1. A method for displaying image data from a medical image scanner using a computer system having a display, the method comprising acts of: presenting, to a user in the display of the computer, a user interface; receiving, via the user interface, a selection of user-defined parameters for constructing a reconstructed image, wherein the selection of user-defined parameters further includes at least one of a spatial distribution and a temporal distribution parameters; receiving and saving a plurality of intermediate images in a standard format, the plurality of intermediate images acquired from the medical image scanner; and retrieving and reconstructing the reconstructed image by aggregating a set of the plurality of the intermediate images, the set corresponding to the user-defined parameters.