Automated medical imaging system maintenance diagnostics
First Claim
1. A medical diagnostic imaging system, including hardware components operated by software to conduct a diagnostic imaging procedure, and an imaging system maintenance system comprising:
- a maintenance program, responsive to operator initiation and coupled to hardware components of the imaging system, which receives inputs from components interacting with software for the detection of conditions of software aging; and
a display responsive to the maintenance program which presents the results obtained by the maintenance program.
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Abstract
A medical imaging system diagnostics package includes the ability to analyze operator usage data to detect aspects of the manner in which the system is used which may be a source of operating problems. Detecting problems arising from the manner in which the system is used can reduce the number of “no trouble found” repair calls and can often be permanently resolved by additional operator training in the use of the system. The diagnostic package includes the ability to assess the effects of software aging by analyzing the status of components of the medical system which are used by software such as registers, memory and disk drives. The results of this analysis can be used to improve software performance which is degraded but not failing completely such as system slowdowns and lengthened response times.
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18 Claims
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1. A medical diagnostic imaging system, including hardware components operated by software to conduct a diagnostic imaging procedure, and an imaging system maintenance system comprising:
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a maintenance program, responsive to operator initiation and coupled to hardware components of the imaging system, which receives inputs from components interacting with software for the detection of conditions of software aging; and
a display responsive to the maintenance program which presents the results obtained by the maintenance program. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A medical diagnostic imaging system, including hardware components operated by software to conduct a diagnostic imaging procedure, and an imaging system maintenance or repair system comprising:
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a maintenance/repair program, responsive to operator initiation and coupled to a source of information concerning imaging system usage, which acts to develop an analysis of usage of the imaging system over a period of time; and
a display which presents the results obtained by the maintenance program in a manner which facilitates the identification of usage characteristics which may be a source of imaging system problems. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method of improving the utilization of a medical imaging system comprising:
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acquiring usage data of a first medical imaging system;
comparing the usage data with the usage data of a second medical imaging system; and
recommending a change in the utilization of the first medical imaging system. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16)
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17. A method of improving the repair of a medical imaging system comprising:
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determining a strategy for solving a problem with a medical imaging system;
communicating the strategy to repository of repair information; and
communicating the strategy to at least one other medical imaging system. - View Dependent Claims (18)
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