JP5337502B2 - Medical terminal selection device - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a medical terminal selection device for supporting selection of a medical terminal used when a series of medical processing procedures are executed over a plurality of terminals.

  With the development of computer network technology and thin client technology, processing at each stage included in medical image processing can be executed without depending on the processing target device. For example, a dedicated device for performing complicated image processing that takes time to calculate is installed separately from the terminal used by the operator. When an operator such as a doctor or engineer (hereinafter simply referred to as “operator”) performs an image processing operation on the terminal, the image processing is not performed on the terminal used by the operator. The target data is sent from the terminal to a dedicated device, the image processing is executed by the device, and the result can be sent back to the terminal used by the operator. In this case, since the actual calculation process is performed by a dedicated device, the terminal operated by the operator does not need a calculation capability for performing the image process calculation. In this way, by separating the terminal operated by the operator and the device that performs calculation processing, the operator can adjust the operating terminal of the modality device, such as an operation console, a workstation, a general-purpose PC, or a mobile device according to each application. Thus, a series of medical processing procedures (for example, medical image processing procedures, etc.) can be easily continued while switching.

  However, there are various types of terminals with different computing capabilities and screen resolutions. Therefore, in order to execute a series of medical processing procedures while switching the used terminal, it is necessary to select an appropriate used terminal each time the procedure is executed. In making this selection, the operator needs to grasp information such as the processing contents of the procedure to be executed, the specifications of the terminal, and the connection status of the terminal to the network.

  For example, when executing a procedure including an operation of drawing a region of interest (ROI) on an image, it is necessary to select a terminal having an interface that allows easy drawing. In addition, when executing a procedure that requires detailed confirmation of the entire high-accuracy medical image, it is necessary to select a terminal having sufficient resolution to display the high-accuracy image on one screen. In addition, when executing a procedure with a huge amount of data to be handled, a terminal installed in a network environment that can secure a sufficient communication speed when exchanging data between the terminal and a device that performs calculation processing is performed. Must be selected.

  However, it is difficult for the operator to accurately grasp the processing contents of the terminal in the procedure to be executed when selecting the terminal. Further, even if the processing contents are grasped, it is difficult to select a terminal that can appropriately process the processing contents. For this reason, when the operator executes a series of medical processing procedures while switching terminals, the following problems (a) and (b) may occur. (A) The operator selects a terminal that cannot execute the procedure. (B) When the operator selects a terminal that can be executed by any procedure, only the terminal having the most functions and the highest performance among a plurality of terminals is used. As a result, other terminals in the hospital are not used, and the throughput of medical processing is deteriorated as a whole hospital.

  In this regard, as a technique for selecting an appropriate terminal in the related art, a technique (see, for example, Patent Document 1) in which a computer or a storage system is allocated in accordance with user usage characteristics is provided.

JP 2007-164304 A

  However, in the technique described in Patent Document 1, it is difficult to select an appropriate terminal for executing a specific medical processing procedure because the use of clinical application software or the like in medical processing is not considered.

  The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances. When an operator interrupts a medical processing procedure in order to switch a terminal to be used during a series of medical processing procedures, the subsequent medical processing procedure is executed. An object of the present invention is to provide a medical terminal selection device that displays information about a terminal that can be used.

  To achieve the above object, the medical terminal selection apparatus according to claim 1 includes a plurality of medical processing procedures including a plurality of procedures, application software used in each of the procedures, and processing conditions including types of images to be displayed. A procedure storage unit that stores the specifications of a plurality of terminals, a terminal specification storage unit that stores specifications of a plurality of terminals, an input unit that selects a specific medical process procedure from the medical process procedure, and the selected specific medical process Receiving an execution history from the execution device that executes the procedure, and further receiving a signal to suspend execution of the specific medical processing procedure, refer to the processing condition, and identify a procedure that has already been executed in the medical processing procedure An executed procedure specifying means, a remaining procedure specifying means for specifying a remaining procedure in the specific medical processing procedure in response to the specification of the procedure for which the execution has been completed, A processing capability determination unit that obtains a processing capability including a calculation capability and a resolution of a terminal necessary for executing each of the remaining procedures with reference to processing conditions corresponding to the remaining procedures stored in the procedure storage unit A terminal extraction unit that extracts the terminal having a processing capacity equal to or greater than the obtained processing capacity based on the stored specifications of the terminal for each remaining procedure, and a display unit that displays information on the extracted terminal And a display control means for displaying on the screen.

  The medical terminal selection device according to claim 5 includes a plurality of medical processing procedures including a plurality of procedures, a procedure storage unit that stores processing conditions such as an application used in each of the procedures and a type of image to be displayed, and a plurality of procedures Terminal specification storage means for storing the specifications of the terminal and a type of modality, an imaging part, an imaging method, an imaging condition, etc. in the executed medical processing procedure, which are input from an execution device that executes the medical processing procedure Refers to the processing condition based on a combination of execution histories, medical processing procedure prediction means for predicting the medical processing procedure being executed, and receives an execution history from the execution device, and further interrupts the medical processing And an executed procedure specifying means for specifying a procedure that has already been executed in the medical processing procedure, and a procedure that has completed the specified execution. The remaining procedure specifying means for specifying the remaining procedure in the predicted medical processing procedure based on the processing conditions corresponding to the remaining procedures stored in the procedure storage means, Processing capability determination means for determining processing capability including the computing capability and resolution of the terminal necessary for executing each procedure, and the terminal having processing capability equal to or greater than the calculated processing capability based on the stored specifications Terminal extraction means for extracting the information for each remaining procedure, and display control means for displaying the extracted terminal information on the display means.

