Patent ID: 8160679

Claim:
A method of coordinating an imaging procedure and an injection procedure, the method comprising the steps of: (a) providing an injector system having first and second pressurizing units for pressurizing a contrast medium and a diluent, respectively, for injection into a patient during the injection procedure; (b) providing an imaging system for applying energy to the patient and producing an image or a measurement of an internal region of the patient from a signal resulting from the energy applied to the patient during the imaging procedure; and (c) providing a data interface interconnecting the injector and imaging systems for enabling exchange of digital information therebetween, the information comprising at least timing data, such that the digital information transmitted between the systems is usable thereby to enable closed loop control of at least one of the injection and the imaging procedures during which the contrast medium and the diluent injected into the patient is adjustable so as to achieve a desired level of enhancement therewith within the internal region of the patient of which the images are acquired during the imaging procedure.