Medical system architecture
AssigneeSiemens Aktiengesellschaft
InventorNorbert Herzog
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Abstract
A medical system architecture include at least one modality for acquiring medical images, an apparatus for processing the medical images and for accepting patient-related data, an apparatus for communicating the images and data, and an apparatus for storing the images and patient-related data. Furthermore, an apparatus for the digital acquisition of optical images, such as a photo camera, a video camera and/or a scanner, is connected to the apparatus for communication, it being possible to store the digitized optical images in the apparatus together with the medical images and patient-related data.
Claims6
A medical system architecture comprising:
- at least one modality for producing a medical image of an examination subject;
- a work station for processing said medical image and for entering patient-related data for permanent association with said medical image;
- a communication system connected to said work station for communicating said medical image and said patient-related data to a location remote from said work station;
- a central storage unit connected to said communication system for storing said medical image and said patient-related data;
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- an optical image generating unit for generating digital data comprising a photographic image showing an external appearance of said examination subject, and including means for entering said digital data into said work station for permanent association in said patient-related data with said medical image for unambiguously identifying said examination subject.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.