Method and system for communication using a medical imaging protocol
OwnerSvein Fimreiteinventor
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Abstract
A method for communication between a DICOM QR-enabled device, such as a medical imaging device, and a DICOM QR-enabled computer. The method includes transferring, using the DICOM QR protocol, an explicit command from the DICOM QR-enabled device to the DICOM QR-enabled computer. The DICOM QR-enabled device may include a user interface, and the explicit command may have been received in advance from a user through the user interface. The explicit command may be a question or a command to perform a task that is otherwise unavailable for medical imaging devices. The command may include at least one parameter.
Claims7
Method for executing a function by a DICOM QR enabled device that is a non-native function of the device using the DICOM QR protocol, comprising the steps of:
- a. Entering a command in a data field in a user interface on the DICOM QR enabled device, said command relating to a function not native to the device,
- b. Communicating an association-request command using the DICOM QR protocol via TCP/IP from the device to a DICOM QR enabled computer,
- c. Communicating an association-accept command from the computer to the device,
- d. Communicating a root query/retrieve C-FIND-RQ data command from the device to the computer, the root query/retrieve C-FIND-RQ data command comprising the non-native command entered into the data field,
- e. Interpreting the non-native command in a program installed on the DICOM enabled computer, said program arranged to interpret and execute said non-native command,
- f. Executing the command on the DICOM enabled computer,
- g. Communicating a root query/retrieve C-FIND-RSP data command from the computer to the device, the root query/retrieve C-FIND-RSP data command comprising the result from the execution of the non-native command,
- h. Communicating a release request command from the device to the computer,
- i. Communicating a released command from the computer to the device, and
- j. Displaying the result from the execution of the non-native command in a user interface on the DICOM QR enabled device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.