JPH02109548A - Ultrasonic diagnostic device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To shorten an inspection time and to reduce the burden of an operator by executing an operation to allow patient information to be stored to a first memory, an operation to allow the information of a reserver to be stored to a second memory and an operation to allow the information in the first or second memory to be displayed on another monitor. CONSTITUTION:When the input of the patient information is requested by a keyboard 13, the input request is processed with a signal by an SW processing part 21. Next, the input request is sent through a cable 2 driven by a cable driver 24 to a cable driver 35 in a microcomputer 3 side. After that, the input request is sent through the cable driver 35 in the microcomputer 3 side to a microcomputer main body 31 and the patient information is read from a patient information file 34 housed in a disk 34. Then, the patient information read from the microcomputer 3 side is sent through a cable 2 to the cable driver 24 and stored to a patient information file 23a by a patient information processing part 22. Then, the patient information desired out of the patient information is displayed on a monitor 14 together with ultrasonic diagnostic information processed by an image processing part 20.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Object of the Invention] (Industrial Application Field) The present invention relates to an ultrasound system that transmits and receives ultrasound waves to and from a patient and displays the ultrasound diagnostic information obtained thereby on a monitor. The present invention relates to a sound wave diagnostic device.

(Prior Art) Conventionally, an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus transmits and receives ultrasonic waves from a probe to a patient, and displays the obtained ultrasonic diagnostic information as an image on a display device such as a monitor. In order to match the ultrasound diagnostic information of a specific patient displayed on the monitor to each patient, patient information such as patient name, medical record number, etc. as patient identification information is generally superimposed and displayed on the displayed image. .

This patient information is input by the operator from an instruction input means such as a keyboard, and is displayed on a monitor or the like together with the ultrasound diagnostic information. Further, when a patient comes to the ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus and undergoes an ultrasonic examination, the operator visually checks a medical chart or the like in which the patient information is written immediately before starting the examination of the patient. The operator then inputs patient information from the medical record using a keyboard, and the patient information is displayed on the monitor.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) However, the conventional ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus described above has the following problems. In other words, the patient information includes the patient's name,
It contains a lot of information such as medical record numbers, and the surgeon had to input this patient information one by one using a keyboard.

For this reason, there is a problem in that an examination time for ultrasonic diagnosis of a patient requires more time than necessary, and the burden on the operator increases.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus that can shorten the examination time in ultrasonic diagnosis of a patient, reduce the burden on the operator, and has a simple configuration.

[Structure of the Invention] (Means for Solving the Three Problems) The present invention has taken the following measures in order to solve the above problems and achieve the purpose. That is, the present invention provides an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus that transmits and receives ultrasonic waves to and from a patient, processes the obtained ultrasonic diagnostic information using the main body of the ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus, and displays the image on a monitor. a first memory that stores patient information; a second memory that stores information on test reservation persons among the patient information stored in the first memory; and a second memory that stores patient information for the first memory. means for performing a storing operation, an operation for storing the reservation person's information in the second memory, and an operation for displaying the information in the first or second memory on another monitor. be.

(Effects) By taking such measures, the following effects are achieved. Since the control device that enables the transmission and reception of patient information between the ultrasound diagnostic device and the ultrasound diagnostic device is connected to the ultrasound diagnostic device, the controller immediately responds to a request for patient information from the ultrasound diagnostic device. Patient information is read from the first or second memory and displayed on the monitor. In addition, the control device side registers the reservation person in the second memory and immediately displays it on the monitor of the control device side, and also transmits the reservation person information to the ultrasound diagnostic device main body, and transmits this information to the ultrasound diagnostic device main body. Store in memory. Therefore, it is not necessary to input a large amount of patient information using instruction keys, and the time required for ultrasound examination can be significantly reduced. Furthermore, since the operator no longer needs to input patient information while looking at the medical record as in the past, the burden on the operator can be reduced.

