JP5657921B2 - Medical image management system and medical image diagnostic apparatus - Google Patents

Description

This invention relates to a medical image management system you and the medical diagnostic imaging apparatus.

  In recent years, a picture archiving communication system (PACS) has been collected by various medical image diagnostic apparatuses such as an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus, an X-ray CT (Computed Tomography) apparatus, and an MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) apparatus. Introduction as a system for managing a large amount of medical images is being promoted in medical institutions.

  The PACS includes a medical image storage device that stores medical images collected by a medical image diagnostic device, and an image display device that is an image viewer that reads and displays medical images stored in the medical image storage device. Here, each medical image collected in the medical image diagnostic apparatus and stored in the medical image storage apparatus is unified in an image format conforming to DICOM (Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine).

  In such an image format, accompanying information such as a patient name, a patient ID, and an examination ID is given together with image data. In addition, transmission / reception of information such as medical images between the medical image diagnostic apparatus, the medical image storage apparatus, and the image display apparatus is performed by a communication protocol conforming to DICOM. A PACS is also known that determines whether or not to display additional information according to the operator of the image display device in order to protect the personal information of the patient (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

  PACS is used, for example, in a meeting (called a conference) in which doctors of each diagnosis subject gather to determine a treatment plan. In the conference, the image display device transmits, for example, a patient ID designated by a doctor to the medical image storage device. The medical image storage device transmits all the medical images associated with the received patient ID to the image display device, and the image display device displays the received medical image. Thereby, a doctor can make a treatment plan with reference to various medical images taken by examinations performed in the past for a patient to be treated.

  Incidentally, some treatment plans determined by the conference use a medical image diagnostic apparatus for treatment support. For example, when performing puncture or radiofrequency ablation (RFA), a doctor performs treatment while referring to an ultrasonic image generated and displayed by an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus. At that time, in order to ensure the treatment, the doctor may desire to refer to the medical image referred to in order to make a treatment plan also in the ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus.

  Therefore, a medical image diagnostic apparatus such as an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus connected to the PACS has a function of displaying various medical images transferred from the medical image storage apparatus.

JP 2007-148510 A

  However, in the medical image storage device, various medical images of a patient to be treated are stored for each examination. For this reason, the operator of the medical image diagnostic apparatus needs to search the medical image storage apparatus for individual medical images desired by the doctor.

  Further, even when an image display device is installed in the operating room and an individual medical image desired by the doctor is displayed on the image display device, the operator of the image display device can select the individual medical image desired by the doctor. It was necessary to retrieve the image from the medical image storage device.

  As described above, the above-described conventional technique has a problem that it is difficult to easily search for a medical image desired by a doctor from medical images stored in a medical image storage device.

Accordingly, the present invention has been made to solve the problems in the conventional technology, the medical image management system Contact and medical image diagnostic apparatus makes it possible to facilitate the search of the medical image physician desires The purpose is to provide.

In order to solve the above-described problems and achieve the object, the present invention provides a medical image diagnostic apparatus that collects medical images, a medical image storage apparatus that stores the medical images collected by the medical image diagnostic apparatus, An image display device that displays the medical image stored in the medical image storage device, wherein the image display device includes a plurality of the same subject read from the medical image storage device. List creation means for creating a list in which medical image groups designated by an operator among medical images are associated with unused identifier numbers by identifiers attached to image data as supplementary information according to the DICOM standard, and the list creation Storage control means for controlling the data based on the list created by the means to be stored in the medical image storage device, and the medical image The diagnostic apparatus includes the medical image group associated with the data based on the list stored in the medical image storage apparatus under the control of the storage control unit, and the own apparatus presents the subject in which the medical image group is captured at this time. It is characterized by comprising display control means for controlling to display a list of photographed medical images on the display unit of the apparatus itself.

