Radiology workflow

Abstract

Many potential interactions may occur during the planning and execution of non-standard projections in radiological examinations, leading to an increased risk of error and a longer, more complex, and costly workflow. There is provided a method to be used in radiology workflow which comprises, in a planning step, enabling a first user to prepare an imaging examination request defining a non-standard projection for a radiographic image; in a communication step, processing the imaging examination request to generate positional instructions on how to achieve the non-standard projection, outputting the positional instructions to a second user, and receiving a radiographic image acquired using the non-standard projection; and, in a verification step, determining whether the received radiographic image fulfils the imaging examination request. The method thus facilitates the planning and execution of the acquisition of a radiographic image using a non-standard projection, while reducing the risk, complexity, duration and cost of the workflow.

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