JP4649195B2 - Inspection management system - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an inspection management system that manages an inspection apparatus that executes each process of a predetermined inspection including a plurality of processes in time series in accordance with an inspection workflow indicating each process and its flow in the inspection.

  There are various types of examinations aimed at taking medical images. Depending on the inspection, there is an inspection that does not require time interruption (normal inspection), and there is an inspection (interruption inspection) that is performed in a plurality of items with a time interruption in one inspection. A typical example of the interruption test is a stress test using an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus. The purpose of this test is to photograph the state of the heart before and after artificially applying a load, and to diagnose a heart disease that does not occur at rest, such as angina pectoris. The first test (no-load test) is performed at a certain time, and then the second test (overload test) is performed with a load applied to the heart (no-load test). Is typically done in the morning and overload tests in the afternoon).

  FIG. 12 is a diagram showing a work flow (workflow) of a conventional operator in a normal examination or an interruption examination using a medical imaging device. As shown in the figure, the operator starts the next new inspection by pressing the “next inspection” button on the operation panel at the start of the inspection (step C1). Next, when the inspection is completed and the process proceeds to the next inspection, whether to proceed to the next inspection as an interruption process for interrupting the inspection or whether to proceed to the next inspection as an end process to completely terminate the inspection For example, the determination is made according to the inspection type (step C2), and the “next inspection” button or the “interrupt” button is pressed (steps S3 and S3 ′). For example, when the inspection is an interruption inspection, the inspection is interrupted when the interruption button is operated. In response to this, a GUI screen for designating whether or not to transmit the inspection execution information is displayed (step C4), and whether or not the inspection execution information needs to be transmitted is input from the screen (step S5). . When this input is completed, the next inspection information is displayed on the screen. On the other hand, if the test is a normal test, the next test information is displayed on the screen by ending the test with the “next test” button (step S6).

  When the workflow of FIG. 12 is applied to the stress echo test, when the test performed in step C1 is a no-load test, an overload test is performed later, so the test is interrupted by the “interrupt” button. On the other hand, if the test carried out in step C1 is an overload test, the test for the patient is completed, so the stress echo test is terminated by the “next test” button, and another new test is entered. become.

  In this way, the operator determines whether to perform the “interrupt” operation or the “next inspection” operation depending on the type of inspection, and when performing the “interrupt” operation, further transmits the inspection execution information. Judgment of necessity is performed. The operator artificially operates a predetermined button according to each determination result so as not to misidentify the examination state determination.

  However, the conventional inspection represented by the above example has the following problems. In other words, in a conventional apparatus such as a medical imaging device, the user himself / herself has to operate with an awareness of interruption and resumption of the examination during the examination. In particular, when moving to the next inspection, the operator will determine whether to interrupt or end the existing inspection based on the inspection type, and if so, press the interrupt button. However, when the operation is to be ended, a different operation must be taken depending on the determination result, such as pressing the end button. In the result reference after the test is completed, the test before the interruption and the test after the interruption are displayed separately (for example, in the case of the stress echo test, the no-load test and the overload test are displayed as separate items. Therefore, the user must consciously judge the relationship between each test. Such operations and operations that require judgment are not only complicated, but also cause erroneous operations.

In addition, as a well-known document relevant to this application, there exist the following, for example.
JP 2003-79627 A

  The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and it is not necessary for the operator to be aware of interruption and resumption during the examination, and to be aware of the relevance of the examination before and after the interruption when referring to the result after the examination. It is an object of the present invention to provide an inspection management system capable of referring to preferable operations and results.

  In order to achieve the above object, the present invention takes the following measures.

The invention according to claim 1 is an inspection management system that manages an inspection apparatus that executes each process of a predetermined inspection including a plurality of processes in time series in accordance with an inspection workflow indicating each process and its flow in the inspection. , Information for determining whether the predetermined inspection corresponds to an interruption inspection including an interruption process for suspending the execution of the inspection workflow, or a normal inspection not including the interruption process in the execution of the inspection workflow. Input means for inputting inspection information including, and determination means for making a determination according to an inspection form indicating whether the predetermined inspection is the interrupted inspection or the normal inspection based on the input inspection information; said test mode, and status of the interrupting test, small defines in association with a process to be executed when a predetermined trigger event has occurred Storage means for storing Kutomo one event processing rules,
Event accepting means for accepting a trigger event that occurs in the inspection device, the event processing rule when the predetermined trigger event is accepted, the inspection form determined by the determining means, and the status in the current inspection And an execution means for executing an interruption process or an end process when the trigger event occurs based on the inspection management system.

