A medical imaging system for scan queue management is provided, comprising: a computing device； a display device； and, an imaging device； the computing device configured to: render: a graphical scan queue comprising a first graphical representation of a type of each respective digital image series of a plurality of digital image series, in an order corresponding to an order in which the series are to be acquired； and, a graphical indication of respective total estimated times for acquiring each of the series； render, at the display, a respective graphical timer on each respective first graphical representation as the series are acquired, the respective graphical timer indicating acquisition progress； receive, from the imaging device, the respective series as they are acquired； store the respective series； and, when acquisition of the respective series occurs, render a graphical indicator of a next respective series to be acquired in the scan queue.
