Patent ID: RE44336

Claim:
A post-processing system for remotely accessing patient information and data previously acquired and electronically stored, and for remotely generating a volume data rendering result, comprising: at least one receiving station controllable by at least one user of said system; at least one transmitting station physically separated from said receiving station for communicatively coupling to said receiving station through at least one network; user interface means provided at said receiving station for enabling a user to specify at least one patient volume data set previously acquired and stored in said transmitting station, and to specify at least one request for volume data rendering comprising specifying a volume data rendering method and rendering parameters to be applied on said volume data set; an image processor at said transmitting station interactively controllable at said receiving station to generate a partial or complete volume data rendering result in real time by processing said volume data set using said volume data rendering method and rendering parameters specified by said user; a data transmitter provided at said transmitting station for transmitting said processed result to said receiving station; and display means for displaying the requested rendering result and rendering parameters at said receiving station.