JP2825254B2 - Medical image storage communication system - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Object of the Invention] (Industrial application field) The present invention relates to a medical image storage communication system used in a medical institution such as a hospital.

(Prior Art) In recent years, X-ray film images, x-ray CT images, ultrasonic images, and the like have been collected from each image generator, and these have been stored as digital image information in a database device as recording means. Is read out and used for diagnosis.

By the way, each database device as described above is arranged in each diagnostic department (for example, obstetrics and gynecology, surgery, internal medicine, etc.), and various image information collected for each diagnostic department is stored in each diagnostic department. They are stored in a database device to facilitate organization and utilization.

Each of such image generation devices and the database device,
It is generally connected via a communication line (hereinafter referred to as a network). Communication between the network and each of these devices is performed by ACR, a standard protocol for medical image communication.
-It is performed by a communication protocol called NEMA.

The format of the communication protocol called ACR-NEMA is composed of image accompanying information and image data. Among these, the image accompanying information includes the patient ID, the name of the doctor in charge, the amount of data, and the like. No information is included, and there is no recording area for additionally writing information on the diagnostic department.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) As described above, despite the desire to distribute and transfer the captured medical image information to each database device, the ACR-N
Since the information related to the diagnostic department is missing in the image accompanying information in the EMA format, the operator has to specify the transfer destination (diagnostic department) for each of the captured medical image information.

Therefore, there has been a problem to be solved that the transfer operation is complicated and that the data is erroneously stored in a database device belonging to another diagnostic department.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a medical image storage communication system capable of simplifying the transfer operation of medical image information and performing accurate transfer.

[Structure of the Invention] (Means for Solving the Problems) The structure of the present invention for achieving the above object comprises an image generating means for generating medical image information, and medical image information generated from the image generating means. Temporary storage means for temporarily storing, transfer destination management means for managing the relationship between the doctor information and the transfer destination database, storage means comprising a plurality of databases for storing medical image information, and information generated by the image generation means. Control means for controlling transfer of medical image information stored in the temporary storage means to a predetermined database in the storage means based on doctor information relating to medical image information and management information of the transfer destination management means And

(Operation) According to the operation of the present invention having the above configuration, the medical image information is stored in the temporary storage unit, and the transfer destination management unit specifies the database to be transferred based on the doctor information related to the medical image information. The information is generated, and the control means transfers the medical image information stored in the temporary storage means to a designated database based on the management information.

As described above, in the medical image generating apparatus, the transfer destination is automatically determined based on the doctor information only by transmitting the generated medical image information to the temporary storage means, so that the operation at the time of transfer can be simplified, and the transfer can be performed. Mistakes can be prevented and accurate transfer can be performed.

(Example) Hereinafter, the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a medical image storage communication system as one embodiment.

The medical image storage communication system 1 shown in FIG. 1 includes image generating means for generating medical image information, such as an X-ray apparatus 8, an X-ray CT apparatus, and an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus 2 arranged in the department of radiology, etc. Designation means 2 ', 8' capable of designating a doctor belonging to a department;
An image transfer control device 9 which will be described in detail later, a relatively high-speed and small-capacity image storage device (temporary storage means, hereinafter referred to as MDB) 3 for temporarily storing the medical image information, and provided in, for example, a radiology department. A relatively low-speed and large-capacity image storage device group (storage means, hereinafter referred to as SDB) 7 capable of recording and storing medical image information for each diagnostic department taken in from the image generating device 2 And an image display device group 10 for reading and displaying medical image information from the SDB 7 in accordance with the information.

The designating means 2 'and 8' have an input section having a keyboard and a display section (neither is shown), and are provided as a part of each image generating apparatus in this embodiment.
The doctor's designation in this configuration is performed by keying in the doctor's initials and the like from the keyboard of the input unit. Also,
The input characters are displayed on the display unit at the same time, so that designation errors can be prevented.

The SDB 7 is an image generation device 2 provided in a radiology department or the like.
A relatively low-speed and large-capacity medical image information recorded and stored for each diagnostic department, for example, is recorded on a magnetic disk or the like. Medical image storage device 4 for storing and storing surgical image information similarly, surgical image storage device 5 for storing surgical image information, and obstetric and gynecological image storage device 6 for storing obstetric and gynecological image information
And so on.

