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A distribution system for digital images from diverse image sources

Incorporating a local area network in an imaging environment

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This paper proposes a unified image-processing and viewing system as a viewing station and initially as the central file server in a unified digital image distribution and processing network, linking various digital image sources through a high speed data link and a common image format. The network allows for viewing and processing of all images produced within the complex and for locating viewing stations in any number of convenient areas. The system proposed can be slowly expanded to include all the digital images produced within the department or institution.

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  1. From the Department of Radiology, New York University, 550 First Avenue, 10016, New York, New York

    M. E. Noz, G. Q. Maguire Jr., S. C. Horii, M. P. Zeleznik, J. H. Schimpf & B. S. Baxter

  2. the Department of Computer Science, University of Utah, 84112, Salt Lake City, Utah

    M. E. Noz, G. Q. Maguire Jr., S. C. Horii, M. P. Zeleznik, J. H. Schimpf & B. S. Baxter

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Noz, M.E., Maguire, G.Q., Horii, S.C. et al. A distribution system for digital images from diverse image sources. J Med Syst 7, 349–361 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01080690

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