Diagnostic medical ultrasound system communication network architecture and method

A network architecture for facilitating communications among multiple diagnostic medical imaging devices coupled with a network, such as a local area or wide area network, is disclosed. The architecture features communications components included within each device which permit each device to identi...

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Main Authors LANNUTTI ANTHONY P, FALLOWS STEVEN G
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 24.02.2005
Edition7
Subjects
ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES
DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES
DIAGNOSIS
HUMAN NECESSITIES
HYGIENE
IDENTIFICATION
LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION ORRERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES
MEASURING
MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE
PHYSICS
RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING
RADIO NAVIGATION
SURGERY
TESTING
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Summary:A network architecture for facilitating communications among multiple diagnostic medical imaging devices coupled with a network, such as a local area or wide area network, is disclosed. The architecture features communications components included within each device which permit each device to identify itself to all other devices on the network and respond to the identification by another device. This automated identification and recognition process allows each device to effectively automatically discover all of the other devices on the network, as well as automatically self-adjust to accommodate devices as they are added or removed from the network. Once each device has identified other devices on the network that are available for communications, the architecture facilitates the exchange of data between any of the identified devices at the direction of the user.
Bibliography:Application Number: US20030644532