JPH08299283A - Image collecting system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To make it possible to collect the image data formed with plural medical image forming apparatuses installed in a hospital, etc., and to one- dimensionally manage and retrieve the data. CONSTITUTION: An image data collecting means 2 has an identification code forming means 201 for forming the identification codes corresponding to the image data or image data groups collected by the image data collecting means 2 among the identification codes for identifying the image data with each other or the image data groups consisting of the set of the image data with each other. An image data managing and retrieving means 3 has a management table forming means 301 for forming the identification code management table indicating the correspondence of the image data or image data groups collected by the image data collecting means based on the identification codes formed by the image data collecting means 2 and the identification codes.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an image acquisition system,
In particular, it relates to a method of managing and retrieving the collected image data by creating a management table.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Various medical image generating devices such as an X-ray image capturing device that obtains X-ray image data by performing X-ray imaging, or a tomographic image inside a human body by ultrasonic waves is used in hospitals, medical checkup facilities, and the like. Ultrasonic diagnostic equipment, X-ray CT, MR
Etc. are installed, and it is desired to integrally and centrally manage a large number of medical images obtained by these various medical image generating devices.

[0003]

However, in the conventional image acquisition method, the image data to be collected is not provided with an identification code capable of centrally managing the image data, and the image data is collected for each examination. Is generating a number. FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an example of a conventional image acquisition method.

In the image collecting system shown in this figure, the identification number of the image data generated by the medical image generating apparatus 1 is generated by the identification number generating means 201 of the image data collecting means 2. However, the data (identification number) is simply numbered without being centrally managed. For example, when a device such as a CT, MR, or an ultrasonic diagnostic device is provided as a medical image generating device (modality), the images taken by the CT device are sequentially numbered from 1 and taken by the MR device. The images are also sequentially numbered from 1, and similarly, the images taken by the ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus are also sequentially numbered from 1. The numbers are sequentially assigned from 1 for each day, and are not numbers for identifying each image.

In the conventional image collecting method as described above, the numbers of image data collected from various medical image generating devices (modalities) are different, and it is impossible to centrally manage them. In view of the above circumstances, it is an object of the present invention to provide an image collection method capable of collecting and centrally managing image data generated by a plurality of medical image generation devices.

[0006]

According to a first image acquisition method of the present invention which achieves the above object, a plurality of medical image generating devices for generating image data representing a medical image are allowed to be connected, and those medical images are acquired. An image collection system comprising image data collection means for collecting image data generated by a generation device, and image data management / search means for managing and searching the image data collected by the image data collection means, An image corresponding to the image data or the image data group collected by the image data collecting means among the image identification codes for the image data collecting means to mutually identify the image data or the image data groups made up of a set of image data. The image data managing / searching means is provided with an identification code generating means for generating an identification code, and the image data managing / searching means generates the image identification information generated by the image data collecting means. Based on the code, characterized by comprising a management table creation means for creating an identification code management table representing the correspondence between the image data acquisition means the image data or the image data group and the image identification code collected by.

In the second image acquisition method of the present invention which achieves the above object, a plurality of medical image generating devices for generating image data representing a medical image can be connected, and the medical image generating devices can generate the image data. Image data collection means for collecting the collected image data, image data collection instruction means for instructing collection of the image data, and image data management / search means for managing and searching the image data collected by the image data collection means. The image data collection instructing means is characterized in that the image data collection instructing means collects the image data or the images among the image identification codes for identifying the image data or the image data groups formed of a set of image data from each other. The image data collecting means includes an identification code generating means for generating a first image identification code corresponding to the data group, Or an identification number for generating a second image identification code corresponding to the image data or the image data group collected by the image data collection means among the image identification codes for identifying the image data groups formed of a set of image data from each other. The image data management / retrieval means includes a code generation means, and writes the first image identification code into an identification code management table that represents the correspondence between the image data or the image data group and the image identification code. Management table creating means for associating the image data or the image data group collected by the image data collecting means with the first image identification code written in the identification code management table based on the image identification code It is characterized by that.

