Patent ID: 6931270

Claim:
A method for remotely conducting medical imaging transactions conducive to meeting the individualized imaging needs of a plurality of users, the method comprising: providing a user interface configured to present a menu of prompts to a user of a respective medical imager and/or imaging equipment associated with the imager, the menu of prompts configured to elicit information indicative of imaging performance of the medical images and/or equipment relative to imaging preferences of the user; transmitting the information indicative of the imaging performance over a communications network to an imaging service center; providing a database accessible to the service center, the database configured to store the information indicative of the imaging performance of the medical imager and/or imaging equipment wherein the information indicative of the imaging performance transmitted to the imaging service center comprises an image generated subject to the imaging preferences of the user, the database further configured to store the imaging preferences of the user; processing the information stored in the database relative to a set of business rules to select imaging upgrades configured to improve the operational performance of the medical imager; transmitting the imaging upgrades to reconfigure the imager and/or associated equipment so that the individualized imaging needs of each user are achieved based on the imaging upgrades; and, comparing the transmitted image relative to reference images corresponding to the imaging preferences of the user, and, based on the results of the comparison, issuing a recommendation to the user regarding the medical imager and/or imagine equipment.