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(88) Date of publication A3: 10.02.2005 (43) Date of publication: 27.04.2005 Bulletin 2005/17 (21) Application number: 03746586.1 (22) Date of filing: 03.04.2003

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: G06F 19/00, G06F 17/60 (86) International application number: PCT/US2003/010193 (87) International publication number: WO 2003/088124 (23.10.2003 Gazette 2003/43)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IT LI LU MC NL PT RO SE SI SK TR (30) Priority: 12.04.2002 US 372764 P 03.12.2002 US 308648 (71) Applicant: Siemens Medical Solutions Health Services Corporation Malvern, PA 19355-1406 (US)	(72) Inventors: FITZGERALD, David West Grove, PA 19390 (US) LUCAS, Brian Springfield, PA 19064 (US) LONG, Greg Conshohocken, PA 19428 (US) KLASSEN, SR., David Hiebert Hanibal, MO 63401-2765 (US) HUNTER, John North Wales, PA 19454 (US) (74) Representative: Morgan, Marc  Siemens Shared Services Limited,Intellectual Property Department,Postfach 22 16 34 80506 Munich 80506 Munich (DE)