摘要 |
<p>Image client (100) for enabling a user to obtain a desired view of image data, the image data having at least three dimensions, and the image client comprising: -a user interface subsystem (120) for enabling the user to navigate through the image data (212) by displaying one or more views (162) of the image data, thereby enabling the user to indicate a desired view (122) to be obtained from an image server; -an image interface (140) for obtaining a reduced-size version (242) of the image data from the image server (200), said reduced-size version being reduced in size by having a lower image quality than the image data; and -wherein the image client further comprises an image processor (160) for generating the one or more views (162) used in navigating through the image data based on the reduced-size version (242) of the image data.</p> |