JPS62121577A - Medical image display device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To easily input a diagnosis part code or a diagnosis result code by providing a diagnostic operation supporting circuit which stores the diagnosis part and a diagnosis name selected from a selection input means with the bits of their code information at an original image storage circuit. CONSTITUTION:A diagnostic operation supporting circuit 406 retrieves an original image storage circuit 401, and a template image and diagnosis name storage circuit 403 based on inputs from an image number input means 402, and selection means 404 and 405, and decides an output content to a display device 411, and also, stores the diagnosis part and the diagnosis name selected by the selection means 404 and 405 at the original image storage circuit 401. When an input by the diagnosis part selection means 404 is performed, the diagnostic operation supporting circuit 406 decides the diagnosis part from a position designated with a write pen on the template image, and extracts the diagnosis part and its code, and a representative diagnosis name regarding the diagnosis part and its code from the template image and diagnosis name storage circuit 403, and outputs and displays it on a diagnosis part/diagnosis name area generation circuit 410.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Technical Field of the Invention] The present invention relates to an image display device used for diagnosis regarding medical images.

[Technical background of the invention and its problems] Conventionally, when diagnosing medical images and creating a diagnostic report, it is necessary to write the diagnosis details by hand in a diagnostic report in a predetermined format, or use a typewriter or word processor. It was created using mechanical output using υ etc.

However, in recent years, diagnostic reports and medical images have been searched using diagnosed parts and diagnostic results as search keys, and the integration of these
In order to meet this demand, we established a coding system for diagnostic parts and diagnostic results, assigned a code to each diagnostic report, and recorded it in the tracking machine.
There is a need to heal.

Therefore, we are currently creating a ledger related to the coding system, and inputting diagnostic site codes and diagnostic result codes using a keyboard while referring to this ledger, or by extracting representative diagnosis names for each examined site and creating a diagnostic report. The method used is to create a mark sheet and fill in the columns for predetermined diagnosis parts and diagnosis results.

However, inputting while referring to the ledger makes the work of referring to the ledger extremely complicated, and the method of filling in the mark sheet has the problem that it is difficult to correlate the part name on the mark sheet with the position on the medical screen. There was a need for improvement measures.

[Object of the Invention] The present invention was made in view of the above-mentioned circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide an apparatus that allows easy input of a diagnosis site code and a diagnosis result code.

[Summary of the Invention] A summary of the present invention for achieving the above-mentioned object is to identify a plurality of medical original images by their image number, patient number, and two names.

an original image storage circuit that stores the original image along with incidental information such as the examination site; an image specifying means that specifies the original image to be retrieved from the original image storage circuit; and a diagnostic site included in each examination site and information about the diagnosis site. A typical diagnosis name is stored together with its code information, and a template image in which the examination region is divided for each diagnosis region included in the examination region is stored, and a template image related to the original image specified by the image specifying means is stored. a template image/diagnosis name storage circuit capable of reading out the stored contents; a display device having respective display areas for the original image, additional information 2 diagnosis site 2 diagnosis name and template image; a selection input means for selectively inputting a desired diagnosis site and diagnosis name from among the selection input means; and the original image storage circuit based on the input from the image designation means 2 selection input means.

Searching the template image/diagnosis name storage circuit to determine output content to the display device, and storing the diagnosis site and diagnosis name selected by the selection input means in the original image storage circuit together with its code information. The present invention is characterized in that it is equipped with a diagnostic operation support circuit.

[Embodiments of the Invention] Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of the device of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a schematic external view of the device of the present invention, and FIG. 3 is a drawing showing a display example.

In FIG. 1, 401 is an original image storage circuit which stores a plurality of medical original images by their image numbers and patient numbers.

It is designed to be stored together with additional information such as the patient's name and the location of the test site. This medical original image and supplementary information will be displayed on a display device as described later (in the third
205, 207), for example, as a medical original image,
The original image of the examiner's image of the stomach, etc. as the examination site is stored,
Along with the original image, its image number (for example, number 1000)
, Patient number (for example, number 1111) where the examination was taken 9. Name and gender, examination site code (for example, number 72)1. The examination method and its code number (for example, No. 10, contrast imaging), etc. are stored. Incidentally, the supplementary information is stored together with the original image at the stage of performing the inspection. Also,
As will be described later, this original image storage circuit 401 includes a storage section 4011 that stores diagnosis site codes and diagnosis result codes regarding the original image.

