Selection and performance of hosted and distributed imaging analysis services

A method comprising:

• receiving image data and metadata associated therewith for a patient, said metadata describing the image data and one or more characteristics of the patient;
• storing the image data and metadata in a memory area;
• accessing data describing one or more imaging analysis services stored in the memory area;
• selecting one or more of the imaging analysis services based on pre-computing criteria;
• performing each of the selected imaging analysis services based on the received image data to product a corresponding output;
• associating the produced output with the corresponding image analysis service;
• and
• storing the associated, produced output in the memory area, wherein a user subsequently requests and receives the output corresponding to at least one of the selected imaging analysis services.

One or more computer-readable media having computer-executable components, said components comprising:

• a service component for hosting one or more imaging analysis services, said service component storing one or more of data describing each of the imaging analysis services, service criteria associated therewith, and software components for executing said service;
• an interface component for receiving image data and metadata associated therewith for a patient, said metadata describing the image data and one or more characteristics of the patient;
• a filter component for selecting only the imaging analysis services having the associated service criteria correspond to the metadata;
• and
• a display component for identifying the imaging analysis services selected by the filter component to a user, wherein the user interacts with the interface component to manage execution of one or more of the identified imaging analysis services based at least on the image data.