  The medical terminal selection device according to claim 1 is configured to display a medical terminal capable of executing a remaining procedure among the executed medical processing procedures when the medical processing procedure being executed is interrupted. is there. Thereby, the operator can easily grasp the medical terminal capable of executing the remaining procedures. Therefore, this medical terminal selection apparatus can contribute to the improvement of work efficiency.

  The medical terminal selection device according to claim 5 is configured to transmit the executability of the remaining procedure by the medical terminal to the medical terminal to be resumed when resuming the interrupted medical processing procedure. is there. Thereby, the operator can easily grasp the feasibility of the remaining procedure in the medical terminal to be resumed, and selects an appropriate medical terminal for executing the remaining procedure. It becomes possible. Therefore, this medical terminal selection device can contribute to the improvement of work efficiency.

The block diagram in the medical terminal selection apparatus which concerns on the 1st and 2nd execution form The system block diagram of the system using the medical terminal selection apparatus in this invention The figure of an example of the display screen which displays the medical terminal which can be selected in the medical terminal selection device concerning the 1st execution form The figure of the flowchart showing the flow of selection and display of the medical terminal in the medical terminal selection apparatus which concerns on 1st execution form The figure of the display screen which displays the medical terminal which can be selected in the medical terminal processing device concerning the 2nd execution form The block diagram in the medical terminal selection apparatus concerning a 3rd execution form The figure of the display screen of the medical terminal which displays the feasibility of the remaining procedure in a 3rd execution form The block diagram in the medical terminal selection apparatus concerning a 4th execution form

[First execution form]
The medical terminal selection apparatus according to the first embodiment of the present invention will be described below. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing functions of a medical terminal selection apparatus according to the present invention. FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram of a medical system in which the medical terminal selection apparatus according to the present invention is introduced.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the medical terminal selection apparatus 201 according to the present embodiment is configured to send a modality 202, a medical terminal 203a, a medical terminal 203b, and a medical terminal 203c (hereinafter, when not distinguishing each medical terminal) via a network. "Medical terminal 203"). Further, both the modality 202 and the medical terminal 203 are apparatuses that execute a medical processing procedure described below. When the modality 202 and the medical terminal 203 are not distinguished, they are collectively referred to as an execution apparatus. Here, the medical processing procedure is a series of procedures necessary for performing medical practice such as diagnosis. For example, as an example of the medical processing procedure, a procedure for imaging the observation target region of the subject with the modality 202, a procedure for analyzing the captured image with clinical application software, and a procedure for interpreting the analyzed image, etc. Some include a series of procedures.

  Here, although only one modality 202 is shown in FIG. 2, it is assumed that a plurality of modalities 202 are actually connected. The modality 202 may be any medical image diagnostic apparatus such as an MRI apparatus, an X-ray CT apparatus, or an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus. The modality 202 includes a user interface such as a display unit such as a monitor and an input unit such as a keyboard and a mouse (both not shown) and a CPU that performs arithmetic processing, and executes application software using them. Analysis processing and the like can also be performed. That is, in FIG. 2, the modality 202 and the medical terminal 203 are described separately, but the modality 202 also has a function as a medical terminal.

  Further, although three medical terminals 203 are shown in FIG. 2, in reality, more medical terminals 203 may be connected or less. Specific examples of the medical terminal 203 include a computer having various computing capabilities and processing capabilities such as image resolution, such as a workstation, a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant), and a general-purpose PC.

  In FIG. 1, a procedure storage unit 005 is configured by a storage medium such as a hard disk or a memory. The procedure storage unit 005 stores in advance a plurality of medical processing procedures together with a plurality of procedures constituting each medical processing procedure by the operator. Furthermore, in the procedure storage unit 005, processing conditions such as operations performed in each stored procedure (referring to individual procedures included in the medical processing procedure) and types of data used are associated with each procedure. It is remembered. This procedure storage unit 005 corresponds to the “procedure storage unit” in the present invention.

