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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 13, 2004
Filed:
Jan. 26, 2000
Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A medical image filing system having a first recording device for recording a plurality of image data from a medical image pickup device; a second recording device for recording the plurality of image data from the medical image pickup device, the second recording device has a recording speed slower and a recording capacity greater than that of the first recording device; and at least one image reproducing device for reading and reproducing designated image data from the plurality of image data recorded in the first and second recording devices. The at least one image reproducing device has a third recording device for recording the designated image data, wherein the designated image data recorded in the third recording device can also be reproduced by the at least one reproducing device. The at least one reproducing device further has apparatus or software to designate the image data recorded in the second recording device and designate either of the first or third recording devices to copy the designated image data from the second recording device to the designated first or third recording devices. A computer readable program code means for reproducing the plurality of image data in the medical image filing system is also provided.