Patent ID: 7904824

Claim:
A method for creating custom access in a medical imaging system comprising: (a) displaying a preprogrammed, existing menu of one or more unmapped imaging options available to a user, the existing menu including the unmapped imaging options in a standard menu for controlling the medical imaging system as part of an existing user interface; (b) selecting, with a user interface of the medical imaging system operable with a data acquisition device for scanning a patient, the one or more unmapped imaging options from the displayed preprogrammed menu; and (c) mapping selected ones of the unmapped imaging options from the displayed preprogrammed menu for custom access on a custom page of the imaging options, where the mapped imaging options are used by the data acquisition device for scanning the patient, the mapping comprising creating a display of user selectable options corresponding to the mapped imaging options on the custom page, the custom page being for controlling the data acquisition device and being different than any of the preprogrammed, existing menus including the displayed preprogrammed, existing menu.