Patent ID: 7860287

Claim:
A patient clinical image data processing system, comprising: a first validation processor for, parsing a transaction message conveying patient medical image data to identify image metadata indicating first characteristics of said image, said first characteristics of said image comprising at least one of, (a) a data source identifier, (b) a date an image was generated, (c) data indicating a type of modality device and (d) a user name and performing a first comparison by comparing said metadata with configuration data indicating predetermined characteristics of images required for a particular use and indicating said image is acceptable for said use in response to a successful first comparison; a second validation processor for processing a DICOM format message different to a format of said transaction message by, parsing header data of DICOM compatible data representing said image to identify image metadata indicating second characteristics of said image and performing a second comparison by comparing header data with configuration data indicating predetermined characteristics of images required for a particular use and indicating said image is acceptable for said use in response to a successful second comparison; and a data processor for indicating said image is acceptable for said use in response to successful first and second comparisons.