Patent ID: 7139000

Claim:
A method for managing axial images, the method comprising: receiving at least a portion of a reconstructed axial image, wherein said reconstructed axial image includes a pre-selected number of completed reconstructed slices, a slice thickness and an interval value; creating a reformatted axial image in response to said portion of said reconstructed axial image, wherein said creating includes: modifying said slice thickness in response to user slice thickness input; modifying a pixel intensity in response to a user render option input; updating said interval value in response to user interval value input; and displaying said reformatted axial image in response to user display input, said user display input comprises: an instruction to save a current view of said reformatted axial image in a secondary capture image format; and an annotation level selection including a full annotation level, a partial annotation level, a custom annotation level, and a none annotation levels, wherein the full annotation level displays a current acquisition status, a current reformat location, a current reformat thickness, a date, a patient name, and a hospital name.