System architectures for computer aided detection (CAD) processor system
OwnerEdward A. Martello, Jyh-Shyan Lin +2inventors
InventorsEdward A. Martello, Jyh-Shyan Lin, Fleming Y.-M. Lure, H.-Y. Michael Yeh
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Abstract
Radiological image processing equipment, for example, a computer-aided diagnosis (CAD) processor, may be interfaced with a communication network to permit images to be transmitted to the processing equipment and to permit results produced by the processing equipment to be transmitted to one or more destinations on the communication network.
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Apparatus for interfacing radiological image processing equipment with a communication network, comprising:
- a receive interface coupled to said communication network, the receive interface adapted to receive one or more input radiological images from said communication network and to pass them to said radiological image processing equipment;
- a transmit interface coupled to said communication network, the transmit interface adapted to transmit processed radiological image information from said radiological image processing equipment through said communication network;
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- control logic coupled to said receive interface and to said transmit interface, and to said radiological image processing equipment, the control logic adapted to coordinate operation of said receive interface, said transmit interface, and said radiological image processing equipment.
A method of interfacing radiological image processing equipment with a communication network, the method comprising:
- buffering each input radiological image received from said communication network in an input buffer;
- converting a format of said input radiological image to create a reformatted radiological image;
- providing said reformatted radiological image to said radiological image processing equipment;
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- buffering output from said radiological image processing equipment.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.