Patent ID: 8005790

Claim:
A clone management system for duplicating one or more data objects of a plurality of data objects, the plurality of data objects being stored as a first study in a DICOM database, the system comprising: (a) a memory for storing the plurality of data objects; (b) a processor coupled to the memory configured for: (i) categorizing the plurality of data objects into a first category of manually selectable data objects and a second category of automatically selectable data objects; (ii) receiving input defining an initial base set of manually selected data objects, wherein the initial base set of data objects comprises one or more data objects from the first category of manually selectable data objects; (iii) duplicating the data objects in the initial base set, the duplicated initial base set being stored in a target study; (iv) determining one or more automatically selected associated data objects from the second category of automatically selectable data objects, wherein the one or more associated data objects from the second category: are not included in the duplicated initial base set, and either reference the one or more data objects in the initial base set or are referenced by the one or more data objects in the initial base set; (v) duplicating the one or more automatically selected associated data objects from the second category; and (vi) storing the duplicated one or more automatically selected associated data objects from the second category in the target study.