The image transfer control device 9 includes a CPU and the like,
As the center of the configuration of this system, the designation means 2 ',
In accordance with the designation of the doctor by 8 ', a specific information storage means 9a for storing the specific information for specifying the recording means (image storage devices 4 to 6) of the diagnostic department to which the specified doctor belongs is built in, and is specified by this specific information. It has a function as a transfer means for transferring the medical image information to the recording means of the diagnostic department.

This storage means 9a is composed of a RAM or the like,
A reference table 18 as shown in the figure is recorded.

The reference table 18 shown in FIG. 2 stores a pair of a doctor name (eg, A, B, etc.) as specific information and a medical image storage device installed in a diagnostic department (eg, internal medicine, surgery, etc.) to which the doctor belongs. It is related to one. Therefore, the image transfer control device 9 refers to the diagnosis department to which the designated doctor belongs according to the designation of the doctor by the designation means 2 ', 8', and stores the image in the image storage device installed in the diagnosis department. The medical image information captured from the generator 2 is automatically recorded. In this sense, the reference table 18 can be called a transfer destination management unit.

The image display device group 10 includes a medical image display device 13 having a CRT or the like, a surgical image display device 12, an obstetrics / gynecology image display device 11, and the like. The medical image information recorded in the image storage device installed in the medical device can be displayed.

Each of the terminal devices is connected to a communication line (hereinafter, referred to as a network) denoted by 14 to 17 via a network interface unit (hereinafter, referred to as NIU) 19, and is connected between the networks 14 to 17 and each terminal device. Is performed by the ACR-NEMA protocol which is the standard protocol of the medical image communication described above.

Next, the operation and effect of the medical image storage communication system configured as described above will be described with reference to FIG.

First, the medical image information generated by the image generating apparatus 2 is sequentially transferred to the MDB 3 via the network 14 together with the doctor's name by inputting the doctor's name of the designation means 2 ', 8' and pressing the execution key. Is once recorded and stored.

The image transfer control device 9 monitors the storage capacity of the medical image information recorded in the MDB 3, and when it detects that the remaining storage capacity has been exhausted, the image transfer control apparatus 9 transmits the medical image information stored up to that time to the network 14. Via SDB7.

The transfer destination of the medical image information transferred in this case is automatically determined by the image transfer control device 9.

Then, the medical image information written and stored in any of the image storage devices forming the SDB 7 is transferred from the SDB 7 via the network 2 by a display request from the internal image display device 13 and displayed on the CRT. Is done.

According to the medical image storage communication system described in detail above, it is not necessary to specify a transfer destination for each medical image information even if the communication protocol does not have information on a diagnostic department. Therefore, it is possible to solve a problem that could not be solved conventionally, such as easy operation and erroneous storage in another database device. This also makes it possible to shorten the operation time required for the transfer.

Note that the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and various modifications can be made within the scope of the gist.

For example, in the above embodiment, the communication protocol is ACR
Although the case where NEMA is used has been described as an example, the present invention can be applied to a protocol having no information on other diagnostic departments. In this case, the same effects as in the above embodiment can be obtained.

Further, when there is a change in a doctor belonging to a specific diagnostic department, the reference table written in the recording unit 9a may be updated.

[Effects of the Invention] According to the present invention described above in detail, it is possible to provide a medical image storage communication system capable of simplifying an operation for transferring medical image information and performing accurate transfer.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic block diagram showing one embodiment of a medical image storage communication system according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of a reference table stored in a storage means, and FIG. It is explanatory drawing which shows the flow in FIG. 2, 8 image generating means, 2 ', 8' designating means, 4 to 6 recording means, 9 transfer means, 9a specific information recording means, 14 to 17 communication lines.

Claims (4)

(57) [Claims] 1. An image generating means for generating medical image information, a temporary storage means for temporarily storing medical image information generated by the image generating means, and a transfer for managing a relationship between doctor information and a transfer destination database. Destination management means, storage means comprising a plurality of databases for storing medical image information, and the temporary information based on the doctor information relating to the medical image information generated by the image generation means and the management information of the transfer destination management means. Control means for controlling transfer of the medical image information stored in the storage means to a predetermined database of the storage means. 2. The medical image storage communication system according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of databases of said storage means are provided for each diagnostic fee. 3. The medical image storage communication system according to claim 1, wherein doctor information relating to medical image information generated by said image generating means is input to said image generating means. 4. The medical image storage communication system according to claim 1, wherein the transfer control by said control means is executed when the remaining storage capacity of said temporary storage means has become less than a predetermined amount.