Method and system for providing an on-line conference including a medical image

A method of operating a computing system comprising:

• holding at least one medical image in a local store of the computing system;
• displaying a medical image from the local store on a display of the computing system;
• receiving audio input from a user of the computing system, wherein such audio input relates to said medical image;
• the user performing multiple different image manipulations of said medical image using graphics commands of a graphics system;
• running conferencing software to perform real-time communications with one or more other computing systems as part of an on-line conference, wherein performing real-time communications includes:
• sharing the audio input from the user with the one or more other computing systems;
• and
• sharing the graphics commands with the one or more other computing systems to allow the one or more other computing systems to perform the different image manipulations locally as part of the on-line conference.

A computing system comprising:

• a local store for containing at least one medical image received from another computing system;
• a display for displaying a medical image from the local store;
• an audio system for providing an audio output from an audio signal, wherein such audio output may relate to said medical image;
• a graphics system to allow multiple different image manipulations of said medical image to be performed using graphics commands;
• conferencing software to perform real-time communications with one or more other computing systems as part of an on-line conference, wherein performing real-time communications includes:
• receiving the audio signal from another computing system;
• and
• receiving graphics commands from said another computing system to perform the different image manipulations locally as part of the on-line conference.