Patent ID: 7127094
Filing Date: 2006-10-24
Classification: G16H

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: a) producing an image of biological tissue at a first remote location; then, b) automatically extracting data from the image to generate a first data set, wherein data in the first data set is insufficient to produce a representation of the image recognizable by an average person; then, c) automatically communicating the first data set to a central location; then, d) automatically manipulating the first data set at the central location to produce a first result, the manipulation method kept as a confidential method in the central location; e) automatically communicating the first result to the first remote location; then f) deciding at the first remote location a first course of further action based on the first result; and then g) communicating a second result from the first remote location to the central location, where the second result is the result of the first course of further action.