Medical Image Data Processing and Image Viewing System
First Claim
1. A medical image data processing and image viewing system, comprising:
- an acquisition processor for acquiring image data representing medical images;
an image navigation processor for detecting, a pause in user navigation through a sequence of acquired reduced resolution medical images and continued presentation of a particular reduced resolution medical image of said sequence on a display;
an acquisition control processor for automatically initiating acquisition by said acquisition processor of data representing a full resolution medical image corresponding to said particular reduced resolution medical image for presentation on said display in response to a detected pause; and
a display processor for initiating generation of data representing a composite display image including at least one of said particular reduced resolution medical image and the corresponding full resolution medical image.
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Abstract
A system enables a diagnosing physician to assess an effect of medical video clip data compression. A medical image data processing and image viewing system includes an acquisition processor for acquiring image data representing a sequence of reduced resolution medical images and corresponding full resolution medical images. An image navigation processor detects, a pause in user navigation through the sequence of reduced resolution medical images and continued presentation of a particular reduced resolution medical image of the sequence on a display. An acquisition control processor automatically initiates acquisition by the acquisition processor of data representing a full resolution medical image corresponding to the particular reduced resolution medical image for presentation on the display in response to a detected pause. A display processor initiates generation of data representing a composite display image including at least one of the particular reduced resolution medical image and the corresponding full resolution medical image.
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23 Claims
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1. A medical image data processing and image viewing system, comprising:
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an acquisition processor for acquiring image data representing medical images; an image navigation processor for detecting, a pause in user navigation through a sequence of acquired reduced resolution medical images and continued presentation of a particular reduced resolution medical image of said sequence on a display; an acquisition control processor for automatically initiating acquisition by said acquisition processor of data representing a full resolution medical image corresponding to said particular reduced resolution medical image for presentation on said display in response to a detected pause; and a display processor for initiating generation of data representing a composite display image including at least one of said particular reduced resolution medical image and the corresponding full resolution medical image. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A medical image data processing system, comprising:
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a communication interface for bidirectionally communicating with a client device via a communication link; a data processor for using said communication interface for automatically communicating to the client device, (a) image data representing a sequence of reduced resolution medical images and (b) data representing a full resolution medical image corresponding to a particular reduced resolution medical image of said sequence of reduced resolution medical images, in response to received message data, said message data identifying said particular reduced resolution medical image and being generated in response to detection of a pause in user navigation through said sequence of reduced resolution medical images and continued presentation of a particular reduced resolution medical image of said sequence on a display in the client device. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A method for medical image data processing and image viewing system, comprising the activities of:
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acquiring image data representing medical images; detecting a pause in user navigation through a sequence of reduced resolution medical images and continued presentation of a particular reduced resolution medical image of said sequence on a display; automatically acquiring data representing a full resolution medical image corresponding to said particular reduced resolution medical image for presentation on said display in response to a detected pause; and initiating generation of data representing a composite display image including at least one of said particular reduced resolution medical image and the corresponding full resolution medical image.
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