Patent ID: 8645458
Filing Date: 2014-02-04
Classification: G06F,G16H,H04N

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method for transferring image data via a delivery chain for display at a client workstation, said method comprising: establishing, using a processor, a general loading plan to specify a recommended priority for delivery of image data in a data list, the data list describing image data to be delivered to implement an imaging workflow, wherein the general loading plan includes a description of 1) an associated imaging workflow, 2) data involved for each stage of the associated imaging workflow and 3) an appropriate retrieval and delivery mechanism for each stage of the imaging workflow; generating, using a processor, a node loading plan for each node in the delivery chain, the node loading plan to be separate from but based on the general loading plan and the imaging workflow, wherein the node loading plan for a node is to serve as an operational algorithm for the node; reconciling, using a processor, the general loading plan and the node loading plan for each node in the delivery chain; and delivering, using a processor, the image data via the nodes of the delivery chain based on the general loading plan, the node loading plan for each node in the delivery chain, and the data list.