JPH0852131A - Image inspection system for medical use - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide an image inspection system for medical use with improved usability by supporting at least two or more devices at the ceiling above a table, to lay a client to be inspected thereon, with plural devices to take and to display the in-body image information and by installing a travel device movable to the longitudinal direction of the table. CONSTITUTION:A circulatory organ device is set facing to an X-ray tube and an image system 6 in the opposite side across a client to be inspected lying on a table 1. The fluoroscopic X-ray is received by the image system 6, and outputted signals thereof are image-processed and shown on a display 30. The X-ray tube and the image system 6 are supported by an arm 8 rotatably supported by a column 10 movable in the arrow B direction. A dolly 12 is hanged and supported by a running means 14 mounted at the ceiling 16 movably in the arrow A direction. A CT apparatus 20 is installed via columns 22a and 22b onto the dolly 24 movable in the arrow A direction on a rail 14. The rail 14 can be simplified comparing conventional ones since it is usable in common.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a medical device, and more particularly to a structure of a traveling means suitable for simplifying a supporting method, saving space and reducing cost.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Medical X-ray fluoroscopes represented by X-ray fluoroscopes and X-ray examination apparatuses for circulatory organs have become indispensable in the field of diagnosis, but recently, not only diagnosis but also treatment. Is also being used for. This is performed under fluoroscopy, for example, by inserting a catheter with various instruments attached to the tip into a subject, and specifically, expansion of a blocked blood vessel, injection of a drug into an organ. Since it has a great merit that it can reduce the pain to the subject and can be treated at low cost, it is rapidly spreading. Such treatment is based on IVR (Inter
ventioanl Radiology).

The above-mentioned circulatory system is used for the IVR because the image of the inside of the subject can be observed mainly in real time. However, since the circulatory organ device is not suitable for precisely measuring the lesion position in the depth direction from the body surface of the subject, it may be used together with the CT device. In such a case,
Although the patient has to move between the CT device and the circulatory device, the patient is often in a bad condition and has a difficulty in performing the treatment.

[0004]

In order to solve such a problem, it is considered to increase the amount of movement of the table on which the subject lies down so that the CT apparatus and the circulatory apparatus table are shared. There is. However, in order to increase the amount of movement of the table, it is necessary to increase the rigidity of the table support portion, resulting in a very large table. Considering the ease of IVR, it is better that there is a large space around the patient, but increasing the size of the table makes it very difficult to use. Also, the surgeon must move greatly as the table moves. Therefore, a traveling means is provided on the floor or ceiling so that the CT apparatus and the fluoroscopic imaging stand and the circulatory organ apparatus can be moved to the vicinity of the subject as needed without moving the table. It is conceivable that treatment can be performed even if the person does not move. However, it is very complicated to provide a traveling means for each. In particular, on the ceiling of the room where the circulatory device is installed, a display for displaying a diagnostic image is often designed to be freely movable by the traveling means, and further, each traveling means of the CT device and the circulatory organ should be provided. Makes the complexity more noticeable. Depending on the size of the room, placement may be difficult.

In the above description, the CT device and the circulatory device are taken as an example of the problems related to IVR. However, when the treatment is performed by a calculus breaking device due to a shock wave, if the CT device is used together, the lesion position of the subject is detected. Can be accurately known and is useful for treatment. However, there are problems similar to the above.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object thereof is to provide a doctor who performs IVR means spatially even when a plurality of IVR-compatible medical image inspection apparatuses are installed in the same room. An object of the present invention is to provide a medical image inspection system that does not hinder the operation, is easy to use, and has a low cost.

[0007]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a plurality of medical image acquisition devices having a table device on which a subject is laid down and a means for acquiring image information of the inside of the subject. In a medical image inspection system that includes a device and a display device that displays the image information as an image, and the table device is shared by a plurality of image acquisition devices, the plurality of medical image acquisition devices are provided on a ceiling above the table device. And a traveling device for supporting at least two or more of the display devices and movably in the longitudinal direction of the table.

[0008]

It is possible to reduce the number of traveling devices by providing a traveling device used together with at least two medical devices among the plurality of medical image acquisition devices and display devices. This allows
For example, when a CT device is used together, even if it cannot be installed due to the size of the room in the past, it is easy to install, and because the installation of multiple traveling devices complicates the ceiling and floor, it is open. To be done.

