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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 2005
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2003
Cynthia L. Kerby, Carnation, WA (US);
Laurence S. Mccabe, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
David R. Dewitt, Livermore, CA (US);
Cynthia L. Kerby, Carnation, WA (US);
Laurence S. McCabe, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
David R. DeWitt, Livermore, CA (US);
Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc., Malvern, PA (US);
Abstract
The embodiments described herein relate to a protocol controller for a medical diagnostic imaging system. In one embodiment, two or more distinct study protocols are active on a medical diagnostic imaging system at the same time. In another embodiment, control of a medical diagnostic imaging system is changed at each stage of a study protocol sequence to optimize study performance. In yet another embodiment, a protocol is created from a collection of macros that control a medical diagnostic imaging system. Other embodiments are provided, and each of the embodiments described herein can be used alone or in combination with one another.