KR101002725B1 - Method and system of remote controlling and managing medical picture system - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention provides a method for remotely operating and managing a medical imaging system of a medical institution by using a medical imaging remote operation management system including a client agent and a server agent, wherein the client agent acquires medical image information of a patient. An information acquisition unit, a medical information storage unit storing the obtained medical information, and a medical information display unit displaying the stored medical information, respectively, the medical information acquisition unit, the medical information storage unit, and the medical information display unit; Monitoring and collecting medical information, storing medical information, transferring medical information, displaying medical information, network status, and an error on a specific process, and performing recovery if the corresponding error is recoverable (S100); The client agent transmitting the error information collected by the client agent to the server agent (S200); Receiving and storing the error information transmitted from the client agent and classifying the error information (S300); A statistical and predicting unit in the server agent, arranging statistical values for the classified error information, analyzing frequency of occurrence of errors and importance of errors, and setting weights of errors for various classifications (S400); And according to the weight of the error set in the statistics and prediction unit, the client agent, the medical information acquisition unit, the medical information storage unit, the medical information display of the medical information acquisition, medical information storage, medical information mutual transmission, medical It provides a method of remotely operating and managing a medical imaging system including a step (S500) of varying priorities in monitoring information display, network status, and errors on a particular process.

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METHOD AND SYSTEM OF REMOTE CONTROLLING AND MANAGING MEDICAL PICTURE SYSTEM}

The present invention relates to a method and a system for remotely operating and managing a medical imaging system, and more particularly, to the occurrence of an error of each terminal or server that constitutes a medical information acquisition unit, a medical information storage unit, and a medical information display unit. An individual first error weight calculated using the frequency and the importance of the error, a second error weight calculated using the frequency of occurrence of the error and the importance of the error in the entire terminal or server of the entire medical institution where the respective terminal or server is located; The third error weight calculated by using the overall frequency of occurrence of each error, the medical information storage unit, the medical information storage unit, and the medical information display unit and the importance of the error, and a fourth which can be arbitrarily set by the administrator of the medical image remote operation management system. Using the weight of the error set using one or more of the weights of the error, Efficient video system remotely relates to a method and system for operation and management.

In modern medical institutions, they are so modernized and digitalized that they cannot be compared with conventional medical institutions. In particular, recent medical institutions utilize a lot of image information using PACS (Picture Archiving & Communication System).

Here, PACS refers to a system for acquiring, transmitting, and inquiring a digital method that does not require development and printing, unlike the existing method of diagnosing an image generated by a medical institution, that is, a hospital by using a film.

The introduction of PACS reduces the cost of purchasing a film unlike the existing one, and reduces the exposure of the patient since there is no need to retake the film, resulting in the improvement of work productivity and the improvement of bed turnover rate.

In addition, doctors can effectively read the patient's condition to treat the patient, thereby lowering the error rate, thereby improving the image of the medical institution.

However, PACS, a system for digitizing and managing image data of a medical institution or related data of a patient, has various problems.

In detail, even if a frequent error occurs in terms of management of a terminal or server acquiring medical image information, management of a database server, management of a storage server, management of a network, and management of a workstation, it is not recognized. , Irreparable damage and injury to patients, their families, and medical institutions, for example, when medical images necessary for surgery in a medical institution are not displayed or when proper medical images such as MRI, CT, and ultrasound information are not obtained. It was a situation.

Such a system for operating and managing medical images of medical institutions is an important part directly connected to the lives of patients who cannot replace anything, so it is very important that the check and recovery of errors be resolved quickly.

However, at present, when a problem occurs, the medical institution urgently contacts the maintenance company of the medical image operation and management system, and the maintenance company who has been contacted is urgently dispatched to the medical institution to maintain the medical image operation and management system. I can't. In the meantime, medical institutions have to wait without any way to use medical images.

Given the increasing dependence of medical imaging systems on medical institutions, it is a serious situation that could threaten the life of the patient.

The present invention was devised to solve the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a system for remotely operating and managing a medical imaging system of a medical institution in real time.

In addition, according to the frequency and the importance of the error occurrence, the medical image that improves the efficiency of monitoring by monitoring by giving priority to each medical institution, the type of medical imaging system, and each terminal or server of the medical imaging system It is another object of the present invention to provide a system for remote operation and management of the system.

