Image processing system providing selective arrangement and configuration for an image analysis sequence

An image analysis system for processing a selected image comprising:

• a processing operation library that provides a plurality of processing operations that respectively process the selected image when the processing operations are executed;
• an image analysis sequence module that, in response to receipt of a plurality of processing operation selections, constructs an image analysis sequence having a plurality of processing steps wherein the individual processing steps in the image analysis sequence are associated with a processing operation indicated in a corresponding processing operation selection;
• wherein the image analysis sequence module arranges the processing steps in the image analysis sequence in response to receipt of user provided arrangement information that relates to a selective arrangement of the processing steps, wherein a sequential order of the processing steps of the image analysis sequence is re-configurable by the user and the total number of processing steps of the image analysis sequence is selectively modifiable by the user to enable the user to arbitrarily organize each image analysis sequence constructed by the image analysis sequence module;
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• wherein the image analysis sequence module configures at least one of the processing steps in the image analysis sequence in response to receipt of configuration information such that the processing operation associated with the processing step processes a specified input image to generate an output image when the processing step is performed;
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• wherein a display signal is generated for display of the output image at a display device;
• and wherein:
• the image analysis sequence includes a first processing step associated with a first processing operation and a second processing step associated with a second processing operation;
• the first processing operation generates an output when the first processing step is performed;
• the image analysis sequence module sets an input of the second processing step to the output of the first processing step in response to receipt of configuration information such that the second processing operation processes the output for the first processing operation when the second processing step is performed;
• the output of the first processing operation associated with the first processing step is a processed output image;
• the image analysis sequence module sets the processed output image as the input for the second processing step in response to receipt of configuration information such that the second processing operation processes the processed output image when the second processing step is performed;
• the second processing operation associated with the second processing step generates a second processed output image when the second processing step is performed;
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• the display signal includes the input for the second processing step and the second processed output image for the second processing step such that the input and the second processed output image are displayed simultaneously when the display signal is displayed at the display device.