KR20130082566A - Mobile dicom image input system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A system for inputting an image for mobile digital imaging and communication in medicine (DICOM) is provided to convert an image of an affected part, which is inputted through a mobile device, into a DICOM image and construct a database by using DICOM medical information with personal information of a patient, thereby conveniently collecting wide medical information. CONSTITUTION: A mobile device (100) includes a camera. A DICOM mobile gateway (200) receives patient information and an image of an affected part through a communication network and converts the image of the affected part into a DICOM image. A DICOM server (300) collects and manages medical information by receiving the DICOM image from the DICOM mobile gateway and converting the DICOM image into a DICOM format. [Reference numerals] (100) Smartphone; (200) DICOM mobile gateway; (300) PACS server (KFDA authentication DICOM server); (AA) Mobile DICOM viewer; (BB) DICOM conversion image; (CC) DICOM image input smartphone; (DD) Communication network (3G,Wi-Fi, etc.); (EE) Photographing; (FF) Phone image; (GG) General PC : information modification for the DICOM image

Description

MOBILE DICOM IMAGE INPUT SYSTEM}

The present invention relates to an image input system, and more particularly, to a mobile dicom image input system that can be easily used by medical personnel and the like to directly photograph and convert to a dicom file to diagnose the individual.

As electronic technology has advanced, a wide variety of medical devices have been introduced. For example, devices such as computerized tomography (hereinafter referred to as CT) and magnetic resonance imaging device (hereinafter referred to as MRI) have been developed. These devices enable many diagnostic tests that were not possible in the past, and also helped to make more precise diagnosis.

In addition, due to the remarkable development of diagnostic imaging equipment in recent years, the role of diagnostic radiology has rapidly increased, and about 50-70% of patients who visit a hospital undergo radiological examination, and the appropriate treatment policy is determined by the result. In addition, hospitals are increasingly large, specialized and organized. Therefore, the issue of how to efficiently conduct and read the diagnosis and examination by medical imaging and how quickly the reading findings are delivered to the clinician has emerged as an important issue.

Such equipment includes computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), radiation (X-RAY) equipment, ultrasound (hereinafter referred to as US) devices, angiography (ANGIO), and colposcopy (COLPOSCOPY) and cervical imaging system (CERVICOGRAPHY) have been widely used in internal medicine, surgery, obstetrics and gynecology. However, when a patient visits a clinic with a doctor who can read a medical image for a medical examination, a doctor who does not have medical imaging equipment or a busy shooting schedule even with medical imaging equipment is provided. Consultation hospitals introduce other hospitals, such as radiation hospitals, where medical imaging is possible.

Medical imaging equipment and / or the medical image that can take a medical image when the hospital does not have both a medical imaging equipment and a reading doctor, and even if the medical examination equipment is equipped with a medical imaging equipment without a reading doctor The patient is sent to a hospital with a reading physician who can read the results and the results are obtained. Therefore, the existing off-line medical diagnosis system is inefficient because it causes a patient or a clinic to wait a lot of time and costs a lot to obtain medical image data and medical image reading results.

In particular, such medical imaging equipment is very expensive, so each hospital does not have it, and even if they have such medical imaging equipment, there are no doctors who have the ability to read the taken medical image. The photographing was taken at a hospital having the medical imaging equipment and taken to a reading doctor who could read the photographed film or photographed medical image data, and the reading result was known. The offline medical diagnosis system is not only able to operate expensive equipment efficiently, but also it is difficult to provide high quality medical services.

In addition, in the current offline medical diagnostic system, patients and readers cannot efficiently photograph and diagnose, so the number of medical imaging equipment and doctors are insufficient compared to the number of patients to be photographed. It is pointed out that patients and doctors have to wait long to receive accurate medical image reading results.

In addition, in addition to professional medical images, dermatology may be taken through a general camera to identify and diagnose the skin condition, the general image file consists of a simple picture file, the picture file is stored, Since it is not easy to manage by matching and cannot be provided with various application services provided by the dicom file, there is a need for a system that converts a general photographic image file such as a patient's trauma or skin image into a dicom file and uses it. .

