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1. A physical layer network interface link apparatus comprising:
a combined physical coding sublayer (PCS) and Reed-Solomon (RS) forward error correction (FEC) sublayer module, said combined PCS and RS FEC module developed on a single chip,
wherein said combined PCS and RS FEC module includes:
a media access control (MAC) interface for connection to a MAC layer providing or receiving a stream of 64 bit blocks;
a physical media attachment (PMA) interface for connection to a PMA layer utilizing four lanes;
an RS FEC encoder module; and
an RS FEC decoder module, and

wherein said combined PCS and RS FEC module operates using only four lanes.
2. The apparatus of claim 1, said combined PCS and RS FEC module further including:
a transmit path; and
a receive path,
wherein said transmit path includes:
an encode module connected to said MAC interface;
a scramble module connected to said encode module;
a block distribution module connected to said scramble module;
a transmit transcode module to transcode from 64 b66 b blocks to 256 b257 b blocks connected to said block distribution module;
an alignment marker insertion module connected to said transmit transcode module;
said RS FEC encode module connected to said alignment marker insertion module; and
a symbol distribution module connected to said RS FEC encode module and said PMA interface, and

wherein said receive path further includes:
an alignment lock and deskew module connected to said PMA interface;
a lane reorder module connected to said alignment lock and deskew module;
said RS FEC decoder module connected to said lane reorder module;
an alignment marker removal module connected to said RS FEC decoder module;
a receive transcode module to transcode from 256 b257 b blocks to 64 b66 b blocks connected to said alignment marker removal module;
a descramble module connected to said receive transcode module;
a decode module connected to said descramble module and said MAC interface.
3. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein said alignment markers are in the form of an alignment marker pair, said alignment marker pair including a first alignment marker for lane zero and a second alignment marker for the appropriate lane on which said alignment marker pair is provided.
4. The apparatus of claim 3, wherein said alignment markers do not include bit interleaved parity (BIP) fields but include fixed DC balanced values instead.
5. The apparatus of claim 2, where there is only a single alignment marker insertion module and a single alignment marker removal module in said combined PCS and RS FEC module.
6. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the network interface link is a 128 Gbps Fibre Channel network link.
7. A physical layer network interface link apparatus comprising:
a media access control (MAC) layer having an interface providing or receiving a stream of 64 bit blocks; and
a combined physical coding sublayer (PCS) and Reed-Solomon (RS) forward error correction (FEC) sublayer module, said combined PCS and RS FEC module developed on a single chip,
wherein said combined PCS and RS FEC module includes:
a MAC interface connected to said MAC layer interface;
a physical media attachment (PMA) interface for connection to a PMA layer utilizing four lanes;
an RS FEC encoder module; and
an RS FEC decoder module, and

wherein said combined PCS and RS FEC module operates using only four lanes.
8. The apparatus of claim 7, said combined PCS and RS FEC module further including:
a transmit path; and
a receive path,
wherein said transmit path includes:
an encode module connected to said MAC interface;
a scramble module connected to said encode module;
a block distribution module connected to said scramble module;
a transmit transcode module to transcode from 64 b66 b blocks to 256 b257 b blocks connected to said block distribution module;
an alignment marker insertion module connected to said transmit transcode module;
said RS FEC encode module connected to said alignment marker insertion module; and
a symbol distribution module connected to said RS FEC encode module and said PMA interface, and