Further, according to the present invention, a medical image group specified by an operator among a plurality of medical images of the same subject read out from a medical image storage device in which a medical image diagnostic apparatus stores medical images is imaged in accordance with the DICOM standard. An acquisition unit that acquires the medical image group based on a list that is created by associating with the identifier number that is an unused identifier number attached to the data, and the medical image group acquired by the acquisition unit together with the medical image group And display control means for controlling the subject on which the image group has been photographed to display a list of medical images taken by the own device at the present time on the display unit of the own device.

According to the present invention, it is possible to easily search for a medical image desired by a doctor.

FIG. 1 is a diagram for explaining the configuration of the medical image management system according to the present embodiment. FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining the configuration of the image display apparatus according to the present embodiment. FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining the structure of medical image data stored in the medical image database. FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining the list creation unit. FIG. 5 is a diagram for explaining the storage control unit. FIG. 6 is a diagram for explaining a modification of the control process executed by the storage control unit. FIG. 7 is a diagram for explaining the configuration of the medical image diagnostic apparatus according to the present embodiment. FIG. 8 is a diagram for explaining the display control unit. FIG. 9 is a flowchart for explaining processing of the image display apparatus according to the present embodiment. FIG. 10 is a flowchart for explaining processing of the medical image diagnostic apparatus according to the present embodiment.

  Exemplary embodiments of a medical image management system, an image display apparatus, and a medical image diagnostic apparatus according to the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In addition, this invention is not limited by the Example shown below. In the following, a medical image management system according to the present invention will be described as an example.

  First, the configuration of the medical image management system according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 1 is a diagram for explaining the configuration of the medical image management system according to the present embodiment.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the medical image management system according to the present embodiment includes a medical image diagnostic apparatus 10, a medical image storage apparatus 20, and an image display apparatus 30, and each apparatus is connected via a network 1. It is connected. For example, the medical image management system according to the present embodiment is installed to manage various medical images collected by the medical image diagnostic apparatus 10 in a medical institution.

  The medical image diagnostic apparatus 10 is an apparatus such as an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus, an X-ray CT (Computed Tomography) apparatus, an MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) apparatus, an X-ray diagnostic apparatus, or a nuclear medicine imaging apparatus. Although only one medical image diagnostic apparatus 10 is shown in FIG. 1, a plurality of medical image diagnostic apparatuses 10 are actually connected to the network 1. That is, a plurality of medical image diagnostic apparatuses 10 of various types are connected to the network 1.

  The medical image diagnostic apparatus 10 collects a medical image of a patient for each examination. Specifically, the medical image diagnostic apparatus 10 collects medical images that are unified into an image format conforming to DICOM (Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine).

  The medical image storage device 20 is a device for storing medical images collected by the medical image diagnostic device 10, and stores medical images transmitted from the medical image diagnostic device 10 using a communication protocol in accordance with DICOM in the medical image database 20a. To do.

  The image display device 30 is an image viewer for displaying medical images stored in the medical image storage device 20. That is, the image display device 30 has an image interpretation function for reading out and displaying a medical image from the medical image database 20a. Although only one image display device 30 is shown in FIG. 1, a plurality of image display devices 30 are actually connected to the network 1. The image display device 30 transmits a medical image transfer request designated by the operator of the own device to the medical image storage device 20, receives the medical image transferred from the medical image storage device 20, and receives the received medical image. Is displayed. Here, the operator of the image display device 30 is a doctor who interprets a medical image or a doctor of each diagnosis subject gathered at a conference for determining a treatment plan. Note that data transmission / reception between the image display device 30 and the medical image storage device 20 is also executed by a communication protocol conforming to DICOM.

  That is, the medical image storage device 20 and the image display device 30 are devices that constitute a PACS (Picture Archiving and Communication System).

  The medical image management system according to the present embodiment displays an image so that the medical image desired by the doctor can be easily searched from the medical images stored in the medical image database 20a. A device 30 is configured.

