Abstract: Systems and methods for measuring service times at a retail establishment. One or more video cameras are coupled to data processors. The video frames from the video cameras are analyzed to detect a customer at the service counter and, at the detection of a specific event, a timer is started. The customer detected at the service counter is then tracked through various video frames until the customer has left or is about to leave. The timer is then stopped and the elapsed time is stored. The retail establishment may be a quick service restaurant and various video and image processing methods may be used to detect, track, and recognize the customer.

Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for medical imaging systems. In one embodiment, a method includes receiving one or more image reconstruction parameters defining an image reconstruction process for reconstructing one or more images from medical imaging data, identifying a target hardware allocation based on the one or more image reconstruction parameters, and reconstructing, via computing device hardware as specified by the target hardware allocation, one or more images from the medical imaging data according to the image reconstruction process.

Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for medical imaging systems. In one embodiment, a method includes receiving one or more image reconstruction parameters defining an image reconstruction process for reconstructing one or more images from medical imaging data, identifying a target hardware allocation based on the one or more image reconstruction parameters, and reconstructing, via computing device hardware as specified by the target hardware allocation, one or more images from the medical imaging data according to the image reconstruction process.

Abstract: A method for displaying a scan protocol for an imaging system is provided. The method includes receiving a current scan protocol for a scan of a patient. The current scan protocol includes scan parameters related to image quality and quantitation. A stored scan protocol is accessed from a memory. The stored scan protocol includes scan parameters related to image quality and quantitation for a previous scan of the patient. The current scan protocol is compared to the stored scan protocol. Any differences are identified based on the comparison of the current scan protocol to the stored scan protocol. The differences of the current scan protocol and the stored scan protocol are indicated on a display.

Abstract: Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a method for improving workflow in assessing lesions including displaying a reference image and determining a lesion contour. The reference image is displayed with a user interface component. The lesion contour is determined with a contour processing component. The lesion contour is based at least in part on the reference image and a threshold value.