wherein said receive path further includes:
an alignment lock and deskew module connected to said PMA interface;
a lane reorder module connected to said alignment lock and deskew module;
said RS FEC decoder module connected to said lane reorder module;
an alignment marker removal module connected to said RS FEC decoder module;
a receive transcode module to transcode from 256 b257 b blocks to 64 b66 b blocks connected to said alignment marker removal module;
a descramble module connected to said receive transcode module;
a decode module connected to said descramble module and said MAC interface.
9. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein said alignment markers are in the form of an alignment marker pair, said alignment marker pair including a first alignment marker for lane zero and a second alignment marker for the appropriate lane on which said alignment marker pair is provided.
10. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein said alignment markers do not include bit interleaved parity (BIP) fields but include fixed DC balanced values instead.
11. The apparatus of claim 8, where there is only a single alignment marker insertion module and a single alignment marker removal module in said combined PCS and RS FEC module.
12. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the network interface link is a 128 Gbps Fibre Channel network link.
13. A network switch comprising:
a control processor;
memory coupled to said control processor; and
a switching system coupled to said control processor, said switching system including:
a frame data storage system;
a header processing system coupled to said frame data storage system; and
a plurality of ports coupled to said frame data storage system, each of said plurality of ports including:
a frame data storage system interface coupled to said frame data storage system; and
a physical layer network interface link apparatus including:
a media access control (MAC) layer having an interface providing or receiving a stream of 64 bit blocks;
a combined physical coding sublayer (PCS) and Reed-Solomon (RS) forward error correction (FEC) sublayer module, said combined PCS and RS FEC module developed on a single chip;
a physical media attachment (PMA) layer having an interface connected to said combined PCS and RS FEC module; and
a physical media dependent (PMD) layer connected to said PMA layer and for connection to an external network link,
wherein said combined PCS and RS FEC module includes:
a MAC interface connected to said MAC layer interface;
a PMA interface connected to said PMA layer interface utilizing four lanes;
an RS FEC encoder module; and
an RS FEC decoder module, and

wherein said combined PCS and RS FEC module operates using only four lanes.
14. The network switch of claim 13, said combined PCS and RS FEC module further including:
a transmit path; and
a receive path,
wherein said transmit path includes:
an encode module connected to said MAC interface;
a scramble module connected to said encode module;
a block distribution module connected to said scramble module;
a transmit transcode module to transcode from 64 b66 b blocks to 256 b257 b blocks connected to said block distribution module;
an alignment marker insertion module connected to said transmit transcode module;
said RS FEC encode module connected to said alignment marker insertion module; and
a symbol distribution module connected to said RS FEC encode module and said PMA interface, and

wherein said receive path further includes:
an alignment lock and deskew module connected to said PMA interface;
a lane reorder module connected to said alignment lock and deskew module;
said RS FEC decoder module connected to said lane reorder module;
an alignment marker removal module connected to said RS FEC decoder module;
a receive transcode module to transcode from 256 b257 b blocks to 64 b66 b blocks connected to said alignment marker removal module;
a descramble module connected to said receive transcode module;
a decode module connected to said descramble module and said MAC interface.
15. The network switch of claim 14, wherein said alignment markers are in the form of an alignment marker pair, said alignment marker pair including a first alignment marker for lane zero and a second alignment marker for the appropriate lane on which said alignment marker pair is provided.
16. The network switch of claim 15, wherein said alignment markers do not include bit interleaved parity (BIP) fields but include fixed DC balanced values instead.
17. The network switch of claim 14, where there is only a single alignment marker insertion module and a single alignment marker removal module in said combined PCS and RS FEC module.
18. The network switch of claim 13, wherein the external network interface link is a 128 Gbps Fibre Channel network link.

The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.

What is claimed is:

1. An apparatus for the use of treating atherosclerotic vascular disease within the body of a patient, said apparatus comprising,
an instrument body having an elongated shaft that is sized and constructed for insertion into the interior of an atherosclerotic blood vessel of a patient,
a light radiation source connected to the shaft for destroying or debilitating microorganisms within the vessel,
said light radiation source exposing an interior wall of the vessel to light radiation with a wavelength of a selected range to kill or debilitate pathogenic microorganisms supported on or within the plaque or endothelium lining the vessel that is being treated without damage, destruction or ablation of the wall of the wall of the vessel or the surrounding body tissue.
2. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein a substantial portion of the energy output of said light radiation source has a wavelength within a range between about 200-470 nm.
3. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the shaft comprises a fiber optic bundle and the apparatus includes means for focusing a beam of light from the radiation source onto a proximal end of the fiber optic bundle.
4. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the light radiation source comprises a flash tube and a power supply is connected to the flash tube for energizing the flash tube intermittently to produce bursts of light at time intervals.
5. The apparatus of claim 4 wherein the flash tube comprises a xenon filled flash tube.
6. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the light source comprises a low-pressure mercury lamp.
7. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the light source comprises a kryptonfluoride lamp.
8. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the light radiation source comprises an incandescent lamp for providing visible light energy.
9. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the light source comprises a flash lamp, a power supply is connected to the flash lamp for energizing the lamp at timed intervals for producing flashes of light energy having a substantial portion of the energy output at a wavelength between about 240 nm to 280 nm.
10. The apparatus of claim 9 wherein the flash lamp is located exteriorly of the body of the patient, the shaft comprises a flexible fiber optic bundle and the lamp is optically coupled to the fiber optic bundle so as to transmit light to a proximal end of the fiber optic bundle such that intermittent flashes of light pass through the fiber optic bundle into the body of the patient and are directed from a distal end of the fiber optic bundle located within the body of the patient onto the lining of the blood vessel surrounding a distal end of the fiber optic bundle.
11. The apparatus of claim 9 wherein the lamp is a xenon flash lamp providing ultraviolet light.
12. The apparatus of claim 9 wherein a lens is provided proximate the lamp to focus a collimated beam of light from the lamp onto a proximal end of the fiber optic bundle passing through the shaft.
13. The apparatus of claim 9 wherein the fiber optic bundle comprises a multiplicity of quartz fibers.
14. The apparatus of claim 3 wherein a reflector is positioned proximate a lamp to direct light from the lamp toward a proximal end of the fiber optic bundle.
15. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the light source is a flash lamp for producing intermittent flashes of light energy and a power supply is connected to the lamp for discharging a capacitor intermittently through the lamp to produce the flashes of light energy.
16. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the light source is a light emitting diode.
17. The apparatus of claim 16 wherein the diode produces cool light having wavelengths predominately between about 300 nm and 470 nm.
18. The apparatus of claim 16 wherein the shaft is an elongated flexible element having electrical conductors extending therealong and the light emitting diode is connected to the conductors at a distal end of the element and is positioned by means of the shaft during use within a vessel of the patient at the site of the atherosclerotic vascular disease.
19. The apparatus of claim 18 wherein the light emitting diode provides cool light of a wavelength predominately between about 300 nm and 470 nm.
20. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the fiber optic bundle has a light distributing distal end and a balloon surrounds the end for occluding the vessel.
21. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the shaft is a flexible element and the light source is located proximate a distal end of the shaft and comprises a chemical or chemiluminescent light source for killing or debilitating the microorganisms.
22. The apparatus of claim 21 wherein the light source is a transparent tube containing a chemical or chemiluminescent agent.
23. The apparatus of claim 21 wherein the light source is a transparent plastic capsule containing a chemical or chemiluminescent agent.
24. The apparatus of claim 21 wherein the light source is a transparent tube containing a chemiluminescent agent and electrodes are electronically coupled to the light source for passing an electric current therethrough.
25. The apparatus of any claims 22-25 wherein the light source comprises two chemically reactive agents separated by a barrier that can be removed by manipulating the light source, thereby causing the agents to react chemically for producing light energy.
26. A method of treating atherosclerotic vascular disease comprising,
providing a source of light energy having a wavelength of a selected range,
providing a shaft having a light energy distribution head at a distal end thereof for distributing the light energy from the end of the shaft,
placing the shaft into the body of the patient,
positioning the distribution head within the portion of a blood vessel where the atherosclerotic disease is located,
distributing light energy from the distribution head so as to kill or debilitate pathogenic microorganisms that are present in the vessel or in plaque lining the vessel.
27. The method of claim 26 including selecting light energy having a wavelength ranging predominantly between about 200 and 470 nm.
28. The method of claim 27 including selecting light energy having a wavelength ranging predominantly between about 200-400 nm.
29. The method of claim 27 including selecting light energy having a wavelength ranging predominantly between about 300 and 470 nm.
30. The method of claim 26 including,
providing a chemical or chemiluminescent agent within the distribution head and,
causing the chemical or chemiluminescent agent to luminesce for producing said light energy.
31. The method of claim 26 including the step of,
providing a light emitting diode within the distribution head and,
applying an electric current to the diode for producing said light energy.
32. The method of claim 30 including the step of applying an electrical current across said chemical or chemiluminescent agent to facilitate the production of light energy thereby.

