Abstract: Systems and methods providing a communication system for a medical imaging system are provided. The communication system includes a plurality of user interfaces within the medical imaging system for receiving user inputs. The communication system further includes at least one router for controlling communications of the plurality of user interfaces to control at least one subsystem of the medical imaging system based on the received user inputs.

Abstract: A method for adding an image processing algorithm (18a) for execution by a compiled image processing computer program (41), without recompiling the image processing computer program, includes specifying image processing elements (13-17, 13a-17a) in an image processing chain (10, 10a), applying the image processing elements in a sequence or in parallel to one or more resulting images to be displayed, generating an image processing chain as a script capable of execution by a script interpreter (46) in the computer (36) which is arranged to receive raw image data (11, 11a), and relating the image processing chain (10a) to a clinical protocol (55), which is subsequently executed by the computer while running the compiled image processing computer program to process image data.

Abstract: A state processor (10) for generating a state table (18) and a runtime code (19) for use in implementing of one or more pre-designed state models is provided. The state processor (10) includes a state model information provider (24), a state information separator (26), and a compiler (22). The state model information provider (24) extracts state model information in response to the one or more state models. The state information separator (26) generates a state code and the state table (18) in response to the one or more state models. The compiler (22) compiles the state code and generates the runtime code (19). A method for implementing the pre-designed state models is also provided including implementing the runtime code (19) in conjunction with the state table (18).

Abstract: A state processor (10) for generating a state table (18) and a runtime code (19) for use in implementing of one or more pre-designed state models is provided. The state processor (10) includes a state model information provider (24), a state information separator (26), and a compiler (22). The state model information provider (24) extracts state model information in response to the one or more state models. The state information separator (26) generates a state code and the state table (18) in response to the one or more state models. The compiler (22) compiles the state code and generates the runtime code (19). A method for implementing the pre-designed state models is also provided including implementing the runtime code (19) in conjunction with the state table (18).