Patent ID: 9536044
Date: 2017-01-03
CPC Classifications: G06F,G16H

Claim:
1. A method performed by at least one computer, the method comprising: determining a set of modules for collectively producing specific information related to image data based on comparing known inputs and outputs of the modules of the set; retrieving the set of modules from a library; arranging the set of modules in an image data workflow pipeline responsive to receiving an event trigger; and obtaining the specific information by directing the image data to the image data workflow pipeline to be processed by the set of modules, directing the image data to the patient image data workflow comprising: determining whether to send the image data to a first device having a module of the set of modules or send an instance of the module to a second device having the image data to process the image data based at least in part on a data size of the image data and a data size of the module, the determining reducing an amount of data to be communicated; and causing the first device having the module to send the instance of the module to the second device having the image data to process the image data to produce associated metadata in response to determining that the instance of the module is to be sent to the second device having the image data to process the image data, wherein the second device having the image data sends the associated metadata to a third device having another module that uses the associated metadata as an input.