Patent ID: 8385213

Claim:
A method for identifying possible error causes in a network having a plurality of computer-based medical imaging nodes, the method comprising: executing a first test module, the first test module running locally on a control node, the execution of the first test module being used to identify possible error causes on the control node; using the control node to trigger the execution of a second test module, the second test module running locally on one computer-based medical imaging node of the plurality that is to be tested, the execution of the second test module being used to identify possible medical imaging node error causes on the one computer-based medical imaging node; testing of a network connection between the control node and the one computer-based medical imaging node that is to be tested to identify possible network error causes; and recording of a result that includes an error cause at the control node when the error cause is identified, wherein the first test module, which runs locally on the control node, checks a hardware module or a software module of the control node, wherein the second test module, which runs locally on the one computer-based medical imaging node, checks a hardware module or a software module of the one computer-based medical imaging node that is to be tested, and wherein the control node is selectable from the plurality of computer-based medical imaging nodes.