  Hereinafter, processing executed by the image display device 30 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining the configuration of the image display apparatus according to the present embodiment.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the image display device 30 according to the present embodiment includes an input unit 30a, a display unit 30b, a communication unit 30c, a list creation unit 30d, and a storage control unit 30e.

  The input unit 30a includes a mouse and a keyboard for receiving various setting information from the operator of the image display device 30. Specifically, the input unit 30a accepts a medical image display request from the operator.

  The display unit 30b displays a medical image transferred from the medical image database 20a in response to a display request from the operator, or displays a GUI (Graphical User Interface) for receiving a command from the operator. Have a monitor.

  The communication unit 30c transmits and receives data to and from the medical image storage device 20 and the medical image diagnostic device 10. Specifically, the communication unit 30c transmits a medical image to the medical image storage device 20 by a communication protocol in accordance with the DICOM standard. A display request is transmitted, or a medical image is received from the medical image storage device 20.

  Here, the structure of the medical image data stored in the medical image database 20a will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining the structure of medical image data stored in the medical image database.

  As shown in FIG. 3, in the image format conforming to DICOM, the medical image data has a configuration in which the additional information of the image data is added to the header portion of the image data that is digital data of the medical image. Examples of supplementary information include patient ID, examination ID, classification ID, examination date, image ID, and the like, as shown in FIG. The patient ID is information given to uniquely identify the patient, and the examination ID is information given to uniquely identify the examination received by the patient. The classification ID is information given to uniquely identify the classification of each item because the same inspection is performed over a plurality of items. The inspection date is information given to record the date on which the inspection was performed. The image ID is information given to uniquely identify the image data. In addition to the example shown in FIG. 3, the incidental information includes the patient name, the address of the medical image database 20a in which the image data is stored, and the like.

  From the medical image data having such a configuration, for example, in this embodiment, the patient ID (for example, “0001”) of the patient who is the target of the treatment plan planning by the doctors of each diagnosis subject gathered at the conference for determining the treatment plan. Input by the operator via the input unit 30a. Accordingly, the communication unit 30c transmits “patient ID: 0001” to the medical image storage device 20, and the medical image storage device 20 communicates all medical image data having “patient ID: 0001” as supplementary information. Forward to the unit 30c. Then, the image display device 30 displays the received medical image data on the display unit 30b.

  The doctor who refers to the medical image displayed together with the accompanying information through such processing makes a treatment plan. Here, for example, it is assumed that a doctor who gathered at a conference determines that a tumor generated in a patient's liver is cauterized by radiofrequency ablation (RFA). Here, the RFA is performed while referring to an ultrasonic image collected by the ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus on a monitor of the ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus. At that time, in order to surely perform the treatment, the doctor who performs the treatment requests that the medical image group referred to for making a treatment plan is also referred to by the ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus used at the time of treatment.

  Therefore, in the image display device 30 according to the present embodiment, the processes of the list creation unit 30d and the storage control unit 30e shown in FIG. 2 are executed as follows.

  The list creation unit 30d creates a list in which a medical image group designated by a doctor is associated among a plurality of medical images of the same patient read from the medical image storage device 20. FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining the list creation unit.

  For example, as shown in FIG. 4A, the medical images collected in the past examination of “patient ID: 0001” read from the medical image storage device 20 are ultrasonic images 1 to 3 and X-ray CT. Assume that there are five images 1 and MRI image 1. In the example shown in FIG. 4A, ultrasonic images 1 and 2 are collected in “Examination ID: Examination 1, Classification ID: Classification 1” of “Patient ID: 0001”, and “Patient ID: 0001”. "Inspection ID: Inspection 1, Classification ID: Classification 2", an X-ray CT image 1 is collected. Further, in the example shown in FIG. 4A, the ultrasound image 3 is collected in “Examination ID: Examination 2, Classification ID: Classification 1” of “Patient ID: 0001”, and “Patient ID: 0001”. MRI image 1 is collected in “inspection ID: inspection 2, classification ID: classification 3”.

