JP3033835B2 - Image display device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Purpose of the Invention] (Industrial application field) The present invention relates to an image display device for displaying various images obtained from a medical diagnostic device.

(Prior Art and Problems to be Solved) In the conventional technique, in an image display device and a hard copy device, the display form of an image is manually instructed every time an operator displays the image. For example, for a CR image of the chest, one image is displayed on one monitor, and for a CT image of the head, multiple slice images are displayed on one monitor. It is necessary to select a display mode (hereinafter, also simply referred to as a display mode) relating to the arrangement of an image suitable for the image on the monitor screen, such as division / non-division. Therefore, instructing the display mode every time the display is performed has a drawback that operability is deteriorated.

The present invention relates to an imaging region (chest, head, etc.), an imaging method (tube voltage, contrast agent imaging, subtraction, cine imaging, etc.),
Depending on the type of imaging, such as the imaging modality (CT device, MRI, X-ray device), each time an image is displayed, it is automatically displayed in an arrangement suitable for that image without instructing the display form regarding the arrangement of the image. It is an object to provide an image display device with improved operability.

[Means for Solving the Problems] In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides an image display device which individually displays a plurality of collected images of different types. A storage unit that stores a display mode and an image type in association with each other, an input unit that specifies an image to be displayed, and the storage unit that stores the display mode corresponding to the image type of the image specified by the input unit. And control means for controlling the image display based on the information.

(Function) According to the present invention, the operator automatically designates an image to be displayed, and the system automatically selects a display mode related to the arrangement of the image according to the imaging region, the imaging method, and the imaging modality of the image. Take measures. Thus, an effect that operability is improved as compared with the related art can be obtained. Note that it is possible to add a learning function to the selected display mode, and to register the display mode in advance by the operator.

(Embodiment) FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of an image display device according to the present invention. The image display device shown in FIG. 1 includes an image display monitor 1, a console 2, a control unit 3, a hard disk drive unit 4, a hard disk 5, an optical disk drive unit 6, and an optical disk 7. When an instruction to display an image recorded on the hard disk 5 or the optical disk 7 as the storage means is given from 2, the image is displayed on the image display monitor 1.

The image display monitor 1 displays an image output from the control unit 3 on a screen.

The console 2 is provided with a keyboard as an input means and a working display. The contents inputted from the keyboard are inputted to the control unit 3, and the display and the display monitor 1 are inputted by a signal outputted from the control unit 3.
Is displayed on the screen.

The hard disk drive unit 4 reads the contents of the hard disk 5 and writes data to the hard disk 5 according to a command from the control unit 3.

The optical disk drive unit 6 reads out the contents of the optical disk 7 and writes data on the optical disk 7 according to a command from the control unit 3.

Here, the contents of data stored on the optical disk 7 in the hard disk 5 as the storage means will be described with reference to FIG.

For example, the hard disk 5 stores a list of images and records described later. The list of images is a list in which patient ID numbers, imaging regions, imaging methods, imaging modalities, and the like are created, and are stored in the hard disk 5 as a list for each image. Further, the following record data is stored in the hard disk 5 and is created in advance by the following processing.

The operator previously displays on the screen of the image display monitor 1 the arrangement of an image conforming to the image, such as division of the screen or non-division, for each type of image (imaging part, imaging method, imaging modality, etc.). The forms are associated with each other and stored as records 1 to n. For example, the data format DF of record 2 is as shown in FIG.
An area having an image type as an index and display format data relating to the arrangement of images that match the index are stored. When an image type is selected, a record corresponding to the selected image type is read. That is, a table has been created.

The optical disk 7 stores image data collected by the medical diagnostic device.

Although the above description has shown the contents stored in the hard disk 5, if more records are required, they are also stored in the optical disk 7 in the same manner. Also, the collected image data may be stored in the hard disk 5.

Next, the operation of the apparatus will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

The operator issues a request for displaying a list of images that can be displayed from the console 2 to the control unit 3. The control unit 3 instructs the hard disk drive unit 4 or the optical disk drive unit 6 to read the image information of the images recorded on the hard disk 5 and the optical disk 7, respectively. Each drive receiving the command is either a hard disk 5 or an optical disk 7
The image information of the recorded image is read out from the controller 3 and transmitted to the controller 3. The control unit 3 displays a list of images on the display of the console 2.

The operator selects an image from the list of images displayed on the display, and issues an image display command to the control unit 3 from the keyboard. The control unit 3 reads the imaging part, the imaging method, and the imaging modality from the image information of the image to be displayed. afterwards,
The control unit 3 issues a command to the hard disk drive unit 4,
The table stored on the hard disk 5 is accessed to search for a record that matches all of the imaging region, imaging method, and imaging modality of the specified image, and the display form recorded in the record is read. Then, the control unit 3
If the image to be displayed is recorded on the hard disk 5, the hard disk drive 4
If it is recorded in the record, an instruction is issued to the optical disk drive section 6 to read the image data, and the image is displayed on the image display monitor in accordance with the display format data in the record read earlier. In this way, the image is automatically displayed in an arrangement suitable for the image without instructing a display mode regarding the arrangement of the image.

When it is desired to change the display mode for each image type registered in the hard disk 5, the operator uses the keyboard to obtain the image capturing site, the image capturing method, the image capturing modality, the display mode and the display mode on the hard disk 5 as shown in the flowchart of FIG. A record rewrite request is issued to the control unit 3. The control unit 3 issues a command to the hard disk drive unit 4, and the imaging part, the imaging method, the imaging part to which the imaging modality is input, the imaging method,
Search for records that match all shooting modalities. When the record is found, the display form of the record is rewritten to the input display form. If the record is not found, a new record is registered in the hard disk 5 based on the input imaging part, imaging method, imaging modality, and display mode.

When the display mode is input together with the display image of the image from the keyboard, the control unit 3 displays the image in the same manner as described above as shown in the flowchart of FIG. The display format of the corresponding record on the hard disk 5 is rewritten to the input display format in the same manner as described above from the method and the shooting modality. This is called a learning function.

[Effects of the Invention] According to the present invention, the operator automatically designates an image to be displayed, and the system automatically selects a display mode relating to the arrangement of images suitable for the type of image. Is improved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing contents stored in a storage means, and FIGS. 3 to 5 are flowcharts for explaining the operation of the embodiment. is there. 1 ... display monitor, 2 ... input means, 3 ... control means, 5, 7 ... display means.

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Claims (3)

(57) [Claims] 1. An image display device for individually displaying a plurality of collected images of different types, a storage means for storing in advance a display mode and an image type associated with an image arrangement suitable for the image type in association with each other; Input means for designating an image to be read, and control means for reading the display form corresponding to the image type of the image designated by the input means from the storage means, thereby controlling image display. Image display device. 2. The image display device according to claim 1, wherein said control means has a function of changing data in said storage means in accordance with an instruction from said input means. 3. A control device according to claim 1, wherein said control means has a function of changing a display mode relating to an arrangement of a display image and a storage content of said storage means in accordance with an instruction from said input means when an image is displayed. Image display device.