(Embodiment) FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram showing an embodiment of an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus according to the present invention. The ultrasound diagnostic device includes an ultrasound diagnostic device section 1 (not shown) that performs ultrasound diagnosis of a patient, and is connected to the ultrasound diagnostic device section 1 via a cable 2 such as R3-232C. The microcomputer section 3 transmits and outputs patient information to the section 1. The ultrasonic diagnostic device section 1 is configured as follows.

The ultrasound diagnostic apparatus main body 11 includes a probe 12 that transmits and receives ultrasound waves to and from a patient, a keyboard 13 that is operated to request input of patient information to the microcomputer section 3, and
A monitor 14 that displays the patient's ultrasound diagnosis information and patient information on a screen is connected. The ultrasound diagnostic apparatus main body 11 is configured as follows.

The image processing unit 20 processes the ultrasound diagnostic information obtained from the probe 12 so as to display it on the monitor 14. The SW processing section 21 performs signal processing in response to a patient information request from the keyboard 13, and outputs this request signal to the cable driver 24 that drives the cable 2. The cable 2 transmits a patient information request signal from a cable driver 24 in the ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus main body 11 to the microcomputer section 3, or transmits patient information from the microcomputer section 8 to the cable driver in the ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus main body 11. 24 to the patient information processing unit 22. The patient information processing section 22 stores the patient information obtained from the microcomputer section 3 in response to the request signal into a patient information file 23 in the memory 23.
a, and output the read patient information to the monitor 14,
Alternatively, the reservation person information obtained from the reservation person information file 34b of the microcomputer section 3 is written, and the read reservation person information is output to the monitor 14. Therefore, ultrasonic diagnostic information and patient information are displayed on the screen of the monitor 14.

On the other hand, the microcomputer 3 is configured as follows.

The microcomputer body 31 (hereinafter referred to as the microcomputer body) includes a keyboard 32. A monitor 33° disk 34 and a cable driver 35 are connected. The keyboard 32 is operated by the surgeon to input patient personal information (hereinafter referred to as I).
It is called D. ). The disk 34 has registered therein a patient information file 34a that stores patient information and a reservation person information file 34b that stores people who have made reservations for ultrasound diagnosis. The monitor 33 displays patient information from the patient information file 34a in the disk 34 or reservation person information from the reservation person information file 34b on the screen. The cable driver 35 is driven by a control signal from the microcomputer main body 31, and transmits patient information or reservation person information in the disk 34 to the ultrasonic diagnostic equipment section l via the cable 2.
It is to be sent to The microcomputer main body 31 is connected to the keyboard 32! The patient information in the patient information file 34a or the reservation person information in the reservation person information file 34b in the disk 34 is read from the D large input and displayed on the monitor 33, and this information is sent to the cable driver 35 and the cable 2 for ultrasonic diagnosis. It controls the transmission output to the device section 1.

Here, when the patient information file 23a is turned off,
This is a file on RAM whose storage contents are to be erased. The reservation information file 23b is an EEFROM whose memory contents are not erased even when the power is turned off, or an R with power backup.
A file on AM, and the patient information file 23a
Of these, desired patient information is stored.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the embodiment, and the operation of the embodiment will be explained with reference to the same figure. First, a case where desired patient information is requested from the microcomputer section 3 side from the ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus section 1 side will be explained.

When patient information is requested to be input using the keyboard 13 on the ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus section I side (step A), the input request is signal-processed by the SW processing section 21. This request signal is sent to the cable driver 35 on the microcomputer 3 side via the cable 2 driven by the cable driver. Then, the request signal is input to the microcomputer main body 31 via the cable driver 35 on the microcomputer 3 side, and the microcomputer main body 3I reads patient information from the patient information file 34a stored in the disk 34 (step B
). Further, the patient information read from the microcomputer 3 side is sent to the cable driver 24 on the ultrasonic diagnostic equipment section l side via the cable 2 (step C), and the patient information is stored in the patient information file 23a by the patient information processing section 22. While being stored, desired patient information from among the patient information is displayed on the monitor 14 together with the ultrasound diagnostic information processed by the image processing section 20 (step D).