Although it is possible to take a picture directly by a medical staff through a mobile device equipped with a general camera, the diagnosis can be easily performed at a long distance by making it easy for a medical staff to diagnose by converting a patient into a dicom file by directly photographing the patient. The goal is to provide a system that can do exactly that.

In addition, it is not only to build a fast and wide personal medical information DB, but also to provide a system that can build a comprehensive personal medical information by conveniently inputting the dicom image regardless of time and place.

A feature of the present invention for solving the above problems is a mobile dicom image input system, a mobile device equipped with a camera for photographing the affected part of the patient; A dicom mobile gateway configured to receive the affected part image and the patient information photographed by the camera through a communication network, and convert the affected part image into a dicom image; And a dicom server receiving the dicom image from the dicom mobile gateway and converting the dicom image into a dicom format to collect and manage medical information.

Here, it is preferable that the mobile device captures the affected part of the patient, inputs the affected image, and inputs the patient's personal information, and the personal information is input by scanning the QR code or barcode of the patient with the mobile device. Preferably, the mobile device is equipped with an inclination sensor or an acceleration sensor, and after photographing the affected part of the patient and shaking the mobile device, the photographed affected part image is automatically transmitted to the dicom mobile gateway. desirable.

Preferably, the dicom mobile gateway comprises: a communication module, an image storage module for storing, classifying, compressing, and building a database of the affected image; and converting the affected image into a dicom image to retrieve data. It may be to include a protocol module that can be transmitted to the outside.

In addition, the protocol module includes a transmission protocol module for transmitting the data, an image codec module for converting the affected image into a dicom image, and an image search module for searching for an image requested by the mobile device or the dicom server. Preferably, the mobile device includes a dicom viewer module for receiving and displaying the dicom file from the gateway through a communication network, wherein the mobile device includes a PDA, a mobile phone, and a tablet PC. It is preferable that it is either.

In the present invention as described above, anyone can input the affected image through a mobile device, etc., regardless of time and place, convert the affected image into a dicom image, and convert the dicom medical information together with the patient's personal information. By establishing a DB, the system provides a system that can be used by medical staff by collecting information faster, more precisely, and more widely.

In addition, it is possible not only to construct a fast and wide personal medical information DB, but also to provide a system for constructing comprehensive personal medical information by conveniently inputting a dicom image regardless of time and place.

1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a mobile dicom video input system according to an embodiment of the present invention,
2 is a block diagram illustrating an affected image input and processing flow through a mobile dicom image input system according to an embodiment of the present invention;
3 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a dicom mobile gateway of a mobile dicom video input system according to an embodiment of the present invention;
4 is a schematic diagram of a method for photographing and transmitting a mobile device applied to an embodiment of the present invention.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The advantages and features of the present invention, and how to accomplish it, will be described with reference to the embodiments described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. However, the present invention is not limited to the embodiments described herein but may be embodied in other forms. The embodiments are provided so that those skilled in the art can easily carry out the technical idea of the present invention to those skilled in the art.

In the drawings, embodiments of the present invention are not limited to the specific forms shown and are exaggerated for clarity. In addition, parts denoted by the same reference numerals throughout the specification represent the same components.

The expression "and / or" is used herein to mean including at least one of the components listed before and after. Also, singular forms include plural forms unless the context clearly dictates otherwise. Also, components, steps, operations and elements referred to in the specification as " comprises "or" comprising " refer to the presence or addition of one or more other components, steps, operations, elements, and / or devices.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a mobile dicom video input system according to an embodiment of the present invention, Figure 2 is a mobile dicom (DICOM: Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine hereinafter 'dicom) This is a block diagram showing the affected image input and processing flow through the image input system.

As shown in FIG. 1, the mobile dicom image input system according to the present invention includes a mobile device 100 equipped with a camera for photographing a patient's affected part; A dicom mobile gateway (200) receiving the affected image and the patient information photographed by the camera through a communication network and converting the affected image into a dicom image; And a dicom server 300 that receives the dicom image from the dicom mobile gateway and converts the dicom image into a dicom format to collect and manage medical information.

