Remote cine viewing of medical images on a zero-client application

A client device for remotely viewing medical images, the client device comprising:

• a communication interface enabling communications between a zero-client web application and a web server, wherein the zero-client web application
• receives, from a user, an image series selection,
• receives, from the web server, series details, and
• generates an off-screen image array according to the series details;
• a buffering module that outputs image series requests based on the series details to the web server, wherein the web server is in communication with a medical image database storing images in a non-web browser compatible format;
• a memory storing the off-screen image array generated by the zero-client web application, wherein the buffering module populates the off-screen image array with the converted medical images received from the web server in response to the image requests, and wherein the converted medical images are in a web browser compatible format;
• a display module that
• sets a first converted medical image within the off-screen image array as an on-screen image to display the first converted medical image;
• sets a next converted medical image from the off-screen image array as the on-screen image to display the next converted medical image in place of the first converted medical image;
• and
• sequentially sets subsequent converted medical images of the off-screen array as the on-screen image to stream the converted medical images.

A non-transitory computer readable medium including computer executable instructions that, when executed by a processor of a client device, generate a zero-client web application that:

• receives, from a user, an image series selection via the zero-client web application;
• establishes a connection between the zero-client web application and a web server;
• receives series details from the web server;
• generates, by the zero-client web application, an off-screen image array according to the series details;
• outputs, by a buffering module, image requests to the web server based on the series details, wherein the web server is in communication with a medical image database storing images in a non-web browser compatible format;
• receives, from the web server, converted medical images in response to the image requests, wherein the converted medical images are in a web browser compatible format;
• populates, by the buffering module, the off-screen image array with the converted medical images received from the web server;
• sets a first converted medical image within the off-screen image array as an on-screen image to display the first converted medical image;
• sets a next converted medical image from the off-screen image array as the on-screen image to display the next converted medical image in place of the first converted medical image;
• and
• sequentially sets subsequent converted medical images of the off-screen image array as the on-screen image to stream the converted medical images.