Patent ID: 7949098
Filing Date: 2011-05-24
Classification: H05G

Abstract:
1. A method of obtaining at least one recommended reduced exposure condition for a type of radiological image, the method being executed at least in part by a computer system and comprising: obtaining digital image data for at least one clinical image of at least one patient, taken under a baseline set of exposure conditions, as a basis image; obtaining from one or more diagnostic practitioners processing instructions related to image simulation under one or more reduced exposure conditions; processing the basis image according to the processing instructions to generate a set of one or more simulation images, each simulation image representative of corresponding reduced exposure conditions; displaying the one or more simulation images to the one or more diagnostic practitioners; obtaining and electronically storing an evaluation from the one or more diagnostic practitioners related to at least the quality of the one or more simulation images; and generating and electronically storing at least one recommended reduced exposure condition for the type of radiological image according to the evaluation from the one or more diagnostic practitioners.