Patent ID: 8432465

Claim:
A system employing at least one processing device in selecting a zoom size of an anatomical image for display, the system comprising: a collimated X-ray radiation beam image detector device having a pre-defined field of view, the pre-defined field of view defining fixed zoom settings including, a maximum analog zoom field of view corresponding to a maximum analog zoom setting and a minimum analog zoom field of view corresponding to a minimum analog zoom setting for at least one anatomical image acquired using the image detector device and at least one of said zoom settings is set in response to radiation beam collimation control; an image display displaying the at least one anatomical image within the pre-defined field of view; a processing unit providing a selection of at least one anatomical image; and a network configured to interface the detector with the processing unit and the image display with the processing unit, wherein the system is configured to enable establishment in a user specific profile of at least one predetermined fixed intervening user selectable zoom setting independent of X-ray collimation setting, said selectable zoom setting corresponding to an intervening selectable zoom field of view between the maximum analog zoom field of view and the minimum analog zoom field of view.