JP2005287753A - Ultrasonic diagnosis apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an ultrasonic diagnosis apparatus allowing an operator to easily retrieve and refer to past reports on measurement by correlating report data with display image data corresponding to the data. <P>SOLUTION: The ultrasonic diagnosis apparatus comprises an image forming means 1 for forming ultrasonic image data based on received ultrasonic signals, a measurement value calculating means 2 for extracting the measurement value from the ultrasonic image data, a report preparing means 3 for preparing report data by adding data inputted from outside to the measurement value, and a data control means 8. The data control means 8 makes a data storage means 9 correlate display image data with corresponding report data and store the data, transmits the report data stored in the data storage means 9 to the report preparing means when the stored display image data and report data are read, and displays images based on the display image data stored in the data storage means 9. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus that transmits and receives ultrasonic waves, forms ultrasonic images from an object to be inspected, calculates inspection values, and creates various reports.

Conventional ultrasonic diagnostic apparatuses generally obtain ultrasonic image information, and then use the measurement function on the apparatus to create measurement values and calculation values as report data and store them as electronic files. Image data can be browsed. FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of a display in which each electronic file is displayed on a monitor of a conventional ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus. As shown in the display 700, the file name is, for example, “PatientID. 20031024 0001.REP "," PatientID 20031024 0002.REP "," PatientID 20031024 0001.BMP "," PatientID 20031024 "0002.BMP" is displayed as it is.

As for report data, there is a technique that enables layout editing and a technique for capturing and displaying an ultrasonic image (see, for example, Patent Document 1 and Patent Document 2). There is also a technique for calling up related medical information by selecting a numerical value in report data on a monitor (see, for example, Patent Document 3).
JP 2000-135216 A JP-A-9-173332 JP 2001-327507 A

  However, in the report function provided in the conventional ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus, only the various created report data is stored as an electronic file. When viewing the report, the measured value is not read unless the report data is read. I can't confirm.

  Further, when reading a desired report from measurement information having various report data, it is necessary to read even unnecessary report data and select and confirm the desired report from the read data.

  The present invention solves the above-described conventional problems, and provides an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus that can easily search and browse past measurement reports by associating report data with display image data corresponding to the report data. With the goal.

  In order to solve the above problem, an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus of the present invention includes an electroacoustic transducer (a probe) that transmits and receives ultrasonic waves, and an ultrasonic image based on an ultrasonic signal received by the electroacoustic transducer. Image forming means (ultrasonic image forming section) for forming data, measurement value calculating means (measurement value calculating section) for deriving measurement values from the ultrasonic image data, and external input data added to the measurement values Report generating means (report generating unit) for generating report data and display output for converting the ultrasonic image data and the report data into display image data to be displayed on a display unit (monitor) Means (display output unit), input means (input device) for inputting the input data to the report creation means, and the display image data output from the display output means. An image storage unit (image storage unit), a data storage unit (data storage unit) for storing the display image data and the report data, and the report data corresponding to the display image data; When reading the stored display image data and the report data, the report data stored in the data storage means is sent to the report creation means and stored in the data storage means. Data control means (data control unit) for displaying an image based on the display image data.

  The display image data includes report image display data for displaying report data as an image and ultrasonic image display data for displaying an image of ultrasonic image data.

  With such a configuration, report data and display image data can be stored as an electronic file. Further, since the display image data and the report data are associated with each other, it is possible to search and browse the corresponding report data while browsing the image displayed based on the display image data. Therefore, desired report data can be read efficiently.

  Further, the display image data associated with the report data may be one or more.

  With such a configuration, even when there are many measurement items, all display image data related to the report data can be associated.

  Preferably, the data control unit displays a display mark indicating that the report data is associated when the display image data corresponding to the displayed image is associated with the report data. To do.

  With such a configuration, when viewing an image displayed based on display image data, the operator can recognize that there is report data associated with the image and distinguish it from other displayed images. can do.

  In addition, preferably, when the display mark displayed as an image is arbitrarily selected by the input unit, the data control unit receives the display image corresponding to the displayed image from the data storage unit. Read the report data associated with the data.

  With such a configuration, it is possible to easily read the corresponding report data while browsing the displayed image based on the display image data.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to provide an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus that can easily search and browse past measurement reports by associating report data with display image data corresponding to the report data.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration example of the ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus according to the present embodiment.