The third aspect of the present invention which achieves the above object.
The image collection method of (1) allows the connection of a plurality of medical image generation devices that generate image data representing a medical image, and an image data collection unit that collects the image data generated by those medical image generation devices, and image data. Image data collection instruction means for instructing collection of the image data, and image data management / management for managing and searching the image data collected by the image data collection means.
An image collection method including a search means, wherein the image data collection instructing means collects images among the image identification codes for mutually identifying image data or image data groups formed of a set of image data. The image data collecting means includes an identification code generating means for generating an image identification code corresponding to data or an image data group and sending the image identification code to the medical image generating equipment. An image identification code corresponding to the image data or the image data group is collected together with the image data or the image data group, and the image data managing / searching means collects the image identification code by the image data collecting means. On the basis of the image data or image data group collected by the image data collecting means and the image identification code. Characterized by comprising a management table creation means for creating an identification code management table representing the.

Here, in the first to third image collecting methods of the present invention, the identification code generating means is composed of, for example, a keyboard, a bar code reader, an IC card reader, a magnetic card reader, or the like. Alternatively, the image identification code may be input via the device, or the identification code generation means may identify the patients who are targets of the medical image generation by the medical image generation device with each other. The image identification code may be automatically generated based on at least one of the device identification code for identifying the devices from each other and the date and time when the image data or the image data group was collected.

Further, in the above-mentioned first to third image collecting methods of the present invention, each means constituting the image collecting method may be connected via a network. Specifically, in the first image acquisition method, at least 1
The image data collection means of the table and at least one image data management / search means may be connected via a network. Further, in the second image collection method to the third image collection method, specifically, at least one image data collection unit, at least one image data collection instruction unit, and at least one image The data management / search means may be connected via a network.

As the above network, for example, Ethernet, ISDN line, or public communication line is used.

[0012]

According to the first image collecting method of the present invention, the image data collecting means collects the image data generated by the plurality of medical image generating devices, and the image data collecting means comprises the identification code generating means. The image data (or the image data group) thus collected is provided with an image identification code for identifying the image data or the image data groups from each other. Images collected by creating an identification code management table showing the correspondence between the image data (image data group) and the image identification code based on the image identification code uniquely attached to each image data (or each image data group) Since it manages data, it manages a large number of image data generated by multiple medical image generators, and manages and retrieves such a large number of image data. Easy to become.

According to a second image collecting method of the present invention, the image data collecting instruction means includes an identification code generating means, and
And the image data collecting means also includes the identification code generating means to generate the second image identification code, and the identification code based on the first image identification code and the second image identification code. A management table is created to manage the collected image data. As with the first image acquisition method described above, a large number of image data generated by a plurality of medical image generation devices are centrally managed and It is easy to manage and search a large number of image data.

Furthermore, the third image acquisition system of the present invention is
The image data collection instruction means includes an identification code generation means, inputs the generated image identification code to a medical image generation device, and the image data collection means, together with the image data or the image data group generated by the medical image generation device, Image identification codes corresponding to the image data or the image data group are collected, and the image data management / search means uses the image identification code collected together with the image data or the image data group based on the image data or the image data group and the image identification code. Since the identification code management table representing the correspondence with is created and the collected image data is managed, the same as the above-mentioned first image collection system or second image collection system,
A large number of image data generated by a plurality of medical image generation devices are centrally managed, and the management and retrieval of the large number of image data becomes easy.

[0015]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a first embodiment of the image acquisition system of the present invention. In the first embodiment, the image data generated by the medical image generating device (modality) 1 is collected by the image data collecting means 2. The identification number generation means 201 generates an identification number unique to the image data of the collected image data. The generated identification number is input to the image data management / search means 3, and the management table creation means 301 of the image data management / search means 3 creates an identification number management table. The identification number generated by the identification number generating means 201 and the image data have a one-to-one correspondence, and therefore all the image data can be managed / searched in the identification number management table.

