System for Manipulation, Modification and Editing of Images Via Remote Device

• US 20100077358A1
• Filed: 11/04/2009
• Published: 03/25/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 01/11/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: University of Central Florida Research Foundation Inc. (State University System of Florida)
• Original Assignee: University of Central Florida Research Foundation Inc. (State University System of Florida)
• Inventors: Gandhi, Balaji, Yellanki, Srikanth, Sugaya, Kiminobu
• Granted Patent: US 8,774,560 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/838
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 2200/24 involving graphical user interfaces [GUIs]
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 2207/20108 Interactive selection of 2D slice in a 3D data set
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 2207/30016 Brain
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 7/0012 Biomedical image inspection
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 30/20 for handling medical images, e.g. DICOM, HL7 or PACS
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 30/40 for processing medical images, e.g. editing
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 for local operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation

Abstract

Disclosed herein is a system and method for providing remotely accessible medical image data. The system and method allows for increased accuracy and semi-quantitative or fully quantitative data from images by enabling the remote user to select regions of interest on a compressed image, and then conducting quantitative analysis on original images at a central location.

Claims

1. A method of providing to remote users a quantitative analysis of image data comprising:

providing an image database that is accessible remotely by a remote user, wherein said image database comprises a plurality of non-compressed 2D images from an anatomical location;

presenting to said remote user an option of selecting an image or images from a selection of low-resolution images pertaining to a specific geometric perspective of said anatomical location;

displaying to said remote user a compressed image corresponding to a low-resolution image selected by said remote user;

presenting to said remote user the option of selecting a region of interest in said corresponding to a low-resolution image selected by said remote user; and

presenting to said remote user the option of selecting a region of interest in said compressed image selected by said remote user; and

, optionally,

calculating pixel value statistics of a selected region of interest; and

providing to said remote user said pixel value statistics.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein said image database comprises an archive of 2D images with multiple levels of resolution and provides for 3D reconstruction of the image data such that rotation of a 3D image and virtual-sectioning of said 3D image in any plane is achieved.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein said non-compressed images in said image database comprise TIFF images.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein said anatomical location is a brain.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising providing said remote user an option of annotating upon a selected image and displaying said annotating to a second remote user.

6. A remotely interactive medical image management and viewing system comprising:

a database comprising a plurality of non-compressed 2D medical images;

a processor; and

a computer program product comprising

a computer readable first program code module for causing said processor to display to a remote user a selection of low-resolution images of said plurality of non-compressed images;

a computer readable second program code module for causing said processor to present to said remote user an option to select at least one of said selection of low-resolution images;

a computer readable third program code module for causing said processor to display to said remote user a compressed image corresponding to a low-resolution image selected by said remote user;

a computer readable fourth program code module for causing said processor to present an option of selecting a region of interest of said selected compressed image; and

a computer readable fifth program code module for causing said processor to present an option to said remote user of annotating said selected compressed image.

7. The system of claim 6, further comprising a computer readable sixth program code module for causing said processor to create a 3D reconstruction of at least a subset of said 2D medical images;

a computer readable seventh program code module for causing said 3D reconstruction to rotate upon input from said remote user and an eighth program code module for causing said processor to create a virtual-section of said 3D reconstruction in any plane as inputted by said remote user.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein said plurality of non-compressed images comprises a stack of TIFF images.

9. The system of claim 8 further comprising a computer readable ninth program code module for causing said processor to identify a TIFF image from said TIFF stack corresponding to a low-resolution image selected by said remote user.

10. The system of claim 6, wherein said compressed image is a JPEG image.

11. The system of claim 9 further comprising a computer readable tenth program code module for causing said processor to split a compressed image into tiles.

12. The system of claim 11 further comprising a computer readable eleventh program code module for causing said processor to present an option to zoom into said region of interest.

13. The system of claim 12 further comprising a computer readable twelfth program code module for causing said processor to download tiles corresponding to said region of interest at a selected zoom level.

14. A remotely interactive medical image management and viewing system comprising:

a database comprising a plurality of non-compressed 2D medical images;

a processor; and

a computer program product comprising

a computer readable first program code module for causing said processor to create a 3D preview image based on at least a subset of said 2D medical images but having a lower resolution and/or size than base non-compressed 2D medical images;

a computer readable second program code module for causing said processor to display to a remote user said 3D preview image;

a computer readable third program module for causing said 3D preview image to rotate upon input from said remote user; and

a computer readable fourth program code module for causing said processor to create a virtual-section of said 3D in any plane as selected by said remote user.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein said virtual-section comprises a 2D image having a higher resolution than said 3D preview image.

16. The system of claim 14, further comprising a computer readable fifth program code module for causing said processor to present an option to said remote user of annotating said virtual-section.

17. The system of claim 16, further comprising a computer readable sixth program code module for causing said processor to display said annotating to another remote user.

18. The system of claim 14, wherein said non-compressed 2D medical images are TIFF images.