In order to achieve the above object, according to an embodiment of the present invention, in a method for remotely operating and managing a medical imaging system using a medical image remote operation management system consisting of a client agent and a server agent, the client agent Is installed in the medical information acquisition unit for obtaining medical information of the patient, the medical information storage unit for storing the obtained medical information, and the medical information display unit for displaying the stored medical information, respectively, the medical information acquisition unit, When the medical information storage unit, the medical information display unit medical information acquisition, medical information storage, medical information transmission, medical information display, network status, errors in a specific process, and the like, and monitors and collects the error, Performing a recovery (S100); The client agent transmitting the error information collected by the client agent to the server agent (S200); Receiving and storing the error information transmitted from the client agent and classifying the error information (S300); A statistical and predicting unit in the server agent, arranging statistical values for the classified error information, analyzing frequency of occurrence of errors and importance of errors, and setting weights of errors for various classifications (S400); And according to the weight of the error set in the statistics and prediction unit, the client agent, the medical information acquisition unit, the medical information storage unit, the medical information display of the medical information acquisition, medical information storage, medical information mutual transmission, medical It provides a method of remotely operating and managing a medical imaging system comprising the step (S500) of varying priorities in monitoring information display, network status, errors on a particular process, and the like.

In operation S400, the first error weight may be calculated based on the frequency of occurrence of the error and the importance of the error of each terminal or server constituting the medical information acquisition unit, the medical information storage unit, and the medical information display unit. And a second error weight calculated using the frequency of occurrence of errors in the entire terminal or server and the importance of the error in the entire medical institution where the respective terminal or server is located, the medical information acquisition unit, the medical information storage unit, and the medical care unit. The weight of the error may be set using one or more error weights among the third error weights calculated using the frequency of occurrence of the total error and the importance of the error of each information display unit.

Further, in the step S500, the client agent, the medical information acquisition unit, the medical information storage unit, the medical information acquisition of the medical information acquisition, medical information storage, medical information mutual transmission, medical information display, network status, When monitoring an error or the like on a specific process, according to the weight of the error, the time, frequency and sequence of the monitoring can be controlled.

Further, in the step S400, in addition to the weight of the first to third error, the first to fourth error further comprises a weight of the fourth error that can be arbitrarily set by the administrator of the medical image remote operation management system The weight of the error is set using one or more error weights among the weights of, and in the step S500, the client agent includes: obtaining medical information of the medical information acquisition unit, the medical information storage unit, and the medical information display unit; When monitoring the storage of medical information, the transmission of medical information, display of medical information, network status, an error on a specific process, and the like, it is also possible to control the time, frequency and sequence of monitoring according to the weight of the error.

On the other hand, according to another embodiment of the present invention, a medical information acquisition unit for obtaining medical image information of a patient, a medical information storage unit for storing the obtained medical information, and a medical information display unit for displaying the stored medical information Respectively installed in the medical information acquisition unit, medical information storage unit, medical information display unit, medical information storage, medical information storage, medical information transmission, medical information display, network status, error in a specific process, and the like. A client agent collecting and transmitting the collected error information to a server agent, and performing recovery when the error can be recovered; And a server agent that receives and stores the error information collected by the client agent, and classifies the error information, wherein the server agent organizes statistical values of the classified error information and generates an error frequency. And a statistics and prediction unit for analyzing the importance of the error and setting the weight of the error according to various classifications, and according to the weight of the error set in the statistics and prediction unit, the client agent includes the medical information obtaining unit and the medical unit. Provides a remote operation management system of a medical imaging system for monitoring the information storage unit, medical information acquisition, medical information storage, medical information transmission, medical information display, network status, errors in a specific process, and the like.

According to a system and method for remotely operating and managing a medical imaging system according to an embodiment of the present invention, the following effects are obtained in comparison with the prior art.

First, considering the reality that medical institutions are increasingly dependent on medical imaging systems, we check in real time for errors in medical imaging systems that caused serious situations that could threaten the lives of patients. Makes it possible. Real-time process monitoring and automatic recovery allow 24 hours of non-stop operation. In the event of a failure, prompt reporting and action can prevent secondary accidents.

