System and method for providing breast image data

A system for providing breast image data, the system comprising:

• a medical imaging server comprising a server processor and a medical imaging database;
• and
• a clinician workstation in communication with the medical imaging server, the clinician workstation comprising a processor, a memory and a display device;
• wherein the server processor is configured to
• receive a transmission request for breast image data from the clinician workstation, the transmission request including identifying characteristics for a particular mammography image;
• identify at least one unprocessed mammography image stored in the medical imaging database that corresponds to the particular mammography image using the identifying characteristics;
• identify a pre-determined breast window for the particular mammography image, the pre-determined breast window being defined by processed mammography data of a processed mammography image that corresponds to the particular mammography image;
• determine, for each of the at least one unprocessed mammography images, breast image data stored in the medical imaging database, wherein the breast image data for each unprocessed mammography image includes a breast window region and a secondary region;
• determine, for each of the at least one unprocessed mammography images, a breast window image by applying the pre-determined breast window to the breast image data stored in the medical imaging database for that unprocessed mammography image, wherein the breast window image includes the breast window region and excludes at least a portion of the secondary region for that unprocessed mammography image;
• extract, for each of the at least one unprocessed mammography images, processed breast image data from the breast image data stored in the medical image database for that unprocessed mammography image, wherein the processed image data includes the breast window image determined by applying the pre-determined breast window and excludes image data corresponding to the at least a portion of the secondary region that is excluded from the breast window image;
• and
• transmit, for each of the at least one unprocessed mammography images, the processed breast image data extracted from the breast image data for that unprocessed mammography image from the medical imaging database to the clinician workstation;
• wherein the processor of the clinician workstation is configured to
• receive the processed breast image data from the medical imaging database to the clinician workstation;
• and
• display the breast window image for each of the at least one unprocessed mammography images received from the medical imaging database on the display device.