System and method for efficiently customizing an imaging system
First Claim
1. An imaging method, comprising the acts of:
- forming a plurality of core groups of image subject matter based at least partially on expertise in the image subject matter;
facilitating selection of imaging preferences for each of the core groups based on multiple appearance styles of a sample image for each of the core groups;
mapping each of a plurality of non-core groups of image subject matter to one group of the core groups, such that each non-core group is associated with the imaging preferences of the one group; and
configuring an imaging system based on the imaging preferences.
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Abstract
The present technique provides a system and method for efficiently customizing an imaging system, such as a medical diagnostic imaging system. Based on images typically produced by one or more imaging systems, the present technique forms a plurality of image subject matter groups each having a plurality of related image types/views and one representative image type/view. Each customer is then provided with a plurality of predefined image style options for each of the plurality of representative image types/views. The predefined image style selected for each of the plurality of representative image types/views is then applied to each of the plurality of related image types/views in the respective image subject matter group. The imaging system is then automatically customized based on the foregoing predefined image style selections.
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58 Claims
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1. An imaging method, comprising the acts of:
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forming a plurality of core groups of image subject matter based at least partially on expertise in the image subject matter; facilitating selection of imaging preferences for each of the core groups based on multiple appearance styles of a sample image for each of the core groups; mapping each of a plurality of non-core groups of image subject matter to one group of the core groups, such that each non-core group is associated with the imaging preferences of the one group; and configuring an imaging system based on the imaging preferences. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. An imaging method, comprising the acts of:
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forming a plurality of image subject matter groups each having a representative image; defining multiple image looks based at least partially on expertise, wherein the multiple image looks comprise a soft tissue enhanced image look, a bone enhanced image look, a specific organ enhanced image look, or a combination thereof; specifying imaging system parameters necessary to achieve the multiple image looks; providing an option to select a desired image look from the multiple image looks for each representative image; and facilitating use of the imaging system parameters to achieve the desired image look for the corresponding representative image and each related image in a corresponding group of the plurality of image subject matter groups. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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32. An imaging method, comprising the acts of:
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means for grouping a plurality of images into groups of related images based on different anatomies of a subject; and means for configuring an imaging system to facilitate a desired image look based on a preference from different appearance styles for each of the groups of related images, wherein the different appearance styles comprise different internal image enhancements of features inside the subject. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35, 36)
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37. A computer readable medium encoded with computer readable code, comprising:
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an image mapping routine configured to organize image types/views into a plurality of image subject matter groups based at least partially on expertise in subject matter of the images; an image style selection routine configured to facilitate user selection of imaging preferences for each of the plurality of image subject matter groups based on sample images having different image appearance styles representative of a particular anatomy of a subject, wherein the different image appearance styles comprise different variations of features inside the subject; and a system configuration routine for configuring an imaging system based on the imaging preferences. - View Dependent Claims (38, 39, 40, 41)
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42. A system for customizing an imaging system, comprising:
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at least one machine readable medium storing a plurality of image styles, a plurality of image subject matter groups each having a representative image type based on an anatomy of a subject, and a sample image for each representative image type; a style selection interface adapted to display each sample image in each of the plurality of image styles to facilitate user selection of a preferred style from the plurality of image styles for each representative image type illustrated by the respective sample image based on the anatomy of the subject, wherein the plurality of image styles comprises various enhancements of features inside the subject; and a style configuration system adapted to configure operational parameters of an imaging system to achieve the preferred style for each respective group of the plurality of image subject matter groups based on the anatomy of the subject. - View Dependent Claims (43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51)
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52. An imaging method, comprising the acts of:
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forming image subject matter groups based at least partially on expertise in subject matter of the images, wherein the image subject matter groups represent a plurality of different anatomical parts including different internal features of a subject; facilitating selection of imaging preferences for each of the image subject matter groups based on multiple appearance styles of a sample image for each of the image subject matter groups, wherein each sample image is representative of a different one of the different anatomical parts of the subject; and configuring an imaging system based on the imaging preferences.
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53. An imaging method, comprising the acts of:
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forming image subject matter groups based at least partially on expertise in subject matter of the images; facilitating selection of imaging preferences for each of the image subject matter groups based on multiple appearance styles of a sample image for each of the image subject matter groups, wherein the multiple appearance styles are associated with different settings including different image acquisition settings, wherein the image subject matter groups represent a plurality of different anatomical parts including different internal features of a subject; and configuring an imaging system based on the imaging preferences.
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54. A method, comprising:
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selecting a plurality of core groups of different anatomies of a subject; mapping each of a plurality of non-core groups to one of the plurality of core groups; presenting a plurality of different image styles of a sample image for each of the plurality of core groups, but not for the plurality of non-core groups; obtaining a user selection of one of the plurality of different image styles of the sample image for each of the plurality of core groups, but not for the plurality of non-core groups; and setting parameters of an image system to output images with the user selection corresponding to each core group and each non-core group mapped to the respective core group. - View Dependent Claims (55, 56, 57, 58)
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