Patent Document ID: 9928339
Application ID: 14676234
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A method of managing access to a set of images generated as part of a medical imaging procedure, the set of images stored in a first image repository accessible through a first image viewer, the set of images assigned a first identifier, the method comprising: receiving, with a server, a report from a first computer system, the report including an analysis of the set of images and excluding the set of images; storing, with the server, the first identifier of the set of images and a second identifier of the first image viewer in an image directory, wherein the first identifier is mapped to the second identifier within the image directory; automatically, with the server, creating a link for the set of images, the link including the first identifier of the set of images; identifying, with the server, a second computer system configured to receive the report and make the report accessible to a user; transmitting, with the server, the report and the link to the second computer system; when the user selects the link, automatically, with the server, identifying, using the first identifier of the set of images included in the link, the second identifier of the first image viewer mapped to the first identifier within the image directory; automatically, with the server, providing the user with access to the first image viewer to allow the user to view at least one image included in the set of images; updating, with the server, the image directory to map the first identifier to a third identifier of a second image viewer providing access to the set of images as stored in a second image repository; when the user selects the link after updating the image directory, automatically, with the server, identifying, using the first identifier of the set of images included in the link, the third identifier of the second image viewer mapped to the first identifier within the image directory; and automatically, with the server, providing the user with access to the second image viewer to allow the user to view at least one image included in the set of images.