JPS6274155A - Medical image filing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To easily and quickly display plural images obtained by retrieving them once, by accumulating and storing a medical image and its attribute information, making plural medical images displayed on a display means correspond to the attribute information, and retrieving them by the attribute information. CONSTITUTION:A medical image from an image input part 11 determines a store address in an accumulating and recording part 14, in a controller 13 together with attribute information from an information input part 12, and accumulated and recorded therein. Based on a retrieval condition inputted from the information input part 12, plural medical images having the corresponding attribute information are retrieved from the accumulating and recording part 14, and displayed on a display part 16. Plural medical images displayed on this display part 16 are made to correspond to new attribute information which is inputted from the information input part 12, and can be retrieved by its attribute information.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] [Industrial application field] The present invention relates to a medical image file device.

[Conventional technology]

Recently, as part of a medical system, medical images are filed together with their attributes using computers, and are used for medical history management and the like. Here, medical images include, for example, endoscopy, X-ray photography, X-ray OT, ultrasound tomography, digital radiography, N
There are images taken by various imaging devices such as MR-OT, and the attributes include those that are not caused by the image itself, such as patient ID, date of imaging, and the imaging device, and those that are caused by the image itself, such as the diagnosis basis and the person involved in the affected area. There is something to do.

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of a conventional medical image file device. This device was proposed at the 14th Image Engineering Con 1.17 Allen (Mr. Komori et al., pp. 69-62), and consists of a host system that handles the image database section and a search subsystem. A console 1 for inputting various attributes of the above-mentioned medical images and instructing a search, a host computer 2 in charge of an image database database unit, a world view display device 8, and a user view display device 4.
, a front end processor 5 for controlling display devices 8 and 4, and a digitizer 6 as their pointing device. This Sith! ...When searching for an image in a system, one data space that is the target of the search is divided into three layers.The first layer contains all the data stored in the entire image database, and the second layer Tier is patient I
Configure the entire data space of the patient as specified by D,
Furthermore, the next generation.

It is classified into three levels. The world view display device 8 displays the data in the second hierarchy so that all users can select it, and the user view display device 4 displays images as search results selected from the world view. There is. In such a configuration, the search presents the user with a data space that can be seen at a glance, and visually constructs the image space (user view) requested by the user from that data space. Formation of the world view, operation within the world view, formation of the user view, and display of the original image. Formation of the world view is performed in four steps: forming the user view, operating within the world view, and displaying the original image.
D to request the transfer of abstract images, and the transferred images are conveniently classified into groups of imaging devices and displayed on the display section N8.・□Operations in world view are as follows:
A desired image is selected from one of the world views and a request is made to transfer it to the display device 4. Furthermore, when forming a user view, search results are displayed on the display device 4 by operating the world view. In this way, a user view is formed by requesting the display of the original image corresponding to each abstract image while looking at the abstract image. Furthermore, to display the original image, the world view display is erased and the original image is displayed on the display device 8. However, when displaying the original image, the user view is displayed as is. Therefore, the summary (user view) and details (original image) of the search results are displayed at the same time.

[Problem that the invention seeks to solve]

” In a dual medical image file device, the abstract image displayed on WorldVi 1- is used to select the original image to be displayed next, but it is also used as a list of search results from a certain imaging device for the same patient. It also has functions. However, in the past, the abstract image in the world view was deleted after selecting the desired original image, so if you subsequently perform a similar search, you can display multiple images at the same time each time. There was a problem in that it was necessary to configure the information on one screen, which was time-consuming.

An object of the present invention is to provide an image file device by paying attention to such conventional problems.

[Means and operations for solving the problems] In order to achieve the above object, the medical image file device of the present invention includes means for accumulating and recording medical images and their attribute information, and a means for storing and recording medical images and their attribute information. means for inputting information; means for searching the storage and recording means for a plurality of medical images having corresponding attribute information based on the input search conditions; and displaying the searched plurality of medical images on one screen. means, □corresponding the plurality of medical images displayed on the display means with new attribute information input from the information input means,
The present invention is characterized by comprising means for processing an image so that it can be searched based on the attribute information.

〔Example〕

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing one embodiment of the present invention.

