摘要 |
An archiving system stores discrete medical radiological images on a record card (60) having an imaging surface thereon. The apparatus (20) for storing discrete medical images comprises means for receiving (28) a film writing device output signal from a medical imaging device (22), and means for capturing a single image frame from the output signal. The captured single image frame is digitized and associated with a selected location on a record card at which the digitized single frame is to be permanently stored by a processor/memory (32). A plurality of the digitized single frames and their respective permanent storage locations are temporarily stored in the processor/memory (32). The digitized frames are reversibly compressed, and permanently recorded (46) at the individually selected, discrete locations of the record card (60). The images may be later recalled from the record card (60), decompressed, and viewed on a monitor or written to film (36). These operations are all under the control of a graphical user controller (26). |