  In FIG. 1, an ultrasonic probe 12 (electroacoustic conversion means) transmits an ultrasonic wave and receives an ultrasonic wave reflected by an inspection object, and the ultrasonic signal is converted into an ultrasonic image forming unit 1 (ultrasonic wave). Image forming means). Based on the ultrasonic signal received by the probe 12, the ultrasonic image forming unit 1 forms ultrasonic image data. The ultrasonic image data is transmitted to the measurement value calculation unit 2 (measurement value calculation means) and converted into ultrasonic image display data that is display image data by the display output unit 4 (display output means), as an electronic file. Is output. An ultrasonic image is displayed on the monitor 10 (display unit) based on the ultrasonic image display data. The ultrasonic image display data is sent to and saved in the image storage unit 6 (image storage means).

  The measurement value calculation unit 2 uses the ultrasonic image data received from the ultrasonic image forming unit 1 to perform measurement according to inspection items such as distance and area, and the measurement value obtained by calculation is reported to the report generation unit 3. (Report creation means). At the same time, the measurement value obtained by the measurement value calculation unit 2 is transmitted to the monitor 10 via the display output unit 4 and displayed as an image as a report. Note that the measurement value transmitted from the measurement value calculation unit 2 to the report creation unit 3 may include an item on which the operator has performed measurement, a measurement name and a measurement unit related thereto, and the like.

  The operator creates report data based on the measurement values of the performed inspection. An operator can input and edit report data using the input device 11 (input means). Input data input by the operator using the input device 11 such as a keyboard or a mouse is input to the report creation unit 3 and added to the measurement value. The report creation unit 3 creates report data by adding input data to the measurement value. The report data created by the report creation unit 3 is converted into report image display data, which is display image data, by the display output unit 4, output as an electronic file, and displayed on the monitor 10 as a report. An operator can perform an editing operation while viewing the report displayed on the monitor 10. The report image display data is sent to and stored in the image storage unit 6.

  The report data created by the report creation unit 3 is transmitted as an electronic file to the data control unit 8 (data control means) via the report output unit 5.

  The data control unit 8 receives the report data received from the report output unit 5 and the display image data (ultrasonic image display data and report image display data) received from the image storage unit 6 and stored in the image storage unit 6. Associate. Specifically, report data and display image data are stored in the data storage unit 9 (data storage means) together with related condition files created based on examination information such as file names, patient names, and patient IDs. In this way, the corresponding report data can be searched from the related condition file based on the display image data. When there are many measurement items and display on one screen is difficult, there may be a plurality of display image data associated with the report data.

  When reading report data and display image data stored in the data storage unit 9, a specific operation is performed from the input device 11. That is, when a read command is received from the input device 11 to the data control unit 8, the data control unit 8 reads display image data stored in the data storage unit 9 and transmits ultrasonic waves to the monitor 10 via the display output unit 4. Display images and report display images.

  Note that the report data, the display image data, and the related information in the association thereof may be a single electronic file.

  Further, when an ultrasonic image and a report display image are displayed on the monitor 10, report data associated with these display images can be selected and read based on the display image. That is, when a display image is displayed on the monitor 10, an icon (display mark) indicating that there is report data associated with the display image data corresponding to the display image is displayed at the same time. Further, when the operator selects this icon using the input device 11, the data control unit 8 displays report data associated with the display image data corresponding to the displayed display image in the data storage unit 9. Are transmitted to the report creation unit 3 via the reading unit 7. The report data transmitted to the report creation unit 3 is converted into report image display data by the display output unit 4 and displayed as a report on the monitor 10. Further, the operator can edit the report data while viewing the report displayed on the monitor 10 using the input device 11. The edited report data is transmitted to the data control unit 8 via the report output unit 5. A report display image corresponding to the edited report data is displayed on the monitor 10. The report image display data is sent to the image storage unit 6, stored in the image storage unit 6, transmitted to the data control unit 8 in association with the corresponding report data, and re-saved in the data storage unit 9. .

  Next, operations in storing and reading report data of the ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 2 to 6 in addition to FIG.