A general database program is used for this image data management / retrieval process. Data such as image data, image data identification number, patient identification number, and examination purpose can be input to this database. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a system incorporating a second embodiment of the image acquisition system of the present invention.

In the second embodiment, the image data collection instructing means 4 gives an instruction to collect image data. When this collection instruction is given, the identification number generation means 401 generates the identification number of the image data that will be generated by the instruction (an example of the first image identification code referred to in the present invention). The identification number generated by the identification number generation means 401 is input to the image data management / retrieval means 3, and the management table creation means 301 creates an identification number management table. At this point,
There is no actual image data, and the identification number of the image data that will be collected thereafter is generated. Next, the image data generated by the medical image generating device 1 according to the above instruction is input to the image data collecting means 2, and the image data is collected. At this time, the identification number generation means 201 generates an identification number (an example of the second image identification code according to the present invention), and the generated identification number is generated by the image data collection instruction means 4 described above. The same identification number as the identification number. As a result, the correspondence is checked in the identification number management table created by the image data management / retrieval means 3, and the collected image data and the identification number are associated one-to-one.

At the hospital, the patient is examined and, for example, C
Let's say you're going to get a T check. At this time, an order for inspection is issued from acceptance. This corresponds to the generation of the image data identification number by the image data collection instruction means 4. At this time, the patient is given the acceptance sheet for the examination, and the patient goes to the examination with this sheet.
At the time of actually performing the examination, the image data collecting means 2 inputs the examination number (identification number) described in the examination acceptance sheet, and the image data sent from the medical image generating apparatus 1 is identified. Map numbers. As a result, the image data corresponding to the previous reception and the identification number corresponding thereto are generated. Image data management / search means 3
Then, based on this identification number, an identification number management table in which the identification number and the image data are associated with each other one-to-one is created.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a system incorporating a third embodiment of the image acquisition system of the present invention. In the third embodiment, the image data collection instructing means 4 gives an instruction to collect image data. When this collection instruction is issued, the identification number generation means 401 generates the identification number of the image data that will be generated by the instruction. The identification number generated by the identification number generation means 401 is input to the image data identification number input means 101 of the medical image generation device 1. At this point, there is no actual image data, and the identification number of the image data that will be collected thereafter is generated. Next, the image data generated according to the above instruction is input from the medical image generation device 1 to the image data collection means 2, and the image data is collected. At this time, the identification number input means 101 of the medical image generating apparatus 1 is generated by the identification number generation means 401 of the image data collection instruction means 4.
The identification number input to is also input to the image data collection means 2 together with the image data. As a result, the correspondence is checked in the identification number management table created by the image data management / retrieval means 3, and the collected image data and the identification number are associated one-to-one.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram of a system incorporating a fourth embodiment of the image acquisition system of the present invention. The image data generated by the medical image generating device 1 is collected by the image data collecting means 2. For the collected image data, the keyboard 51 provided in the image data collecting means 2
An identification number unique to the image data is input using 0. The input identification number is the image data management / search means 3
The identification number management table is created by the management table creation means 301 of the image data management / retrieval means 3. The identification number generated by the keyboard 510 and the image data have a one-to-one correspondence, and all the image data are managed in the identification number management table.
You can search.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing a system incorporating a fifth embodiment of the image acquisition system of the present invention. The image data collection instructing means 4 gives an instruction to collect image data. When this collection instruction is given, the identification number of the image data which will be generated by the instruction is input by the keyboard 511 provided in the image data collection instruction means 4. The identification number input from the keyboard 511 is input to the image data management / search means 3, and the management table creation means 301 creates an identification number management table. At this point,
There is no actual image data, and the identification number of the image data that will be collected thereafter is generated. Next, the image data previously generated by the instruction from the medical image generating device 1 is input to the image data collecting means 2, and the image data is collected. At this time, the identification number is read by the bar code reader 520 provided in the image data collecting means 2. The read identification number is the same as the keyboard 5
It is the same number as the identification number input in 11. As a result, the correspondence is checked in the identification number management table created by the image data management / retrieval means 3, and the collected image data and the identification number are associated one-to-one.