  As described above, according to the present invention, it is not necessary for the operator to be aware of interruption or resumption during the examination, and in the result reference after the examination, it is possible to refer to a suitable operation and result without having to be aware of the relevance of the examination before and after interruption It is possible to realize an inspection management system capable of

  Hereinafter, an inspection management system according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In the following description, components having substantially the same function and configuration are denoted by the same reference numerals, and redundant description will be given only when necessary.

  FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an example of an installation environment of the examination management system 1 in a hospital. As shown in the figure, the present examination management system is used by being connected to an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus, a nuclear medicine diagnostic apparatus, or other medical imaging equipment via a network, or is used by being incorporated in a medical imaging equipment. . In the present embodiment, in order to make the description concrete, an example in which the ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus is used by being incorporated is taken as an example.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus according to this embodiment. As shown in the figure, the ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus includes an ultrasonic probe 12, an input device 13, a monitor 14, a transmission / reception unit 21, a B-mode processing unit 22, a Doppler processing unit 23, an image generation circuit 24, a control processor (CPU). ) 25, a storage device 26, an inspection management unit 28, and an interface unit 30. The inspection management system includes, for example, an inspection management unit 28, an input device 13, a monitor 14, and the like.

  The ultrasonic probe 12 generates ultrasonic waves based on a drive signal from the ultrasonic transmission / reception unit 21, converts a reflected wave from the subject into an electric signal, and a matching layer provided in the piezoelectric vibrator. And a backing material for preventing the propagation of ultrasonic waves from the piezoelectric vibrator to the rear. When ultrasonic waves are transmitted from the ultrasonic probe 2 to the subject P, the transmitted ultrasonic waves are successively reflected by the discontinuous surface of the acoustic impedance of the body tissue and received as an echo signal by the ultrasonic probe 12. . The amplitude of this echo signal depends on the difference in acoustic impedance at the discontinuous surface that is to be reflected. In addition, the echo when the transmitted ultrasonic pulse is reflected by the moving blood flow or the surface of the heart wall depends on the velocity component in the ultrasonic transmission direction of the moving body due to the Doppler effect, and the frequency Receive a shift.

  The input device 13 is connected to the device main body 11, and includes a trackball 13 a and various switches for incorporating various instructions, conditions, region of interest (ROI) setting instructions, various image quality condition setting instructions, etc. from the operator into the device main body 11. 13b and the like. In particular, the input device 13 has a “next inspection switch” that gives an instruction to end the current inspection workflow and shift to the next inspection in the various switches 13b.

  The monitor 14 displays in vivo morphological information and blood flow information as an image based on the video signal from the image generation circuit 24.

  The transmission / reception unit 21 includes a trigger generation circuit, a delay circuit, a pulser circuit, and the like (not shown). In the pulsar circuit, a rate pulse for forming a transmission ultrasonic wave is repeatedly generated at a predetermined rate frequency fr Hz (period: 1 / fr second). Further, in the delay circuit, a delay time necessary for focusing the ultrasonic wave into a beam shape for each channel and determining the transmission directivity is given to each rate pulse. The trigger generation circuit applies a drive pulse to the probe 12 at a timing based on this rate pulse.

  Further, the transmission / reception unit 21 includes an amplifier circuit, an A / D converter, an adder, and the like which are not shown. The amplifier circuit amplifies the echo signal captured via the probe 12 for each channel. In the A / D converter, a delay time necessary for determining the reception directivity is given to the amplified echo signal, and thereafter, an addition process is performed in the adder. By this addition, the reflection component from the direction corresponding to the reception directivity of the echo signal is emphasized, and a comprehensive beam for ultrasonic transmission / reception is formed by the reception directivity and the transmission directivity.

  The B-mode processing unit 22 receives the echo signal from the transmission / reception unit 21, performs logarithmic amplification, envelope detection processing, and the like, and generates data in which the signal intensity is expressed by brightness. This data is transmitted to the image generation circuit 24 and is displayed on the monitor 14 as a B-mode image in which the intensity of the reflected wave is represented by luminance.

