DATA COMMUNICATION IN A PICTURE ARCHIVING AND COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM NETWORK

• Main Authors: HOLMES, COLIN J, LEHMANN, GLEN, SCHERGER, DEREK, LEMIRE, PIERRE, BEAUREGARD, MICHAEL
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 12.09.2017
• Subjects: CALCULATING; COMPUTING; COUNTING; ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING; ELECTRICITY; HEALTHCARE INFORMATICS, i.e. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONTECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR THE HANDLING ORPROCESSING OF MEDICAL OR HEALTHCARE DATA; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTEDFOR SPECIFIC APPLICATION FIELDS; PHYSICS; TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHICCOMMUNICATION

A method and system for accessing a data file is provided At a server computer a request for accessing a data file of a plurality of data files stored in a database is received The server computer is connected to the database via a first communication link and a second communication link. Metadata associated with the data file in the database are accessed via the first communication link using a first query protocol In dependence upon the metadata the data file is located in the database At least a portion of data stored in the data file is then accessed in the database via the second communication link using a second query protocol