In the present invention, a method of optimizing images of a patient utilizing a medical imaging device includes the steps of providing a medical imaging device 10 having an x-ray source 14, an x-ray detector 18, a controller 32 for adjusting the positions of the x-ray source 14 and detector 18, an image reconstructor/generator 38 connected to the x-ray detector to receive x-ray data and reconstruct an x-ray image, and a processor 40 connected to the image reconstructor/generator 38 and the controller 32 and configured to perform analyses on the x-ray image, acquiring a first data set S1 of images, processing the first data set S1 to reconstruct a first computerized data set D1, analyzing the first computerized data set D1, acquiring at least one additional data set Sn in response to the analysis of the first computerized data set D1and processing the at least one additional data set Sn in combination with the first data set S1 to reconstruct an optimized and updated computerized data set Dn.
