System architecture for medical imaging systems

US6348793B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• GE Medical Systems Global Technology Company, LLC · US

Inventors

• William Balloni · Menomonee Falls, US
• Josef P. Debbins · Waukesha, US
• Robert H. Haworth · Brookfield, US
• Paul E. Licato · Wauwatosa, US
• Graeme C. McKinnon · Hartland, US
• Bo Pettersson · Torshälla, SE
• Lawrence E. Ploetz · Brookfield, US
• Mark Radick · Muskego, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 6, 2000
• Grant date: Feb 19, 2002
• Expiry date: Nov 6, 2020

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G16H40/40
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A medical imaging system includes a workstation for receiving operator inputs that prescribe a scan and a plurality of servers which control the acquisition of image data and the reconstruction of prescribed images. The workstation is programmed in Java™ to produce scan descriptions that are downloaded to the servers prior to run time using a serialization mechanism.