Operating method for a computer to determine an optimized measurement sequence for a medical imaging system

A non-transitory, computer-readable data storage medium encoded with programming instructions, said storage medium being loaded into an operating computer for operating a medical imaging system comprising a plurality of components, said programming instructions causing said operating computer to:

• receive an electronic designation of a measurement sequence to be executed by said medical imaging system, said measurement sequence comprising a predetermined number of successive partial sequences that each, when executed by said medical imaging system, cause a loading of at least one of said components;
• also receive an electronic designation of a measurement period and a division of said measurement period into a measurement interval and a pause interval;
• automatically divide said partial sequences into a plurality of partial sequence groups, and designate an initial association of said plurality of partial sequence groups to an equal plurality of said measurement intervals, with a one-to-one relation of said plurality of partial sequence groups to said plurality of measurement intervals;
• operate a computerized model of said medical imaging system to initially check whether a loading of at least one of said components with the partial sequences of a respective individual partial sequence group is below a load limit and, if so, retain said divisions of said partial sequences of said respective individual partial sequence group and, if not, modify said division of said partial sequences within said respective individual partial sequence group, and/or increase said plurality of partial sequence groups, thereby obtaining at least one of a modified grouping and a modified number of groups;
• operate said computerized model of said medical imaging system to check whether said modified grouping or said modified number of groups results in a loading of said at least one component that is below said load limit and, if so, adopt said modified grouping or said modified number of groups as said final division and, if not, again modify said at least one of said grouping and said number of groups until a modified grouping or a modified number of groups, when said operating said computerized model, results in a loading of said at least one component that is below said load limit, as said final grouping or final number of groups;
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• emit a designation of said plurality of partial sequences, that conforms to said final grouping or said final number of groups, in electronic form from an output of said computer in a format configured to operate said medical imaging system.

A computer for operating a medical imaging system comprising a plurality of components, said computer being programmed to:

• receive an electronic designation of a measurement sequence to be executed by said medical imaging system, said measurement sequence comprising a predetermined number of successive partial sequences that each, when executed by said medical imaging system, cause a loading of at least one of said components;
• also receive an electronic designation of a measurement period and a division of said measurement period into a measurement interval and a pause interval;
• automatically divide said partial sequences into a plurality of partial sequence groups, and designate an initial association of said plurality of partial sequence groups to an equal plurality of said measurement intervals, with a one-to-one relation of said plurality of partial sequence groups to said plurality of measurement intervals;
• operate a computerized model of said medical imaging system to initially check whether a loading of at least one of said components with the partial sequences of a respective individual partial sequence group is below a load limit and, if so, retain said divisions of said partial sequences of said respective individual partial sequence group and, if not, modify said division of said partial sequences within said respective individual partial sequence group, and/or increase said plurality of partial sequence groups, thereby obtaining at least one of a modified grouping and a modified number of groups;
• operate said computerized model of said medical imaging system to check whether said modified grouping or said modified number of groups results in a loading of said at least one component that is below said load limit and, if so, adopt said modified grouping or said modified number of groups as said final division and, if not, again modify said at least one of said grouping and said number of groups until a modified grouping or a modified number of groups, when said operating said computerized model, results in a loading of said at least one component that is below said load limit, as said final grouping or final number of groups;
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• emit a designation of said plurality of partial sequences, that conforms to said final grouping or said final number of groups, in electronic form from an output of said computer in a format configured to operate said medical imaging system.

A medical imaging system comprising:

• a plurality of system components;
• an operating computer;
• said computer being configured to receive an electronic designation of a measurement sequence to be executed by said medical imaging system, said measurement sequence comprising a predetermined number of successive partial sequences that each, when executed by said medical imaging system, cause a loading of at least one of said components;
• said computer being configured to also receive an electronic designation of a measurement period and a division of said measurement period into a measurement interval and a pause interval;
• said computer being configured to automatically divide said partial sequences into a plurality of partial sequence groups, and designate an initial association of said plurality of partial sequence groups to an equal plurality of said measurement intervals, with a one-to-one relation of said plurality of partial sequence groups to said plurality of measurement intervals;
• said computer being configured to operate a computerized model of said medical imaging system to initially check whether a loading of at least one of said components with the partial sequences of a respective individual partial sequence group is below a load limit and, if so, retain said divisions of said partial sequences of said respective individual partial sequence group and, if not, modify said division of said partial sequences within said respective individual partial sequence group;
• and/or increase said plurality of partial sequence groups, thereby obtaining at least one of a modified grouping and a modified number of groups;
• said computer being configured to operate said computerized model of said medical imaging system to check whether said modified grouping or said modified number of groups results in a loading of said at least one component that is below said load limit and, if so, adopt said modified grouping or said modified number of groups as said final division and, if not, again modify said at least one of said grouping and said number of groups until a modified grouping or a modified number of groups, when said operating said computerized model, results in a loading of said at least one component that is below said load limit, as said final grouping or final number of groups;
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• said computer being configured to emit a designation of said plurality of partial sequences, that conforms to said final grouping or said final number of groups, in electronic form from an output of said computer in a format configured to operate said medical imaging system.