Patent ID: 7647593

Claim:
An image processing system for generating an image of a three dimensional structure using a volume data of an object, said image processing system having a first plurality of computers on a job requesting side and a second plurality of nodes on a job accepting side coupled via a network, where at least one of a group of computers on a job requesting side is constituted in combination with a control portion comprising at least a processor, a memory, a communication control portion, and a database management portion, and a storage media including at least an image data database, said control portion being operative to: segment a plurality of jobs from each of a plurality of image processing requests in an image processing operation that use the volume data; prioritize each of said segmented jobs; transmit an execution request of said segmented jobs to said second plurality of nodes on the job accepting side, wherein each of the nodes on the job accepting side have a different processing power, and further wherein the second plurality of nodes on the job accepting side read volume data related to said jobs from the image database; verify a processing result of said jobs by receiving said processing results of said jobs from an earliest one of said first plurality of computers and said second plurality of nodes that completes processing of said execution request; and transmit a halt command of said jobs to said first plurality of computers and said second plurality of nodes, except for said earliest one of said first plurality of computers and said second plurality of nodes.