Patent ID: 8543069

Claim:
A portable imaging device comprising: a processor; a memory operably coupled to the processor; a detector connection point operably coupled to the processor and operable to communicate data through a wired communication path the data further comprising image data; and a wireless transceiver operably coupled to the processor and operable to communicate data with a digital medical diagnostic imaging system through a wireless communication path, wherein the image data further comprises high-resolution images and low-resolution images, wherein the processor is operable to withhold the high-resolution images from transmission through the wired communication path, the processor is operable to transfer nearly immediately the low-resolution images through the wireless communication path and the processor is operable to store the high-resolution images to the memory until the wired communication path is active, and the processor is operable to the high-resolution images through the wired communication path upon activation of the wired communication path.