Hybrid Image Viewing With Native Rendering for Medical Imaging
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current image viewing applications in medical imaging face challenges such as network latency, image rendering latency, and performance issues in high-resolution diagnostic monitors, which affect accurate image visualization and navigation, particularly in browser-based web technologies.
Innovation Solution
A hybrid image viewing application is developed that utilizes native window containers on a device to render images locally, combining device processors with server processors for efficient image rendering and caching, prioritizing image files based on display needs, and integrating both native and web technologies for enhanced performance and accuracy.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If browser-based web technologies are used for image viewing, then accessibility and ease of operation are improved, but network latency and image rendering latency increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system segments the image viewing functionality into two parts: a lightweight web-based client for accessibility and a native application component for local rendering. The native component handles time-sensitive operations like image rendering and navigation locally, while the web component provides user interface and network communication. This segmentation allows each component to operate in its optimal environment, reducing network latency for rendering while maintaining web accessibility.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a native application window container as an intermediary between the web-based image viewing application and the device's rendering hardware. This intermediary component enables local rendering of images using device processors while maintaining the web-based architecture for accessibility. The intermediary handles the coordination between web technologies and native rendering capabilities, resolving the contradiction between ease of operation and network latency.
2Loss of energy
If server-side rendering is used, then network bandwidth requirements are reduced, but image rendering speed and interactivity decrease
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by downloading and caching image data and rendering resources to local storage before they are needed for display. The native application component pre-renders images or keeps them ready in memory, so when users need to view or navigate images, the rendering can occur locally without waiting for server responses. This preliminary action reduces both network bandwidth requirements and rendering latency, as the data is already available locally for immediate processing.
3Adaptability or versatility
If web browser technologies are used for high-resolution diagnostic monitors, then cross-platform compatibility is improved, but performance and smoothness of interactive navigation deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by implementing different technical characteristics in different parts of the system. The native application component uses platform-specific rendering APIs and hardware acceleration optimized for high-resolution diagnostic monitors, providing superior performance and smoothness for interactive navigation. Meanwhile, the web-based client maintains cross-platform compatibility for deployment and accessibility. Each component is optimized for its specific function, with the native part handling performance-critical operations and the web part ensuring broad compatibility.
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AI summary
Method for rendering images on a device, the method includes initiating an image viewing application, downloading, in the image viewing application, a plurality of unrendered image files stored in a server memory, rendering, in the image viewing application, the plurality of unrendered image files using one or more device processors to generate a plurality of rendered image files; displaying, in the image viewing application, the plurality of rendered image files in at least one image window, and rendering, in the image viewing application, at least one server application in at least one native window container, the at least one server application is stored in the server memory and processed in the one or more server processors.