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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 07, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2006
Frank Sauer, Princeton, NJ (US);
Norbert Rahn, Forchheim, DE;
Chenyang Xu, Allentown, NJ (US);
James Williams, Nürnberg, DE;
Frank Sauer, Princeton, NJ (US);
Norbert Rahn, Forchheim, DE;
Chenyang Xu, Allentown, NJ (US);
James Williams, Nürnberg, DE;
Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc., Malvern, PA (US);
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Abstract
A method for implementing per-use licensing for image processing software includes acquiring image data from an image scanner. Processed image data is calculated from the image data using an image processing module. The processed image data is exported. The use of the image processing module is logged in an accounting database when the processed data are exported. Access to the accounting database is provided for account settlement.