Second, it is possible to check the error flexibly according to the weight of the error, arrange and predict statistics about the error, and reflect it on the weight of the error, thereby enabling the checking of the error before reaching a serious situation. This improves the quality of care.

Third, through the real-time error recovery and accurate error diagnosis, the image of the medical institution is further improved.

Fourth, from the point of view of the patient and his or her family, when they receive medical examination, medical treatment, and surgery in a medical institution to which the present invention is applied, a mental stability is obtained. This increases customer satisfaction with medical institutions.

Fifth, if the emergency medical imaging system is in urgent need to reduce the re-exposure of the patient, such as re-photographing the old-fashioned x-rays again.

Sixth, by reducing the medical imaging error, it can improve the productivity of the work in the medical institution, thereby improving the management profitability of the medical institution. In addition, it will support the reduction of operating manpower and management costs, the reduction of purchasing cost through the efficient management of hardware and the optimal system configuration.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. Prior to this, terms or words used in the present specification and claims should not be construed as being limited to the common or dictionary meanings, and the inventors should properly explain the concept of terms in order to best explain their own invention. Based on the principle that it can be defined, it should be interpreted as meaning and concept corresponding to the technical idea of the present invention.

Therefore, the embodiments described in the specification and the drawings shown in the drawings are only the most preferred embodiment of the present invention and do not represent all of the technical idea of the present invention, various modifications that can be replaced at the time of the present application It should be understood that there may be equivalents and variations.

1 is a diagram schematically showing a medical image remote operation management system consisting of a client agent 100 and a server agent 200 according to an embodiment of the present invention. In addition, FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating the server agent 200 shown in FIG. 1 in more detail, in particular showing that the statistics and prediction unit 220 is further provided.

First, referring to FIG. 1, the medical information acquisition unit 10 is a component for acquiring medical image information of various patients who are admitted to or admitted to a medical institution. That is, MRI, CT, X-ray, ultrasound, and the like, including, but not limited to, it should be seen as a concept covering all kinds of medical devices currently used. The medical information acquisition unit may be in the form of a terminal or a server.

On the other hand, medical information as well as medical information includes information such as voice or text. That is, the personal information of the patient, history of the visit (history), and may include a history, surgical history and the like. For example, such medical information may be directly input by receptionists in a terminal or server in a place such as a reception desk in a general hospital.

Next, the medical information storage unit 20 is a server that stores the medical information obtained from the medical information acquisition unit 10. It will usually be in the form of a database or storage device.

Next, the medical information display unit 30 is a component that directly displays the medical information stored in the medical information storage unit 20 or the information obtained from the medical information acquisition unit 10. Similarly, it may be in the form of a terminal or a server, and the type of display device includes a concept including a CRT, various flat panel display devices, a dedicated display device, and the like. The medical information display unit 30 may be used to perform a medical treatment with a patient in a state in which a doctor displays an image during medical treatment, or may be used to perform a surgery while leaving image information of a corresponding patient during surgery.

In addition, the medical information acquisition unit 10, the medical information storage unit 20, and the medical information display unit 30 may be integrally manufactured as in the case of displaying and storing all the progress of the operation during surgery. have. In addition, looking at the recent patent registration, it is also possible to exchange the medical information between the different medical institutions or to unify the medical information, medical information acquisition unit 10, medical information storage unit 20 and medical information display unit 30 It may be present in other medical institutions.

The client agent 100, which is one element of the system of the present invention, is installed in the above-mentioned medical information acquisition unit 10, the medical information storage unit 20, and the medical information display unit 30, respectively. Installed in each, medical information acquisition unit 10, medical information storage unit 20, medical information display unit 30 medical information acquisition, medical information storage, medical information mutual transmission, medical information display, network status, specific process Monitor and collect errors.

For example, monitoring and collecting errors in network status may include whether a network port is well open or a ping test. In addition, when the storage of the medical information storage unit 20 is more than a certain value, such as 80% or more, it is possible to monitor for giving an alarm to replace the new storage. In addition, when the image transmitted from the medical information acquisition unit 10 to the medical information storage unit 20 does not meet the DICOM standard, it is also possible to monitor and collect an error thereof.

