Method and system for facilitating selection of stored medical images
First Claim
1. A method for facilitating selection of stored medical images, the method comprising:
- (a) storing a plurality of medical images;
(b) for each medical image, storing settings of at least one acquisition time control used to create the image;
(c) selecting a set of acquisition time control settings; and
(d) based on the set of acquisition time control settings selected in (c), automatically selecting a set of medical images from the stored plurality of medical images.
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Abstract
The preferred embodiments described herein provide a method and system for facilitating selection of stored medical images. In one preferred embodiment, a plurality of medical images are stored, and, for each medical image, the settings of at least one acquisition time control used to create the image are also stored. During image review, a user selects a set of acquisition time control settings, and a set of medical images is automatically selected from the stored images based on the selected set of acquisition time control settings. Other preferred embodiments are provided, and each of the preferred embodiments described herein can be used alone or in combination with one another.
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1. A method for facilitating selection of stored medical images, the method comprising:
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(a) storing a plurality of medical images;
(b) for each medical image, storing settings of at least one acquisition time control used to create the image;
(c) selecting a set of acquisition time control settings; and
(d) based on the set of acquisition time control settings selected in (c), automatically selecting a set of medical images from the stored plurality of medical images. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A system for facilitating selection of stored medical images, the system comprising:
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at least one storage device storing a plurality of medical images and, for each medical image, settings of at least one acquisition time control used to create the image;
a user interface comprising at least one acquisition time control; and
computer-usable media storing computer-readable program code for automatically selecting a set of medical images from the stored plurality of medical images based on a set of acquisition time control settings selected using the user interface. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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