1. A system for performing a panorama imaging procedure with an imaging device, comprising:
imaging means configured to capture adjacent frames of image data;
a panorama manager that generates one or more image parameters corresponding to said adjacent frames of image data; and
a stitching module that combines said adjacent frames of image data into a composite panorama image, wherein said imaging device samples and stores a parameter range of image parameter values from a panorama target area, said panorama manager selecting a global parameter value that represents said parameter range of image parameter values, said panorama manager utilizing said global parameter value for all of said adjacent frames of said image data.
2. The system of claim 1 wherein said panorama manager selects said global parameter value by calculating an average value of said parameter range.
3. The system of claim 1 wherein said panorama manager selects said global parameter value by comparing said parameter range of parameter values to a pre-determined global parameter lookup table.
4. A system for performing a panorama imaging procedure with an imaging device, comprising:
imaging means configured to capture adjacent frames of image data;
a panorama manager that generates one or more image parameters corresponding to said adjacent frames of image data; and
a stitching module that combines said adjacent frames of image data into a composite panorama image, wherein said panorama manager performs a transition processing procedure on adjacent frames of said image data for defining transition parameters to create a cohesive composite image quality for a composite panorama image, wherein said imaging device captures and stores an initial frame of said image data into frame buffers at a prior frame location, said imaging device capturing and storing a next frame of said image data into said frame buffers at a current frame location, said panorama manager performing said transition processing procedure on said image data from said prior frame location of said frame buffers, said transition processing procedure including gradually modifying said one or more image parameters from said image data from said prior frame location of said frame buffers to thereby transition from original values of said one or more image parameters at a first edge of said image data and linearly progressing to matching parameter values at a second edge of said image data, said second edge being adjacent to said image data from said current frame location of said frame buffers, said matching parameter values being equal to said one or more image parameters of said image data in said current frame location.
5. A system for performing a panorama imaging procedure with an imaging device, comprising:
imaging means configured to capture adjacent frames of image data;
a panorama manager that generates one or more image parameters corresponding to said adjacent frames of image data, said panorama manager performing a transition processing procedure on adjacent frames of said image data for defining transition parameters to create a cohesive composite image quality for a composite panorama image; and
a stitching module that combines said adjacent frames of image data into a composite panorama image, wherein said imaging device captures and stores an initial frame of said image data into frame buffers at a prior frame location, said imaging device capturing and storing a next frame of said image data into said frame buffers at a current frame location, said panorama manager performing said transition processing procedure on said image data from said prior frame location of said frame buffers, said transition processing procedure including gradually modifying said one or more image parameters from said image data from said prior frame location of said frame buffers to thereby transition from original values of said one or more image parameters at a first edge of said image data and linearly progressing to matching parameter values at a second edge of said image data, said second edge being adjacent to said image data from said current frame location of said frame buffers, said matching parameter values being equal to said one or more image parameters of said image data in said current frame location.

The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.

