A system, wherein the system comprises a visualization computing system, comprising: a processor that executes computer readable instructions that - capture a screen contents of a first computing system, wherein the first computing system and the visualization computing system are separate and distinct computing systems, and wherein the first computing system displays an image of an imaging study via a graphical user interface of a basic visualization application, wherein the image is a CT image, an X-ray image, an MR image, a PET image, or a SPECT image, - determine information uniquely identifying the imaging study based on the captured screen contents, - load the imaging study on the visualization computing system, and - launch an advanced visualization application on the visualization computing system, wherein the advanced visualization application allows viewing and manipulation of the loaded imaging study using visualization tools unavailable by the basic visualization application, wherein the visualization computing system is configured to capture the screen contents of the first computing system by retrieving electronic data representing the screen contents from a software module that is executed by the first computing system and that determines the electronic data by using an accessibility API to introspect the user interface of the basic visualization application; the visualization computing system includes multiple advanced visualization applications; the executing computer readable instructions extract information indicating a particular scan protocol based on the captured screen contents, and select the advanced visualization application to be launched among the multiple advanced visualization applications based on the information indicating the particular scan protocol, characterized in that the system further comprises the first computing system, wherein the first computing system comprises the software module configured to determine the electronic data representing the screen contents by using the accessibility API to introspect the user interface of the basic visualization application, and to send the electronic data to the visualization computing system. wherein the system comprises a visualization computing system, comprising: a processor that executes computer readable instructions that - capture a screen contents of a first computing system, wherein the first computing system and the visualization computing system are separate and distinct computing systems, and wherein the first computing system displays an image of an imaging study via a graphical user interface of a basic visualization application, wherein the image is a CT image, an X-ray image, an MR image, a PET image, or a SPECT image, - determine information uniquely identifying the imaging study based on the captured screen contents, - load the imaging study on the visualization computing system, and - launch an advanced visualization application on the visualization computing system, wherein the advanced visualization application allows viewing and manipulation of the loaded imaging study using visualization tools unavailable by the basic visualization application, - capture a screen contents of a first computing system, wherein the first computing system and the visualization computing system are separate and distinct computing systems, and wherein the first computing system displays an image of an imaging study via a graphical user interface of a basic visualization application, wherein the image is a CT image, an X-ray image, an MR image, a PET image, or a SPECT image, - determine information uniquely identifying the imaging study based on the captured screen contents, - load the imaging study on the visualization computing system, and - launch an advanced visualization application on the visualization computing system, wherein the advanced visualization application allows viewing and manipulation of the loaded imaging study using visualization tools unavailable by the basic visualization application, wherein the visualization computing system is configured to capture the screen contents of the first computing system by retrieving electronic data representing the screen contents from a software module that is executed by the first computing system and that determines the electronic data by using an accessibility API to introspect the user interface of the basic visualization application; the visualization computing system includes multiple advanced visualization applications; the executing computer readable instructions extract information indicating a particular scan protocol based on the captured screen contents, and select the advanced visualization application to be launched among the multiple advanced visualization applications based on the information indicating the particular scan protocol, characterized in that the system further comprises the first computing system, wherein the first computing system comprises the software module configured to determine the electronic data representing the screen contents by using the accessibility API to introspect the user interface of the basic visualization application, and to send the electronic data to the visualization computing system.