In addition, the client agent 100 transmits all collected error information or other information required by the server agent 200 to the server agent 200. In addition, the client agent 100 may immediately recover the corresponding error generated in the medical information acquisition unit 10, the medical information storage unit 20, and the medical information display unit 30. That is, if the medical image acquisition unit 10 has a problem in the image acquisition process, it is possible to kill the process and revive it.

In addition, when the automatic recovery of the error is not possible, the server agent 200 to which the present invention is applied may send a travel or field visit recovery request message. The server agent 200 receiving the travel or field visit recovery request message may notify the person in real time through an automatically recorded voice message or an SMS, and may make an emergency recovery possible.

In addition, the server agent 200 receives and stores error information collected by the client agent 100, and classifies the error information by type, by medical institution, and by corresponding terminal or server.

The server agent 200 organizes the statistical values of the error information classified as described above, analyzes the frequency of occurrence of the error and the importance of the error, and sets the weight of the error for each type or classification. It is provided.

According to the weight of the error set by the statistics and the prediction unit 220, the client agent 100, the medical information of the medical information acquisition unit 10, medical information storage unit 20, medical information display unit 30 Priorities may be varied in monitoring acquisition, storage of medical information, transmission of medical information, display of medical information, network conditions, errors in specific processes, and the like.

In this case, the weight of the error is set to several, that is, the occurrence frequency and error of each of the individual terminals or servers constituting the medical information acquisition unit 10, medical information storage unit 20, medical information display unit 30 The individual first error weight, calculated using the importance of

A second error weight calculated using the occurrence frequency and the importance of the error of the entire terminal or server of the entire medical institution where the respective terminal or server is located;

The third error weight calculated using the frequency of occurrence of the total error of each of the medical information acquisition unit 10, the medical information storage unit 20, and the medical information display unit 30 and the importance of the error, and the weight of the three errors You can put it.

Using one or more of these error weights, it is possible to set the weight of the error. In other words, the final error weight may be the first error weight x the second error weight, and the final error weight may be the first error weight x the second error weight x the third error weight or the first error weight x a + Second error weight x b + third error weight x c (a, b, c are error weight constant). That is, the final error weight may be a function value having the first error weight, the second error weight, and the third error weight as variables.

As such an example, when the frequency of occurrence or importance of the error of the medical institution (Seoul National University Hospital) is high, a method of adding or subtracting the second error weight according to the frequency of occurrence or the importance of occurrence may be adopted. Alternatively, when the device for imaging the cardiac blood flow of the medical institution has a high frequency of error, a method of adding or subtracting the first error weight for the device may be adopted. In addition, based on the overall statistics, if the frequency of errors occurs more frequently than the older MRI devices that the latest MRI devices are using stably, a method of adding or subtracting the weight of the third error of the medical information acquisition unit for each device may be adopted. Can be. Here, the manner of addition and subtraction can be variously modified and changed.

Using such a result value, the client agent 100 acquires medical information and medical care of the medical information acquisition unit 10, the medical information storage unit 20, and the medical information display unit 30 on which the client agent is installed. When monitoring information storage, inter-transmission of medical information, medical information display, network status, errors on a specific process, etc., it is possible to control one or more of the time, frequency and sequence of monitoring according to the weight of the error.

In addition to the weight of the first to third errors, the weight of the fourth error that can be arbitrarily set by the administrator of the medical image remote operation management system, further comprising one or more errors of the weight of the first to fourth errors Using the weight, the weight of the error is set, and the resultant value is used, so that the client agent 100 includes the medical information acquisition unit 10, the medical information storage unit 20, and the medical treatment where the client agent is installed. When monitoring the medical information acquisition, medical information storage, medical information transmission, medical information display, network status, error on a specific process, etc. of the information display unit 30, the time, frequency and sequence of monitoring according to the weight of the error It is possible to control one or more of them.

Next, a method of remotely operating and managing a medical imaging system of a medical institution using a medical image remote operation management system including a client agent 100 and a server agent 200 will be described.

