the two or more

image series is changed to display a next

image in the order of its respective

sequence, each other image series of the

two or more image series is correspondingly

changed by the means for retrieving and

displaying.

Claim 5

The system of claim 1, further including: The system of claim 1, further including:

means for displaying a palette display

container on the one or more display

monitors, the palette display container for

presenting a plurality of presentation areas

in an array; and 

means for displaying a palette display

container [the display container provided

to receive and reproduce images which are

selected from another display container.] 

[This is a means-plus-function limitation. 

The function is displaying a palette display

container on the one or more display

monitors. The corresponding structure is

computer program implementing Figure 7,

block 83] on the one or more display

monitors, the palette display container for

presenting a plurality of presentation

areas in an array; and 

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means for selecting an image of an image

series displayed in the at least one display

container and reproducing the selected

image in a presentation area of the palette

display container.

means for selecting an image of an image

series displayed in the at least one display

container and reproducing the selected

image in a presentation area of the

palette display container. [This is a

means-plus-function limitation. The

function is selecting an image of an image

series displayed in the at least one display

container and reproducing the selected

image in a presentation area of the palette

display container. The corresponding

structure is trackball mechanism 16;

keyboard 22; screen driver 14b; user

interface 14a; image subsystem 14c;

computer program implementing blocks 93-

94a depicted in Figure 8; col. 12:31-58.] 

Claim 6

A method for presenting images of

anatomical structure for examination by a

diagnosing physician, the method being

executed on a computer display system

having:

A method for presenting images of

anatomical structure for examination by

a diagnosing physician [a method used by

a diagnosing physician for examination of

medical images], the method being executed

on a computer display system having:

a display for displaying at least one

display container subdivided into a

plurality of presentation areas in a

predetermined array;

a display for displaying at least one display

container subdivided into a plurality of

presentation areas in a predetermined

array;

a storage subsystem for storing an image

database including a plurality of images of

anatomical structures; and

a storage subsystem [storage device that

stores information] for storing an image

database including a plurality of images of

anatomical structures; and

means connected to the storage subsystem

and to the at least one display container

for retrieving images from the image

database and displaying retrieved images

in the at least one display container;

means connected to the storage

subsystem and to the at least one display

container for retrieving images from the

image database and displaying retrieved

images in the at least one display

container [This is a means-plus-function

limitation. The function is retrieving

images from the image database and

displaying retrieved images in the at least

one display container. The structure is the

algorithm described at Figure 7 (except

83); col. 9, line 44 through col. 10, line 13

running on a computer with video card as

described in col. 6, lines 3-5.];

the method including the steps of: the method including the steps of:

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storing a plurality of images in the image

database; separating the plurality of

images into image groups; indexing each

image group by a unique group

identification; 

storing a plurality of images in the image

database; separating the plurality of

images into image groups [assigning

images a file name that is specific to a

particular image group]; indexing each image group by a unique group

identification; 

partitioning each image group into one or

more ordered image series, each ordered

image series including a succession of

images which illustrate incrementally

registered aspects of an anatomical target,

each image series being ordered by

assignment to each image in the image

series of a numerical position in a

respective monotonically changing

sequence;

partitioning each image group into one or

more ordered image series, each ordered

image series including a succession of

images which illustrate incrementally

registered aspects of an anatomical target,

each image series being ordered by

assignment to each image in the image

series of a numerical position in a

respective monotonically changing

sequence;

storing a first data table in the storage

subsystem, the first data table listing a

plurality of referring physician identifiers,

each referring physician being indexed

from at least one group identification,

each referring physician identifier

identifying a referring physician and

including respective fields specifying

output preferences of the identified

referring physician for outputting to the

identified referring physician images from

the display;

storing a first data table in the storage

subsystem, the first data table listing a plurality of referring physician identifiers, each referring physician being indexed

from at least one group identification, each

referring physician identifier identifying a

referring physician and including respective

fields [a location in a data table] specifying output preferences [settings specifying a

physician’s preferred choice] of the

identified referring physician for outputting

to the identified referring physician images

from the display;

