System and methods for printing medical images from an internet browser

A system for printing medical images, the system comprising:

• a) a server in data communication with a client device;
• and
• b) the client device comprising:
• i. communication subsystem for receiving one or more medical images from the server;
• ii. a user interface device for displaying the one or more medical images in an Internet browser and receiving a request to print at least one selected medical image of the one or more medical images;
• iii. a memory for storing a plurality of instructions;
• and
• iv. a processor operatively coupled to the memory, the user interface device, and the communication subsystem, the processor configured for:
• a. in response to receiving the request, generating a base model comprising at least one page required to print the at least one selected medical image, each page of the base model having identical image elements as any other page of the base model;
• b. generating a printable model by, for each of the at least one selected medical image, rendering that selected image to an image element of a page of the base model;
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• c. transferring the printable model to a model printable by the Internet browser;
• wherein:
• generating a base model comprises:
• a) retrieving a default page model to print at least one selected medical image of the one or more medical images, the default page model comprising a printable area element;
• b) creating a single page model based on the request by determining an image area based on the printable area element of the default page model and the request, the image area comprising an image area width and an image area height, the single page model comprising the default page model and at least one of an image element, a header section element, and a footer section element, each of the at least one of the image element, the header section element, and the footer section element comprising area allocated to the printable area element;
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• c) creating a base model based on the single page model and the request;
• creating a single page model based on the request comprises;
• and
• determining an image area based on the printable area element of the default page model and the request comprises determining the image area height by:
• a) creating a test model comprising the default page model, a header element and a footer element, the header element comprising area allocated to the printable area element and located along a top edge of the printable area element, the header element having an associated height based on the request, the footer element comprising area allocated to the printable area element and located along a bottom edge of the printable area element, the footer element having an associated height based on the request;
• b) rendering the test model to a document object model of the Internet browser;
• c) measuring, from the document object model having the test model, a shortest distance between the header element and the footer element;
• and
• d) determining the image area height based on the shortest distance between the header element and the footer element.