Patent ID: 8379949

Claim:
A method for preprocessing and storing image attributes for the accelerated display of medical images in medical applications, comprising: a) assigning image attributes to a medical image, the image attributes being characteristic of a medical application which generates a specific visual display of the medical image; b) adjusting the medical image in accordance with the assigned image attributes; c) storing the adjusted medical image together with the image attributes; d) calling up a further medical application or the medical application, which requires a visual display of the medical image; e) checking whether the required image attributes for the visual display in step d) correspond to the stored image attributes in step c); f) calling up the stored, modified medical image upon the checking indicating a similar or identical correspondence of the image attributes; and g) visually displaying the called up modified medical image, wherein the image attributes include mandatory attributes and optional attributes, the mandatory attributes including a source image frame identifier and the optional attributes including particular identifiers of one or several processing algorithms applied to the medical image for visual display purposes.