Patent ID: 8355928

Claim:
A medical user interface and workflow management system for use in X-ray imaging and other imaging modality related procedures, comprising: at least one repository configured to store data indicating X-ray imaging related characteristics of a current medical procedure being performed including data identifying a type of procedure, comprising at least one of, (a) a current medical procedure is a cardiac related procedure and (b) a current medical procedure is an Angiography procedure; and at least one processing device including, a workflow processor configured to manage imaging device operation workflows comprising sequences of tasks and tracking progress of tasks being performed in a current medical procedure task sequence by tracking running processes, steps to be executed next by a worker or device and completion of tasks and for updating task lists and using the stored data in adaptively selecting a next task of a plurality of tasks of said current medical procedure for performance following completion of a current task by selecting a first task as said next task based on said current task if said current medical procedure being performed is a cardiac related procedure and by selecting a different second task as said next task if said current medical procedure being performed is an Angiography procedure and a user interface configured to generate data representing at least one display image for presentation to a user, said at least one display image identifying the selected next task and including image elements associated with the selected next task enabling performance of the selected next task.