Application server for use with a modular imaging system

An imaging management system, comprising:

• a network;
• a plurality of autonomous imager subsystems, each capable of communicating as a node on the network;
• a plurality of autonomous detector subsystems, each capable of communicating as a node on the network and configured for storing functionally descriptive properties that describe a functional characteristic of the detector subsystem;
• and
• an application server capable of communicating as a node on the network, wherein the application server receives the functionally descriptive properties of the detector subsystems and stores and executes routines that determine and indicate types of radiological examinations that can be performed by different combinations of imagers and detectors from the plurality of autonomous imager subsystems and the plurality of autonomous detector subsystems, wherein the compatibility of a combination of an imager and a detector is at least based upon the functionally descriptive properties.