Patent ID: 8086965

Claim:
A method for generating a user interface for at least one medical imaging procedure, from among a plurality of medical imaging procedures, executable according to the user interface by a medical imaging apparatus, comprising the steps of: determining a medical imaging procedure, comprising acquisition of magnetic resonance image data to be implemented by a magnetic resonance imaging apparatus at a stationary location, for which a user interface is to be generated to allow a user to control, via the user interface, the imaging procedure by electronically operating the magnetic resonance imaging apparatus to cause the magnetic resonance imaging apparatus to execute a number of steps that form said imaging procedure; providing a designation of said medical imaging procedure as an input to a computerized processor and in said computerized processor, automatically identifying only control elements, for inclusion in said user interface as displayed control elements, that are relevant for controlling the determined magnetic resonance imaging procedure; and automatically grouping control elements, as grouped control elements among said displayed control elements that must be activated by the user in succession during said medical imaging procedure; and forming and configuring said user interface specifically for controlling said magnetic resonance apparatus to perform medical imaging procedure according to user interaction with said user interface and, from said computerized processor, automatically positioning said grouped control elements in said user interface on a display screen according to configurable positioning criteria that minimize space on said display screen occupied by said control elements, and said user interaction to activate said grouped control elements.