Patent ID: 7680308

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for determining at least one cause for production of unsatisfactory medical images produced within a set of medical imaging exams, the method comprising: (a) identifying one or more parameters capable of affecting said production of said unsatisfactory images: (b) assigning dissatisfaction values to said unsatisfactory images wherein said assigning involves assigning dissatisfaction values reflecting levels of dissatisfaction; (c) providing a computer generated correlation of a plurality of said dissatisfaction values for said set of medical imaging exams having a number of exams therein, and said one or more parameters identified to generate a numerical measure of dissatisfaction associated with said one or more parameters within said set of medical imaging exams; and (d) assigning said cause for said unsatisfactory images to at least one parameter based on said measure of dissatisfaction for the purpose of improving image quality by taking a corrective action related to said cause; wherein said providing a computer generated correlation involves generating a measure of dissatisfaction for said set of medical imaging exams which reflects a ratio of (a) a measure of dissatisfaction derived from said dissatisfaction values and (b) said number of exams within said set of medical imaging exams.