Medical scan apparatus

A computer-implemented medical scan method, comprising:

• providing information regarding the power production capability of one or more power sources, and wherein a scan of a patient to be carried out by a medical imaging scanner will utilize at least the one or more power sources;
• predicting the total energy that will be available to the medical imaging scanner over a time period, wherein the predicting comprises utilizing the information regarding the power production capability of the one or more power sources;
• predicting the instantaneous power that will be available to the medical imaging scanner during the time period, wherein the predicting comprises utilizing the information regarding the power production capability of the one or more power sources;
• selecting a scan protocol for the medical imaging scanner to carry out the scan of the patient, wherein selecting the scan protocol comprises utilizing the predicted total energy that will be available to the medical imaging scanner over the time period of the scan and/or the predicted instantaneous power that will be available to the medical imaging scanner during the time period of the scan;
• wherein selecting the scan protocol comprises selecting an order of steps of the scan;
• wherein selecting the scan protocol comprises modifying one or more steps of the scan;
• and
• providing the scan protocol to the medical imaging scanner.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising executable instructions which, when executed by at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to perform a medical scan method, the method comprising:

• providing information regarding the power production capability of one or more power sources, and wherein a scan of a patient to be carried out by a medical imaging scanner will utilize at least the one or more power sources;
• predicting the total energy that will be available to the medical imaging scanner over a time period, wherein the predicting comprises utilizing the information regarding the power production capability of the one or more power sources;
• predicting the instantaneous power that will be available to the medical imaging scanner during the time period, wherein the predicting comprises utilizing the information regarding the power production capability of the one or more power sources;
• selecting a scan protocol for the medical imaging scanner to carry out the scan of the patient, wherein selecting the scan protocol comprises utilizing the predicted total energy that will be available to the medical imaging scanner over the time period of the scan and/or the predicted instantaneous power that will be available to the medical imaging scanner during the time period of the scan, wherein selecting the scan protocol comprises selecting an order of steps of the scan, and wherein selecting the scan protocol comprises modifying one or more steps of the scan;
• and
• providing the scan protocol to the medical imaging scanner.