1. A method for monitoring and assessing the function of an at-risk nerve in a subject during a surgical procedure, comprising the steps of:
a. obtaining a baseline spontaneously occurring electromyography activity (sEMG) recording; then serially, throughout the procedure, obtaining a plurality of mechanically elicited electromyography activity (mEMG) recordings; and therefrom obtaining a plurality of real-time mEMGsEMG comparisons between the serially obtained mEMG recordings and the sEMG recording;
b. obtaining a baseline spontaneously occurring nerve action potential (sNAP) recording; then serially, throughout the procedure, recording a plurality of mechanically elicited nerve action potential (mNAP) recordings; and therefrom obtaining a plurality of real-time mNAP sNAP comparisons between the serially obtained mNAP recordings and the sNAP recording;
c. serially, throughout the procedure, electrically stimulating a (sciatic) nerve portion and following each act of stimulating, obtaining a plurality of electrically elicited compound muscle action potential (eCMAP) recordings, and a plurality of electrically elicited compound nerve action potential (eNAP) recordings; and therefrom obtaining a plurality of real-time eCMAPeCMAP comparisons between the serially obtained eCMAP recordings and a plurality of real-time eNAPeNAP comparisons between the serially obtained eNAP recordings,
wherein the obtained mEMG, sEMG, mNAP, sNAP, eCMAP, eNAP recordings, and the mEMGsEMG, mNAPsNAP, eCMAPeCMAP and eNAPeNAP comparisons are displayed by means of one or more of a plurality of real-time trend displays, and a processor adapted and configured to receive and store in a plurality of real-time data acquisition buffers the obtained mEMG, sEMG, mNAP, sNAP, eCMAP, eNAP recordings, and receive and store in a plurality of real-time comparison buffers the mEMGsEMG, mNAPsNAP, eCMAPeCMAP and eNAPeNAP comparisons, said processor being in communication with said real-time trend displays, and
wherein said real-time trend displays comprise: one or a plurality of baseline data windows wherein one or more baseline data are displayed; one or more amplitude waveform windows wherein one or more amplitude waveforms are displayed with respect to time; one or a plurality of latency waveform windows wherein one or more latency waveforms are displayed with respect to time; one or a plurality of frequency waveform windows wherein one or more frequency waveforms are displayed with respect to time; and one or a plurality of real-time digital value analysis windows, wherein recorded analog data converted to digital values are displayed with respect to time, said digital value analysis windows providing a plurality of evaluations in real-time.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein the procedure is performed upon a hip, a shoulder, a knee, a wrist, an elbow or an ankle.
3. The method of claim 1, wherein the at-risk nerve is a nerve selected from the group consisting of the sciatic, the median, the ulnar, the radial, the axillary, the musculocutaneous, the suprascapular, the deep peroneal, the superficial peroneal, the posterior tibial, the sural, and the common peroneal.
4. The method of claim 1, wherein the sEMG and mEMG recordings are obtained at one or more of a muscle selected from the group consisting of the quadriceps, the tibialis anterior, the gastrocnemius, the medial gastrocnemius, the lateral gastrocnemius, the extensor hallucis longus, the abductor, the abductor pollicis brevis, the thenar eminence, the first dorsal interosseous, the extensor indicis proprius, the abductor pollicis longus, the abductor digiti minimi, the pronator teres, the flexor pollicis longus, the flexor carpi radialis, the flexor carpi ulnaris, the extensor digitorum communis, the tricep, the bicep, the deltoid, and the infraspinatus.
5. The method of claim 1, wherein the sNAP, mNAP and eNAP recordings are obtained over one or more of a nerve selected from the group consisting of the medial femoral cutaneous, the lateral femoral cutaneous, the peroneal, the posterior tibial, the median, the ulnar, the radial, the brachial plexus, the axillary, the musculocutaneous, the suprascapular, the sural, the deep peroneal, and the superficial peroneal.
6. The method of claim 1, wherein the eCMAP recordings are obtained at one or more of a muscle selected from the group consisting of the quadriceps, the tibialis anterior, the gastrocnemius, the extensor hallucis longus, the abductor pollicis brevis, the thenar eminence, the first dorsal interosseous, the abductor pollicis, the extensor indicis proprius, the abductor pollicis longus, the abductor digiti minimi, the first dorsal interosseous, the axillary deltoid, the musculocutaneous, the suprascapular, the extensor digitorum communis, the tricep, the extensor digitorum brevis, the peroneus longus, the abductor digiti minimi and the abductor hallucis.
7. The method of claim 1, wherein one or more of the comparisons occurring with respect to time are audibilized.
8. The method of claim 1, wherein said baseline sEMG recording and said baseline sNAP recording are obtained at a time selected from the group consisting of: before a procedure, during a procedure but before an invasive step, during a procedure following a first invasive step, prior to instrumentation, and post instrumentation.
9. The method of claim 1, wherein one or more recordings are obtained via wireless electrodes.
10. The method of claim 1, wherein the at-risk nerve is located and stimulated with a bipolar wand.
11. The method of claim 10, wherein the bipolar wand is wirelessly powered.