  The terminal specification storage unit 006 is configured by a storage medium such as a hard disk or a memory. The terminal specification storage unit 006 includes medical terminals to which hardware specifications such as the type of CPU provided in each medical terminal 203, the size of the memory, the data transfer rate of the network controller, and the image resolution of the graphic controller correspond. It is stored in correspondence with the identification information 203. The processing capability of each medical terminal 203 such as calculation capability and image resolution can be obtained based on the hardware specifications. For example, whether or not a specific application can be moved can be determined based on the type of CPU and the size of memory. In addition, the size of data that can be comfortably transferred can be determined based on the data transfer rate. Furthermore, it is possible to determine what kind of image can be displayed according to the image resolution. In practice, the specifications and processing capability of the medical terminal 203 may be considered to be similar, but in the following description, the capability of a single unit or a combination of each specification is used as the processing capability. In the present embodiment, the terminal specification storage unit 006 stores the hardware specifications manually input by the operator. However, this may be another method. For example, a method of automatically transmitting a hardware profile managed by each medical terminal 203 to the terminal specification storage unit 006 and storing the received hardware profile by the terminal specification storage unit 006 may be used. This terminal specification storage unit 006 corresponds to “terminal specification storage means” in the present invention.

  Here, in the present embodiment, the procedure storage unit 005 and the terminal specification storage unit 006 are distinguished from each other. However, this may be a single storage unit or a storage unit that is further divided.

  Using the user interface 008, the operator inputs identification information of a medical processing procedure to be executed. The identification information of the medical processing procedure is input to the executed procedure specifying unit 001 and the remaining procedure specifying unit 002. Specifically, the operator uses the input unit 009 to input an instruction to start selecting the executed procedure. In response to the selection start instruction, the display control unit 007 causes the display unit 010 to display a summary of a plurality of medical processing procedures and identification information stored in the procedure storage unit 005 in a selectable manner. The operator selects the medical processing procedure identification information to be executed from among the plurality of displayed medical processing procedures, and inputs the medical processing procedure by selecting using the input unit 009. This input is performed, for example, by clicking with a mouse. This input unit 009 corresponds to the “input means” in the present invention. In the following description, an operator images a subject's brain with an MRI apparatus (an example of an execution apparatus), analyzes the captured image using a clinical brain analysis application, and interprets the analyzed image. A case where a medical processing procedure of a series of flows is executed will be described. Hereinafter, this medical processing procedure is referred to as “brain diagnosis processing procedure”.

  The executed procedure specifying unit 001 inputs an execution history such as an operation history performed by the operator and a type of data used in the executed medical processing procedure during execution of the medical processing procedure (the modality 202 and the medical terminal). 203). This executed procedure specifying unit 001 corresponds to “executed procedure specifying means” in the present invention. Here, the operation history is a history of the medical procedure executed by the operator, such as the type of modality 202 used, the imaging region, the imaging method, and the imaging conditions. The type of data used is, for example, brain image data used for image analysis, or data for analysis used during execution of application software. For example, when the operator images the brain with the MRI apparatus, the execution history includes the modality 202 as the MRI apparatus, the imaging part as the brain, the imaging method as the helical scan, the imaging condition as the helical pitch, the imaging start signal, the imaging An end signal is sent.

  The executed procedure specifying unit 001 receives information that the operator has interrupted the medical procedure being executed. Here, the interruption information is information that the previous procedure has been completed at the change of a plurality of procedures constituting the medical processing procedure. This indicates, for example, when logging in from the modality 202 is stopped and the procedure is stopped when it is necessary to change the working apparatus after the imaging with the modality 202 is completed and the next work is started. When the operator finishes the work and logs out from the execution device in use, the execution device transmits a signal for interrupting the medical processing procedure being executed to the executed procedure specifying unit 001. Thus, the executed procedure specifying unit 001 can receive a medical processing procedure interruption signal.

  When the executed procedure specifying unit 001 receives a signal to interrupt the medical processing procedure, the executed procedure specifying unit 001 refers to the correspondence between the procedure and the processing condition stored in the procedure storage unit 005 based on the execution history input up to that point. . Then, the executed procedure specifying unit 001 specifies a procedure having a processing condition that matches the input execution history among the procedures included in the selected medical processing procedure as a “procedure for which execution has been completed”. For example, when the operator images the brain with the X-ray CT apparatus in the brain diagnosis processing procedure and ends the imaging, the executed procedure specifying unit 001 uses the X-ray CT as a modality from the received execution history. Information that the device was used, the brain was imaged, the imaging was completed, and the procedure from the imaging and image generation of the brain by the X-ray CT device was completed in the brain diagnostic processing procedure Identify.

  The executed procedure specifying unit 001 outputs information specifying the procedure that has been executed to the remaining procedure specifying unit 002.

  The remaining procedure specifying unit 002 receives, from the executed procedure specifying unit 001, input of information on a procedure that has been executed. The remaining procedure specifying unit 002 refers to the procedure storage unit 005 based on the information of the procedure that has been executed, and specifies the remaining procedures after the procedure that has been executed among the selected medical processing procedures. . In this execution mode, since the imaging of the brain by the MRI apparatus is completed in the brain diagnosis processing procedure as described above, the remaining procedure specifying unit 002 performs the remaining after the imaging of the brain by the MRI apparatus in the brain diagnosis processing procedure. The “procedure for analyzing the captured image using a clinical brain analysis application” and the “procedure for interpreting the analyzed image” are specified as the remaining procedures.

  The remaining procedure specifying unit 002 outputs information for specifying the remaining procedure to the processing capacity determining unit 003. This remaining procedure specifying unit 002 corresponds to “remaining procedure specifying means” in the present invention.

