Appeal No. 2004-2044
Application No. 09/476,708
interface system. At least one of the pages may be devoted to a
listing and description of protocols installed on or available
for the particular scanner. The technique may also be employed
on centralized management stations, such as a station linking
several scanners in a radiology department of a medical
institution. The system may also provide information on
preferred or useful configuration parameters for carrying out the
protocol. The interface may also permit the protocol to be
loaded or requested for specific examinations by simply selecting
the protocol from a menu. In a preferred arrangement, new or
improved protocols may be made available through an interactive
communications system which links the scanners to a centralized
service facility. The service facility may transmit messages to
the scanner to inform the operations personnel of the existence
and availability of the new protocol. The protocol may then be
downloaded or transmitted automatically or upon request by the
institution. The technique allows protocols for a large variety
of scanners, scanner types, modalities, and manufacturers to be
easily distributed through the service center. The service
center may also provide a library of available protocols which
may be installed on memory media or transmitted via a network.
Accounting for distribution of the protocols may also be
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