Computerized method for generating a schedule for implementing examination with an x-ray apparatus
AssigneeSiemens Aktiengesellschaft
InventorSven Skaberna
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Abstract
In a method and a computer for generating a schedule for the implementation of examinations with an x-ray apparatus, in particular an x-ray computed tomography apparatus, a particularly exact schedule is generated by calculating an occupation duration for each patient using a load calculator that is present in the x-ray apparatus and to generate a schedule based on the calculated occupation duration, also taking into account a wait time for each examination.
Claims20
A computerized method for generating a schedule for implementing examinations with an x-ray apparatus, said x-ray apparatus having an anode and a load calculator that calculates a temperature of the anode, said method comprising the steps of:
- providing a data set to a computer, said data set containing a name of a patient to be examined using an x-ray apparatus, and an examination protocol to be used for the examination;
- in said computer, calculating an occupation of the x-ray apparatus necessary for said examination, using said load calculator to calculate the temperature of the anode of the x-ray apparatus;
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- from said computer, displaying the occupation duration calculated for the patient.
A computer having a computer program loaded therein, said computer program comprising electronically readable data stored on a storage medium for causing said computer to generate a schedule for implementing examinations with an x-ray apparatus, said x-ray apparatus comprising an anode and having a load calculator that calculates a temperature of the anode, said computer program, causing said computer to:
- receive a data set containing a name of a patient and an examination protocol for conducting an examination of the patient with the x-ray apparatus;
- calculate, dependent on said examination protocol, an occupation duration of the x-ray apparatus necessary for the examination of the patient, using said load calculator to calculate the temperature of the anode;
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- to visually display said occupation duration calculated for the patient.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.