Method and system for facilitating selection of stored medical images

US7536644B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Kenneth M. Fowkes · Mountain View, US
• Laurence S. McCabe · Sunnyvale, US
• Paul D. Miller · New York, US
• David R. Mack · Garden City, US
• Ruth E. Leibig · Palo Alto, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 27, 2002
• Grant date: May 19, 2009
• Expiry date: May 13, 2024

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G16H30/20
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

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.