At the hospital, the patient is examined and, for example, C
Let's say you're going to get a T check. At this time, an order for inspection is issued from acceptance. At this time, in the case of this embodiment, this reception number (identification number) is the keyboard 5
It is input from 11. At this time, in the hospital, the patient is given the acceptance sheet for the examination, and the patient takes the sheet and goes to the examination. The receipt number (identification number) on this receipt
Is printed with a barcode. At the time of actually performing the inspection, the image data collecting unit 2 uses the barcode reader 5
The bar code described on the acceptance sheet of the inspection is read using 20 and the identification number is associated with the collected image data. As a result, the image data corresponding to the previous acceptance and the identification number corresponding thereto are generated. Based on this identification number, the image data management / retrieval means 3 creates an identification number management table in which the identification number and the image data are in one-to-one correspondence.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing a system incorporating a sixth embodiment of the image acquisition system of the present invention. The image data collection instructing means 4 gives an instruction to collect image data. The image data collection instructing means 4 is equipped with an IC card reader 530, and when this collection instruction is given, the data registered in the IC card carried by each patient is read by the IC card reader 530, The image data collection instructing means 4 generates the identification number of the image data that will be generated, based on the read data. The identification number generated by the image data collection instruction means 4 is the identification number input means 101 of the medical image generating apparatus 1.
Is input to. At this point, there is no actual image data, and the identification number of the image data that will be collected thereafter is generated.

Next, the image data according to the above instruction is input from the medical image generating apparatus 1 to the image data collecting means 2,
Image data is collected. At this time, the identification number generated by the image data collection instruction means 4 and input to the identification number input means 101 of the medical image generating apparatus 1 is also input to the image data collection means 2 together with the image data. As a result, the correspondence is checked in the identification number management table created by the image data management / retrieval means 3, and the collected image data and the identification number are associated one-to-one.

FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing a system incorporating a seventh embodiment of the image acquisition system of the present invention. The image data collection instructing means 4 gives an instruction to collect image data. When this collection instruction is issued, the magnetic card reader 540 attached to this image data collection instruction means 4 generates an identification number of image data that will be generated by the instruction. The identification number generated by the magnetic card reader 540 is input to the image data management / search means 3, and the management table creation means 301 creates an identification number management table. At this point, there is no actual image data, and the identification number of image data that will be collected in the future is generated. Next, the image data generated based on the above instruction from the medical image generation device 1 is input to the image data collection means 2, and the image data is collected. At this time, the identification number is read from the bar code reader 521 attached to the image data collecting means 2, and the read identification number is the same as the identification number input by the previous magnetic card reader 540. As a result, the correspondence is checked in the identification number management table created by the image data management / retrieval means 3, and the collected image data and the identification number are associated one-to-one.

At the hospital, the patient is examined and, for example, C
Let's say you're going to get a T check. At this time, the order for inspection is issued from acceptance. This corresponds to the generation of the identification number by the image data collection instruction means 4.
In the case of this embodiment, this reception number (identification number) is created based on the data stored in the magnetic card carried by the patient. At the time of reception, the patient will be given a test acceptance form, and after the acceptance, the patient will take this form to undergo the test. The receipt number (identification number) is stamped on the receipt sheet by a bar code. When actually performing the inspection, in the image data collecting means 2, the bar code reader 521 reads the bar code representing the identification number described on the inspection reception sheet, and the image data to be collected and the read identification number are read. Correspond. The image data management / search means 3 creates an identification number management table based on this identification number.