  The processing capacity determination unit 003 receives the input of the remaining procedure information from the remaining procedure specifying unit 002. Then, the processing capacity determination unit 003 refers to the correspondence between the procedure stored in the procedure storage unit 005 and the processing condition in the procedure based on the remaining input procedure. Then, the processing capacity determination unit 003 extracts processing conditions in the remaining procedures. In the case of this execution mode, in the “procedure for analyzing captured images using application software for analyzing brain images”, processing by the application software for analyzing brain images to be moved is obtained as a processing condition. In the “procedure for interpreting the analyzed image”, processing by the report creation software is required as a processing condition.

  Next, the processing capability determination unit 003 determines a processing capability necessary for executing the processing condition based on the obtained processing condition. Here, since processing by the brain image analysis application software is complicated, a high-performance CPU and a large-sized memory (in this case, a 2 GHz CPU and a 4 GB memory are required) are required as processing power. In order to draw a precise image of the brain, a high resolution (here, a resolution of 1 million pixels is required) is required as a processing capability. In the processing by the report creation software, almost no arithmetic processing is performed, and even if the image is somewhat rough, it is possible to create a report. Therefore, the processing capability to display a normal image (here, 1 GHz CPU, 1 GB) Memory and an image resolution of 300,000 pixels) are required as processing capability.

  The processing capacity determination unit 003 outputs the processing capacity required in each of the determined remaining procedures to the terminal extraction unit 004. This processing capacity determination unit 003 corresponds to “processing capacity determination means” in the present invention.

  The terminal extraction unit 004 receives from the processing capability determination unit 003 information on processing capability required in the remaining procedures. The terminal extraction unit 004 is a terminal that is currently connected to the network of FIG. 2, and refers to the hardware specifications of each medical terminal 203 stored in the terminal specification storage unit 006, and input processing The medical terminal 203 having a processing capability that exceeds the capability is extracted. Here, extracting the medical terminal 203 means extracting identification information. Further, the terminal extraction unit 004 determines how much operation each extracted medical terminal 203 can perform in each procedure. Then, the terminal extraction unit 004 makes “recommended” a case where the procedure can be sufficiently executed and “possible” a case where the medical terminal 203 can sufficiently execute the procedure. .

  In this execution mode, the medical terminal 203a has a CPU of 2.4 GHz, a memory of 8 GB, and an image resolution of 2 million pixels. The medical terminal 203b has a CPU of 2 GHz, a memory of 4 GB, and an image resolution of 1 million pixels. The medical terminal 203 has a CPU of 1 GHz, a memory of 1 GB, and an image resolution of 300,000 pixels. Therefore, the terminal extraction unit 004 has sufficient processing capability for the medical terminal 203a to execute “a procedure for analyzing captured images using application software for brain analysis”, that is, “recommended”. Judge. In addition, the terminal extraction unit 004 has a minimum capability for the medical terminal 203b to execute the “procedure for analyzing the captured image using the brain analysis application software”, that is, “possible”. However, it is judged to have sufficient ability to execute the “procedure for interpreting the analyzed image”, that is, “recommended”. Further, the terminal extraction unit 004 determines that the medical terminal 203c does not have the ability to execute “a procedure for interpreting the analyzed image”.

  The terminal extraction unit 004 obtains identification information of the medical terminal 203 that “executes” or “recommends” execution of the procedure for each extracted procedure, and information on how much operation each medical terminal 203 can perform in each procedure. The data is output to the display control unit 007. This terminal extraction unit 004 corresponds to “terminal extraction means” in the present invention.

  The display control unit 007 stores in advance a format of a display screen for displaying the extracted medical terminal 203 as shown in FIG. FIG. 3 is an example of a display screen of the medical terminal 203 that can be selected. The display control unit 007 has the identification information of the medical terminal 203 that can execute the procedure in each procedure input from the terminal extraction unit 004, and how much operation each medical terminal 203 can perform to execute each procedure. Is displayed on the display unit 010 as a display screen as shown in FIG. 3 based on the stored format. As shown in FIG. 3, the displays are displayed in order from the lowest in processing capability. That is, the line 301 at the top of the table describes the medical terminal 203b having a low processing capability. The medical terminal 203a has a higher processing capability than the medical terminal 203b, and is therefore described in the lower row 302. The medical terminal 203c is not displayed because it does not have the ability to execute the procedure. The column 303 describes how much processing can be performed, that is, information such as “recommended” and “possible”. Here, the brain analysis application represents the “procedure for analyzing the captured image using the brain analysis application software”, and the report creation represents the “procedure for interpreting the analyzed image”. Yes. Thus, in this execution form, the medical terminal 203 capable of executing each procedure is listed as a candidate in order from the one with the lowest processing capability. As a result, the operator can easily find the medical terminal 203 suitable for the procedure to be executed, and can select the medical terminal 203 having a high processing capacity that is unnecessary for executing the procedure. Can be suppressed. This display control unit 007 corresponds to “display control means” in the present invention. The display unit 010 corresponds to the “display unit” in the present invention.