  Here, it is assumed that the operator who refers to the ultrasound images 1 to 3, the X-ray CT image 1 and the MRI image 1 respectively designates the ultrasound image 3 and the X-ray CT image 1 as a medical image group to be referred to at the time of treatment. To do. In such a case, the list creation unit 30d, as shown in FIG. 4B, adds incidental information of the ultrasound image 3 that is “patient ID: 0001, examination ID: examination 2, classification ID: classification 1”, A list converted into incidental information with “patient ID: 0001, examination ID: examination 3, classification ID: classification 1” is created. Further, as shown in FIG. 4B, the list creation unit 30 d displays the incidental information of the X-ray CT image 1 that was “patient ID: 0001, examination ID: examination 1, classification ID: classification 2”, A list converted into incidental information with “patient ID: 0001, examination ID: examination 3, classification ID: classification 2” is created.

  That is, the list creation unit 30d creates a list obtained by converting the examination ID of the medical image group designated by the doctor into a new unused examination ID. Although not shown in the figure, the list creation unit 30d creates a list in which the examination date of the medical image group designated by the doctor is virtually set as the list creation date.

  Returning to FIG. 2, the storage control unit 30 e performs control so that data based on the list created by the list creation unit 30 d is stored in the medical image database 20 a of the medical image storage device 20. Specifically, the storage control unit 30e transfers the list to the medical image storage device 20 via the communication unit 30c, for example, so as to store medical image data based on the list as illustrated in FIG. To do. FIG. 5 is a diagram for explaining the storage control unit.

  In the example shown in FIG. 5, the storage control unit 30e duplicates the ultrasound image 3 and the X-ray CT image 1 designated by the doctor, and the supplementary information of each duplicated image data is created by the list creation unit 30d. The medical image storage device 20 is controlled to store the medical image data to be stored in the medical image database 20a.

  For example, in the example shown in FIG. 5, the incidental information of “patient ID: 0001, examination ID: examination 3, classification ID: classification 1,..., Examination date: list creation date, image ID: US3” is “ultrasound. The medical image data assigned to “Image 3 (Duplicate)” is newly stored in the medical image database 20a. In the example shown in FIG. 5, the incidental information of “patient ID: 0001, examination ID: examination 3, classification ID: classification 2,..., Examination date: list creation date, image ID: CT1” is “X-rays”. The medical image data assigned to “CT image 1 (duplicate)” is newly stored in the medical image database 20a. In other words, in the example shown in FIG. 5, after the medical image registered in the list is duplicated, the information described in the list is added as supplementary information to the image data of the duplicated medical image.

  As described above, in the example illustrated in FIG. 5, for example, “Examination ID: Examination 3” or “Examination Date: List Creation Date” is searched together with “Patient ID: 0001” by the storage control of the storage control unit 30e. If the key is used, it is possible to search medical image data corresponding to a medical image group that a doctor wants to refer to during treatment.

  Alternatively, the storage control unit 30e may control to store medical image data as shown in FIG. 6, for example, by transferring the list to the medical image storage device 20 via the communication unit 30c. FIG. 6 is a diagram for explaining a modification of the control process executed by the storage control unit.

  In the modification shown in FIG. 6, the storage control unit 30e does not duplicate the medical image. Instead, the storage control unit 30e stores medical image data in which “examination ID” described in the list is added as “list ID” to the supplementary information of the medical image registered in the list in the medical image database 20a. The medical image storage device 20 is controlled.

  In other words, in the example shown in FIG. 6, incidental information indicating that it is registered in the list is added to the stored medical image data. Thus, “patient ID: 0001, examination ID: examination 2, classification ID: classification 1,..., Examination date: 2009/11/10, image ID: US3” and “ultrasonic image 3” are configured. In the medical image data, “list ID: examination 3” is added as supplementary information. Further, it is composed of “patient ID: 0001, examination ID: examination 1, classification ID: classification 2,..., Examination date: 2009/11/9, image ID: CT1” and “X-ray CT image 1”. In the medical image data, “list ID: examination 3” is added as supplementary information.

