Selective processing of medical images
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1. A method of selecting medical images of an image series for transfer, the method comprising:
- by a computing device executing software, performing operations comprising;
accessing a plurality of transfer criteria associated with a first computing device, the plurality of transfer criteria including;
first transfer criteria associated with a first value of an image series attribute, wherein the first transfer criteria indicate a first maximum image slice thickness, andsecond transfer criteria associated with a second value of the image series attribute, wherein the second transfer criteria indicate a second maximum image slice thickness that is different from the first maximum image slice thickness;
receiving a first request to access a first image series having the first value of the image series attribute;
applying the first transfer criteria to the first image series by;
selecting a group of medical images of the first image series, wherein each medical image of the group of medical images of the first image series has an image slice thickness less than the first maximum image slice thickness; and
initiating transfer of the group of medical images of the first image series to the first computing device, wherein medical images of the first image series that are not in the group of medical images of the first image series are not transferred to the first computing device;
receiving a second request to access a second image series having the second value of the image series attribute; and
applying the second transfer criteria to the second image series by;
selecting a group of medical images of the second image series, wherein each medical image of the group of medical images of the second image series has an image slice thickness less than the second maximum image slice thickness; and
initiating transfer of the group of medical images of the second image series to the first computing device, wherein medical images of the second image series that are not in the group of medical images of the second image series are not transferred to the first computing device.
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Abstract
Systems and methods that allow transfer criteria to be defined based on one or more of several attributes, such as a particular user, site, or device, as well as whether individual images and/or image series are classified as thin slices, and applied to medical images in order to determine which images are downloaded, viewed, stored, and/or any number of other actions that might be performed with respect to particular images.
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1. A method of selecting medical images of an image series for transfer, the method comprising:
by a computing device executing software, performing operations comprising; accessing a plurality of transfer criteria associated with a first computing device, the plurality of transfer criteria including; first transfer criteria associated with a first value of an image series attribute, wherein the first transfer criteria indicate a first maximum image slice thickness, and second transfer criteria associated with a second value of the image series attribute, wherein the second transfer criteria indicate a second maximum image slice thickness that is different from the first maximum image slice thickness; receiving a first request to access a first image series having the first value of the image series attribute; applying the first transfer criteria to the first image series by; selecting a group of medical images of the first image series, wherein each medical image of the group of medical images of the first image series has an image slice thickness less than the first maximum image slice thickness; and initiating transfer of the group of medical images of the first image series to the first computing device, wherein medical images of the first image series that are not in the group of medical images of the first image series are not transferred to the first computing device; receiving a second request to access a second image series having the second value of the image series attribute; and applying the second transfer criteria to the second image series by; selecting a group of medical images of the second image series, wherein each medical image of the group of medical images of the second image series has an image slice thickness less than the second maximum image slice thickness; and initiating transfer of the group of medical images of the second image series to the first computing device, wherein medical images of the second image series that are not in the group of medical images of the second image series are not transferred to the first computing device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 17, 19)
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13. A method comprising:
by a computing device comprising hardware, performing operations comprising; accessing first transfer criteria associated with a first value of an image series attribute, wherein the first transfer criteria indicate a first maximum image slice thickness; accessing second transfer criteria associated with a second value of an image series attribute, wherein the second transfer criteria indicate a second maximum image slice thickness; selecting a first thin slice series of medical images that are associated with the first value of the image series attribute and that satisfy the first transfer criteria including the first maximum image slice thickness; selecting a first non-thin slice series of medical images that are associated with the first value of the image series attribute and that do not satisfy the first transfer criteria; selecting a second thin slice series of medical images that are associated with the second value of the image series attribute and that satisfy the second transfer criteria including the second maximum image slice thickness; selecting a second non-thin slice series of medical images that are associated with the second value of the image series attribute and that do not satisfy the second transfer criteria; transferring or displaying the first thin slice series in a different manner than the first non-thin slice series, such that the medical images of the first non-thin slice series are at least one of;
selectively not transferred, selectively transferred with lower priority, selectively transferred but not displayed, or selectively transferred but otherwise displayed or processed in a selectively different manner; andtransferring or displaying the second thin slice series in a different manner than the second non-thin slice series, such that the medical images of the second non-thin slice series are at least one of;
selectively not transferred, selectively transferred with lower priority, selectively transferred but not displayed, or selectively transferred but otherwise displayed or processed in a selectively different manner.- View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 18)
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