As described above, the present invention converts an image taken by the mobile device 100 such as a smartphone into a mobile dicom (DICOM) image, and stores the image in the PACC server and simultaneously converts the image converted into the corresponding dicom format into the dicom mobile viewer. The present invention proposes a system for providing a mobile codeless video input as a system for enabling confirmation in a mobile environment.

Here, the mobile device 100 is preferably any one of a mobile phone such as a smartphone, a PDA, and a tablet PC, by using a mobile phone equipped with a camera used by an individual, easily and easily to take images of the affected part, and The affected image is received by the dicom mobile gateway 200 and converted into a dicom image, and the dicom image can be confirmed through the mobile viewer, so that the patient or medical staff can easily obtain the dicom image for precise medical diagnosis and comprehensive diagnosis. You can enter.

And, if you look at the image input method through the mobile device 100, such as a smart phone, it is also possible to automatically take a picture by fixing the photographing site for more than 1 second and continue to preview, the QR code, barcode, etc. of the patient It is also possible to enter the patient's personal information by scanning with a smartphone.

In addition, referring to FIG. 4, since a mobile device 100 such as a smartphone generally includes an acceleration sensor, a gyro sensor, an inclination sensor, and the like, and has a function of detecting a motion, in an embodiment of the present invention, After taking the affected part image of the patient through the camera of the phone, it is also possible to automatically transmit to the dicom mobile gateway 200 while performing the button click function to automatically change to the next screen when shaking the smartphone. That is, using the camera's auto function is automatically taken after a certain time (approximately 1 second to 2 seconds) time, shake the smartphone to automatically send the affected image taken to the dicom mobile gateway 200 to touchless (touchless) recording and sending functions can be performed.

In addition, through various functions, it is possible to conveniently enter the affected image. In addition, it is also possible to connect to the dicom mobile gateway 200 through the image collection device 113 equipped with a dicom viewer in addition to the mobile device 100 to check the image image.

In addition, by receiving the dicom image from the dicom server 300, such as PACS installed in the hospital and converts to the dicom image format, to build a comprehensive personal medical information, each medical staff of the hospital to conveniently check the dicom image By making it possible, not only to construct a fast and wide personal medical information DB, but also have a great advantage that it is possible to construct a comprehensive personal medical information by conveniently inputting a dicom image regardless of time and place.

PACS refers to the Picture Archiving Communication System (hereinafter referred to as 'PACS'). PACS establishes a computer network throughout the hospital, converts all X-ray images into digital data, and converts them into a database. It is a system that stores and transmits medical images that are stored in a large storage medium connected to a server, and then, when necessary, the X-ray image of a desired patient can be viewed through a computer monitor in each office.

PACS is a system that helps the hospital's work through the computer and network to diagnose and read the existing film with the existing film. It is a CT, MRI, and MRI ), There are nuclear medical imaging equipment such as fluoroscopy, angiography device, breast cancer detector, and can also interlock images such as ultrasound, endoscope, microscope.

However, in order to interoperate with medical image storage systems, these medical imaging equipments require digitization of images. Comprehensive skills, such as management. This system allows radiology to reduce film costs, labor costs, film storage costs, reduce unread images, reduce special inspection reading delays, reduce maintenance and repeat inspections.

In addition, clinicians can simultaneously use images, increase clinical information, obtain immediate images, reduce the use of unprofitable outpatient and surgical patients, facilitate communication between readout physicians and clinicians, increase the number of patients, inpatient and outpatient images, It is known that the results of the reading can increase the usability. Patients have the effect of reducing radiation dose, unnecessary outpatient and surgical expenses, reducing the number of retests, and findings and clinical information. Through the conversion of the dicom information through the dicom server 300, such as PACS, it is possible to comprehensively build a medical information DB of the patient, through which medical staff and the like can conveniently and precisely diagnose the medical.

