Patent ID: 8655432

Claim:
A method for setting an injection pump for image recording, comprising: entering patient-specific and appliance-specific input parameters, an estimated scan duration being entered as an appliance-specific input parameter; creating a contrast agent protocol from the entered patient-specific and appliance-specific input parameters, by computer, by way of a functional relationship, a provisional amount of contrast agent being determined from the estimated scan duration as part of the contrast agent protocol before the start of image recording; outputting, to the injection pump, the contrast agent protocol, the provisional amount of contrast agent being drawn automatically by the injection pump; determining an actual scan duration; entering, during image recording, the actual scan duration as an appliance-specific input parameter; determining an actual amount of contrast agent as part of the contrast agent protocol based on the actual scan duration; comparing the provisional amount of contrast agent to the actual amount of contrast agent; and outputting, if the actual amount of contrast agent is greater than the provisional amount of contrast agent, at least one of a request to add a dilution agent and a request for replenishment of the injection pump as part of the contrast agent protocol.