Method and system for conducting medical imaging transactions

A system for remotely conducting medical imaging transactions conducive to meeting the individualized imaging needs of a plurality of users, the system comprising:

• a user interface configured to present a menu of prompts to a user of a respective medical imager and/or imaging equipment associated with the imager, the menu of prompts configured to elicit information indicative of imaging performance of the medical imager and/or equipment relative to imaging preferences of the user;
• communications device configured to transmit the information indicative of the imaging performance over a communications network to an imaging service center;
• a database accessible to the service center, the database configured to store the information indicative of the imaging performance of the medical imager and/or imaging equipment, the database further configured to store the imaging preferences of the user;
• a processor configured to process the information stored in the database relative to a set of business rules to select imaging upgrades configured to improve the operational performance of the medical imager;
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• communications device configured to transmit the imaging upgrades to reconfigure the imager and/or associated equipment so that the individualized imaging needs of each user are achieved based on the imaging upgrades.