  Further, other information may be added to the extracted display screen of the medical terminal 203 for display. For example, by adding a remarks column or the like, the corresponding medical terminal 203 may display additional information such as “possibility of taking out” or “use time”. In this case, additional information corresponding to each medical terminal 203 is stored in the terminal specification storage unit 006, and the terminal extraction unit 004 acquires the information together with the information on each medical terminal 203 and transmits it to the display control unit 007. That's fine.

  Next, the flow of selection and display of medical terminals in the X-ray CT apparatus according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. Here, FIG. 4 is a flowchart of selection of a medical terminal in the X-ray CT apparatus according to the present embodiment. The flowchart shown in FIG. 4 describes the operation by the operator on the left and the operation by the X-ray CT apparatus according to the present invention on the right. In the following description, it is assumed that a plurality of medical processing procedures are already stored in the procedure storage unit 005, and the processing capabilities of the plurality of terminals are already stored in the terminal specification storage unit 006.

  Step S001: The operator inputs a medical processing procedure to be executed using the user interface 008. Specifically, the operator selects a medical procedure to be executed by himself / herself from a plurality of medical procedures displayed on the display unit 010 and selects the procedure using the input unit 009 such as a mouse. Enter the medical procedure.

  Step S002: The executed procedure specifying unit 001 and the remaining procedure specifying unit 002 receive the input of the medical processing procedure selected by the operator, and store the identification information of the medical processing procedure.

  Step S003: The operator starts the medical processing procedure selected using the execution device such as the modality 202 or the medical terminal 203.

  Step S004: The executed procedure specifying unit 001 receives an execution history from an execution device such as the modality 202 or the medical terminal 203 on which the operator is executing the medical processing procedure, and stores the execution history.

  Step S005: When the medical processing procedure currently being executed by the operator is interrupted, a signal for interrupting the medical processing procedure being executed is output from the execution device to the medical terminal selection device. The interruption of the medical processing procedure refers to interruption after completion of one procedure such as the end of imaging using the modality 202 by the operator and the transition to the next procedure.

  Step S006: The executed procedure specifying unit 001 is included in the selected medical processing procedure stored in the procedure storage unit 005, based on the execution history input until the medical processing procedure being executed is interrupted. The procedure that has been executed is identified by referring to the processing conditions in each procedure.

  Step S007: The remaining procedure specifying unit 002 is selected with reference to the selected medical processing procedure stored in the procedure storage unit 005 based on the procedure specified by the executed procedure specifying unit 001 that has been executed. The remaining procedures that have not yet been executed among the procedures included in the medical processing procedure are identified.

  Step S008: The processing capacity determination unit 003 associates the procedure stored in the procedure storage unit 005 with the processing conditions in the procedure based on the input of the remaining procedure not yet executed from the remaining procedure specifying unit 002. Browse the table. Then, the processing capability determination unit 003 extracts the processing capability of the medical terminal 203 necessary for executing the remaining procedures.

  Step S009: The terminal extraction unit 004 refers to the processing capability of the medical terminal 203 stored in the terminal specification storage unit 006 based on the processing capability required for the remaining procedure input from the processing capability determination unit 003. Then, the medical terminal 203 capable of executing each procedure is extracted. Further, the terminal extraction unit 004 acquires information on how much operation each medical terminal 203 can perform in each procedure.

  Step S010: The display control unit 007, based on the format stored in advance, the identification information of the medical terminal 203 that can execute the remaining procedure input from the terminal extraction unit 004, and the medical terminal 203 Information on how much operation can be performed is displayed on the display unit 010.

  As described above, when the medical terminal selection device according to the present embodiment interrupts the medical processing procedure being executed by the operator, the medical terminal having the processing capability necessary for the remaining procedure is Along with the information on how much processing can be performed, the information is displayed in ascending order of processing capability. As a result, the operator can easily grasp which medical terminal can be used to execute the remaining procedure, thereby improving work efficiency. In addition, since the extracted medical terminals are displayed in the order of low processing capacity, the operator can easily find a medical terminal having an appropriate processing capacity for executing the remaining procedure to be executed, It is possible to avoid concentrating use on medical terminals with high processing capabilities.

  Moreover, in this execution form, each medical terminal which can perform the remaining procedure was displayed on the display part of the medical terminal selection apparatus, but this may be displayed on the display part of another apparatus. For example, the identification information of the medical terminal that can execute the remaining procedures is transmitted to the execution device that has been using each medical terminal until the operator interrupts it via the network, and is displayed on the display unit of the execution device. Good.

[Second execution mode]
The medical terminal selection device according to the second embodiment of the present invention will be described below. The medical terminal selection apparatus according to this execution mode is different from the medical terminal selection apparatus according to the first execution mode in that the reservation status of each medical terminal is displayed together with the extracted medical terminals. Therefore, hereinafter, acquisition and display of the reservation status of the medical terminal will be mainly described. The configuration of the medical terminal selection device according to the present embodiment is a configuration in which a reservation storage unit 011 indicated by a dotted line in FIG. 1 is added to the medical terminal selection device according to the first execution mode.