  The Doppler processing unit 23 performs frequency analysis on velocity information from the echo signal received from the transmission / reception unit 21, extracts blood flow, tissue, and contrast agent echo components due to the Doppler effect, and obtains blood flow information such as average velocity, dispersion, and power. Ask for multiple points. The obtained blood flow information is sent to the image generation circuit 24 and displayed in color on the monitor 14 as an average velocity image, a dispersion image, a power image, and a combination image thereof.

  The image generation circuit 24 converts the scan line signal sequence of the ultrasonic scan into a scan line signal sequence of a general video format represented by a television or the like, and generates an ultrasonic diagnostic image as a display image. The image generation circuit 24 is equipped with a storage memory for storing image data. For example, an operator can call up an image recorded during an examination after diagnosis. The data before entering the image generation circuit 24 may be referred to as “raw data”.

The control processor 25 has a function as an information processing apparatus (computer) and is a control means for controlling the operation of the main body of the ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus. The control processor 25 reads out a control program for executing image generation / display, which will be described later, from the internal storage device 29 and develops it on a memory (not shown), and executes computation / control, etc., for various processes Stores a control program for executing a scan sequence, image generation, and display processing, diagnostic information (patient ID, doctor's findings, etc.), diagnostic protocol, transmission / reception conditions, and other data groups. Further, it is also used for storing images in the image generation circuit 24 as necessary. Data in the storage device 26 can be transferred to an external peripheral device via the interface circuit 30.

  The inspection management unit 28 manages the inspection by performing interruption processing or termination processing on the inspection workflow according to a predetermined rule. Here, the inspection workflow indicates a plurality of processes executed in a predetermined inspection using the ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus and the flow thereof. Therefore, in the inspection, the apparatus operates according to the inspection workflow. In addition, the interruption process is a process for temporarily stopping the execution of the inspection workflow in order to shift to the next inspection. On the other hand, the end process is to completely stop the execution of the inspection workflow in order to shift to the next inspection. It is processing to do. Therefore, for the inspection workflow that has been interrupted, it is possible to restart the inspection from the middle with the same settings as when the interruption was performed by executing a predetermined operation. On the other hand, for the inspection workflow that has been finished, since all the processing has been completed, the processing included in the inspection workflow cannot be executed halfway. The internal configuration of the inspection management unit 28 and the inspection management function executed thereby will be described in detail later.

  The interface unit 30 is an interface related to the input device 13, the network, and a new external storage device (not shown). Data such as ultrasonic images and analysis results obtained by the apparatus can be transferred to another apparatus via the network by the interface unit 30.

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FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a configuration of the inspection management unit 28. As shown in the figure, the inspection management unit 28 includes an inspection information reception unit 280, an event processing rule reception unit 281, an inspection data storage unit 282, an event processing rule storage unit 283, an event reception unit 284, and an event processing 285. ing.

  The inspection information receiving unit 280 is configured to input the inspection information input via the input device 13, or MWM (Modality Worklist Management: Reservation Information Management) system, RIS (Radiology Information System), HIS (Hospital Information System). : Examination information input via a network by an external system such as a hospital information system), and an examination to be performed based on this and the examination form table in the examination data storage unit 282 (that is, examination workflow) Determines whether is an interrupted inspection or a normal inspection. The determination result is associated with the inspection information as the inspection mode, and is stored in the inspection data storage unit 282 together. Here, examination information includes patient ID (examinee identification information), examination appointment time information, patient information (name, gender, age, etc.), examination purpose, examination site, examination technique and other examinations that are interrupted or normal examination It includes information for determining whether or not. Further, the interruption inspection is an inspection including at least one interruption processing, and the normal inspection is an inspection not including interruption processing.

  The event processing rule reception unit 281 receives registration, change, and the like of event processing rules (described later) via the input device 13, for example. The event processing rule received by the event processing rule receiving unit 281 is automatically stored in the event processing rule storage unit 283.

  The examination data storage unit 282 stores an examination form table in which each examination information (for example, each examination purpose and each examination site) is associated with an interrupted examination or a normal examination. In addition, the inspection form of each inspection based on the determination of the inspection information receiving unit 280 is stored in association with the inspection information.

  The event processing rule storage unit 283 stores event processing rules. Here, the event processing rule defines, for each inspection, an inspection form, a type of trigger event, and an operation performed when the trigger event is operated.

