Patent ID: 8638997
Filing Date: 2014-01-28
Classification: G16H

Abstract:
1. A medical image processing and retrieval system, comprising: an image processing system configured to obtain medical image data and to process the medical image data by a first user using interpretation tools on said medical image data to generate a report concerning said medical image data; a database configured to store interpretation information for all interpretation tools used to generate the report and parameters or positions of each of the interpretation tools used for the generation of said report by said first user, said interpretation tools comprising at least one of window level, view type, segmentation, and thresholding; and a viewing server having a user interface and configured in response to a user interface instruction by a second user to retrieve said report and also to allow retrieval from the database of said medical image data, all of said interpretation tools, all of said parameters or positions of each of the interpretation tools, and all of said stored interpretation information used for the generation of said report when the second user activates at least one link in said report to allow the second user to process the images with the same interpretation tools as the first user who generated said report.