Context aware user interface for medical diagnostic imaging, such as ultrasound imaging

A method for user interaction with a medical imaging system, the method comprising:

• displaying a screen having a medical image;
• receiving user input associated with a location on the screen, the location being free of a display of a user input option indicating the location as being for input of information to be used for future imaging;
• associating the user input with a context of the screen at the location;
• determining which of a plurality of different parameters to alter as a function of the association of the user input with the context of the screen at the location, different locations corresponding to different ones of the different parameters and being free of display of user input options;
• and setting operation of the medical imaging system as a function of the association of the user input with the context;
• wherein associating comprises determining the location as on text, the text comprising a sequence of letters or numbers representing one of the different parameters used to generate the medical image, the sequence representing a variable and a value for the variable, the variable being one of the different parameters for operation of the medical imaging system;
• and
• wherein setting comprises altering the value for the text in response to the association of the user input with the context of the screen at the location and altering the operation of the medical imaging system based on the altering of the value.