  The reservation storage unit 011 receives the reservation status of each medical terminal 203 from the HIS (Hospital Information System) and stores the reservation status. Here, in this embodiment, the hospital is described as having a HIS. However, other than the HIS, any reservation management system that manages reservations for each medical terminal may be used. In that case, the reservation storage unit 011 may receive an input of the reservation status from the reservation management system.

  The display control unit 007 receives from the terminal extraction unit 004 input of the extracted identification information of the medical terminal 203 and information on how much operation is possible in the procedure corresponding to the medical terminal 203. Then, the display control unit 007 searches the reservation storage unit 011 based on the input identification information of the medical terminal 203 and extracts the input reservation status of each medical terminal 203. Then, based on the display screen format shown in FIG. 5 stored in advance, the display control unit 007 determines the identification information of the medical terminal 203, the type of the medical terminal 203, and how much the medical terminal 203 operates in each procedure. The availability of the medical terminal 203 (reservation status) and a reservation button are displayed on the display unit 010. Here, FIG. 5 is an example of a display screen of the medical terminal 203 that can be selected in the medical terminal selection apparatus according to the present embodiment. In column 401, the availability of each medical terminal 203 is described, and it is possible to grasp when it can be used. Also, a software reservation button is arranged in the column 402, and when the reservation button is clicked with the input unit 009 such as a mouse, the medical terminal selection device according to the present invention transmits a reservation to the HIS, and the corresponding medical The terminal 203 is reserved. Here, in this execution form, the reservation button is arranged so that the reservation can be made together with the confirmation of the reservation status, but the medical terminal selection apparatus according to this execution form can operate without this.

  As described above, the medical terminal selection apparatus according to the present embodiment can display a medical terminal capable of executing each procedure and display the reservation status of the medical terminal on the display screen. Thereby, it is possible to easily grasp the reservation status of each medical terminal, and it is possible to avoid the concentration of use to a specific medical terminal.

[Third execution form]
The medical terminal selection device according to the third embodiment of the present invention will be described below. The medical terminal selection apparatus according to the present embodiment displays, when resuming the interrupted medical processing procedure, how much the subsequent procedure can be operated on the medical terminal to be resumed. FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing functions of the medical terminal selection apparatus according to the present embodiment. In FIG. 6, functional units denoted by the same reference numerals as those in FIG. 1 have the same functions unless otherwise specified. In the following description, as in the first execution mode, the operator selects the brain diagnosis processing procedure, interrupts the brain diagnosis processing procedure in a state where imaging of the brain is completed by the MRI apparatus, and then the operator performs brain diagnosis. This will be described in the situation where the processing procedure is restarted.

  The executed procedure specifying unit 001 receives a signal of interruption of the medical processing procedure being executed from the execution device, refers to the procedure storage unit 005 based on the execution history received until the interruption, and determines the procedure that has been executed. Identify.

  The remaining procedure specifying unit 002 refers to the procedure storage unit 005 based on the procedure that has been executed, and specifies the remaining procedure.

  The processing capability determination unit 003 refers to the procedure storage unit 005, acquires processing conditions in the remaining procedures, and determines a minimum processing capability that can execute the processing conditions.

  The operator transmits a signal for restarting the medical processing procedure from any of the execution devices, that is, the medical terminal 203 and the modality 202. In this execution mode, it is assumed that the operator transmits a signal for restarting the brain diagnosis processing procedure from the medical terminal 203b.

  The feasibility determination unit 601 receives a signal for restarting the brain diagnosis processing procedure from the medical terminal 203b. The feasibility determining unit 601 acquires the identification information of the medical terminal 203b that has input resumption of the brain diagnosis processing procedure from the medical terminal 203b. Then, the feasibility determination unit 601 refers to the terminal specification storage unit 006 based on the identification information of the medical terminal 203b, and acquires the specification of the medical terminal 203b. Then, the feasibility determination unit 601 compares the processing capability required for the remaining procedure determined by the processing capability determination unit 003 with the specifications of the medical terminal 203b, and how much operation the medical terminal 203b can perform in the remaining procedure. Judging. In other words, in this execution mode, the feasibility determining unit 601 has a minimum capability for the medical terminal 203b to execute “a procedure for analyzing a captured image using application software for brain analysis”. However, it is determined that the medical terminal has sufficient ability to execute the “procedure for interpreting the analyzed image”.

  The feasibility determination unit 601 has a minimum ability to execute the “procedure for analyzing the captured image using the application software for analyzing the brain”, but the “procedure for interpreting the analyzed image”. ”Is output to the communication unit 602.

  The communication unit 602 transmits the input determination result to the medical terminal 203b. Here, the determination result is information that is the contents of the items described on the display screen shown in FIG.

  The medical terminal 203b receives from the communication unit 602 a determination result indicating how much operation it can perform in the remaining procedures. Here, FIG. 7 is a view of a display screen of the medical terminal that displays the determination result sent from the communication unit 602 and displays the feasibility of the remaining procedures in the present embodiment.

