Study navigation system and method
First Claim
1. A method of navigating an image series, the method comprising:
- (a) providing an image series containing a first number of planar images, the planar images comprising slices spatially aligned along an axis normal to the plane of each image;
(b) storing the image series on a server;
(c) grouping the images of the image series into a number of subseries, the number of subseries being less than the first number of images;
(d) generating a representative image series by generating an image from each subseries;
(e) transmitting the representative image series from the server to a client computing device;
(f) displaying the representative image series on a display;
(g) determining whether an image from the representative image series has been selected; and
,(h) if an image from the representative image series has been selected, then transmitting the subseries associated with the selected image to the client computing device.
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Abstract
A system and method for navigating an image series, the image series containing a number of substantially aligned planar images. First, the images of the image the image series are grouped into a number of subseries, the number of subseries being less than the number of substantially aligned planar images in the image series. A representative image series is generated by generating an image from each subseries. The representative image series is displayed. It is determined whether an image from the representative image series has been selected. If an image from the representative image series has been selected, then the subseries associated with the selected image is displayed.
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25 Claims
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1. A method of navigating an image series, the method comprising:
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(a) providing an image series containing a first number of planar images, the planar images comprising slices spatially aligned along an axis normal to the plane of each image; (b) storing the image series on a server; (c) grouping the images of the image series into a number of subseries, the number of subseries being less than the first number of images; (d) generating a representative image series by generating an image from each subseries; (e) transmitting the representative image series from the server to a client computing device; (f) displaying the representative image series on a display; (g) determining whether an image from the representative image series has been selected; and
,(h) if an image from the representative image series has been selected, then transmitting the subseries associated with the selected image to the client computing device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A system for navigating an image series, the system comprising:
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(a) a server for storing the image series; (b) a processor coupled to the server, the they system configured for; (i) providing an image series containing a first number of planar images, the planar images comprising slices spatially aligned along an axis normal to the plane of each image; (ii) grouping the images of the image series into a number of subseries, the number of subseries being less than the first number of images; (iii) generating a representative image series by generating an image from each subseries; (iv) transmitting the representative image series from the server to the processor; (v) displaying the representative image series on a display; (vi) determining whether an image from the representative image series has been selected; and
,(vii) if an image from the representative image series has been selected, then transmitting the subseries associated with the selected image to the processor. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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