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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 04, 2007
Murali Kumaran Kariathungal, Hoffman Estates, IL (US);
Prakash Mahesh, Hoffman Estates, IL (US);
Mark Morita, Arlington Heights, IL (US);
Murali Kumaran Kariathungal, Hoffman Estates, IL (US);
Prakash Mahesh, Hoffman Estates, IL (US);
Mark Morita, Arlington Heights, IL (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
Embodiments of the presently described technology provide a method for adapting a hanging protocol based on an efficiency of use. The method includes monitoring usage information for a hanging protocol, determining a productivity factor based on an efficiency of a first user during a reading of an imaging study, and recommending at least one of a hanging protocol selection and a hanging protocol change to a second user based on the productivity factor. The usage information includes at least one of a selection of a hanging protocol and a change to the hanging protocol by a first user during the reading of the imaging study.