Remote virtual medical diagnostic imaging viewer

• US 8,195,937 B2
• Filed: 03/12/2010
• Issued: 06/05/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 06/10/2002
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Tailstream Technologies LLC
• Original Assignee: Nant Holdings IP, LLC (NantWorks, LLC)
• Inventors: Wise, Kelly, Shaebanyan, Meredith
• Primary Examiner(s): HOFFMAN, BRANDON S
• Application Number:
  US12/723,283
• Publication Number:
  US 20100169642A1
• Time in Patent Office: 816 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 713/164
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/53 by executing in a restricted environment, e.g. sandbox or secure virtual machine
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/606 by securing the transmission between two devices or processes
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6245 Protecting personal data, e.g. for financial or medical purposes
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/032 Protect output to user by software means
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2149 Restricted operating environment
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/00 2D [Two Dimensional] image generation
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 30/20 for handling medical images, e.g. DICOM, HL7 or PACS
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00209 Transmitting or receiving image data, e.g. facsimile data, via a computer, e.g. using e-mail, a computer network, the internet, I-fax
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00244 with a server, e.g. an internet server fax-servers or the like for store and forward H04N1/324
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0079 Medical imaging device

Abstract

A medical image and data application service provider system provides a way of remotely viewing and manipulating medical images and data for diagnostic and visualization purposes by users unconstrained by geography. Medical images and data are stored on one or more servers running application service provider software along with meta-data such as access control information, origin of information and references to related data. A set of medical data consisting related information is sent as an encrypted stream to a viewing station running client software in a secure execution environment that is logically independent of the viewing station'"'"'s operating system.

Claims

1. A method of providing data to a recipient, comprising:

running a remote virtual machine on the recipient'"'"'s computer under control of an external device;

receiving the data by the remote virtual machine; and

using the virtual machine to display the data.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of using the virtual machine to display the date reconstructs an image from which the data was created.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of using the virtual machine further comprises producing an image from the data inside a buffer of the recipient'"'"'s computer.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising a user utilizing a matrix transformation to modify the data.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising using a matrix transformation to manipulate the data.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the matrix transformation is applied interactively.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the data comprises only a single image.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the data comprises a medical diagnostic image.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the image is selected from the list consisting of an MRI image, a Cat Scan image, a PET image, and an X-Ray.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

encrypting the data;

streaming the encrypted data to the virtual machine of the recipient'"'"'s computer;

using the virtual machine to decrypt the encrypted data; and

using the virtual machine to display and interact with the decrypted data.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the data comprises a video.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein the data comprises a file.

22. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

encrypting the data;

streaming the encrypted data to the virtual machine of the recipient'"'"'s computer;

using the virtual machine to decrypt the encrypted data; and

using the virtual machine to render and interact with the decrypted data.

23. The method of claim 22, wherein the data comprises a video.

24. The method of claim 22, wherein the data comprises a file.

13. A method of providing data to a recipient, comprising:

running a remote virtual machine on the recipient'"'"'s computer under control of an external device;

receiving the data by the remote virtual machine; and

using the virtual machine to render the data.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the step of using the virtual machine to display the date reconstructs an image from which the data was created.

15. The method of claim 13, wherein the step of using the virtual machine further comprises producing an image from the data inside a buffer of the recipient'"'"'s computer.

16. The method of claim 13, further comprising a user utilizing a matrix transformation to modify the data.

17. The method of claim 13, further comprising using a matrix transformation to manipulate the data.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the matrix transformation is applied interactively.

19. The method of claim 13, wherein the data comprises only a single image.

20. The method of claim 13, wherein the data comprises a medical diagnostic image.

21. The method of claim 20, wherein the image is selected from the list consisting of an MRI image, a Cat Scan image, a PET image, and an X-Ray.