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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 12, 2012
Applicant:
Merge Healthcare Incorporated, Chicago, IL (US);
Inventor:
Jon T. DeVries, Cary, NC (US);
Assignee:
Merge Healthcare Incorporation, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 9/00 (2006.01); G06F 19/00 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 19/321 (2013.01);
Abstract
Systems and methods for managing at least one medical image that includes image data and metadata. One method includes generating, at a processor, a number of copies of the at least one medical image, wherein the number of copies is equal to a number of independent reviewers associated with the at least one medical image. Each of the copies includes the image data and the metadata. The method also includes modifying the metadata of each of the copies to include a unique identifier, and storing the copies to at least one image storage device.