Patent ID: 7403123

Claim:
An apparatus comprising a radiation detection system configured to detect at least either radiation passing through a patient or radiation generated or induced within a patient at least one processor, a pointing device, a display screen having a viewing area, and memory, said apparatus configured to: store patient information, including cautionary information and scheduled medical procedures, received as input from an operator or from a radiology information system, in said memory; display said patient information on said display screen in a worklist of patient listings for individual patients, said displayed patient information including scheduled medical procedures for each patient and a visual cautionary indication in a consistent position relative to each said patient in the worklist for whom cautionary information is stored; and open a preview pane on said display screen entirely within the viewing area of the display screen upon selecting the visual cautionary indication with the pointing device, said preview pane containing cautionary details associated with the corresponding patient for the selected visual cautionary indication; selectively generate an image of the patient on the display screen using the detected radiation.