Medical diagnostic system interface

1. A method of guarding an item in a remote display of an interface of a medical diagnostic system comprising:

writing a configuration file comprising identification information of displayed items of the interface in the remote display;

storing a guard designation in the configuration file for at least one guarded item of the interface in the remote display;

creating a dynamic link library configured to receive the identification information and the guard designation from the configuration file; and

installing a server to receive input from the dynamic link library, wherein the server is configured to call an application program interface (API) function that outputs identification information of displayed items of the interface in the remote display, to compare the identification information output from the API function to the identification information from the configuration file, and to guard at least one displayed item based on the comparison.

2. The method as recited in claim 1 , wherein the server is configured to serve the remote display so that the guarded item comprises an altered appearance on the remote display.

3. The method as recited in claim 1 , wherein the server is configured to serve the remote display so that the guarded item is inoperable via the remote display.

4. The method as recited in claim 1 , wherein the guarded item is configured to control a physical operation of the medical diagnostic system.

5. The method as recited in claim 1 , wherein the medical diagnostic system comprises a medical imaging system.

6. A method of operating a medical diagnostic system, comprising:

comparing identification information output from an application program interface (API) function of an operating system software development kit (SDK) to identification information of an item to be guarded on a remote display from a configuration file;

receiving information from the configuration file to a dynamic link library;

receiving input from the dynamic link library to a server coupled to the medical diagnostic system; and

guarding the item to be guarded on the remote display based on the identification information and the comparison.

7. The method as recited in claim 6 , comprising serving the remote display via the server.

8. The method as claim 7 , comprising altering the appearance of the guarded item on the remote display via the server based on the input received from the dynamic link library.

9. The method as recited in claim 7 , comprising guarding access to the guarded item on the remote display by a filter implemented by the server based on the input received from the dynamic link library.

10. The method as recited claim 9 , wherein the guarded item is configured to control a physical operation of the medical diagnostic system.

11. The method as recited in claim 6 , wherein the server comprises a C++ server.

12. A medical diagnostic system comprising:

an application configured to generate a user-interface screen comprising a plurality of interface items and to call an application program interface (API) function of an operating system to identify displayed interface items;

a configuration file stored on the system and including identification data of at least one interface item to be guarded and a guarded designation for the at least one guarded item;

a dynamic link library configured to receive the identification data and the guarded designation from the configuration file; and

a server operative on the system for serving the user-interface screen to a remote client.

13. The method as recited in claim 12 , wherein the guarded item of the user-interface screen served to the remote client has an altered appearance to the remote client.

14. The method as recited in claim 13 , wherein the medical diagnostic system comprises a scanner.

15. The method as recited in claim 12 , wherein the altered appearance is based upon the identification data and the guarded designation.

16. A medical diagnostic system comprising:

an application configured to generate a user-interface screen comprising a plurality of interface items and to call an application program interface (API) function of an operating system to identify displayed interface items;

a configuration file stored on the system and including identification data of at least one interface item to be guarded and a guarded designation for the at least one guarded item;

a dynamic link library configured to receive the identification data and the guarded designation from the configuration file; and

a server configured to serve the screen to a remote client and to receive inputs from the remote client based upon the screen.

17. The system as recited in claim 16 , wherein the server is configured to disallow functions of the application corresponding to the guarded item.

18. The system as recited in claim 16 , wherein the at least one guarded item is configured to control a physical operation of the medical diagnostic system.

19. The system as recited in claim 16 , wherein the medical diagnostic system comprises a medical imaging system.

20. The system as recited in claim 19 , wherein the medical imaging system comprises one of a CT imaging system, an MRI imaging system, a tomosynthesis system, an EBT imaging system, a PET imaging system, or a digital X-ray imaging system.