Next, the case where the reservation person's ID is input from the microcomputer 3 side will be explained. When the reservation person's ID is input from the keyboard 32 on the microcomputer 3 side (step a), patient information is read from the patient information file 34a in the disk 34 based on this ID (step b). This patient information is then registered in the reservation person list of the reservation person information file 34b (step C).

Furthermore, the reservation person information is transferred from the microcomputer 8 side to the cable driver 35. It is transmitted to the ultrasonic diagnostic device section l via the cable 2 (step d). Then, the transmitted patient information is registered in the reservation list of the reservation person information file 23b by the patient information processing section 22. (Step e
). And NEW PATIEN on keyboard 13
When the T key is input, the reservation person information file 23b
The reservation list is read out from , and the reservation list is displayed on the monitor 14 (step f). Furthermore, desired patient information is selected from this reservation list, and this patient information is displayed in detail (step g).

As described above, according to this embodiment, the ultrasound diagnostic apparatus main body 11
Since the microcomputer section 3 is connected to the ultrasound diagnostic apparatus main body 11, the microcomputer section 3 enables the transmission and reception of patient information between Patient information is read out from the patient information file 84a and displayed on the monitor 14. Further, the microcomputer section 3 side registers the reservation person in the reservation person information file 34b and immediately displays it on the monitor 33, and also transmits the reservation person information to the ultrasound diagnostic apparatus main body 11, and transmits this information to the ultrasound diagnostic apparatus main body 11. Since the information is stored in the reservation person information file 23b of No. 11, it is not necessary to input a large amount of patient information using a keyboard, and the ultrasound examination time can be significantly shortened. In addition, the burden on the surgeon can be reduced because there is no longer a need to manually enter patient information while looking at the medical record, as was the case in the past.

Note that the present invention is not limited to the embodiments described above, and it goes without saying that various modifications can be made without departing from the gist of the present invention.

[Effects of the Invention] According to the present invention, an ultrasound system transmits and receives ultrasound waves to and from a patient, and the ultrasound diagnostic information obtained thereby is image-processed by the ultrasound diagnostic apparatus main body and displayed on a monitor. In the diagnostic device, a first memory that stores a plurality of patient information, a second memory that stores information of a test reservation person among the patient information stored in the first memory, and a an operation of storing patient information in the second memory; an operation of storing the reservation person's information in the second memory;
or a means for performing an operation to display the information in the second memory on another monitor, so there is no need to input a large amount of patient information using the instruction input means, and patient examination in ultrasound diagnosis is provided. can save time,
It is possible to provide an ultrasonic diagnostic device that can reduce the operating burden on the operator.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

It is a flow diagram for explaining the operation. 1... Ultrasonic diagnostic device section, 2... Cable, 3...
・Microcomputer section, ll...Ultrasonic diagnostic device main body, 12...Probe, 13.32...Keyboard, 14.33...Monitor, 20...Image processing unit,
21... SW processing unit, 22... Patient information processing unit, 2
3...Memory, 34...Disk, 23a. 34a... Patient information file, 23b, 84b.
...Reserver information file, 24.35...Cable driver, 31...Microcomputer main unit. Figure Figure

Claims (1)

[Claims] In an ultrasound diagnostic device that transmits and receives ultrasound waves to and from a patient, the ultrasound diagnostic information obtained thereby is image-processed by the ultrasound diagnostic device itself, and displayed on a monitor.
a first memory that stores a plurality of pieces of patient information; a second memory that stores information on test reservation persons among the patient information stored in the first memory; an operation to store the reservation person's information in the second
An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus comprising: means for performing an operation for storing information in the first memory or for displaying the information in the first or second memory on another monitor.