Reference numeral 402 denotes an image number input means, which is an image specifying means, such as a keyboard, and is designed to be able to specify an original image to be searched from among a plurality of medical original images stored in the original image storage circuit. It has become. For example, if you want to search for the image in the previous example, you can specify number 1000.

403 is a template image/diagnosis name storage circuit;
A template image in which each test site is divided and displayed into diagnostic parts related to the test site and a template image that is read out based on the test site code stored as supplementary information of the medical image specified by the image number input means/I02 and each test site. The included diagnosis sites and typical diagnosis names are stored. A conceptual diagram of a specific example of this template image/diagnosis name storage circuit structure is shown in FIG. As shown in the figure, template image/diagnosis 8/limiting circuit/103
Assuming that there is one examination site such as the stomach in a living body, etc., the template image 50 is a template image 50 in which each examination site is divided and displayed into m diagnostic sites 11 to 1m related to the examination site.
1, and also has an area 502 for storing n representative diagnosis names for each entire examination site together with their diagnostic site codes 11 to 1m, and further has an area 502 for storing n representative diagnostic names for each of the m diagnostic sites. In the area 1 where n representative diagnosis names related to the diagnosed part are stored together with 11 to j21/1 in the kindergarten diagnosis.
4503. These template images 5011, diagnosis names, etc. are displayed on the display device 411 as described later.
is now displayed.

(See Figure 3 206 and 208). In addition, above, e, m.

Each n means an arbitrary number.

Reference numerals 404 and 405 denote a diagnosis site selection means and a diagnosis name selection means, both of which are constituted by a pointing device such as the light pen 203 shown in FIG. 2, for example. This selection means selects the m diagnostic sites I! 1~jl!
A desired diagnosis site can be selected from tn, and a desired diagnosis name can be selected from n diagnosis names.

411 is a display device, which, as shown in FIG. 3, has an original image display area 205, an additional information display area 207,
An original image area creation circuit 407 that has a display area 206 for a template image and a display area 208 for a diagnosis name of diagnosis part 2, and creates each of these display areas. Template image area creation circuit 408, supplementary information area creation circuit 4092 diagnosis site.

A diagnostic region creation circuit 410 is provided.

Reference numeral 406 denotes a diagnostic operation support circuit which selects the original image storage circuit 401 . The template image/diagnosis name storage circuit 403 is searched to determine the content to be output to the display device 411, and the diagnosis section and diagnosis name selected by the selection means 404, 405 are stored in the original image storage circuit 403.
It is designed to be recorded in 1.

Now, with reference to FIG. 5, we will explain the case where we specifically diagnose the medical image with image number 1000, which imitates the stomach as the examination site, and enter the diagnosis site and diagnosis name. First, the operator inputs the image number of the image to be diagnosed, that is, number 1000, into the image number input means 402.
(0P1 in Figure 5). Upon receiving this input, the diagnostic operation support circuit 406 outputs the input content (i.e. 1000
Search the original image storage circuit 401 using the search key (No.) as the search key,
The original image number 1000 in the search results is in original image area 4.
07, and additional information regarding the original image is output to the additional information area creation circuit 409. At the same time, the diagnostic operation support circuit 406 uses the examination site code in the supplementary information of the retrieved original image (assuming that the examination site of the original image No. 1000 is the stomach and the examination site code 1 is No. 72). 7
2) is used as the search key to search the image/diagnosis name storage circuit 403 in Tenbrei 1, and search for the diagnosis site related to the stomach or 721.7.
22,723.724, if the stomach is the diagnostic site 721
The template image displayed for 1 to 724 minutes is output to the template image area creation circuit, and the entire inspection site,
That is, a typical diagnosis name regarding the entire stomach is output to the diagnosis part 2 diagnosis name area creation circuit 410. Based on these outputs, the generation circuits 407, 408, 409, and 410 operate to generate an original image of the stomach (205 in FIG. 3) and an image of the stomach (206 in FIG. 3).
> , the accompanying information (207) and the representative diagnosis name and its code regarding the entire stomach are displayed together on the display device 411.
will be displayed. (Note that typical diagnosis names regarding the entire stomach are displayed in the area 208 in FIG.
3) is shown in the figure).

