System and method for storing and retrieving medical images and records

Abstract

A system and method for recording removable media (such as data CDs) that include information enabling data to be read from a proprietary standard, such as DICOM, on any predetermined computer platform without the need of specific computer hardware or software is provided. A specialist/medical facility computer receives data from a variety of sources/modalities including an image scanner, a network transporting DICOM-format data, document scanners and supporting text data therefor, and forms the data into appropriate files and directories in the DICOM format. These data files are recorded on a removable media, such as a CD, along with various applications and other information that can be executed on a computer that may not include DICOM hardware and software. To this end, the removable media can include a universal viewer application that forms associations with data stored on the media so any interested party with a PC can view the data in the same form as the original modality. In this manner the patient can provide unedited data to a variety of interested parties.

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