Patent Document ID: 10007756
Application ID: 15108342
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A medical imaging system for scan queue management, the medical imaging system comprising: a computing device comprising a processor, a communication interface and a memory; a display device; and, an imaging device configured to acquire digital images, the computing device configured to communicate with the display device and the imaging device using the communication interface, communication with the imaging device occurring for a duration of a scan queue series, the processor configured to: generate a scan prescription comprising instructions for causing the imaging device to acquire a plurality of digital image series, each of the plurality of digital image series comprising a respective series of digital images; render, at the display device: a graphical scan queue comprising a first graphical representation of a type of each respective digital image series of the plurality of digital image series, prior to each of the respective digital image series being acquired, each respective first graphical representation rendered in the graphical scan queue in an order corresponding to an order in which the plurality of digital image series are to be acquired according to the scan prescription; and, a graphical indication of a total estimated time for acquiring the plurality of digital image series, the graphical indication of a total estimated time comprising respective graphical indications of respective total estimated times for acquiring each of the plurality of digital image series; transmit, using the communication interface, the scan prescription to the imaging device to control the imaging device to acquire the plurality of digital image series; render, at the display device, a respective graphical timer on each respective first graphical representation as each of the respective digital image series are acquired, the respective graphical timer indicating one or more of a time remaining to acquire the respective digital image series and acquisition progress, the graphical indication of the total estimated time updated as the respective graphical timer is updated; receive, from the imaging device, using the communication interface, the respective digital image series as the respective digital image series are acquired; store, at the memory, the respective digital image series; and, when acquisition of the respective digital image series has occurred, render, at the display device, a graphical indicator of a next respective digital image series to be acquired in the graphical scan queue, wherein the imaging device is configured to pause when acquiring the respective series of digital images to allow for injection of a contrast agent into an area being imaged, and the processor is further configured to insert a pause indication into the respective graphical timer corresponding to the pause in acquiring the respective series of digital images.