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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 2025
Filed:
Apr. 25, 2021
Koninklijke Philips N.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Joachim Dieter Schmidt, Hamburg, DE;
Thomas Erik Amthor, Hamburg, DE;
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
A non-transitory computer readable medium () stores instructions readable and executable by at least one electronic processor () to perform a method () of maintaining a machine log () for a medical imaging device (). The method includes: extracting event annotations () from video () acquired by at least one video camera () positioned to image an examination region of the medical imaging device and/or an imaging bay () containing the medical imaging device, the event annotations representing activities occurring during a medical imaging examination performed using the medical imaging device; and recording machine log entries () in the machine log of the medical imaging device wherein the machine log entries are generated by the medical imaging device. The recording includes matching the extracted event annotations with machine log entries based on timestamps () of the event annotations and timestamps () of the machine log entries and annotating the machine log entries with the matched event annotations.