Patent ID: 9568578
Date: 2017-02-14
CPC Classifications: G01R,G16H

Claim:
1. A method of performing a magnetic resonance imaging scan using an MR scanner, the method comprising the acts of: receiving an MR imaging protocol via a user interface, the MR imaging protocol being associated with a selected MR scan type from a predefined set of MR scan types, wherein the MR imaging protocol includes adjustable parameters of the MR scanner that are configured for performing the MR imaging scan using the selected MR scan type employed at the MR scanner when performing the MR imaging; querying a database with a processor by providing the received MR imaging protocol into the database regarding the selected MR scan type and analyzing, with the processor, a plurality of the MR imaging protocols of the selected MR scan type that had been previously stored in the database and data mining statistical information, about the adjustable parameters of the selected MR scan type; receiving in response to said processor query, from the database, the data mined statistical information about the selected MR scan type, said data mined statistical information comprising statistics on a frequency and a range of adjustment of the adjustable parameters over the plurality of MR imaging protocols of the selected MR scan type that was queried in the database; providing said data mined statistical information to the user interface; receiving modifications of said MR imaging protocol, from the user interface, based on the data mined statistical information in order to generate a modified MR imaging protocol, and performing the MR imaging scan using the modified MR imaging protocol.