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This invention relates to an object-oriented system and method for easily and rapidly distributing medical images from existing picture and report storage systems to a plurality of heterogeneous client workstations. The system includes one or more interface engines, for providing image objects with

This invention relates to an object-oriented system and method for easily and rapidly distributing medical images from existing picture and report storage systems to a plurality of heterogeneous client workstations. The system includes one or more interface engines, for providing image objects with uniform structure regardless of the type of existing system on which they are stored, and image server middleware, for managing the distribution of image objects. The system also includes a security object server, for authorizing user access to the image distribution system and to particular objects, a personalization object server, for providing user interface preferences and client workstation capabilities, and a web server, for downloading initial access pages and user interface components. The system implements a method for medical image distribution according to which image data stored in existing picture storage systems is first converted into a uniformly structured image objects before being composed for downloading to client workstations for user viewing. The system and method of this invention are easily extensible both for added function and for added performance. The system and method of this invention are preferably implemented according to CORBA standards.

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[ What is claimed is:] [1.]1. A medical image distribution system for distributing medical images from one or more storage systems for medical images to a plurality of network-attached client workstations, said medical image distribution system comprising one or more network-attached computer system

[ What is claimed is:] [1.]1. A medical image distribution system for distributing medical images from one or more storage systems for medical images to a plurality of network-attached client workstations, said medical image distribution system comprising one or more network-attached computer systems, andwherein each said network-attached client workstation is configured with a graphical interface for receiving medical image requests from a user, for transmitting the received medical image requests in an object-oriented format, and for displaying medical image objects received in response to the transmitted requests to the user; andwherein said one or more network-attached computer systems are configured withinfrastructure modules of a distributed object system for forwarding and transmitting of object requests and responses,one or more interface engines, each said interface engine presenting a uniform object-oriented interface for retrieving medical image data from the existing storage systems by translating requests between the uniform object-oriented format and individual formats recognized by the storage systems and for returning retrieved medical image data as medical image objects in the uniform object-oriented structure, andone or more image object coordinators for receiving the object-oriented medical image user requests transmitted from said client workstations, for obtaining objects with requested medical images by forwarding retrieval requests in the uniform object-oriented format to said one or more interface engines, for composing said obtained medical image objects according to preferences of the user and capabilities of the client workstation for display at the client workstations, and for transmitting said composed medical image objects to the requesting client workstation as a response to the transmitted object-oriented user requests.