Siemens Aktiengesellschaft

Joerg Illmann

Michael Pisot

A method and apparatus are disclosed for preprocessing and storing image attributes for the accelerated display of medical images in medical applications. In at least one embodiment, the method includes: assigning image attributes to a medical image, which are characteristic of a medical application which generates a specific visual display of the medical image; adjusting the medical image in accordance with the image attributes; storing the adjusted medical image together with the image attributes; calling up a further or the same medical application, which requires a visual display of the medical image; checking whether the required image attributes for the visual display correspond to the stored image attributes; calling up the stored, modified medical image in the case of a similar or identical correspondence of the image attributes; and visually displaying the recalled medical image.

Method and apparatus for preprocessing and storing image attributes for the accelerated display of medical images in medical applications

Dynamic control of computer resources is used for processing process data in a pipeline. The pipeline includes a multiplicity of pipeline processors which each operate on the basis of an anytime approach and which can generate a result at a settable time. By detecting the runtime behavior of the pipeline processors involved using an ACTUAL value, it is possible to influence the resource allocation directly and at runtime without the need to interrupt the processing of the process data.

Dynamic control of computer resources for the pipeline processing of data using anytime algorithms

A method and an apparatus are for displaying an image. The image is broken down in accordance with a scheme, which can be predetermined, into sections, so-called chunks. The chunks are supplied to a pipeline for processing, on the basis of a scheme which can likewise be predetermined. The pipeline includes a large number of pipeline processors, which operate at a specific resolution level. The chunks are then combined again to form an image at the specific resolution level, and are displayed as an intermediate result. This process is repeated iteratively until the highest resolution level is reached.

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Neu-Ulm, Germany

Joerg Illmann