Patent ID: 8682049
Filing Date: 2014-03-25
Classification: G06Q,G06T,G16H,G16Z

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method for providing cloud-based image processing services, the method comprising: receiving, at a cloud server over a network, a request for accessing three-dimensional (3D) medical image data from an application running at a client device associated with a user, the cloud server providing image processing services to a plurality of users using a plurality of image processing tools provided by the cloud server; determining user privileges of the user for accessing the 3D medical image data, the user privileges being related to the 3D medical image data, wherein the 3D medical image data was captured by a medical imaging device and stored in a storage associated with the cloud server; limiting the image processing tools available to the user to process the 3D medical image data based on the user privileges, including transmitting tool availability information to the client device to allow the application to display one or more icons representing only the image processing tools that are available to the user based on the user privileges; in response to receiving a command from the application of the client device, the command having a selection of one or more of the available image processing tools via their respective icons, processing at the cloud server the 3D medical image data using the selected one or more image processing tools running at the cloud server, generating an image processing result; and transmitting the image processing result to the client device to be displayed by the application at the client device.