storing a second data table in the storage

subsystem, the second data table listing a

plurality of diagnosing physician

identifiers, each diagnosing physician

identifier identifying a diagnosing

physician and including respective fields

specifying format preferences and mode

preferences of the identified diagnosing

physician for displaying images on the

display; and

storing a second data table in the storage

subsystem, the second data table listing a plurality of diagnosing physician

identifiers, each diagnosing physician

identifier identifying a diagnosing

physician and including respective fields

specifying format preferences

[prespecified number and arrangement of

presentation areas in which a diagnosing

physician prefers all image series be

viewed] and mode preferences

[prespecified settings that determine

whether a physician prefers all image series

be displayed in monitor or series mode] of

the identified diagnosing physician for

displaying images on the display; and

providing a group identification; providing a group identification;

providing a diagnosing physician

identifier;

providing a diagnosing physician

identifier;

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in response to the group identification and

the diagnosing physician identifier,

retrieving at least one image series of an

image group indexed by the group

identification and displaying the at least

one image series in one or more

presentation areas of the plurality of

presentation areas in accordance with a

format preference specified in fields of the

diagnosing physician identifier; and

in response to the group identification and

the diagnosing physician identifier, retrieving at least one image series of an

image group indexed by the group

identification and displaying the at least one

image series in one or more presentation

areas of the plurality of presentation

areas in accordance with a format

preference specified in fields of the

diagnosing physician identifier; and

outputting images from the at least one

image series according to output

preferences of a referring physician

identified by a referring physician

identifier indexed from the group

identification.

outputting images [transferring images

from a diagnosing physician to a referring

physician] from the at least one image series

according to output preferences of a

referring physician identified by a referring

physician identifier indexed from the

group identification. 

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EXHIBIT B

UNITED STATES PATENT NUMBER 5,452,416 - GLOSSARY OF TERMS

TERM DEFINITION

A method for presenting images of

anatomical structure for examination by

a diagnosing physician

a method used by a diagnosing physician

for examination of medical images

display area a space within a display container in which

the anatomical images may be viewed

display container a bounded area or window in which images

are presented

displaying format(s) for each diagnosing physician,

predetermined settings for the display on

the monitor of all image series including,

for example, mode, layout, size, and

coupling of images

each image series being ordered by

assignment to each image in the image

series of a numerical position in a

respective monotonically changing

sequence

each image in a collection of images in an

image series is assigned a numerical value

representing its order in the sequence

entry(ies) information input into a field

field(s) a location in a data table

format preference(s) prespecified number and arrangement of

presentation areas in which a diagnosing

physician prefers all image series be viewed

image database a collection including stored image files,

physician data tables, and indices that

enables storage and retrieval of images

image group(s) one or more image series obtained during an

examination

indexed one piece of information used to locate

other information

indexes values in a database used to locate

information at another location

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means connected to the means for

receiving, to the means for storing an

image database and to the means for

displaying at least one display container

and responsive to a physician identifier

and to a group identification for

retrieving at least one image series of an

image group indexed by the group

identification and for displaying the at

least one image series in one or more

presentation areas of the plurality of

presentation areas in a display format

contained in the physician data tables

This is a means-plus-function limitation. 

The function is to retrieve at least one

image series of an image group indexed by

the group identification and to display the at

least one image series in one or more

presentation areas of the plurality of

presentation areas in a display format

contained in the physician data tables. The

corresponding structure is the algorithm

described at Figure 7 (except 83); col. 9,

line 44 through col. 10, line 13 running on a

computer with video card as described in

col. 6, lines 3 - 5.

means connected to the storage

subsystem and to the at least one display

container for retrieving images from the

image database and displaying retrieved

images in the at least one display

container 

This is a means-plus-function limitation. 

The function is retrieving images from the

image database and displaying retrieved

images in the at least one display container. 

The structure is the algorithm described at

Figure 7 (except 83); col. 9, line 44 through

col. 10, line 13 running on a computer with

video card as described in col. 6, lines 3-5.

means for displaying a palette display

container This is a means-plus-function limitation. The function is displaying a palette display

container on the one or more display

monitors. The corresponding structure is

computer program implementing Figure 7,

block 83.

means . . . for displaying at least one

display container including a display area

subdivided into a plurality of

presentation areas in a predetermined

array

This is a means-plus-function limitation. 