This embodiment includes an image input section 1 such as a TV camera, an information input section 12 such as a keyboard, a controller 18, an accumulation recording section 14, a frame memory 15, and a display section 6 such as a CRT. The medical image from the image input section 11, together with the attribute information from the information input section 12, is determined by the controller 18 at a storage address in the storage recording section 14, and is stored and recorded there. As a recording medium in this storage/recording unit 14, an optical disk, a magneto-optical disk, a magnetic tape, etc. are used to record medical images and their attribute information in correspondence, or a separate magnetic disk, etc. is used for recording attribute information. The medical image and the attribute information are recorded on separate recording media in correspondence with each other. 1. To search for a plurality of desired medical images from a certain imaging device w from the storage recording section 14, for example, the corresponding search conditions are input from the information input section 12 as shown in the flowchart in FIG. The controller 18 searches for a plurality of medical images, transfers them to the 7-frame memory 1-15, temporarily stores them, and displays the plurality of medical images stored in the frame memory 15 on the display unit. 16, the images are displayed simultaneously on one screen.

Here, when recording a screen having a plurality of medical images displayed simultaneously on the display section 16 in the storage recording section 14, new attribute information to correspond to these plurality of medical images is input from the information input section 12. input. For example, Figure 8A
After displaying a plurality of desired images of the stomach on the display unit l..16 as shown in FIG. 1, "stomach 1" is input as new attribute information for these images. After inputting the new attribute information in this way, the controller 18 determines the storage address of these images in the storage and recording unit 14 as shown in FIG. A plurality of desired medical images stored in the memory 15 are transferred, paired with data of attribute information "stomach 1", and recorded in a continuous area as shown in FIG. 8C. ! By doing this, by inputting search conditions representing attribute information for a desired plurality of images, it is possible to easily and quickly display a plurality of images having the same configuration on one screen again.

In the above embodiment, a plurality of desired medical images obtained by searching are recorded in the storage recording section 14, but in other embodiments of the present invention, only the first address of each of these medical images is recorded. Record. For example, as shown in Figure 4A,
The start address in the storage record 1/1 recording section 14 in which the medical images displayed in each area of the display section 16 are stored is 1001 in area 1, 1002 in area 2, and so on. In area 8, at 1008---, new attribute information corresponding to these multiple medical images is "stomach l" as in the above embodiment.
In this case, the controller 18 inputs "Kan 1" and the address 1001.1002°10 as shown in FIG. 4B.
08--- are stored in pairs. A flowchart in this case is shown in FIG. During playback, when the search condition and "stomach 1" match, 10 Q 1.10021008--
Each medical image is sequentially transferred from the beginning to the frame memory 161 to reconstruct the screen of the multiple image display 1 on the display unit 16. Note that if the magnification of the image recorded in the storage recording section 14 and the image transferred to the frame memory 15 are different, the magnification (the number of vertical and horizontal pixels may be used) is also stored together with the address.

According to this embodiment, the displayed medical image is not recorded, but the leading address in the storage recording section 14 where it is stored is recorded.
There is an advantage that the capacitance at 4 can be reduced.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to record and search for multiple medical images displayed simultaneously, so once configured and recorded, images can be easily and quickly simultaneously displayed without having to rearrange them again. can be displayed. Further, by recording in this manner, a table of contents (visual table of contents) of images can be created and reused.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a flow chart for explaining an example of its operation, and FIG. 8 A, B, and O are diagrams for explaining an example of image processing. 4A and 4B are diagrams for explaining another example of image processing, FIG. 5 is a flow chart showing its operation, and FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a conventional example. 11... Image input section 12... Information human resources department 1
8... Controller 14... Accumulation recording section 15
...Frame memory 16...Display section Fig. 3 A B C A B

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. Means for accumulating and recording medical images and their attribute information, information inputting means for inputting search conditions for medical images, and corresponding attributes from the accumulating and recording means based on the input search conditions. means for searching a plurality of medical images having information; means for displaying the searched plurality of medical images on a screen; and a new attribute for inputting the plurality of medical images displayed on the display means from the information input means. 1. A medical image file device comprising means for processing an image so that it can be searched based on the attribute information in association with the information.