Therefore, the operator diagnoses the displayed original image, and if an abnormality is found throughout the examination site (that is, the stomach), the operator specifies the code of the displayed diagnosis name with the light pen 203, and then the operator or is stored in the corresponding storage section 4011 of the original image storage circuit 401 as a diagnosis result.

Next, if there is no abnormality over the entire examination site, but an abnormality is found in a part of the examination site, for example, the dorsal court area 723, the operator writes the position @723 for that abnormal site on the displayed template image 206. pen 2
03 (Fig. 5, 0P2). When this designation, that is, input by the diagnostic site selection means 404, is made, the diagnostic operation support circuit 406 determines the diagnostic site from the position specified with the light pen on the template image, and from the template image/diagnosis name storage circuit/103. The diagnosis site name and its code (for example, 723 gastric antrum) and the representative diagnosis name and code for the diagnosis site (for example, 7231 gastritis, 72
32 ulcers, . . . 7239 polyps) and outputs this to the diagnosis region 2 diagnosis name area creation circuit 410, and the creation circuit 110 displays these information on the display device.
In the area 1ft, 208, the representative diagnosis name regarding the entire stomach that was previously displayed is displayed as shown in FIG. 3.

Therefore, when the operator uses the light pen 203 to specify a diagnosis name code that matches the diagnosis of the currently displayed image from among the multiple displayed diagnosis names as described above (Fig. 5, 0P3),
The diagnostic region, its code, and the diagnosis name and its code as the diagnosis result are stored in the corresponding storage section 4011 of the original image storage circuit by the diagnostic operation support circuit 406. and,
Furthermore, when abnormalities are found in other diagnostic sites, the above operations OP2 and OR3 are repeated.

As described above, according to the present device, it is possible to easily specify the diagnosis site and diagnosis result while referring to the Medical Association, and it is also possible to input these codes extremely easily.

Although one embodiment of the present invention has been described above, it goes without saying that the present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, and can be modified as appropriate within the scope of the gist of the present invention.

For example, the diagnosis name selection means of the diagnosis site selection means 2 may be a touch panel, a mouse, etc. in addition to a light pen. Further, the template image area may not be provided separately from the original image area, but the template image may be displayed as a color image on the original image area in front of the vehicle. Furthermore, it is also possible to input the diagnosis site code and diagnosis result code using the numeric keypad on the keyboard.

[Advantageous Effects of the Invention 1] As described above in detail, according to the present invention, it is possible to easily input a diagnosis site code and a diagnosis result code.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of the device of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a schematic external view of the same as above, FIG. 3 is a drawing showing a display example, and FIG.
FIG. 5 is a conceptual diagram of IFEa of the giant circuit written in the template image/diagnosis name. 401...Original image storage circuit, 402...Image designation means, 403...Template image/diagnosis name storage circuit, 40
4... Diagnosis site selection means, 405... Diagnosis name selection means, 406... Diagnosis operation support circuit, 411... Display device. Figure 2 Figure 5

Claims (1)

[Claims] an original image storage circuit that stores a plurality of original medical images together with accompanying information such as image numbers, patient numbers, names, and examination sites;
an image specifying means for specifying an original image to be searched from the original image storage circuit; storing a diagnostic site included in each examination site and a representative diagnosis name for the diagnostic site together with its code information; , a template image/diagnosis name storage circuit that stores a template image obtained by dividing an examination part area into each diagnostic part included in the examination part, and is capable of reading out stored contents related to the original image specified by the image specifying means; , a display device having respective display areas for the original image, supplementary information, diagnosis site, diagnosis name, and template image, and a selection for selecting and inputting a desired diagnosis site and diagnosis name from among the displayed template image and diagnosis name. Searching the original image storage circuit and the template image/diagnosis name storage circuit based on inputs from the input means, the image designation means, and the selection input means, and determining the content to be output to the display device, and the selection input means A medical image display device comprising: a diagnostic operation support circuit that stores the selected diagnostic site and diagnosis name together with its code information in the original image storage circuit.