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Method and apparatus for virtual interactive medical imaging by multiple remotely-located users

  • US 6,608,628 B1
  • Filed: 11/05/1999
  • Issued: 08/19/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/06/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method of enabling users of a plurality of networked computer systems to collaboratively view and manipulate images of an object, the method comprising:

  • causing corresponding images of the object to be displayed on each of a plurality of computer systems at a first resolution;

    receiving, at one of the computer systems, user input specifying a manipulation of the image;

    transmitting information indicative of the user input to each of the other computer systems;

    updating the image displayed on each of the other computer systems substantially simultaneously to depict the manipulation, including displaying the image at a second resolution lower than the first resolution while said manipulation is being depicted; and

    displaying the image on each of the computer systems at the first resolution when depiction of the manipulation is complete.

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