As shown in FIG. 2, the mobile dicom image input process through the system according to the exemplary embodiment of the present invention collects the patient's image by collecting the affected image by the mobile device 100 in which the dicom viewer is installed, and dicom mobile. When transmitting to the gateway 200, the gateway 200 converts the affected image into a dicom image, and stores the mobile device 100 together with the personal information of the patient transmitted together. The stored dicom information is retrieved and requested through the mobile device 100 or the dicom server 300 equipped with the dicom viewer, and transmits the medical information of the dicom format to the corresponding server or device.

More specifically, the dicom mobile gateway 200 automatically sets the dicom study / series / instace information, receives the photographed affected image, and automatically calculates the image information, such as the affected image and the dicom study / series. Create dicom image files such as / Instace information, patient personal information, etc. In addition, the generated dicom image file may be transmitted to the dicom server 300 and may be stored in the dicom storage DICMDIR. The file stored as described above may be checked through a request of a mobile device 100 or a terminal in which an external dicom viewer is installed.

Through the process of inputting the affected image of the system according to the embodiment of the present invention as described above, anyone can conveniently input the affected image through a mobile device 100, etc., regardless of time and place, and convert the affected image into a dicom image. By converting the dicom medical information with the patient's personal information to build a DB, faster and more precise and broad medical information can be conveniently collected and used by medical staff.

3 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the dicom mobile gateway 200 of the mobile dicom video input system according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 3, the dicom mobile gateway 200 includes a communication module, an image storage module, and a protocol module. Here, the image storage module is a model for storing, classifying, and DBizing the images transmitted from the smart phone and the dicom server 300. The image storage module may be configured to construct a personal medical information DB by classifying and storing images for each patient's personal information. .

The protocol module consists of a data transmission protocol, an image codec module and an image retrieval module. The data transmission protocol is a transmission module optimized for a dicom communication module, and the image codec module is a dicom image for an input image of a smartphone. And converts the image transmitted from the dicom server 300 into a mobile dicom image. The image search module searches for images requested by the mobile dicom viewer, and searches for images in a local DB or when a search request is made in the dicom server 300.

While the invention has been shown and described with respect to the specific embodiments thereof, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes and modifications may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims. Anyone with it will know easily.

100: mobile device, 113: video acquisition device, 200: dicom mobile gateway,
300: dicom server

Claims (8)

A mobile device equipped with a camera for photographing the affected part of the patient;
A dicom mobile gateway configured to receive the affected part image and the patient information photographed by the camera through a communication network, and convert the affected part image into a dicom image;
And receiving a dicom image from the dicom mobile gateway and converting the dicom image into a dicom format to collect and manage medical information.
The method of claim 1,
The mobile device includes:
Take the patient's affected area and enter the affected image,
Mobile dicom image input system, characterized in that for inputting the personal information of the patient.
The method of claim 2,
The personal information is a mobile dicom image input system, characterized in that for scanning the patient's QR code or bar code input to the mobile device.
The method of claim 2,
The mobile device is equipped with a tilt sensor or an acceleration sensor,
After photographing the affected part of the patient, shaking the mobile device, a mobile dicom image input system, characterized in that the photographed affected image is automatically transmitted to the dicom mobile gateway.
The method of claim 1,
The dicom mobile gateway,
Communication module,
An image storage module for storing, classifying, compressing, and building a database of the affected part;
And a protocol module for converting the affected image into a dicom image, retrieving data, and transmitting the data to the outside.
The method of claim 5,
The protocol module,
A transmission protocol module capable of transmitting the data;
An image codec module for converting the affected image into a dicom image;
Mobile dicom image input system, characterized in that configured as an image search module for searching for the image requested by the mobile device or the dicom server.
7. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 6,
The mobile device includes:
And a dicom viewer module for receiving and displaying the dicom file through the communication network from the gateway.
The method of claim 7, wherein
The mobile device may be any one of a PDA, a mobile phone, and a tablet PC.

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