Patent Document ID: 7680309
Application ID: 11257737
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A method for simultaneously implementing an image preprocessing and storing of presentation states during an imaging session, comprising: acquiring an image with a medical image acquisition device to obtain an acquired image, said acquiring step being performed as all or part of an imaging session; performing image pre-processing on the acquired image; storing the acquired image in an image storage database in an image storage device during a running image acquisition and transfer for the imaging session; simultaneously forwarding the acquired image to an image processing workstation during the running acquisition and image transfer of the imaging session; receiving input at the image processing workstation for at least one of adjustments to and additions to and subtractions from the acquired image during the imaging session; generating image processing descriptions associated with the acquired image from the input received at the image processing workstation during the running image acquisition and transfer to obtain generated image processing descriptions; and storing the generated image processing descriptions associated with the acquired image in the image storage database.