User targeted medical imaging and informaton packaging, compression, and distribution system

Abstract

A computer-based method and system of distributing biological sample data acquired as a digital image of a subject biological sample. The acquired digital image and image capture data are processed according to at least one user. This results in processed image data and capture metadata. The processed image data represents biological sample data of the subject biological sample. A package processing combines the processed image data and capture metadata into a working Package. The method and system enables simultaneous electronic access to the working Package by multiple users, across multiple sectors, in addition to the one user.

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         20 . A system, comprising:
 an originating node; and   a consuming node,   wherein:
 the originating node transmits a link to the consuming node, 
 the consuming node effects one of: transmits an acceptance of the link; transmits a rejection of the link; and transmits nothing, 
 wherein if the consuming node effects transmission of the acceptance of the link, then the originating node allows access by the consuming node to additional data via the link, 
 wherein if the consuming node effects transmission of the rejection of the link, then the originating node ends any access to data via the link, 
 wherein if the consuming node does not transmit a response to the originating node, then the originating node ends any access to data via the link after a predetermined time. 
   
     
     
         21 . The system of  claim 20 , wherein there are multiple consumer nodes viewing the same data via the link in a communications network. 
     
     
         22 . The system of  claim 20 , wherein the link provides access to data, the data including at least one of: image data and patient data. 
     
     
         23 . The system of  claim 20 , wherein the link provides access to a package, the package being at least one of processed image data and processed metadata, the processing of image data and metadata including:
 retrieving patient image data from at least one data store, retrieving accompanying capture metadata from the at least one data store, combining the retrieved patient image data and the accompanying capture metadata and any secondary data into a package.   
     
     
         24 . A system, comprising:
 an originating node, and   a consuming node,   wherein:
 the originating node sends a link to consuming node, 
 the consuming node checks for an input so that:
 if the input is an accept, then the consuming node sends an acceptance notice to the originating node, the originating node sends an authentication token to the consuming node, and the consuming node accesses a complete file version via the link, 
 if the input is a non-accept, then the consuming node sends a non-acceptance notice to the originating node. 
 
   
     
     
         25 . The system of  claim 24 , wherein the consuming node is configured to check whether the link accesses a file version of a size less than a size of the complete file. 
     
     
         26 . The system of  claim 24 , wherein the link accesses a preliminary analysis of patient data. 
     
     
         27 . The system of  claim 24 , further comprising a time limit, wherein the link is disabled for the consuming node if no input is received by the originating node from the consuming node within the time limit. 
     
     
         28 . The system of  claim 27 , wherein the time limit is a predetermined value. 
     
     
         29 . The system of  claim 24 , wherein the file version is a first set of data, including at least one of derived image data, automated image analysis data, feature and object detection data, transformation of WSI data, compressed sensing data, image tiling data, and progressive image streaming data. 
     
     
         30 . The system of  claim 24 , wherein the input is one of a manual input and an automatic input. 
     
     
         31 . The system of  claim 30 , wherein the automatic input is pulled from a lookup table. 
     
     
         32 . The system of  claim 24 , wherein the system occurs at least in part in the cloud. 
     
     
         33 . The system of  claim 24 , wherein when first sent, the link allows access to a partial file version, including an image and some corresponding metadata. 
     
     
         34 . A system in a cloud computing environment, comprising:
 an originating node, and   a consuming node,   wherein:
 the originating node sends a link to consuming node, 
 the consuming node checks for an input so that:
 if the input is an accept, then the consuming node sends an acceptance notice to the originating node, the originating node then updates an access state allowing the consuming node to access a complete file version via the link, 
 if the input is a non-accept, then the consuming node sends a non-acceptance notice to the originating node, and the access state is unchanged. 
 
   
     
     
         35 . The system of  claim 34 , wherein the consuming node is configured to check whether the link accesses a file version of at least a predetermined size.—copy above. 
     
     
         36 . The system of  claim 34 , further comprising a time delay, wherein the time delay is initiated if the input is absent within a predetermined set time. 
     
     
         37 . The system of  claim 34 , wherein the complete file version is a compilation of medical information and workflow. 
     
     
         38 . The system of  claim 34 , wherein the input is one of a manual input and an automatic input. 
     
     
         39 . The system of  claim 38 , wherein the automatic input is taken from a lookup table. 
     
     
         40 . The system of  claim 34 , wherein when first sent, the link allows access to a partial file version, including an image and some corresponding metadata. 
     
     
         41 . The system of  claim 34 , further comprising: a priority database field, wherein the priority database field is updated to indicate an urgency and an expiration time. 
     
     
         42 . The system of  claim 34 , wherein the accept is an indication by the user or a predetermined set time by the processor to request data. 
     
     
         43 . The system of  claim 24 , wherein the non-accept input is an indication by the user or a determined set of time by the processor to end a session. 
     
     
         44 . The system of  claim 24 , wherein the consuming node progressively accesses via progressive requests a new complete file version in order to include updates. 
     
     
         45 . The system of  claim 34 , further comprising: a priority database field, wherein the priority database field is updated to indicate an urgency and an expiration time.