Method and system for rule based display of sets of images using image content derived parameters

A method comprising:

• (A) receiving at a server from a client computer a primary Study of a patient,
• the server comprising a server digital data processor, and
• the client computer comprising a client digital data processor;
• (B) selecting a ParameterA from the primary study, where the ParameterA is selected from the group consisting of an anatomical characteristic, and a disease based characteristic;
• (C) selecting ParameterB from the group consisting of one or more anatomical features of the ParameterA, parts of a skeletal system of the ParameterA, organs of the ParameterA, and a Modality of the primary Study;
• (D) executing on the server one or more render server programs which apply one or more Study Selection Rules to generate a list of a plurality of secondary studies based on the combination of the ParameterA and the ParameterB, where the one or more Study Selection Rules restrict the plurality of secondary studies to studies of the patient;
• (E) executing on the server digital data processor the one or more render server programs which apply one or more Protocol Selection Rules to select a Display Protocol, where the one or more Protocol Selection Rules are based on two or more parameters selected from the group consisting of one or more DICOM parameters from the primary Study, one or more Abstract Tags from the primary Study, one or more DICOM parameters from the plurality of secondary studies and one or more Abstract Tags from the plurality of secondary studies;
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• (F) sending from the server to the client computer the Display Protocol selected in step (E) and the list generated in step (D).

A method comprising:

• (A) receiving at a server from a client computer a primary Study of a patient,
• the server comprising a server digital data processor, and
• the client computer comprising a client digital data processor;
• (B) selecting a ParameterA from the primary study, where the ParameterA is selected from the group consisting of an anatomical characteristic, and a disease based characteristic;
• (C) selecting ParameterB from the group consisting of one or more anatomical features of the ParameterA, parts of a skeletal system of the ParameterA, organs of the ParameterA, and a Modality of the primary Study;
• (D) executing on the server one or more render server programs which apply one or more Study Selection Rules to generate a list of a plurality of secondary studies based on a combination of the ParameterA and the ParameterB, where the one or more Study Selection Rules select studies of the patient from a plurality of studies accessible to the server;
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• (E) sending from the server to the client computer the list generated in step (D).