Patent · US Active

Pipeline for data exchange between medical image applications

US7673067B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

Detlef Becker · Baiersdorf, DE
Ralph Mayr · Bad Mergentheim, DE
Falk Tintemann · Marsberg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 5, 2005
Grant date	Mar 2, 2010
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 31, 2028

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L12/2854
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to a method, an apparatus and a system for the transfer of medical image data from at least one source application to at least one sink application, and for managing the data transfer via a controller and a message system. The method is based on a pipeline mechanism that comprises various processing stages, a requester and a serializer controller that controls the data steam to be transferred. The pipeline mechanism comprises a serializer that decomposes the data stream in individual chunks or reassembles the decomposed chunks to form a data stream, and a carrier that is responsible for the physical data transmission. Moreover, the pipeline can also comprise a converter and a manipulator that respectively execute conversions and manipulations on the data.

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