First, in step S100, the client agent 100, medical information acquisition unit 10 for obtaining medical image information of a patient, medical information storage unit 20 for storing the obtained medical information, and the stored medical Installed in the medical information display unit 30 for displaying information, respectively, the medical information acquisition unit 10, the medical information storage unit 20, the medical information display unit 30, the medical information acquisition, medical information storage, medical It monitors and collects data transfer, medical information display, network status, and errors in specific processes. If the error is recoverable, recovery is performed.

Next, in step S200, the client agent 100 transmits the error information collected by the client agent to the server agent.

Next, in step S300, the server agent 200 receives and stores the error information transmitted by the client agent 100 and classifies the error information.

Next, in step S400, the statistics and prediction unit 220 in the server agent 200 described above summarizes the statistical values for the classified error information, analyzes the frequency of occurrence of the error and the importance of the error, and classifies the various types. Set the weight of the error separately.

Next, in step S500, the client agent 100, the medical information acquisition unit 10, the medical information storage unit 20, the, according to the weight of the error set in the statistics and prediction unit 220 In order to monitor medical information acquisition, medical information storage, medical information transmission, medical information display, network status, errors in a specific process, etc. of the medical information display unit 30, the priority is changed.

Since the main contents in the remaining steps above have already been described above in the system to which the present invention is applied, the description thereof will be omitted.

As mentioned above, although this invention was demonstrated by the limited embodiment and drawing, this invention is not limited by this, The person of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention belongs, Various modifications, changes and variations are possible without departing from the scope of the claims to be described.

1 is a diagram schematically showing a medical image remote operation management system consisting of a client agent 100 and a server agent 200 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating the server agent 200 shown in FIG. 1 in more detail. In particular, FIG.

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10 Medical Information Acquisition Department

20 Medical Information Storage

30 Medical Information Display

100 client agent

200 server agents

220 Statistics and Prediction

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In a method for remotely operating and managing a medical imaging system of a medical institution using a medical imaging remote operation management system consisting of a client agent and a server agent, The client agent is installed in each of the medical information acquisition unit for obtaining medical image information of the patient, the medical information storage unit for storing the obtained medical information, and the medical information display unit for displaying the stored medical information, the medical information Acquisition, medical information storage, medical information display, medical information acquisition, medical information storage, medical information transmission, medical information display, network status, specific process error, and monitors and collects, the error is repaired Performing recovery if possible, and if the error is not recoverable, transmitting a travel or field visit recovery request message to the server agent (S100); The client agent transmitting the error information collected by the client agent to the server agent (S200); Receiving and storing the error information transmitted from the client agent and classifying the error information (S300); A statistical and predicting unit in the server agent, arranging statistical values for the classified error information, analyzing frequency of occurrence of errors and importance of errors, and setting weights of errors for various classifications (S400); And According to the weight of the error set by the statistics and predictor, the client agent, the medical information acquisition unit, the medical information storage unit, the medical information acquisition of the medical information display unit, medical information storage, medical information mutual transmission, medical information The step S500 of varying priorities in monitoring the display, network status, errors on a specific process, and the like, The S400 step, An individual first error weight calculated using the frequency of occurrence of the error and the importance of the error of each terminal or server constituting the medical information acquisition unit, the medical information storage unit, and the medical information display unit; A second error weight calculated using the occurrence frequency and the importance of the error of the entire terminal or server of the entire medical institution where the respective terminal or server is located; The weight of the error is determined by using one or more error weights among the third error weights calculated using the frequency of occurrence of the total error and the importance of the error of each of the medical information acquisition unit, the medical information storage unit, and the medical information display unit. Characterized in that the setting, The step S500, The client agent may monitor the medical information acquisition unit, the medical information storage unit, medical information display unit, medical information storage, medical information storage, medical information transmission, medical information display, network status, error in a specific process, and the like. And at least one of time, frequency and order of monitoring according to the weight of the error. delete delete The method of claim 1, The S400 step, In addition to the weights of the first to third errors, a weight of the fourth error that can be arbitrarily set by an administrator of the medical image remote operation management system, the weight of one or more of the weights of the first to fourth errors Use to set the weight of the error, The step S500, The client agent may monitor the medical information acquisition unit, the medical information storage unit, medical information display unit, medical information storage, medical information storage, medical information transmission, medical information display, network status, error in a specific process, and the like. And at least one of time, frequency and order of monitoring according to the weight of the error. delete

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