Patent · US Active

Hybrid medical image processing

US8238624B2 · kind B2 · utility

58Cited by
52References
16Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateJul 24, 2007
Grant dateAug 7, 2012
Priority date
Expiry dateJan 12, 2030

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG16H40/67
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The present invention uses a common, hybrid system platform to provide a generalized medical image processing system that can handle the existing medical image application as it is and route the compute intensive medical image processing to a multi-core processor/processing system. The invention allows the processing platform to be shared among healthcare system such as mammography, X-ray, CT Scan MRI, two-photon, laser microscopy, digital pathology, etc. It also allows the processing platform to deliver medical images to a variety of client devices, such as a desktop computer or a handheld device, through the network without high-performance graphical display capabilities because the rendering of the medical images is performed on the Cell BE based platform of the invention.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.