Abstract: In order to reduce a time between a user at a first computing device requesting display of a rendered volume, stored datasets or rendered volumes are preloaded at the first computing device or a second computing device in communication with the first computing device. A processor predicts which datasets are to be displayed and preloads at least one of the predicted datasets based on user-selected cases within a worklist, explicit selection by the user, or an automatic prediction by the second computing device.

Abstract: In order to reduce the time between a first computing device requesting display of an image and a second computing device, in communication with the first computing device, generating the image from medical scan data and sending the requested image to the first computing device, the medical scan data needed to generate the requested image is sent to the first computing device by the second computing device prior to the request so that the image may be generated locally at the first computing device.

Abstract: In order to reduce a time between a user at a first computing device requesting display of a rendered volume, stored datasets or rendered volumes are preloaded at the first computing device or a second computing device in communication with the first computing device. A processor predicts which datasets are to be displayed and preloads at least one of the predicted datasets based on user-selected cases within a worklist, explicit selection by the user, or an automatic prediction by the second computing device.

Abstract: A method is disclosed for configuring at least one communications link for transmitting medical image datasets by means of a special transmission protocol, in particular the DICOM protocol, from a first computing device to at least one second computing device, in particular a plurality of different second computing devices. In at least one embodiment, the transmission performance is determined automatically at the first computing device for a plurality of sets of configuration parameters of the communications link and the set of configuration parameters having the best transmission performance is selected for the configuration.

Abstract: An effective and user-friendly system is disclosed for creating and running a software application for medical imaging, having at least one framework which has a service layer and a superordinate toolkit layer as an application programming interface, wherein functions of the toolkit layer and of the service layer are grouped in each case in a number of components which are arranged strictly hierarchically in such a way that any component can only ever be accessed from a superordinate component.

Abstract: A method is disclosed for configuring at least one communications link for transmitting medical image datasets by means of a special transmission protocol, in particular the DICOM protocol, from a first computing device to at least one second computing device, in particular a plurality of different second computing devices. In at least one embodiment, the transmission performance is determined automatically at the first computing device for a plurality of sets of configuration parameters of the communications link and the set of configuration parameters having the best transmission performance is selected for the configuration.

Abstract: An effective and user-friendly system is disclosed for creating and running a software application for medical imaging, having at least one framework which has a service layer and a superordinate toolkit layer as an application programming interface, wherein functions of the toolkit layer and of the service layer are grouped in each case in a number of components which are arranged strictly hierarchically in such a way that any component can only ever be accessed from a superordinate component.