  According to the ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus 100 of the present embodiment, it is possible to store / read ultrasonic diagnostic report data and ultrasonic diagnostic display image data in association with each other. FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of a report displayed on the ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus according to the present embodiment. Specifically, FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a state in which an example of an image of report data created by the report creating unit 3 is displayed on the monitor screen 10a. In the report 21 shown in FIG. 2, patient information is described in the report upper part 22, an operator comment field is described in the report middle part 23, and measurement values obtained by examination are described in the report lower part 24. A procedure in which such a report 21 is stored in the ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus 100 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a method for storing report data and display image data in the ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus according to the present embodiment. In the following description, reference is made to FIG.

  First, in a state where the report data of the report creation unit 3 is displayed as a report, a process for executing report saving is started by performing a specific operation with the input device 11 (step S401). The specific operation on the input device 11 is, for example, a mouse click or a keyboard operation.

  Next, EXAM confirmation is performed (step S402). Specifically, the examination type information described in the report 21 is collected and stored as examination information in a related information file. The file name may be created from, for example, examination information (for example, patient ID and EXAM name). This type information is also used as a criterion for determining whether or not the report data is new, which will be described below (step S403).

  Next, it is checked whether existing report data or display image data information corresponding to the existing report data is recorded in the data storage unit 9, and it is determined whether there is already recorded report data. Whether the report data to be stored this time is new or not. It is determined whether or not (step S403). If there is existing report data, it is not new (No in step S403), so the process proceeds to the determination process (step S404) of whether or not to overwrite, and if there is no existing report data, it is new (Yes in step S403). The process proceeds to the storage process (step S405).

  In the process of determining whether or not to overwrite (step S404), the operator is inquired whether or not to perform an overwrite storage operation and determines whether or not to overwrite. The inquiry method may be a method of displaying the fact on the monitor 10, for example. When the overwriting operation is performed (Yes in step S404), the data control unit 8 transfers the report data created by the report creation unit 3 from the report output unit 5 to the existing report data in the data storage unit 9. Overwrite and save (step S405).

  If the overwriting operation is not performed (No in step S404), the process ends. Note that when overwriting is performed, the existing display image data and the new report data may be associated with each other.

  When it is determined that the report data is new (Yes in step S403) in the determination process of whether the report data is new (step 403), the data control unit 8 stores the report data from the report output unit 5 The data is stored in the unit 9 (step S405).

  Next, the data control unit 8 stores the display image data stored in the image storage unit 6 in the data storage unit 9 (step S406).

  Next, association information is assigned to the report data and display image data stored in the data storage unit 9 to perform the association (step S407), and the process ends.

  Further, according to the ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus 100 according to the present embodiment, past display image data and other information (for example, report data and related information in association) are stored in the data storage unit 9 in the ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus 100. Is saved. For example, the data control unit 8 can read the display image data stored in the data storage unit 9 and display it on the monitor 10. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of a display on the image browsing screen displayed on the display screen of the ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus according to the present embodiment. Specifically, an image browsing display 31 displayed on the display screen 10a of the monitor 10, which is an example of a browsing screen displaying a display image based on past display image data stored in the data storage unit 9, is displayed. FIG. For example, when reading past data, the data control unit 8 reads past display image data from the data storage unit 9, and displays the image browsing display 31 on the display screen 10a. For example, the image browsing display 31 displays an ultrasound image 32 displayed based on the ultrasound image display data, and report display images 33a, 33b, and 33c displayed based on the report image display data. Each icon 34 and an image browsing size division switching button 35 are displayed as display marks indicating that there is report data associated with the ultrasonic image 32 and the report display images 33a, 33b and 33c, respectively. Note that the number of screen divisions in the image browsing display 31 can be changed by pressing the division switching button 35 using the input device 11. Further, by pressing the icon 34, it is possible to search and display corresponding report data with reference to the related condition file. Such an image browsing display 31 is displayed by processing as shown in FIG. 5 described below. FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing display processing of an image browsing screen of the ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus according to the present embodiment. In the following description, reference is made to FIG.

  First, by performing a specific operation with the input device 11, the data control unit 8 displays the image browsing display 31 on the monitor 10 via the display output unit 4, and image browsing display is started (step S501).

  Next, in order to read the ultrasonic image 32 and the report display images 33a, 33b, and 33c displayed on the image browsing display 31, information associated with the measurement value is referred to (step S502).

  Next, display image data based on the measurement value referred to in the measurement value reference process (step S502) is sequentially read from the data storage unit 9 (step S503).

