Patent ID: 7209578

Claim:
A medical information system comprising: a picture archiving communication system (PACS) to archive medical image data generated by a medical imaging device; an image processing system coupled in proximity to the PACS to process the medical image data and to specify image processing parameter sets associated with the medical image data; a report creation device coupled to the image processing system to create medical reports, the medical reports having associated therewith images based on the medical image data; and a plurality of user terminal devices to receive the reports and for use by a plurality of users to review the reports, including displaying and allowing user manipulation of two-dimensional and three-dimensional medical images associated with the reports, wherein the image processing parameter sets are attached to the received reports, and wherein in response to receiving, from a user terminal device of the plurality of user terminal devices via a first network, updated image processing parameters associated with a report as a result of user manipulation of a displayed medical image, the image processing system processes the medical image data based on the updated image processing parameters to create updated medical images and transmits the updated medical images to the user terminal device, so as to enable interactive display and manipulation of medical images from the user terminal device.