Patent ID: 7233646

Claim:
A computerized method for generating a schedule for implementing examinations with an x-ray apparatus, said x-ray apparatus having an anode and a load calculator that calculates a temperature of the anode, said method comprising the steps of: providing a data set to a computer, said data set containing respective names of a plurality of patients and respective examination protocols for examining the respective patients with said x-ray apparatus; in said computer, calculating an occupation duration of the x-ray apparatus necessary for each of said examinations that includes an examination duration and a wait time necessary for cooling of the diode, using said load calculator to calculate the temperature of the anode of the x-ray apparatus, calculating an occupation sequence so that a sum of said wait times is minimized; and from said computer, displaying the occupation duration calculated for the patient displaying a table containing an occupation sequence wherein all of said occupation durations are ordered in said sequence and containing, for each occupation duration, the name of the patient associated therewith and the wait time associated therewith.