WO2018094610A1

WO2018094610A1 - Image server and mobile terminal

Info

Publication number: WO2018094610A1
Application number: PCT/CN2016/106926
Authority: WO
Inventors: 刘澎
Original assignee: 深圳前海达闼云端智能科技有限公司
Priority date: 2016-11-23
Filing date: 2016-11-23
Publication date: 2018-05-31
Also published as: CN106796623B; CN106796623A

Abstract

An image server and a mobile terminal, for use in resolving the technical problem in the prior art of high costs and low efficiency in checking a medical image. The image server comprises a processor unit, a first communication interface, a memory, and a first bus interface. The first communication interface, the memory, and the first bus interface are connected with the processor unit separately. The processor unit is used for receiving image data according to the first communication interface, storing the image data in the memory, receiving, according to the first bus interface, a data reading instruction sent by the mobile terminal when the first bus interface matches a second bus interface of the mobile terminal, and returning, according to the data reading instruction, the image data stored in the memory to the mobile terminal.

Description

Image server and mobile terminal

Technical field

The present disclosure relates to the field of medical imaging, and in particular, to an image server and a mobile terminal.

Background technique

At present, due to the uneven distribution of medical resources in China, graded diagnosis and treatment and telemedicine are gradually becoming effective means of rationally allocating resources and improving the quality of medical services.

As an important part of telemedicine, medical imaging is very important for doctors to make reasonable and accurate clinical diagnosis. However, the current medical image viewing method basically follows the following steps: the radiology device stores the image data to the hospital's in-house image archiving and communication system (PACS), and the consultation center in the hospital is preparing. During the consultation, you can query and download relevant medical images from the PACS system, and upload images to the external network PACS system. In this way, the remote consultation center can query and download the relevant patient images from the external network PACS system.

However, for many primary hospitals, in addition to the purchase of radiological equipment, image archiving and communication systems have not been constructed due to comprehensive conditions. Moreover, doctor-independent studios that are constantly emerging in various places are unable to install radiological equipment due to physical space limitations. In this way, grassroots hospitals and doctor-independent studios are forced to develop medical imaging-based remote consultations with limited conditions. Even in large hospitals with independent PACS, there are many problems involved in PACS remote transmission of medical images, and there is also a problem of low transmission efficiency.

Summary of the invention

The main purpose of the present disclosure is to provide an image server and a mobile terminal for solving the technical problem of high cost and inefficiency of viewing medical images in the prior art.

In order to achieve the above object, a first aspect of the present disclosure provides an image server, including: a processor unit, a first communication interface, a memory, and a first bus interface, wherein the first communication interface, the memory, the a first bus interface is respectively connected to the processor unit;

The processor unit is configured to:

Receiving image data according to the first communication interface;

Storing the image data in the memory;

Receiving, according to the first bus interface, a data read instruction sent by the mobile terminal, according to the data read command, in the memory, when the first bus interface is matched with the second bus interface of the mobile terminal; The stored image data is returned to the mobile terminal.

In a second aspect, a mobile terminal is provided, comprising: a processor unit, a second bus interface connected to the processor unit, and a display connected to the processor unit;

The processor unit is configured to:

When the second bus interface is matched with the first bus interface of the image server, the image data stored in the image server is read according to the second bus interface;

The read image data is displayed on the display.

In some possible implementation manners of the second aspect, the mobile terminal further includes a communication interface, where the processor unit is further configured to: send, according to the communication interface, the read image data to the The destination of the mobile terminal communication connection.

In the above solution, the image server includes a first bus interface, and the mobile terminal includes a second bus interface. When the first bus interface is matched with the second bus interface, the mobile terminal can directly read image data in the image server, that is, When the image server is connected to the mobile terminal bus, the image server is equivalent to the external storage device of the mobile terminal, and the mobile terminal can read the data in the image server through the data reading instruction, so that the user can view the mobile terminal. In this way, since the viewing of the medical image data does not require the deployment of the PACS system, the cost is reduced, and the user can view the image data using the portable mobile terminal, thereby improving the convenience of viewing.

DRAWINGS

In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present invention or the prior art, the drawings used in the description of the embodiments will be briefly described below. It is obvious that the drawings in the following description are the present invention. For some embodiments, other drawings may be obtained from those of ordinary skill in the art without departing from the drawings.

1 is a schematic structural diagram of an image server according to an embodiment of the present invention;

2 is a schematic diagram of connection between an image server and a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of another image server according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of an implementation environment of the image server shown in FIG. 3 according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG.

FIG. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of another mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram of the mobile terminal shown in FIG. 5 transmitting image data to a destination end according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 8 is a schematic structural diagram of a mobile phone according to an embodiment of the present invention.

detailed description

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described in conjunction with the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention. It is a partial embodiment of the invention, and not all of the embodiments. All other embodiments obtained by those skilled in the art based on the embodiments of the present invention without creative efforts are within the scope of the present invention.

The present invention provides an image server 10, as shown in FIG. 1, the image server 10 includes:

Processor unit 101, first communication interface 102, memory 103 and first bus interface 104, The first communication interface 102, the memory 103, and the first bus interface 104 are respectively connected to the processor unit 101.

The processor unit 101 is configured to: receive image data according to the first communication interface 102; store the image data into the memory 103; and interface with the second bus interface of the first bus interface 104 and the mobile terminal When the matching is connected, the first bus interface 104 receives the data read command sent by the mobile terminal, and returns the image data stored in the memory 103 to the mobile terminal according to the data read command.

