Patent ID: 8121417

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for processing image data, comprising: accessing compressed image data comprising a plurality of resolution levels of compressed image data, wherein at least one resolution level of compressed image data comprises a first region of algorithmically segmented image data along contours of a specific tissue of interest compressed with lossless compression and a second region of algorithmically segmented image data along the contours of the specific tissue of interest compressed with lossy compression; accessing a mask, wherein a first region of the mask corresponding to the first region of algorithmically segmented image data is labeled with a first identifier, a second region of the mask corresponding to the second region of algorithmically segmented image data is labeled with a second identifier, and a third region of the mask corresponding to discarded image data is labeled with a third identifier; and selectively processing the first region and the second region of the segmented image data based on the first and second identifiers in the mask.