The function is displaying at least one

display container including a display area

subdivided into a plurality of presentation

areas in a predetermined array. The

corresponding structure is a display

monitor.

means for ordering the display This is a means-plus-function limitation. 

The function is ordering the display of the

at least one image series in response to

mode specification. The corresponding

structure is a computer performing the

algorithm steps of boxes 81, 82 in Figure 7

and col. 6, line 61 through col. 7, line 5; &

col. 7, lines 41-44. 

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means for providing an output from the

system according to an output function

specified in the physician data tables

This is a means-plus-function limitation. 

The function is to provide an output from

the system according to an output function

specified in the physician data tables. The

corresponding structure is a computer,

physician data tables as shown in Figure 6

(such as, for example, boxes 52 and 63), an

algorithm associated with either the DONE,

CHANGE SERIES, PRINT, NEXT, and/or

PREVIOUS functions identified at col. 11:7

- 47 and Figure 8 (box 92 and box below,

box 96 and box below), Figure 10 (box 113

and box below, box 118 and box below).

means for receiving a group

identification This is a means-plus-function limitation. The function is to receive the group

identification. The corresponding structure

is a trackball mechanism, keyboard, user

interface 14a, screen driver 14b.

means for receiving a physician identifier This is a means-plus-function limitation. 

The function is to receive the physician

identifier. The corresponding structure is a

trackball mechanism, keyboard, user

interface 14a, screen driver 14b.

means for selecting an image of an image

series displayed in the at least one display

container and reproducing the selected

image in a presentation area of the

palette display container

This is a means-plus-function limitation. 

The function is selecting an image of an

image series displayed in the at least one

display container and reproducing the

selected image in a presentation area of the

palette display container. The

corresponding structure is trackball

mechanism 16; keyboard 22; screen driver

14b; user interface 14a; image subsystem

14c; computer program implementing

blocks 93-94a depicted in Figure 8*; col

12:31-58.

*Court to resolve whether or not there is a

correctable error in the “no” branch from

block 94.

means for storing an image database

including a plurality of images of

anatomical structures, the images being

separated into a plurality of image

groups

This is a means-plus-function limitation. 

The function is storing an image database

including a plurality of images of

anatomical structures, the images being

separated into a plurality of image groups. 

The corresponding structure is a storage

device.

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means for synchronizing the presentation

of each image series This is a means-plus-function limitation. The function is synchronizing the

presentation of each image series of two or

more image series such that whenever the

display of one image series of the two or

more image series is changed to display a

next image in the order of its respective

sequence, each other image series of the

two or more image series is correspondingly

changed. The corresponding structure is

computer program implementing the

algorithms described at boxes 110, 111, 112

and box below of Figure 10 and Col. 13,

line 57 through col. 14, line 8.

mode preferences prespecified settings that determine whether

a physician prefers all image series be

displayed in monitor or series mode

monitor mode an image series is presented in the order of

its respective sequence in a single

respective display container such that each

presentation area of the single respective

display container includes no more than one

image

output function(s) an action to be carried out by a program to

control presentation of images in an image

group to a physician according to

preprogrammed output preferences

output preferences settings specifying a physician's preferred

choice

palette display container the display container provided to receive

and reproduce images which are selected

from another display container

physician data table(s) data tables organized by referring and

diagnosing physician that contain

preferences for each respective physician

physician identifier(s) information associated with a particular

physician to the exclusion of all other

physicians

plurality two or more

predetermined array a two-dimensional layout of presentation

areas (e.g. 2X2 or 4X5) determined

beforehand

presentation area(s) an area in which a single image is presented

at a time

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series mode each image series is presented one image at

a time in the order of its respective

sequence in a single respective presentation

area of the plurality of presentation areas

separating the plurality of images into

image groups assigning images a file name that is specificto a particular image group

storage subsystem storage device that stores information

the images being separated into a

plurality of image groups assigning images a file name that is specificto a particular image group

unique group identification identification of a particular image group

for a specific patient to the exclusion of all

other image groups

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