[0009]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing a usage state of a circulatory device and a CT device in an embodiment of the present invention. This circulatory device
An X-ray tube 4 serving as an X-ray irradiating unit and an image system 6 having, for example, II and a TV camera are arranged to face each other with a subject 2 lying on the table device 1 interposed therebetween. The examiner 2 is irradiated with X-rays, the transmitted X-rays are received by the image system 6, and the output signal of the image system 6 is image-processed by an image processing device (not shown) to display a perspective image on the display 30. Has become. The X-ray tube 4 and the image system 6 are supported by an arm 8, and the arm 8 is supported by a column 10 so as to be rotatable. Further, the column 10 is supported by a carriage 12 so as to be movable in the arrow B direction, and the carriage 12 is suspended and supported by a traveling means, that is, a rail 14 installed on a ceiling 16 so as to be movable in the arrow A direction. That is, the pillar 1
0 can be moved in any direction in parallel with the ceiling 16, and the arm 8 can be rotated to move the X-ray tube 4 and the image system 6 freely around the subject 2.

Reference numeral 20 denotes a CT apparatus, which is attached to a dolly 14 installed on a ceiling 16 via a column 22a, 22b on a carriage 24 which is movable in the direction of arrow A. In the above description, since the rails 14 of the circulatory apparatus and the CT apparatus are used in combination, the number of rails 14 which was conventionally required to be two is only one, which can be simplified.

Next, the rail 14, the carriages 12 and 24, and the support 1
A detailed description of 0, 22a, and 22b will be given. FIG. 2 is a front view and a side view showing the suspended traveling means of the circulatory device in the embodiment of the present invention. The rails 14 described with reference to FIG. 1 are left and right separately 14 a and 14 b, and are fixed to the ceiling 16. In addition, the carriage 12 in FIG. 1 is divided into 54 and 60 for guiding the directions of arrows A and B, respectively. That is, a carriage 60 is fixed to the column 10, and the carriage 60 is provided with rollers 58a to 58d.
It is guided by rails 56a and 56b so that it can move in the direction of arrow B. The rails 56a and 56b are connected to the roller 5
2a to 52d are fixed to a dolly 54 to which they are attached, and rails 14a and 14b fixed to the ceiling 16 enable movement in the arrow A direction.

FIG. 3 is a front view and a side view showing the suspension traveling means of the CT apparatus in the embodiment of the present invention. The CT device (detailed description is omitted) includes a carriage 24 via columns 22a and 22b.
Fixed to. The carriage 24 has rollers 100a to 10a.
Rail 14 fixed to ceiling 16 with 0d attached
It can be moved in the direction of arrow A by a and 14b.

As is clear from the above description, the circulatory device and the CT device are guided by the same set of rails fixed to the ceiling 16. Although the circulatory device and the CT device are manually moved in this embodiment, the invention is not particularly limited thereto. That is, for example, a motor may be provided so that it can be moved electrically.

In the above embodiment, the case where the rail is provided on the ceiling so as not to hinder the operation of the doctor by crawling the cable over the floor surface has been described. Rails may be on the floor if care is not required. Therefore, the structure and mechanism of this rail do not have to be the same as those described with reference to FIGS. For example, instead of a mechanical rail, a floor traveling type may be used, and a magnetic tape attached to the floor may be guided as a rail by a magnetic sensor, or a light reflection tape may be guided as a rail by an optical sensor. The present invention does not particularly limit the traveling means, and the traveling means may be used in combination in a plurality of devices. As the plurality of devices, in addition to the circulatory device and the CT device described in the present embodiment, the table device and the display shown in FIG. In this way, by using the traveling rails in combination with a plurality of devices, it becomes possible to install, for example, a circulatory device and a CT device, which were difficult due to the size of a conventional room, and it is possible to reduce costs. This makes it possible to perform IVR accurately, which brings great advantages not only to the patient but also to the operator.

[0015]

According to the present invention, it is possible to install a plurality of medical devices, which has been impossible due to the size of a conventional room, and the traveling means thereof are configured without complicating the ceiling or floor. Therefore, the IVR can be performed accurately and smoothly.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic view showing a usage state of a circulatory device and a CT device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view and a side view showing a traveling means of the circulatory device according to the embodiment of the present invention.

3A and 3B are a front view and a side view showing a traveling means of a CT apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 2 Subject 4 X-ray tube 6 Image system 14 Rail 20 CT device

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A table device on which a subject is laid down, a plurality of medical image acquisition devices having means for acquiring image information of the inside of the body of the subject, and a display device for displaying the image information as an image. In a medical image inspection system in which the table device is shared by a plurality of image acquisition devices, at least two or more devices of the plurality of medical image acquisition devices and the display device are supported on a ceiling above the table device. In addition, a traveling device that supports the table so as to be movable in the longitudinal direction of the table is provided.