HTML links to images in table data, suppress GET request

Dear all,

I have the following instantiation of a Datatable:

 var data_table = $('#guideline_entries').DataTable({
    data: table_data, 
    dom: "Tfrtip",
    columns: [ 
      {data: null, defaultContent: '', orderable: false, "visible": false },    /*  data-id column */ 
      {data: 'title', 'width': '100%'}, 
      {data: 'html', "visible": false}
    ],
    order: [ 1, 'asc' ],
    tableTools: {
        sRowSelect: "os",
        sRowSelector: 'td',
        sSwfPath: '../datatable/DataTables-1.10.0/extensions/TableTools/swf/copy_csv_xls_pdf.swf',
        aButtons: [

        ]
    }
  });

The data for the table is contained within the javascript variable table_data.

The issue, i am facing, is with column html that is meant to hold HTML content. In the HTML content, if there are links to images such as:

<img src="some_image.png" />

The Datatable, while loading, tries to fetch the image content, even though the column's visible is set to false. I can see this in Chrome's debugger where there is a failed GET request for the image.

Is there a way to suppress the Datatable from issuing a GET request to fetch images when the table's data contains HTML links to images? Especially in this example, where the column is not visible and thus no rendering is required.