  Then, the medical terminal 203b displays a display screen as illustrated in FIG. 7 on the display unit that the medical terminal 203b has, based on the received determination result. Here, when the medical terminal 203b receives a determination result indicating that the medical terminal 203b has sufficient capability, the medical terminal 203b displays “operating comfortably”. When the medical terminal 203b receives the determination result that the medical terminal 203 has the minimum capability, the medical terminal 203b displays the message “It works but is not recommended because the response becomes slow”. That is, the “procedure for analyzing the captured image using the brain analysis application software” is represented as the XX application in the row 701. In column 703, a comment 704 is displayed as the possibility of operation in the procedure, “It works but is not recommended because the response is slow.” The “procedure for interpreting the analyzed image” is expressed as report creation in a row 702. Then, in the column 703, a comment 705 “operating comfortably” is displayed as the operation possibility in the procedure.

  As described above, in the medical terminal selection device according to the present embodiment, when an attempt is made to resume a medical processing procedure that has been interrupted at any medical terminal, how much of the remaining procedure is in the medical terminal at that medical terminal. It is configured to be able to display whether it can be executed. Accordingly, the operator can easily grasp how much and how much of the remaining procedures can be executed at the medical terminal that is about to resume the medical processing procedure, and can improve work efficiency.

  In the above description, the medical terminal selection apparatus has a function of obtaining the operation possibility of the terminal that resumes the procedure when the procedure is resumed. However, as in the first execution mode, the display of medical terminals that can be selected at the time of interruption is displayed. Even if configured as a medical terminal selection device having both the functions to be performed and the functions in the present embodiment, the operation is possible.

[Fourth execution form]
The medical terminal selection device according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention will be described below. The medical terminal selection apparatus in this execution form is different from the first execution form in that it predicts the medical process procedure being executed from the execution history without receiving the input of the medical process procedure to be executed. Therefore, the prediction of the medical processing procedure will be mainly described below. FIG. 8 is a block diagram showing functions of the medical terminal selection apparatus according to the present embodiment. In FIG. 8, functional units denoted by the same reference numerals as those in FIG. 1 have the same functions unless otherwise specified.

  The operator history storage unit 801 stores in advance a medical processing procedure performed by the operator in the past and an execution history performed by the operator in the past. The operator history storage unit 801 stores the medical processing hand in response to an input from the operator directly, and the execution history is an execution device that executes the medical processing when the operator has performed the medical processing in the past. I remember it from.

  While the operator uses the execution device to execute the medical processing procedure, the execution device outputs an execution history to the executed procedure specifying unit 001 and the medical processing procedure prediction unit 800.

  The medical processing procedure prediction unit 800 searches for each procedure included in each medical processing procedure stored in the procedure storage unit 005 based on the input execution history. The medical processing procedure prediction unit 800 obtains a procedure having a processing condition including the content to be executed that matches the input execution history. Then, the medical processing procedure prediction unit 800 predicts that the medical processing procedure including the obtained procedure is a medical processing procedure that is currently being executed. Here, there may be one or a plurality of medical processing procedures predicted as the medical processing procedures currently being executed.

  Further, the medical processing procedure prediction unit 800 refers to the operator history storage unit 801 and acquires a medical processing procedure performed by the operator in the past. Then, the medical processing procedure prediction unit 800 extracts medical processing procedures performed by the operator in the past from the predicted medical processing procedures. Further, the medical processing procedure prediction unit 800 acquires an execution history performed by the operator in the past from the operator history storage unit 801. Then, the medical processing procedure prediction unit 800 extracts a procedure that may be performed after the current execution history based on the past execution history of the operator. Then, a medical processing procedure including a procedure based on the current execution history and a procedure that may be performed later is extracted from the predicted medical processing procedure. In this way, the medical processing procedure prediction unit 800 narrows down the candidates for the currently performed medical processing procedure based on the medical processing procedure performed in the past and the past execution history from the predicted medical processing procedures. Here, in this execution mode, in order to reduce candidates and improve the accuracy of prediction, the medical process procedure prediction unit 800 stores an operator's past medical process procedure and execution history stored in advance in the operator history storage unit 801. The candidates are narrowed down based on the above, but the operation is possible without performing the narrowing down. In that case, the operator history storage unit 801 becomes unnecessary.

  The medical processing procedure prediction unit 800 outputs the predicted medical processing procedure to the executed procedure specifying unit 001 and the remaining procedure specifying unit 002.

  The executed procedure specifying unit 001 receives an input of a medical processing procedure predicted by the medical processing procedure prediction unit 800. Then, the executed procedure specifying unit 001 receives a signal of interruption of the medical processing procedure being executed from the execution device, refers to the procedure storage unit 005 based on the execution history received until the interruption, and performs the predicted medical use The procedure that has been executed is identified from the procedures included in the processing procedure.

  The remaining procedure specifying unit 002 references the procedure storage unit 005 based on the procedure that has been executed, and specifies the remaining procedure in the predicted medical processing procedure.