  FIG. 4 shows an example of an event processing rule defined for each examination stored in the event processing rule storage unit 283. In the example shown in the figure, an inspection status indicating the presence or absence of the next inspection (or next processing) in the inspection workflow is further added.

  The event reception unit 284 receives various events generated in the ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus from the control processor 25 and sends them to the event processing unit 285.

  The event processing 285 executes inspection workflow management based on various events and event processing rules received from the event reception unit 284.

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Next, the examination management function of the ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus 1 will be described. This function performs an interruption process or an end process for each inspection element executed according to the inspection workflow based on the event processing rule. In the following, a stress echo test relating to the heart will be described as an example where a no-load test is performed in the morning and an overload test is performed in the afternoon.

  FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a flow of processing of the inspection management function in the stress echo inspection. As shown in the figure, first, for example, when the inspection is started by operating the “next inspection” button, MPPS (Modity Performed Procedure Step) transmission notifying the start to the external system is executed (step S0). ). The inspection information receiving unit 280 receives the inspection information together with the start of the inspection (step S1). This inspection information is received when transmission data is received from an external system such as MWM, when inspection information is registered from the input device 13, when receiving data from an external system or editing data input from the device input screen, etc. To be executed. Therefore, for example, even when an inspection method is selected for inspection information registered in advance in the ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus, the inspection information is received by the inspection information receiving unit. In the present embodiment, it is assumed that the inspection information is received using the MWM system.

  Next, based on the examination purpose, examination site and examination form table included in the received examination information, it is determined whether each examination constituting the examination is “interrupt examination” or “normal examination”. (Step S2). In this case, since the inspection purpose is a stress inspection and the inspection site is the heart, it is determined as an interruption inspection.

  Note that the determination in the present embodiment is based on a combination of items (that is, inspection purpose and inspection site) included in the inspection information. However, it is not intended to be limited to this, and a configuration in which a single item is used as a reference may be used. For example, when only the inspection method is used as a reference, if the inspection method is “stress echo”, a determination such as “interruption inspection” may be performed.

  Next, at a predetermined timing, for example, at the timing when the no-load inspection for the patient is completed and the next patient-related inspection is started, the event processing unit 285 operates the next inspection switch via the event reception unit 284. An event signal based on the above is received (step S3). Further, the event processing unit 285 refers to the event processing rule in the event processing rule storage unit 283, and executes management / control of the inspection workflow (step S4). That is, when the event processing unit 285 receives an event signal based on the next inspection switch operation, the inspection form is “interrupt inspection”, the inspection status is “next inspection”, and the event type is in accordance with the first-stage rule of FIG. The interruption process of the inspection workflow is executed on the condition of “next inspection”. By this interruption processing, the data set in the inspection workflow, the data acquired according to the inspection workflow, and the like are automatically stored in the inspection data storage unit 282 in association with the inspection information.

  The operation may be a code for processing branching of a program or a program name for executing the processing, but is not particularly limited thereto. Further, when the inspection is interrupted, it is desirable to store the photographing state and the measurement state by means described in Japanese Patent Application No. 2004-180917, for example, in order to improve convenience when the inspection is resumed.

  Next, the event processing unit 285 creates a list of inspection workflows (interruption list) on which the interruption process has been performed (step S5). This list is updated sequentially with the execution of interruption processing as a trigger. Therefore, the operator can check the inspection workflow that is currently suspended by viewing the list.

  6 and 7 are diagrams illustrating examples of the suspended list. The example of FIG. 6 shows a test that is being suspended by adding a “status” item indicating the current status of the test to the patient test list used for test management. In the example of FIG. 6, only the inspections that are interrupted are extracted and displayed in a list. In this manner, the suspended list may be in any format as long as it displays a list of examinations that are currently suspended.

  Next, the event processing unit 285 responds to the selection operation on the suspended list received via the event reception unit 284 in the afternoon of the same day, for example, and “restarts” the inspection workflow in the suspended state (step S6). ). As shown in FIG. 8, this resumption process is realized by creating an event process rule that associates a resumption process operation with the event type “resumption” of the “interrupt inspection” and “normal inspection” embodiments, and controlling it accordingly. Is done. Alternatively, by using the inspection status in the event processing rule, the inspection may be restarted by an operation similar to the normal inspection start. In this case, as shown in the third and fourth lines of FIG. 6, the embodiment having a status of “suspended” starts the execution based on a predetermined operation or process for the interrupted inspection and the normal inspection. When an event is received, the operation of the apparatus is controlled so as to perform a restart process. Thereby, the user can restart the interrupted inspection by the same operation as the start of the normal inspection without being aware of whether or not the inspection is being interrupted.

