Method and system for fast access to advanced visualization of medical scans using a dedicated web portal

A system for viewing at a client device at a remote location a series of virtual views over the Internet of a volume visualization dataset contained on a remote database, comprising:

• at least one transmitter for accepting the volume visualization dataset from an image originating source and transmitting it securely to the remote database;
• a first security device controlling the plurality of communications between the transmitter and the remote database;
• at least one remote data storage medium containing the volume visualization dataset;
• a plurality of servers in communication with the remote database and capable of processing the volume visualization dataset to create virtual views based on a client request;
• the first or a secondary security device controlling the plurality of communications between a client device and the server;
• a plurality of physically secured sites for housing the plurality of servers;
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• a web application adapted to satisfy a user's request for the virtual views by:
• a) accepting at a remote location at least one user request for a series of virtual views of the volume visualization dataset, the series of views comprising a plurality of separate view frames, the remote location having a local data storage medium for storing frames of views of the volume visualization dataset, b) transmitting from the remote location to at least one of the servers a request for any frame of the requested views not stored on the local data storage medium, c) at at least one of the servers, creating the requested frames of the requested views from the volume visualization dataset in the remote storage medium, d) transmitting the created frames of the requested views from at least one of the servers to the client device, e) receiving and storing on the local data storage medium the requested views from the at least one server, and f) displaying to the user at the remote location the requested series of virtual views of the volume visualization dataset by sequentially displaying frames transmitted from at least one of the servers along with any frames of the requested series of views stored on the local data storage medium.