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Study navigation system and method

  • US 7,787,679 B2
  • Filed: 11/22/2006
  • Issued: 08/31/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/22/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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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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