Patent ID: 8285083

Claim:
A system for generating digital media volumes for distribution to a recipient, the system comprising: an interface configured to receive an order to produce a digital media volume containing a user-specified DICOM-standard digital image or set of images for distribution to a recipient; a storage module configured to receive medical data captured by one or more modalities; a processor communicatively coupled to the interface and the storage module via a computer connection or network, the processor being configured to process the order and access from the storage module the specified DICOM-standard digital image(s), based on the order; a data recorder device communicatively coupled to the processor via a computer connection or network, the data recorder device being configured to receive the specified DICOM-standard digital image(s) from the processor and record the specified DICOM-standard digital image(s) to a portable digital media volume that is removable from the data recorder device for distribution to the recipient; and a first printer configured to receive textual data associated with the specified DICOM-standard digital image(s) and print a label for the digital media volume based on information regarding the recipient parsed from the data, wherein the processor comprises an accounting module configured to generate accounting data using attributes of the order and transmit the accounting data to a computer terminal, based on the creation of the portable digital media volume by the data recorder device.