Method of transmitting medical data

A system operable to transmit a data set comprising at least one medical data, in accordance to a DICOM communication standard, the system comprising:

• a first imaging station connected in communication with at least one other imaging station, the first imaging station including a network server in communication with a user interface and a memory, the memory including a plurality of program instructions for execution by the network server, the plurality of program instructions including the acts of:
• selecting a first medical data from the data set for transmission;
• checking a memory of the first imaging station for a receipt of an acknowledgement signal indicative of a successful transmission of the first medical data to the least one other imaging station;
• transmitting the medical data if the act of checking does not detect the receipt of acknowledgement signal;
• receiving the acknowledgment signal from the at least one other imaging station in response to successful receipt of the first medical data at the at least one other imaging station;
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• storing the receipt of acknowledgement signal in the memory of the first imaging station.

A computer readable storage medium with a plurality of program instructions for execution by a network server of a first imaging station, so as to transmit a data set comprising at least one medical data to at least one other imaging station, the plurality of program instructions including:

• a routine for receiving a data request signal from a user interface, the data request signal comprising a data set identifier;
• a routine for configuring the first imaging station to transmit via a network interface;
• a routine for selecting a first medical data from the data set;
• a routine for checking for a receipt of an acknowledgement signal at the first imaging station, the acknowledgment signal indicative of a successful transmission of the first medical data to the at least one other imaging station;
• a routine for transmitting the first medical data in response to not detecting the receipt of the acknowledgment signal;
• a routine for receiving the acknowledgment signal, generated in response to receiving the first medical data at the at least one other imaging station;
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• a routine for storing the receipt of acknowledgement signal in a memory of the first imaging station.