  Thus, in the example shown in FIG. 6, if the storage control of the storage control unit 30e uses, for example, “list ID: examination 3” as a search key together with “patient ID: 0001”, the doctor wants to refer to the treatment. Medical image data corresponding to the medical image group can be searched.

  Note that the operator can select which storage control unit 30e performs the storage control shown in FIG. 5 or FIG.

  Next, the configuration of the medical image diagnostic apparatus 10 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 7 is a diagram for explaining the configuration of the medical image diagnostic apparatus according to the present embodiment.

  As illustrated in FIG. 7, the medical image diagnostic apparatus 10 according to the present embodiment includes an input unit 10a, a display unit 10b, a communication unit 10c, and a display control unit 10d. FIG. 7 shows only the processing unit used in the present embodiment. Actually, the medical image diagnostic apparatus 10 includes various processing units and storage units used for photographing medical images. Have.

  The input unit 10 a includes a mouse, a keyboard, and the like for receiving various setting information from the operator of the medical image diagnostic apparatus 10. Specifically, the input unit 10a accepts a medical image photographing request from the operator and a medical image data transfer request to the medical image database 20a.

  The display unit 10b displays a medical image taken by the medical image diagnostic apparatus 10, displays a medical image transferred from the medical image database 20a in response to an operator's transfer request, and accepts a command from the operator. And a monitor for displaying a graphical user interface (GUI).

  The communication unit 10c transmits and receives data to and from the medical image storage device 20 and the image display device 30. Specifically, the communication unit 10c communicates with the medical image storage device 20 and the image display device 30 by a communication protocol in accordance with the DICOM standard. Medical image data is transmitted and received between the two.

  The display control unit 10d controls the display unit 10b to display a list of medical image groups associated with medical image data based on the list stored in the medical image database 20a under the control of the storage control unit 30e.

  Here, conventionally, for example, when a display request of “patient ID: 0001” is input from the operator of the medical image diagnostic apparatus 10 which is an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus via the input unit 10a, the communication unit 10c The “patient ID: 0001” is transferred to the medical image storage device 20, and the medical image storage device 20 reads the medical image data including the “patient ID: 0001” from the medical image database 20a and sends it to the communication unit 10c. Forward.

  With this process, conventionally, for example, the ultrasound images 1 to 3, the X-ray CT image 1, and the MRI image 1 shown in FIG. 4A are displayed on the display unit 10 b under the control of the display control unit 10 d. Listed for each. Therefore, conventionally, a doctor has to select a medical image desired by the doctor again with the medical image diagnostic apparatus 10.

  However, in this embodiment, for example, medical image data as shown in FIG. 5 is stored in the medical image database 20a under the control of the storage control unit 30e. Therefore, when the operator of the medical image diagnostic apparatus 10 which is an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus inputs “patient ID: 0001, examination ID: examination 3” or “patient ID: 0001, examination date: list creation date”, FIG. Only the medical image group (ultrasonic image 3 and X-ray CT image 1) of “Examination ID: Examination 3” shown in FIG. 5 is displayed as a list on the display unit 10b under the control of the display control unit 10d.

  If, for example, medical image data as shown in FIG. 6 is stored in the medical image database 20a under the control of the storage control unit 30e, the doctor determines that "patient ID" : 0001 ”can be entered to refer to a desired medical image group registered in the list.

  Specifically, the medical image diagnostic apparatus 10 is provided with a “list display button” in the input unit 10a. When the operator inputs “patient ID: 0001” and presses the “list display button”, the display control unit 10d displays the medical image in which “list ID” is included in the incidental information together with “patient ID: 0001”. It requests the medical image storage apparatus 20 via the communication unit 10c to transfer only the data. With this process, only the medical image group (ultrasonic image 3 and X-ray CT image 1) including “list ID: examination 3” shown in FIG. 6 in the supplementary information is displayed on the display unit 10b under the control of the display control unit 10d. Are displayed in a list.