  The processing capability determination unit 003 can acquire the processing conditions in the remaining procedures in the medical processing procedure predicted with reference to the procedure storage unit 005, and can execute the processing conditions based on the acquired processing conditions Determine the minimum processing capacity.

  The terminal extraction unit 004 refers to the terminal specification storage unit 006 and extracts the medical terminal 203 having a processing capability equal to or higher than the processing capability obtained by the processing capability determination unit 003 for each remaining procedure in the predicted medical processing procedure. Further, how much operation can be performed in each procedure of the extracted medical terminal 203 is obtained.

  The display control unit 007 causes the display unit 010 to display the identification information of the medical terminal 203 extracted by the terminal extraction unit 004 and how much the medical terminal can be operated in each remaining procedure in the predicted medical processing procedure. .

  As described above, the medical terminal selection apparatus according to the present embodiment predicts the currently performed medical processing procedure based on the medical processing being performed, and the remaining procedures of the medical processing procedure predicted after the interruption The medical terminal capable of executing is extracted and displayed. As a result, it is not necessary to input a medical processing procedure executed by the operator, and the burden on the operator can be reduced.

001 executed procedure specifying unit 002 remaining procedure specifying unit 003 processing capability determining unit 004 terminal extracting unit 005 procedure storage unit 006 terminal specification storage unit 007 display control unit 008 user interface 009 input unit 010 display unit 011 reservation storage unit 601 feasibility Determination unit 602 Communication unit 800 Medical procedure prediction unit 801 Operator history storage unit

Claims (6)

A procedure storage means for storing a plurality of medical processing procedures including a plurality of procedures, and processing conditions including application software used in each of the procedures and types of images to be displayed;
Terminal specification storage means for storing specifications of a plurality of terminals;
Input means for selecting the specific medical processing procedure from the medical processing procedure;
In the medical processing procedure, an execution history is received from the execution device that executes the selected specific medical processing procedure, and a signal for interrupting the execution of the specific medical processing procedure is received and the processing condition is referred to. An executed procedure identification means for identifying a procedure that has already been executed,
A remaining procedure specifying means for specifying a remaining procedure in the specific medical processing procedure in response to the specified procedure that has been executed,
Processing capability determination for determining processing capability including processing capability and resolution of a terminal necessary for executing each remaining procedure with reference to processing conditions corresponding to each remaining procedure stored in the procedure storage unit Means,
Terminal extraction means for extracting, for each remaining procedure, the terminal having a processing capacity equal to or greater than the obtained processing capacity based on the stored specifications of the terminal;
Display control means for displaying the extracted terminal information on a display means;
A medical terminal selection device comprising:   The processing capability determining means stores in advance a table in which processing capacities necessary for executing each application software and displaying an image are stored for each of the plurality of medical processing procedures and for each of a plurality of procedures constituting the medical processing procedures. The medical terminal selection device according to claim 1, wherein the necessary processing capacity is obtained by referring to the table based on processing conditions of the remaining procedures. Reservation storage means for storing use reservation status for each terminal of the plurality of terminals,
The display control means causes the display means to display the use reservation status together with the extracted terminal identification information.
The medical terminal selection apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, characterized by the above. In response to a signal for resuming the specific medical procedure from the extracted terminal, the extracted terminal executes the remaining procedure based on the obtained processing capability and the processing capability of the extracted terminal. Feasibility judging means for judging whether or not possible,
Communication means for transmitting the determination result to the specific terminal;
The medical terminal selection device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, further comprising: A plurality of medical processing procedures including a plurality of procedures, and a procedure storage means for storing processing conditions such as an application used in each of the procedures and a type of image to be displayed;
Terminal specification storage means for storing specifications of a plurality of terminals;
The processing condition is referred to based on a combination of execution histories such as a modality type, an imaging part, an imaging method, or an imaging condition in the executed medical processing procedure, which is input from an execution device that executes the medical processing procedure. Medical processing procedure prediction means for predicting the medical processing procedure being executed,
An executed procedure specifying means for receiving an execution history from the execution device and further specifying a procedure that has already been completed in the medical processing procedure in response to a signal to interrupt the medical processing;
A remaining procedure specifying means for specifying a remaining procedure in the predicted medical processing procedure based on the procedure for which the specified execution has been completed;
Processing capability for obtaining processing capability including processing capability and resolution of a terminal necessary for executing each remaining procedure with reference to processing conditions corresponding to each remaining procedure stored in the procedure storage unit A determination means;
Terminal extraction means for extracting, for each remaining procedure, the terminal having a processing capacity equal to or greater than the calculated processing capacity based on the stored specifications;
Display control means for displaying the extracted terminal information on a display means;
A medical terminal selection device comprising: An operator history storage means for storing a past medical processing procedure executed based on the operator's selection and an execution history;
The medical processing procedure predicting means refers to the past medical processing procedure and execution history, and the medical processing procedure that has been used as a candidate for the predicted medical processing procedure in the past and at least a past execution history and a part thereof. The medical terminal selection device according to claim 5, wherein the medical processing procedure is narrowed down to a matching medical processing procedure.

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