  The specific operation in step S6 is as follows. That is, when the event reception unit 284 receives a “resume” button pressing event, the event reception unit 284 extracts the event “resumption” and transmits it to the event processing unit 285. The event processing unit 285 acquires from the event processing rule storage unit 283 based on the currently interrupted inspection embodiment, inspection status, and event type, and operates the restart process. In this way, the normal inspection can be performed in the same way as the interruption inspection without considering whether the inspection that was scheduled to be interrupted or the normal inspection that was not scheduled to be interrupted (as will be described later). It is possible to cause a restart process to be performed.

  When the inspection is resumed, it is desirable to restore the photographing state and the measurement state stored by the means described in Japanese Patent Application No. 2004-180917 in order to improve convenience when the inspection is resumed.

  Next, when the resumed examination is completed and all examinations related to the patient are completed, an examination result list is created in the event processing unit 285 and displayed on the monitor 14 in a predetermined form (step S7).

  FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of the inspection result list. The event processing unit 285 acquires information necessary for creating the inspection result list from the information associated with the inspection workflow from the inspection data storage unit 282, and based on this information, performs the inspection before and after the interruption. By identifying as an inspection, the inspection result list shown in FIG. 9 is created and displayed. In this examination result list, the examination before interruption and the examination after interruption are displayed as one examination according to the same workflow (for example, refer to the columns of patient names “AAA” and “CCC” in FIG. 9). Therefore, the operator does not need to pay particular attention to the relevance of the inspection before and after the interruption.

  After the inspection result list is created and displayed, all processes related to the inspection are completely completed by moving to the next inspection by operating the “next inspection” button. The event processing unit 285 transmits MPPS in order to notify the external system of the completion of the inspection together with the end of the inspection (step S8).

  That is, by defining an event processing rule related to MPPS transmission as shown in FIG. 10, for example, for the second-stage inspection, by operating the “next inspection” button after the inspection result list is created and displayed, MPPS transmission is performed.

  In the case of the prior art, when transmitting the MPPS, it is assumed that the MPPS is transmitted at every interruption, or a confirmation message is displayed every time and confirmation is requested from the user. However, in this embodiment, by defining the event processing rule as shown in FIG. 10, MPPS transmission can be performed at the timing when all the processes related to the inspection are completed. As a result, in MPPS transmission, the no-load inspection and the overload inspection can be handled as one inspection, and the operator does not need to consider whether or not transmission is necessary for each inspection.

  According to the configuration described above, the following effects can be obtained.

  According to the present inspection management system, according to the event processing rule corresponding to the determined inspection mode and the received trigger event, operations such as inspection interruption processing or termination processing selection, status transmission to an external system, etc. are performed. The operator can perform the inspection work without having to be aware of interruption or resumption during the inspection. In particular, in this system, when performing the end process of the inspection, it is not necessary to manually determine whether the process is an interruption process or a normal end process. Therefore, the work burden on the operator can be reduced and the occurrence of work mistakes can be prevented.

  In addition, according to the present inspection management system, even in the case of an interruption inspection that is performed by dividing it into a plurality of items according to the event processing rule, a single inspection is performed in the inspection result reference, inspection table, etc. Can be managed as Therefore, in the inspection management, it is not necessary to be aware of the relevance of the inspection before and after the interruption, the work burden on the administrator can be reduced, and the occurrence of work errors can be prevented.

  According to the present inspection management system, operations such as inspection interruption processing or termination processing are selected according to the event processing rule. Therefore, by devising the event processing rule, whether the inspection is an interruption inspection or a normal inspection, the same operation is performed (that is, the “interrupt button” and the “next inspection button” are distinguished as in the past). Without interruption, it is possible to automatically execute inspection interruption processing or termination processing selection, status transmission to an external system, and the like. As a result, the work burden on the operator can be reduced and the occurrence of work mistakes can be prevented.

  Note that the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment as it is, and can be embodied by modifying the constituent elements without departing from the scope of the invention in the implementation stage. Specific examples of modifications are as follows.

