System and method for a digital X-ray radiographic tomosynthesis user interface

A tomosynthesis system comprising:

• a user interface providing a tomosynthesis reconstruction preference edit tool enabling a user to select specific anatomy, view and patient size, and select slice reconstruction parameters including start and end height, slice interval, and sampling factor for the selected specific anatomy, view and patient size;
• wherein the sampling factor is defined as a slice reconstruction parameter for selection of a number of image slices averaged for a thicker slice;
• and
• a dose preference edit tool enabling a user to select an imaging dose ratio for a specific anatomy, view and patient size for a tomosynthesis acquisition;
• wherein the imaging dose ratio controls the dose of a tomosynthesis acquisition relative to a Scout acquisition.