Patent ID: 8867807

Claim:
A method of processing images, the method comprising: determining, by a computing system having one or more computer processors, a first characteristic of a first image series comprising a plurality of medical images; monitoring, by the computing system, behavior of a user in displaying images of the first images series, including recording behavior data indicating an order in which images of the first image series are accessed by the user; and analyzing the behavior data in order to determine a model usable to predict respective probabilities of images at various adjacency offsets from a particular image being displayed next, after display of the particular image, wherein the model comprises a first model and a second model that are configured to predict probabilities of images being displayed next with reference to respective portions of image series having the first characteristic, wherein the first model is configured for use while a user is displaying images within a predetermined initial portion of the image series and the second model is configured for use while the user is displaying images outside of the predetermined initial portion of the image series.