  (1) The inspection management system according to the present embodiment can also be realized by installing a program for executing the system on a computer such as a workstation and developing these on a memory. At this time, a program capable of causing the computer to execute the technique is stored in a recording medium such as a magnetic disk (floppy (registered trademark) disk, hard disk, etc.), an optical disk (CD-ROM, DVD, etc.), or a semiconductor memory. It can also be distributed.

  (2) In each of the above embodiments, the case where the inspection embodiment can be determined to be “interrupted inspection” based on the inspection information has been described as an example. However, this inspection management system is not bound to this, and for example, for a normal inspection that is not scheduled to be interrupted, for example, an event processing rule that associates the interrupt processing operation with the event type “interrupt” of “normal inspection” is defined. Can be realized. As an example of this case, there is a case where the patient's physical condition suddenly deteriorated in the normal examination. An example of the event processing rule defined in such a case is shown in FIG.

  In addition, various inventions can be formed by appropriately combining a plurality of components disclosed in the embodiment. For example, some components may be deleted from all the components shown in the embodiment. Furthermore, constituent elements over different embodiments may be appropriately combined.

  As described above, according to the present invention, it is not necessary for the operator to be aware of interruption or resumption during the examination, and in the result reference after the examination, it is possible to refer to a suitable operation and result without having to be aware of the relevance of the examination before and after interruption It is possible to realize an inspection management system capable of

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an example of an installation environment of the examination management system 1 in a hospital. FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of an installation environment of the inspection management system 1. FIG. 3 shows a block diagram of the inspection management system 1. FIG. 4 shows an example of an event processing rule defined for each examination stored in the event processing rule storage unit 283. FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a flow of processing of the inspection management function in the stress echo inspection. FIG. 6 is an example of the suspended list, and shows an examination that is suspended by adding an item of “status” to the patient examination list used for examination management. FIG. 7 shows another example of the suspended list, in which only the suspended examinations are extracted and displayed as a list. FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an example of an event processing rule defined in the restart process. FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of the inspection result list. FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an example of an event processing rule related to MPPS transmission. FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating an example of an event processing rule defined when an interruption process is executed in a normal inspection. FIG. 12 is a diagram showing a work flow (workflow) of a conventional operator in a normal examination or an interruption examination using a medical imaging device.

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DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Inspection management system, 12 ... Ultrasonic probe, 13 ... Input device, 14 ... Monitor, 21 ... Transmission / reception unit, 22 ... B mode processing unit, 23 ... Doppler processing unit, 24 ... Image generation circuit 24 ... Control processor (CPU) , 26 ... storage device, 28 ... inspection management unit, 30 ... interface unit, 280 ... inspection information reception unit, 281 ... event processing rule reception unit, 282 ... inspection data storage unit, 283 ... event processing rule storage unit, 284 ... Event reception part, 285 ... Event processing

Claims (5)

An inspection management system that manages an inspection apparatus that executes each process of a predetermined inspection including a plurality of processes in time series according to an inspection workflow indicating each process and its flow in the inspection,
It includes information for determining whether the predetermined inspection corresponds to an interruption inspection including an interruption process for interrupting the execution of the inspection workflow or a normal inspection not including the interruption process in the execution of the inspection workflow. An input means for inputting inspection information;
A determination unit that performs a determination according to an inspection form indicating whether the predetermined inspection is the interruption inspection or the normal inspection based on the input inspection information;
Storage means for storing at least one event processing rule defining the inspection form, the status in the interruption inspection , and the processing to be executed when a predetermined trigger event occurs , in association with each other;
Event receiving means for receiving a trigger event that occurs in the inspection apparatus;
When the predetermined trigger event is accepted , interrupted when the trigger event occurs based on the event processing rule, the inspection form determined by the determination unit, and the status in the current inspection Execution means for executing processing or termination processing;
An inspection management system comprising:   The inspection management system according to claim 1, wherein the trigger event is an operation for shifting to a next inspection after the interruption process. A list creating means for creating a list for specifying an interrupted inspection to be executed in the inspection management system;
Display means for displaying the list;
The inspection management system according to claim 1, further comprising: 4. The inspection management system according to claim 3 , wherein the list creation means creates an inspection result list for specifying the completed interrupted inspection as one inspection result. 5. The inspection management system according to claim 4 , further comprising transmission means for transmitting the inspection result list to an external system via a network.

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