Patent ID: 7041058

Claim:
A method for accessing data in a medical diagnostic imaging system, the method comprising a computer readable medium: (a) providing a medical diagnostic imaging system comprising a software application, a text file, and a software component that binds to the software application at runtime, wherein the text file and the software component store common data, and wherein the text file comprises data selected from the group consisting of imaging performance data sets for a transducer, transmit power, dynamic range, electromagnetic characteristics, field-of-view shape, frame rate, geometry of probe, filter, gain, system configuration information, maximum number of transmit elements, maximum number of focal zones, video performance information, and color maps; (b) determining whether the medical diagnostic imaging system is being used in a first mode of operation or a second mode of operation; (c) if the medical diagnostic imaging system is being used in the first mode of operation, reading data from the text file; and (d) if the medical diagnostic imaging system is being used in the second mode of operation, reading data from the software component.