Abstract: A method and apparatus for rapidly configuring a medical imaging system with applications that are preferred by specific system users, the method including, at the beginning of an imaging session, receiving user information and using the information to identify user preferred applications, determining which of the preferred applications is already booted, booting un-booted preferred applications and disabling non-preferred booted applications so that only preferred applications are booted during the next imaging session.

Abstract: A method and system are disclosed for rendering medical images for display on a medical imaging system. The method includes acquiring an image data set by way of an acquisitioning system, and entering a special mode of operation that is either an interactive mode of operation or a repetitive series rendering mode of operation. The method further includes pre-calculating pixel values based upon the image data set, and displaying an image on an output device based upon the pre-calculated pixel values. The method additionally includes altering at least one aspect of the displayed image, wherein the altered displayed image continues to be based upon the pre-calculated pixel values.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for rapidly configuring a medical imaging system with applications that are preferred by specific system users, the method including, at the beginning of an imaging session, receiving user information and using the information to identify user preferred applications, determining which of the preferred applications is already booted, booting un-booted preferred applications and disabling non-preferred booted applications so that only preferred applications are booted during the next imaging session.

Abstract: A system and method are disclosed for event communication on a distributed scanner/workstation platform. In one embodiment, a medical imaging system having at least one host further includes a first application, a second application, and an event name service. The first application is at the at least one host, and is a first event source. The second application is at the at least one host, and is a first event listener capable of receiving a first event provided from the first application. The event name service is in communication with the first and second applications. At least one of the first and second applications is capable of registering with the event name service.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for magnifying a portion of a digital image on a display screen in either of two ways. The first method includes a two pass scheme, where each of the passes represents an interpolation in x and y direction respectively, cubic interpolation in each direction is approximated using a one dimensional convolution filter followed by linear interpolation. The second method uses a two dimensional convolution filter first, followed by bilinear interpolation. All of the procedures that are used are accelerated using a hardware package which facilitates exceptionally fast execution.

Abstract: A CT Fluoro System display which includes apparatus and methods for facilitating effective performance of an interventional procedure. The apparatus and methods are generally referred to herein as partial image display, dynamic image reformation, in-room control, flat panel display, in-room display, and magnification. More particularly, an important performance parameter for a CT Fluoro System is the time to first image. Accordingly, and to reduce the time to first image, a partially reconstructed image can be displayed. In addition to fast image reconstruction, it sometimes is necessary to examine a needle position from different orientations, i.e., views. Accordingly, the present display provides dynamic image reformation wherein axial images are displayed at a very high rate and the operator may reformat the axial images and display the reformatted images in real time.

Abstract: The present invention, in one form, includes methods and apparatus for altering the spatial characteristics of a digital image collected in a CT system using a real-time magnification algorithm. In accordance with one embodiment of the algorithm, once the digital image is collected, an enlarged image is generated by interpolating and filtering the original digital image data. In one aspect, two pass linear interpolation and one dimensional filtering is utilized to generate the enlarged image. The first pass performs interpolation in the x direction and the second pass performs interpolation in the y direction. The interpolations in the x and y directions are performed in two steps. Initially, linear interpolation is applied to the original digital image to generate interpolated data. A one dimensional convolution filter is then applied to the interpolated data. Utilizing this process, a high quality enlarged image may be generated for any integer zoom factor.