System and method for medical simulation

A computer-implemented method for simulation of a Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) medical procedure, the computer implemented method executed within a computer system comprising a computer processor connected to a storage medium, and a user interface having a user terminal, the method comprising the steps of:

• selecting, for user interaction on the user terminal, MRI settings associated with a third-party MRI vendor selected from a listing of certain third-party vendors;
• visually displaying, at the user terminal for user selection, one or more criteria for initiating simulation of the MRI procedure in accordance with the settings of the selected third-party vendor;
• visually displaying, at the user terminal for user selection, one or more MRI examination procedures to be simulated based upon the user selected criteria for simulation of the MRI procedure;
• visually displaying, at the user terminal, a virtual MRI interface for accepting user input for configuring imaging to be initiated for the user selected MRI examination procedure to be simulated based upon the user selected criteria for simulation of the MRI procedure;
• simulating, by the processor, the user selected MRI examination procedure based upon the user selected criteria for simulation of the MRI procedure to generate resulting MRI images;
• and
• visually displaying, at the user terminal, the generated resulting MRI images.

A computer system for simulation of a Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) medical procedure, comprising:

• a memory configured to store instructions;
• a processor disposed in communication with said memory, wherein said processor upon execution of the instructions is configured to:
• select, for user interaction on a user terminal, MRI settings associated with a third-party MRI vendor selected from a listing of certain third-party vendors;
• visually display, at the user terminal for user selection, one or more criteria for initiating simulation of the MRI procedure in accordance with the settings of the selected third-party vendor;
• visually display, at the user terminal for user selection, one or more MRI examination procedures to be simulated based upon the user selected criteria for simulation of the MRI procedure;
• visually display, at the user terminal, a virtual MRI interface for accepting user input for configuring imaging to be initiated for the user selected MRI examination procedure to be simulated based upon the user selected criteria for simulation of the MRI procedure;
• simulate, by the processor, the user selected MRI examination procedure based upon the user selected criteria for simulation of the MRI procedure to generate resulting MRI images;
• and
• visually display, at the user terminal, the generated resulting MRI images.