  Next, it is determined whether there is report data associated with the display image data (step S504). If the report data is associated (Yes in step S504), the association information reading process (step S505) is performed. If the report data is not associated (No in step S504), the image display process (step S507) is performed. Do.

  In the association information reading process (step S505), the examination content is read from the report data, and the icon image corresponding to the associated information is read.

  Next, the corresponding icon 34 is displayed on the monitor 10 through the display output unit 4 based on the icon information (step S506), and then image display processing (step S507) is performed.

  In the image display process (step S507), the ultrasonic image 32 or the report display images 33a, 33b and 33c displayed based on the ultrasonic image display data or the report image display data which is the display image data via the display output unit 4. Is displayed on the monitor 10. After that, the process is finished and waits.

  Reading of report data based on the association between the display image data and the report data as described above is performed by processing as described below with reference to FIG. FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing report data read processing of the ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus according to the present embodiment. In the following description, FIG. 3 is referred to.

  First, a specific operation is performed with the input device 11 (for example, clicking with a mouse), and the icon 34 is pressed (step S601).

  Next, report data related to the ultrasonic image 32 and the report display images 33a, 33b, and 33c displayed together with the pressed icon 34 are referred to (step S602).

  Next, the corresponding report data associated with the display image is read from the data storage unit 9, and the report data is transferred to the reading unit 7 (step S603).

  Next, the report creation unit 3 displays the report 21 displayed based on the report data shown in FIG. 2, for example, on the monitor 10 via the display output unit 4 (step S604). Make the save possible. After that, the process is terminated and waits.

  As described above, the ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus according to the present embodiment can facilitate browsing and reading of report data.

  The ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus of the present invention is advantageous as an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus that has an advantage that search and browsing of past measurement reports can be easily performed, and can reduce labor in editing examination reports.

1 is a block diagram showing a configuration example of an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus according to the present embodiment The figure which shows an example of the report displayed on the ultrasound diagnosing device which concerns on this Embodiment The flowchart which shows the method in which report data and display image data are preserve | saved in the ultrasound diagnosing device which concerns on this Embodiment The figure which shows an example of the display of the image browsing screen which the ultrasound diagnosing device which concerns on this Embodiment displays The flowchart which shows the display process of the image browsing screen in the ultrasound diagnosing device which concerns on this Embodiment The flowchart which shows the reading process of the report data in the ultrasound diagnosing device which concerns on this Embodiment The figure which shows an example of the display by which each electronic file is displayed on the monitor of the conventional ultrasonic diagnosing device

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Ultrasonic image formation part 2 Measurement value calculation part 3 Report creation part 4 Display output part 5 Report output part 6 Image memory | storage part 7 Reading part 8 Data control part 9 Data storage part 10 Monitor 10a Monitor screen 11 Input device 12 Probe 21 Report 22 Report upper part 23 Report middle part 24 Report lower part 31 Image browsing display 32 Ultrasound image 33a, 33b, 33c Report display image 35 Division switching button 34 Icon 100 Ultrasound diagnostic apparatus 700 Display

Claims (4)

Electroacoustic conversion means for transmitting and receiving ultrasonic waves;
Image forming means for forming ultrasonic image data based on the ultrasonic signal received by the electroacoustic conversion means;
A measurement value calculation means for deriving a measurement value from the ultrasonic image data;
Report creation means for creating report data by adding external input data to the measurement value;
Display output means for converting each of the ultrasonic image data and the report data into display image data for display on a display unit and outputting the display image data;
Input means for inputting the input data to the report creating means;
Image storage means for storing the display image data output from the display output means;
Data storage means for storing the display image data and the report data;
The display image data and the corresponding report data are associated with each other and stored in the data storage means, and when the stored display image data and the report data are read, the report stored in the data storage means An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus comprising: data control means for sending data to the report creating means and displaying an image based on the display image data stored in the data storage means.   The ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the display image data associated with the report data is one or more.   The data control unit displays a display mark indicating that the report data is associated when the display image data corresponding to the displayed image is associated with the report data. The ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus according to claim 2.   When the display mark displayed as an image is arbitrarily selected by the input means, the data control unit is associated with the display image data corresponding to the displayed image from the data storage unit. The ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the report data is read out.

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