(19)
(11)EP 2 237 179 A3

(12)EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)Date of publication A3:
03.04.2013 Bulletin 2013/14

(43)Date of publication A2:
06.10.2010 Bulletin 2010/40

(21)Application number: 10158471.2

(22)Date of filing:  30.03.2010
(51)International Patent Classification (IPC): 
G06F 19/00(2011.01)
(84)Designated Contracting States:
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO SE SI SK SM TR
Designated Extension States:
AL BA ME RS

(30)Priority: 30.03.2009 US 413946

(71)Applicant: The Regents of The University of California
Oakland, California 94607-5200 (US)

(72)Inventors:
  • Hu, Xiao
    Redondo Beach, CA 90278 (US)
  • Platt, Robert C. III
    91316 Encino, CA 91316 (US)
  • Zlatev, Vesselin
    92656 Aliso Viejo (US)
  • Buxey, Farzad D
    90292 Marina del Rey, CA 90292 (US)

(74)Representative: Witte, Weller & Partner 
Postfach 10 54 62
70047 Stuttgart
70047 Stuttgart (DE)

  


(54)PACS optimization techniques


(57) Some embodiments provide a method and system for efficiently transferring medical images. Some embodiments receive a medical image in a first platform dependent format of a Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS). The first platform dependent format is one that is accessible by a first format compliant device that includes a library that specifies how to decode the first format. Some embodiments transform the medical image from the first format to a second format. The second format includes decoded content of the first format that is viewable on a first format non-compliant device. The transformed image is then passed to the device for viewing. Additionally, some embodiments efficiently transfer medical images by identifying image settings for one or more devices and by passing requested images that are optimized by resizing the images according to the image settings of the requesting device.







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