Patent ID: 7228256
Filing Date: 2007-06-05
Classification: G01D

Abstract:
1. A recording system for a monitoring log comprising: a host computer; a measurement and control module in data communication with the host computer; a collecting module in data communication with the measurement and control module; a channel switching device adapted to obtain data from a monitored target, said monitored target being a magnetic resonance system for entry into a monitoring log, said channel switching device being in data communication with said collecting module; said measurement and control module and said collecting module forming a scanner that scans and collects, via said channel switching device, said data from said magnetic resonance system, and said measurement and control module communicating the collected data to said host computer; said host computer having access to an external storage device, and said measurement and control module comprising an internal storage device, and said collecting module comprising a timer; a portion of storage space in said external storage device being reserved for a log document, as said monitoring log, and said measurement and control module performing reading and writing operations relative to said log document, as a shared log document with said host computer; said timer of said collecting module making timed inquiries to monitoring points at said magnetic, resonance system via respective channels of said channel switching device and periodically reporting data, selected from the group consisting of system parameters and component statuses of said magnetic resonance system collected from said monitoring points to said measurement and control module, as reported data; and said measurement and control module formatting said reported data into a report format and writing said reported data in said report format into the shared log document through said host computer, and if said measurement and control module temporarily cannot communicate with said host computer, said measurement and control module automatically opening a buffer queue in said internal storage device and buffering said reported data in said report format and, when said measurement and control module thereafter is able to communicate with said host computer, said measurement and control module automatically writing the reported data in said report format, currently in said buffer queue, into said log document, as a supplement, through said host computer.