Patent ID: 9687170
Date: 2017-06-27
CPC Classifications: A61B,G01R,G16H

Claim:
1. A method for configuring and controlling a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) exam, the method comprising: receiving, at a computer disposed in a control room, information including patient information and scan information regarding an initial set up of a patient for a scan for the MRI exam from a user using a display and an input device in a scan room of a magnetic resonance imaging system, the input device forming part of the display, the input device and display shielded within the scan room; controlling, with the computer disposed in the control room, MRI scanner operations in the scan room using operator input received during performance of the scan via the input device at an imaging assembly performing the scan for the MRI exam; and displaying a set of patient and scan data on the display in the scan room based on the received information.