Patent ID: 8358863
Filing Date: 2013-01-22
Classification: G06F,G16H,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for adaptive compression of image data for transmission and display at a client workstation, said method comprising: identifying, using a processor, a plurality of images from an image study for display according to a display layout, the plurality of images including a plurality of image slices; determining, using a processor, a plan to transfer the plurality of images from a clinical information system to the client workstation based on at least one of (1) a load on the clinical information system, (2) a load on a network to transfer the plurality of images, (3) a volume of image content to be stored, and (4) a latency time for image retrieval, image transmission, and image rendering on the client workstation, wherein the plan includes a transfer of a first of the plurality of images according to a first selected compression scheme to deliver a coarse representation of the first image followed by a second selected compression scheme to deliver a higher quality first image followed by the remainder of the plurality of images transferring, using a processor, the plurality of images for display at the client workstation; and dynamically adapting, using a processor, the compression scheme based on resource availability including at least one of bandwidth, processing power, and diagnostic modality.