Claims
- 1. The method of monitoring the operations of a machine that takes pictures of the internal anatomy of a body and/or of the operator of said machine and/or of the examination being performed by said operator using said machine comprising:
providing one or more computers having at least one memory, controlling said one or more computers to perform the following operations: storing in said memory a standard procedure, for said machine, or for said operator, or for said examination, applicable to the taking of a picture for at least one medical reason, entering in a memory of said one or more computers a procedure, for said machine, or for said operator, or for said examination, relative to the actual taking of a picture of a body part of a patient, performing in said one or more computers the step of analyzing and/or calculating the data from said one or more computers, providing a computer output from said one or more computers disclosing the results of any analysis and/or computation performed on said data.
- 2. A method as defined in claim 1, comprising:
determining whether any part of the monetary price, involved in the preparation of and/or the actual taking of the picture, should be, or should not be, added to the cost-of the examination.
- 3. A method as defined in claim 1, comprising:
determining whether the operator, has made, has not made, an error during the actual taking of the picture.
- 4. A method as defined in claim 3, comprising:
determining whether any part of the monetary price, involved in the preparation of and/or the actual taking of the picture was or was not due to operator error.
- 5. A method as defined in claim 1, comprising:
determining how many of a particular examination have been performed.
- 6. A method as defined in claim 5, comprising:
determining how much money a particular number of examinations produce.
- 7. Apparatus for monitoring the operations of a machine that takes pictures of the internal anatomy of a body and/or of the operator of said machine and/or of the examination being performed by said operator using said machine comprising:
one or more computers having at least one memory, means for controlling said one or more computers to perform the following operations: storing in said memory a standard procedure, for said machine, or for said operator, or for said examination, applicable to the taking of a picture for at least one medical reason, entering in a memory of said one or more computers a procedure, for said machine, or for said operator, or for said examination relative to the actual taking of a picture of a body part of a patient, means in said one or more computers for analyzing and/or calculating the data from said first computer, means for producing a computer output from said one or more computers disclosing the results of any analysis and/or computation performed on said data.
- 8. A method as defined in claim 7, comprising:
determining whether any part of the monetary price, involved in the preparation of and/or the actual taking of the picture, should be, or should not be, added to the cost of the examination.
- 9. A method as defined in claim 7, comprising:
determining whether the operator, has, or has not, made an error during the actual taking of the picture.
- 10. A method as defined in claim 9, comprising:
determining whether any part of the monetary price, involved in the preparation of and/or the actual taking of the picture, was, or was not, due to operator error.
- 11. A method as defined in claim 7, comprising:
determining how many of a particular examination have been performed.
- 12. A method as defined in claim 11, comprising:
determining how much money a particular number of examinations produce.
- 13. Apparatus for monitoring the operations of a machine that takes pictures of the internal anatomy of a body and/or of the operator of said machine and/or of the examination being performed by said operator using said machine comprising:
one or more computers each having at least one memory, one or more of said computers having a program to perform the following operations: in said memory storing a standard procedure, for said machine, or for said operator, or for said examination, applicable to take a picture for at least one medical reason, said memory of said one or more computers having a program to perform the procedure, for said machine, or for said operator, or for said examination, relative to the actual taking of a picture of a body part of a patient, a program in said one or more computers for analyzing and/or calculating the data, said one or more computers having a program that enables it to produce the results of any analysis and/or computation performed on said data.
- 14. A method as defined in claim 13, comprising:
determining whether any part of the monetary price, involved in the preparation of and/or the actual taking of the picture, should be, or should not be, added to the cost of the examination.
- 15. A method as defined in claim 13, comprising:
determining whether the operator, has made, has not made an error during the actual taking of the picture.
- 16. A method as defined in claim 15, comprising:
determining whether any part of the monetary price, involved in the preparation of and/or the actual taking of the picture, was, or was not due to operator error.
- 17. A method as defined in claim 13, comprising:
determining how many of a particular examination have been performed.
- 18. A method as defined in claim 17, comprising:
determining how much money a particular number of examinations produce.
RELATED CASES
[0001] This is a divisional application of my co-pending application Ser. No. 09/220,064 filed Dec. 23, 1998, entitled A Quality Assurance Method for a Machine and an Operator which is a continuation-in-part application of my prior application Ser. No. 08/720,036 filed Sep. 27,1996, entitled Method For Measuring Patient Radiation Dose, which was a continuation-in-part of my provisional application Ser. No. 60/004,891 filed Oct. 6, 1995, entitled Patient Dose Monitoring Method.
Provisional Applications (1)
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60004891 |
Oct 1995 |
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Divisions (1)
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09220064 |
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09865696 |
May 2001 |
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Continuation in Parts (1)
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