Patent ID: 7747406
Filing Date: 2010-06-29
Classification: G16H

Abstract:
1. A method for testing a system involved in conducting medical examinations of patients, said system comprising a plurality of system components, said method comprising the steps of: electronically defining a plurality of simulation process units respectively associated with and representing functioning of at least one of said plurality of system components, by designating, for each simulation process unit, a transfer function that, for at least one simulation input value to that simulation process unit, causes that simulation process unit to produce at least one simulation output value; for an examination task performable by said system, electronically generating a computer-executable workflow plan that comprises a sequence of a plurality of said simulation process units respectively associated with system components involved in said sequence for executing said examination task, and input parameters to each of the simulation process units in said sequence; executing said workflow plan in said computer, with each simulated process unit in said sequence in the workflow plan producing at least one output value, dependent on the transfer function thereof, that is used as an input value for a next simulation process unit in the sequence; and emitting a simulation output from said computer, upon completion of execution of the workflow plan, selected from the group consisting of output values for the respective simulation process units in the workflow plan and performance data for the respective simulated process units in the workflow plan.