  FIG. 8 is a diagram for explaining the display control unit. Under the control of the display control unit 10d, for example, as shown in FIG. 8, the ultrasonic image 3 and the X-ray CT image 1 that are past images are displayed together with the real-time ultrasonic image obtained by imaging the patient with “patient ID: 0001”. Are displayed as a list on the display unit 10b. The input information may be a patient name instead of the patient ID.

  Next, processing of the medical image management system according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 9 is a flowchart for explaining the process of the image display apparatus according to the present embodiment, and FIG. 10 is a flowchart for explaining the process of the medical image diagnostic apparatus according to the present embodiment.

  First, processing of the image display apparatus 30 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. In addition, FIG. 9 demonstrates the process after the medical image collected by the test | inspection which the patient used as the object of treatment plan planning received in the past is displayed.

  As illustrated in FIG. 9, the image display device 30 according to the present embodiment determines whether or not a medical image group has been designated by an operator who refers to a plurality of medical images of the same patient read from the medical image storage device 20. (Step S101). Here, when the medical image group is not designated (No at Step S101), the image display device 30 enters a standby state.

  On the other hand, when a medical image group is designated (Yes at Step S101), the list creation unit 30d associates the medical image group designated by the doctor among a plurality of medical images of the same patient read from the medical image storage device 20. A list is created (step S102).

  Then, the storage control unit 30e controls to store data based on the list created by the list creation unit 30d in the medical image database 20a of the medical image storage device 20 (step S103), and ends the process.

  Subsequently, processing of the medical image diagnostic apparatus 10 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 10 illustrates an example of processing that is executed when treatment using the medical image diagnostic apparatus 10 is performed. Specifically, FIG. 10 illustrates a case where medical image data as shown in FIG. 5 is stored in the medical image database 20a by the process executed by the storage control unit 30e in step S103.

  As shown in FIG. 10, the medical image diagnostic apparatus 10 according to the present embodiment determines whether or not a patient ID and an examination date are received from the operator via the input unit 10a (step S201). Here, when the patient ID and the examination date are not accepted (No at Step S201), the medical image diagnostic apparatus 10 enters a standby state.

  On the other hand, when the patient ID and the examination date are received (Yes at Step S201), the communication unit 10c stores a medical image storage request corresponding to the received patient ID and examination date under the control of the display control unit 10d. It transmits to the apparatus 20 (step S202), and it is determined whether the medical image group was received (step S203). Here, when a medical image group is not received (No at Step S203), the communication unit 10c enters a standby state.

  On the other hand, if a medical image group has been received (Yes at step S203), the display control unit 10d performs control so that the received medical image group is displayed as a list (step S204), and the process ends.

  The information received in step S201 may be “patient ID, examination date”, “patient name, examination ID”, or “patient name, examination date”.

  If the medical image data as shown in FIG. 6 is stored in the medical image database 20a by the process executed by the storage control unit 30e in step S103, the information received in step S201 is “ “Patient ID, list display button pressed” or “Patient name, list display button pressed”. In this case, in step S202, the communication unit 10c makes a transfer request for the medical image group of the same patient whose list ID is included in the incidental information under the control of the display control unit 10d.

  As described above, in the first embodiment, in the image display device 30 installed in the medical image management system, the list creation unit 30d is performed by the doctor among a plurality of medical images of the same patient read from the medical image storage device 20. A list in which the specified medical image group is associated is created. Then, the storage control unit 30e performs control so that medical image data based on the list created by the list creation unit 30d is stored in the medical image database 20a of the medical image storage device 20.

  Therefore, according to the present embodiment, since medical image data based on the list is stored, the medical image group registered in the list can be searched using the examination ID and examination date described in the list. Therefore, it is possible to easily search for a medical image desired by a doctor.