FIG. 8 is a block diagram showing a system incorporating an eighth embodiment of the image acquisition system of the present invention. The image data generated by the medical image generating device 1 is collected by the image data collecting means 2. The image data collecting means 2 collects, for the collected image data, a patient identification number 601 stored in an IC card or a magnetic card, a medical image generation device identification number 611 input from a keyboard or the like, and data. The date and time 621 is used to generate a unique identification number for the collected image data. The management table creation means 301 of the image data management / search means 3 creates an identification number management table based on the generated identification numbers.
In the identification number management table created by the identification number generation means 201, the identification numbers and the image data have a one-to-one correspondence, and it becomes possible to manage and search all the image data in the identification number management table.

The medical image generating device identification number, the data collection date and time, etc. can be automatically generated inside the medical image generating device 1 or inside the image data collecting means 2.
Generally, the medical image generating device, the image data collecting means, and the like have a built-in computer inside them, or are computers themselves, so it is easy to manage the date and time inside them.

FIG. 9 is a block diagram showing a system incorporating a ninth embodiment of the image acquisition system of the present invention. The image data collection instruction means 4 gives an instruction to collect image data. When issuing this collection instruction, the patient identification number that identifies the patient, the medical image generation device identification number that identifies the medical image generation device 1 that is about to be tested, the data collection date and time (the time when the test was received), etc. Based on the data, the identification number of the image data that will be generated is generated. The identification number generated by the image data collection instructing means 4 is input to the identification number input means 101 of the medical image generating device 1. At this point, there is no actual image data, and the identification number of the image data that will be collected thereafter is generated. Next, the image data according to the above instruction is input from the medical image generating device 1 to the image data collecting means 2, and the image data is collected. At this time, the identification number generated by the image data collection instruction means 4 and input to the identification number input means 101 of the medical image generating apparatus 1 is also input to the image data collection means 2 together with the image data. As a result, the correspondence is checked in the identification number management table created by the image data management / retrieval means 3, and the collected image data and the identification number are associated one-to-one.

FIG. 10 shows a tenth embodiment of the image acquisition system of the present invention.
It is a block diagram which shows the system which incorporates an Example. In this embodiment, the image data collection instructing means 4, the image data managing / searching means 3 and the plurality of image data collecting means 2 are connected via a network. As this network, a LAN such as Ethernet may be used, or a public communication line such as an ISDN line or a commercial communication network such as the Internet may be used.
The image data collection instruction means 4, the image data management / search means 3, and the image data collection means 2 are each configured by a computer. The image data collection instructing means 4 gives an instruction to collect image data. At the time when this collection instruction is given, the image data collection instruction means 4 reads the data stored in the magnetic card reader carried by each patient and read by the magnetic card reader attached to it.
The identification number of the image data that will be generated by the instruction is generated. The identification number generated by the magnetic card reader 542 is input to the image data management / search means 3.
The management table creating means 301 creates an identification number management table.
At this point, there is no actual image data, and the identification number of the image data that will be collected has been generated.
Next, the image data generated by the medical image generating apparatus 1 based on the above instruction is input to the image data collecting means, and the image data is collected. At this time, the identification number is read by the barcode reader 521 or the identification number is input from the keyboard 512. The identification number is the same as the identification number input by the magnetic card reader 542. As a result, the correspondence is checked in the identification number management table created by the image data management / retrieval means 3, and the collected image data and the identification number are associated one-to-one.

Although the various embodiments of the present invention have been described in each of the above embodiments, a system in which those embodiments are combined can be used.

[0032]

As described above, according to the present invention,
The collected data is centrally managed, and management / search processing becomes easy.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a system incorporating a first embodiment of an image acquisition system of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a system incorporating a second embodiment of the image acquisition system of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram of a system incorporating a third embodiment of the image acquisition system of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram of a system incorporating a fourth embodiment of the image acquisition system of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram of a system incorporating a fifth embodiment of the image acquisition system of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram of a system incorporating a sixth embodiment of the image acquisition system of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a block diagram of a system incorporating a seventh embodiment of the image acquisition system of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a block diagram of a system incorporating an eighth embodiment of the image acquisition system of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a block diagram of a system incorporating a ninth embodiment of the image acquisition system of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a block diagram of a system incorporating a tenth embodiment of the image acquisition system of the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a block diagram of a system incorporating an example of a conventional image image collecting method.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Medical Image Generating Equipment 2 Image Data Collecting Means 201 Identification Number Generating Means 3 Image Data Management / Searching Means 301 Identification Number Management Table Making Means 4 Image Data Collection Instructing Means 401 Identification Number Generating Means