12. The method of claim 1, further comprising using a montage stocking for placement of electrodes, wherein the montage stocking has positioned apertures corresponding to a specific electrode montage, wherein the electrodes are placed on the surface or just beneath the surface of the skin of a subject at the positions of the apertures.
13. The method of claim 1, further comprising using a multi-channel neurophysiologic monitoring system configured to control a plurality electrodes.
14. The method of claim 13, wherein the neurophysiologic monitoring system comprises wireless recording electrodes.
15. A system for monitoring and assessing the function of an at-risk nerve in a subject during a surgical procedure, comprising means for carrying out the method of claim 1.
16. The system of claim 15, wherein the procedure is performed upon a hip, a shoulder, a knee, a wrist, an elbow or an ankle.
17. The system of claim 16, wherein the at-risk nerve is a nerve selected from the group consisting of the sciatic, the median, the ulnar, the radial, the axillary, the musculocutaneous, the suprascapular, the deep peroneal, the superficial peroneal, the posterior tibial, the sural, and the common peroneal.
18. The system of claim 16, wherein the sEMG and mEMG recordings are obtained at one or more of a muscle selected from the group consisting of the quadriceps, the tibialis anterior, the gastrocnemius, the medial gastrocnemius, the lateral gastrocnemius, the extensor hallucis longus, the abductor, the abductor pollicis brevis, the thenar eminence, the first dorsal interosseous, the extensor indicis proprius, the abductor pollicis longus, the abductor digiti minimi, the pronator teres, the flexor pollicis longus, the flexor carpi radialis, the flexor carpi ulnaris, the extensor digitorum communis, the tricep, the bicep, the deltoid, and the infraspinatus.
19. The system of claim 16, wherein the sNAP, mNAP and eNAP recordings are obtained over one or more of a nerve selected from the group consisting of the medial femoral cutaneous, the lateral femoral cutaneous, the peroneal, the posterior tibial, the median, the ulnar, the radial, the brachial plexus, the axillary, the musculocutaneous, the suprascapular, the sural, the deep peroneal, and the superficial peroneal.
20. The system of claim 16, wherein the eCMAP recordings are obtained at one or more of a muscle selected from the group consisting of the quadriceps, the tibialis anterior, the gastrocnemius, the extensor hallucis longus, the abductor pollicis brevis, the thenar eminence, the first dorsal interosseous, the abductor pollicis, the extensor indicis proprius, the abductor pollicis longus, the abductor digiti minimi, the first dorsal interosseous, the axillary deltoid, the musculocutaneous, the suprascapular, the extensor digitorum communis, the tricep, the extensor digitorum brevis, the peroneus longus, the abductor digiti minimi and the abductor hallucis.
21. The system of claim 16, wherein one or more of the comparisons occurring with respect to time are audibilized.
22. The system of claim 16, wherein said baseline sEMG recording and said baseline sNAP recording are obtained at a time selected from the group consisting of: before a procedure, during a procedure but before an invasive step, during a procedure following a first invasive step, prior to instrumentation, and post instrumentation.
23. The system of claim 16, wherein one or more recordings are obtained via wireless electrodes.
24. The system of claim 16, wherein the at-risk nerve is located and stimulated with a bipolar wand.
25. The system of claim 16, wherein the bipolar wand is wirelessly powered.
26. The system of claim 16, further comprising using a montage stocking for placement of electrodes, wherein the montage stocking has positioned apertures corresponding to a specific electrode montage, wherein the electrodes are placed on the surface or just beneath the surface of the skin of a subject at the positions of the apertures.
27. The system of claim 16, further comprising using a multi-channel neurophysiologic monitoring system configured to control a plurality electrodes.
28. The system of claim 27, wherein the neurophysiologic monitoring system comprises wireless recording electrodes.
29. The system of claim 27, further comprising a subject connection means connected between the subject and the computer and comprising a plurality of receptor sites for inserting multiple stimulating and recording modules, wherein the receptor sites for inserting stimulating modules correlate with placement of stimulating modules on the subject; and wherein the receptor sites for inserting recording modules correlate with placement of recording modules on the subject.
30. The system of claim 27, further comprising a stimulus switchbox means connected between the subject connection means and an AND converter means, wherein the stimulus switchbox means provides for instrumental control of a plurality of recording and stimulating modules.
31. The system of claim 27, further comprising a software means for generating a deviation from normal warning signal via a visual, audible or electronic means.
32. The system of claim 27, further comprising a software means for providing and displaying an icon on a computer screen responsive to a command by a computer user, wherein the icon appears on the screen and prompts a user to select an option consisting of take a subject history, select a recording protocol, confirm proper module placement, input parameters, record a sequence, analyze data, archive data, or generate a report.