  In the medical image diagnostic apparatus 10 installed in the medical image management system, the display control unit 10d is associated with medical image data based on a list stored in the medical image database 20a under the control of the storage control unit 30e. The group is controlled to be displayed as a list on the display unit 10b. Therefore, according to the present embodiment, it is possible to quickly display a list of medical images desired by a doctor.

  The method for displaying a list of medical image groups registered in the list by the medical image diagnostic apparatus 10 is not limited to the operation using the medical image diagnostic apparatus 10 as described above. For example, in the image display device 30, the medical image group registered in the list is read from the medical image database 20 a using the information described in the list as a search key, and then the read medical image group is medically used via the network 1. It may be a case of transferring to the diagnostic imaging apparatus 10. Further, the image display device 30 used for such processing is not limited to the device that created the list, and may be another image display device 30 connected to the network 1. In addition, the method of displaying a list of medical image groups registered in the list by the medical image diagnostic apparatus 10 is that the medical image group read by the image display apparatus 30 is recorded on a recording medium such as a CD, and then the recording medium is medically used. It may be a case where the diagnostic imaging apparatus 10 reads the image.

  In the above-described embodiment, the case where the list creation and storage control is performed by the image display device 30 and the list of medical image groups desired by the doctor is displayed by the medical image diagnostic device 10 has been described. It is not limited to this. Specifically, the present invention may be a case where the image display device 30 displays a list of medical image groups together with list creation and storage control. For example, when the storage capacity of the image memory of the medical image diagnostic apparatus 10 used for the treatment is not sufficient, by installing the image display device 30 in the operating room, a list of past examination images desired by the doctor is displayed. be able to.

  Further, the present invention may be a case where the list creation and storage control performed by the image display device 30 is executed in the medical image diagnostic apparatus 10 in order to display a list of medical image groups desired by the doctor. . By connecting a plurality of such medical image diagnostic apparatuses 10 to the network 1, it is possible to share the list creation, storage control, and medical image group list display among the medical image diagnostic apparatuses 10.

  As described above, the medical image management system, the image display device, and the medical image diagnostic device according to the present invention are useful when managing medical images, and particularly for facilitating the search for medical images desired by a doctor. Suitable.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Network 10 Medical image diagnostic apparatus 10a Input part 10b Display part 10c Communication part 10d Display control part 20 Medical image storage apparatus 20a Medical image database 30 Image display apparatus 30a Input part 30b Display part 30c Communication part 30d List creation part 30e Storage control part

Claims (2)

A medical image diagnostic apparatus that collects medical images, a medical image storage apparatus that stores the medical images collected by the medical image diagnostic apparatus, and an image display that displays the medical images stored in the medical image storage apparatus A medical image management system having a device,
The image display device includes:
Among a plurality of medical images of the same subject read out from the medical image storage device, a medical image group designated by an operator is assigned an unused identifier number with an identifier given as supplementary information to image data in the DICOM standard. A list creation means for creating an associated list;
Storage control means for controlling to store data based on the list created by the list creation means in the medical image storage device;
With
The medical image diagnostic apparatus comprises:
A medical image taken by the device at the present time along with a medical image group associated with the data based on the list stored in the medical image storage device under the control of the storage control unit. Display control means for controlling to display a list on the display unit of its own device,
A medical image management system comprising: Among a plurality of medical images of the same subject read out from a medical image storage device that stores medical images, a medical image group designated by an operator is not used with an identifier that is added as supplementary information to image data in the DICOM standard Acquiring means for acquiring the medical image group based on a list created in association with the identifier number of
Display control means for controlling the medical image group acquired by the acquisition unit together with the medical image group acquired by the acquisition unit to display a list of medical images captured by the own device at the present time on the display unit of the own device. ,
A medical image diagnostic apparatus comprising:

Images