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of front page (72) Inventor Makoto Aga 1015 Kamiodanaka, Nakahara-ku, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa, Fujitsu Limited (72) Inventor Yasuharu Ogino 1015, Kamikodanaka, Nakahara-ku, Kawasaki, Kanagawa Within Fujitsu Limited ( 72) Inventor Haru Mukai 1015 Kamiodanaka, Nakahara-ku, Kawasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture, Fujitsu Limited

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. An image data collecting unit for collecting image data generated by the medical image generating device, wherein a plurality of medical image generating devices for generating image data representing a medical image are allowed to be connected, and the image data collecting device. An image collection method comprising image data management / search means for managing and searching image data collected by means, wherein the image data collection means is an image data group consisting of image data or a set of image data. The image data managing / searching means includes an identification code generating means for generating an image identification code corresponding to the image data or the image data group collected by the image data collecting means among the image identification codes for identifying each other. Based on the image identification code generated by the image data collecting means, the image data collected by the image data collecting means or Image acquisition method is characterized in that a management table creation means for creating an identification code management table representing the correspondence between the image data group and the image identification code. 2. An image data collecting unit that collects image data generated by the medical image generating device, which allows connection of a plurality of medical image generating devices that generate image data representing a medical image, and collects the image data. An image collection method comprising image data collection instruction means for instructing, and image data management / search means for managing and searching the image data collected by the image data collection means, wherein the image data collection instruction means is , An identification code generation for generating a first image identification code corresponding to the image data or the image data group to be collected among the image identification codes for identifying the image data or the image data group consisting of a set of image data from each other Means, the image data collecting means, the image data, or image data group consisting of a set of image data The image data managing / searching means includes an identification code generating means for generating a second image identification code corresponding to the image data or image data group collected by the image data collecting means Writes the first image identification code in an identification code management table representing the correspondence between the image data or the image data group and the image identification code, and based on the second image identification code, the image data collecting means. Image data or a group of image data collected in step 1 and the first code written in the identification code management table.
An image collection system characterized by comprising a management table creating means for associating with the image identification code of the above. 3. An image data collecting means for collecting image data generated by the medical image generating device, wherein a plurality of medical image generating devices for generating image data representing a medical image are allowed to be connected, and image data collecting means. An image collection method comprising image data collection instruction means for instructing, and image data management / search means for managing and searching the image data collected by the image data collection means, wherein the image data collection instruction means is , The medical image generating apparatus for generating an image identification code corresponding to the image data or the image data group to be collected from among the image identification codes for identifying the image data groups or the image data groups composed of the image data groups. To the medical image generating device, and the image data collecting device generates the image data collecting device from the medical image generating device by the medical image generating device. Image data or an image data group, together with the image data or an image identification code corresponding to the image data group, wherein the image data management / search means is collected by the image data collection means. A management table creating means for creating an identification code management table representing the correspondence between the image data or the image data group collected by the image data collecting means and the image identification code, based on the image identification code. Image collection method. 4. The patient identification code, wherein the identification code generation means identifies each patient who is a target of medical image generation by the medical image generation device, a device identification code which mutually identifies the medical image generation devices, and At least one of the date and time when the image data or the image data group was collected
The image acquisition method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the image identification code is generated based on one of the following. 5. The image collecting method according to claim 1, wherein at least one of the image data collecting means and at least one of the image data managing / searching means are connected via a network. . 6. At least one of the image data collection means, at least one of the image data collection instruction means, and at least one of the image data management / search means are connected via a network. The image acquisition method according to claim 2 or 3, characterized in that.