Object oriented framework for scanner/workstation configuration
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsPhani Kumar Bidarahalli, Christopher J. Mussack, Rebecca J. Schleicher
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for rapidly configuring a medical imaging system with applications that are preferred by specific system users, the method including, at the beginning of an imaging session, receiving user information and using the information to identify user preferred applications, determining which of the preferred applications is already booted, booting un-booted preferred applications and disabling non-preferred booted applications so that only preferred applications are booted during the next imaging session.
Claims21
A method for configuring a set of applications in a medical imaging system, the method comprising the steps of:
- receiving system user identifying information;
- using the identifying information to determine the user's preferred applications;
- determining which of the preferred applications are already booted up, the already booted up preferred applications being a first subset and the other preferred applications being a second subset;
- and
- booting up the second subset of preferred applications.
A processor for use in configuring a set of applications in a medical imaging system, the processor running a pulse sequencing program to perform steps comprising:
- receiving system user identifying information;
- using the identifying information to determine the user's preferred applications;
- determining which of the preferred applications are already booted up, the already booted up preferred applications being a first subset and the other preferred applications being a second subset;
- and
- booting up the second subset of preferred preferences.
A method for configuring a set of applications in a medical imaging system, the method comprising the steps of:
- receiving system user identifying information;
- using the identifying information to determine the user's preferred applications;
- determining which of the preferred applications are already booted up, the already booted up preferred applications being a first subset and the other preferred applications being a second subset;
- booting up the second subset of preferred preferences;
- identifying non-preferred applications that are booted;
- and
- disabling the non-preferred applications.
A method for specifying a set of user preferred applications in a medical imaging system wherein at least one critical application is critical to operation of at least one other application, the method comprising the steps of:
- receiving system user identifying information;
- receiving user preference information indicating at least one user preferred application;
- storing the user identifying information correlated with the user preferred applications for subsequent system configuration upon booting;
- determining if there are any applications that are critical to the user preferred applications;
- and
- where an application is critical to a user-preferred application, adding the critical application to the user stored preferred applications correlated with the user.
An apparatus for configuring a set of applications in a medical imaging system, the apparatus comprising:
- means for receiving system user identifying information;
- means for using the identifying information to determine the user's preferred applications;
- means for determining which of the preferred applications are already booted up, the already booted up preferred applications being a first subset and the other preferred applications being a second subset;
- and
- means for booting up the second subset of preferred applications.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.