System and method for dynamic generation of a single user interface for display and entry of medical imaging configuration data

Abstract

A system and method for dynamically generating an interface includes a hierarchical organization data file defining a hierarchical organization of subsystems of a medical imaging scanner and at least one parsing component to extract configuration parameter names from the data file and generate a graphical representation of the hierarchical organization of the medical imaging scanner. A configuration servlet extracts configuration parameters of the medical imaging scanner, associates the configuration parameters with the graphical representation of the hierarchical organization, and displays the configuration parameters and graphical representation of the organization in a single user interface such that the configuration parameters can be reviewed and edited in the single user interface.

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         46 . A system for interfacing with a medical device comprising: 
 a plurality of software components configured to: 
 access and retrieve configuration profiles from a plurality of subsystems of a medical device;  
 generate an interface showing a representation of information contained in the configuration profiles of the subsystems of the medical device; and  
 receive user alterations of the information contained in the configuration profiles communicated through the interface.  
   
     
     
         47 . The system of  claim 46  wherein the plurality of software components is further configured to generate the interface showing the representation of the information contained in the configuration profile according to at least one of the information contained in the configuration profile and a user defined representation.  
     
     
         48 . The system of  claim 46  wherein the plurality of software components is further configured to receive a user profile and exclude information contained in the configuration profiles from display if the user profile is not designated for review of information contained in the configuration profiles.  
     
     
         49 . The system of  claim 46  wherein the plurality of software components is further configured to receive a user profile and reject user alterations of the information contained in the configuration profiles if the user profile is not designated for editing of information contained in the configuration profiles.  
     
     
         50 . The system of  claim 46  wherein the interface showing the representation of information contained in the configuration profiles is configured to be displayed in a single browser window.  
     
     
         51 . The system of  claim 50  wherein the single browser window is configured to display the information contained in the configuration profiles for review and receive user alterations of the information contained in the configuration profiles.  
     
     
         52 . The system of  claim 51  wherein the plurality of software components is further configured to validate user alterations of the information contained in the configuration profiles according to at least one of a configuration profile name and a configuration profile type.  
     
     
         53 . A system for dynamically generating an interface comprising: 
 an organizational data file defining an organization of subsystems of a medical imaging device;    at least one parsing component configured to extract configuration parameter names from the organizational data file and generate a representation of the organization of the subsystems of the medical imaging device; and    a configuration servlet to extract configuration parameters of the medical imaging device and associate the configuration parameters with the representation of the organization of the medical imaging device and generate a display of the configuration parameters and representation of the organization of the subsystems of the medical imaging device in a single user interface.    
     
     
         54 . The system of  claim 53  further comprising a layout information data file to map the configuration parameters to user defined layout preferences.  
     
     
         55 . The system of  claim 54  wherein the at least one parsing component is further configured to parse the layout information data file into rows and columns corresponding to the configuration parameters.  
     
     
         56 . The system of  claim 54  wherein the configuration servlet is further configured to generate the display of the representation of the organization of the subsystems and configuration parameters according to the user defined layout preferences.  
     
     
         57 . The system of  claim 53  wherein the display of the configuration parameters enables review and editing of the configuration parameters in the single user interface.  
     
     
         58 . The system of  claim 57  wherein the configuration servlet is configured to hide specific configuration parameters if the current user is not permitted to view the specific configuration parameters.  
     
     
         59 . The system of  claim 53  wherein the organizational data file further includes data to generate links to data that is external from the medical imaging device.  
     
     
         60 . The system of  claim 53  further comprising an XML control file including a map of each of a plurality of data types to a manner of displaying each of the data types.  
     
     
         61 . The system of  claim 53  further comprising a validation tool that includes a number of validation functions and is configured to dynamically validate user input into the single user interface and wherein the configuration servlet is configured to assign names to the number of validation functions.  
     
     
         62 . The system of  claim 61  wherein the user input into the single user interface is validated based upon the validation function names.  
     
     
         63 . A medical imaging device comprising: 
 a plurality of subsystems configured to execute at least one imaging application; and    a computer programmed to: 
 extract configuration parameters of the plurality of subsystems;  
 generate an organizational representation of the plurality of subsystems;  
 associate the configuration parameters with the organizational representation of the plurality of subsystems; and  
 display the organizational representation of the plurality of subsystems in a single user interface configured to receive user-defined alterations to the configuration parameters.  
   
     
     
         64 . The medical imaging device of  claim 63  wherein the computer is further programmed to validate the user-defined alterations to the configuration parameters and if valid, implement the user-defined alterations.  
     
     
         65 . The medical imaging device of  claim 64  wherein the computer is further programmed to validate the user-defined alterations dynamically from at least one of a configuration parameter name and a configuration parameter type.