Patent ID: 6859288
Filing Date: 2005-02-22
Classification: A61B,G16H,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A scanner comprising: an operator interface; a display monitor; a scanning subsystem for acquiring data representing an image of a target object; a networking port for communicating with a network; and a computer programmed to perform the following steps: (a) controlling said display monitor to display a screen comprising a list of searchable parameters, each listed searchable parameter being associated with a respective toggle field and a respective fillable search criteria field, each toggle field having three possible states, any one of said three states being selectable by a user using said operator interface, a first toggle state indicating that the respective searchable parameter will be ignored during a search in a database, a second toggle state indicating that the respective searchable parameter will be employed as a search parameter during the search but that a retrieved value for that searchable parameter will not be displayed in a display of worklist search results, and a third toggle state indicating that the respective searchable parameter will be employed as a search parameter during the search and that a retrieved value for that searchable parameter will be displayed in a display of worklist search results; (b) formulating a worklist search request message as a function of the search parameters having toggle fields in said second or third toggle state in response to input of a search command using said operator interface; (c) opening an association with a remote worklist broker via said network; (d) sending said worklist search request message to the remote worklist broker via said networking port while said association is open; (e) controlling said display monitor to display at least those portions of the worklist search results received from the remote worklist broker in response to step (d) representing retrieved values for those searchable parameters designated for display by said third toggle state; (f) registering portions of said worklist search results belonging to a particular patient in response to input of a patient selection command using said operator interface after step (e); (g) controlling said scanning subsystem to acquire an image in response to input of a scan command using said operator interface after step (f); and (h) storing said acquired image in association with said registered portions of said worklist search results in response to input of a save command using said operator interface.