Specifically, the image data received by the image server may be medical image data in a radiation device, and the radiation device may be a magnetic resonance imaging device or a CT (Computed Tomography) device. The image server and the radiology device may be connected to each other in a wired manner or in a wired manner. That is, the first communication interface may be a wireless communication interface or a wired communication interface. Moreover, different from the prior art, a hospital-level PACS server is uniformly set up for all the radiological devices in the hospital, and an embodiment of the present invention can set up a corresponding image server for each radiological device.

Since the image server includes a first bus interface, the mobile terminal includes a second bus interface, and the mobile terminal may be a portable device such as a mobile phone or a tablet computer. When the first bus interface is matched with the second bus interface, the image server can be used as an external storage device of the mobile device, so that the mobile terminal can read the stored image data in the image server.

2 is a schematic diagram of a connection between an image server and a mobile terminal. Referring to FIG. 2, the image server 10 includes a placement slot of the mobile terminal, and the first bus interface 104 is disposed in the placement slot. 2 is a mobile terminal 20 illustrating a mobile terminal, and the mobile phone 20 is provided with a second bus interface 201. In this way, the mobile phone 20 is placed in the placement slot of the image server 10, that is, the first bus interface 104 can be electrically connected to the second bus interface 201. After the first bus interface 104 is connected to the second bus interface 201, the image server 10 serves as an external storage device of the mobile phone 20, and can receive a data read command sent by the mobile phone 20, and store the data according to the data read command. Image data is returned to the mobile phone 20, It is convenient for the mobile phone 20 to open the image data for viewing. For example, the PACS Viewer software can be installed on the mobile phone 20. The image data read by the mobile phone 20 from the image server 10 is used as an image storage library available to the PACS Viewer software, and the user can view the image data after opening the PACS Viewer software.

It is worth noting that the connection between the image server and the mobile terminal can be connected by a smart interface Smartport, which can support low speed USB (Universal Serial Bus) transmission, Bluetooth transmission and high speed interface transmission. In a possible implementation manner of the embodiment of the present invention, the first bus interface 104 may be a peripheral component interconnect bus interface PCI-E. Among them, PCI-E, as a high-speed interface, can guarantee the bandwidth of data transmission when the files of medical data are generally large.

In addition, in order to make the image server 10 provided by the embodiment of the present invention compatible with the existing PACS system, in a possible implementation manner of the embodiment of the present invention, as shown in FIG. 3, the image server 10 further includes: Two communication interfaces 105. In this case, the processor unit 101 is further configured to: send the image data to the image archiving and communication system PACS communicatively connected to the image server according to the second communication interface 105.

That is to say, in the case of the PACS system, the image server 10 can transmit the image data to the PACS system according to the existing process, or can be used as an external storage device of the mobile terminal for the user to conveniently on the mobile terminal side. View image data.

For example, FIG. 4 shows a schematic diagram of an implementation environment of an embodiment of the present invention, which may include multiple radiation devices 30, and an image server 10 connected thereto is set up for each radiation device 30. Moreover, the implementation environment further includes a PACS server 40, wherein each image server 10 is connected to the PACS server network. In this way, after acquiring the image data of the radiology device, each image server 10 can send the image data to the PACS server 40, and the image server 10 can also locally store the acquired image data, and when detected, Receiving, by the first bus interface, the second bus interface of the mobile terminal, receiving a data read command sent by the mobile terminal, and returning the locally stored data to the mobile according to the data read command The terminal is convenient for the user to view.

In the above image server, when the image server is connected to the mobile terminal bus, the image server is equivalent to the external storage device of the mobile terminal, and the mobile terminal can read the data in the image server through the data reading instruction, so that the user can move Terminal view. In this way, since the viewing of the medical image data does not require the deployment of the PACS system, the cost is reduced, and the user can view the image data using the portable mobile terminal, thereby improving the convenience of viewing. At the same time, compared with transmitting the image data network to the PACS server, the data transmission amount to the mobile terminal through the bus interface is larger, and the data transmission efficiency is improved.

The embodiment of the invention further provides a mobile terminal 20, which can be used in conjunction with the image server 10 to improve the efficiency of the user to view image data and reduce the cost. As shown in FIG. 5, the mobile terminal 20 includes:

A second bus interface 201, a processor unit 202, the second bus interface 201 is coupled to the processor unit 202, and a display 203 coupled to the processor unit 202.

The processor unit 202 is configured to: when the second bus interface 201 is matched with the first bus interface of the image server, read the image data stored in the image server according to the second bus interface 201 The read image data is displayed on the display 203.

After the second bus interface of the mobile terminal is connected to the first bus interface of the image server, the mobile terminal can read the image data stored in the image server by the bus, so that the user can view the mobile terminal. In this way, since the viewing of the medical image data does not require the deployment of the PACS system, the cost is reduced, and the user can view the image data using the portable mobile terminal, thereby improving the convenience of viewing. At the same time, compared with transmitting the image data network to the PACS server, the data transmission amount to the mobile terminal through the bus interface is larger, and the data transmission efficiency is improved.

In a possible implementation manner of the embodiment of the present invention, the second bus interface 201 is a peripheral component interconnect bus interface PCI-E. Among them, PCI-E as a high-speed interface, able to be in medical data When the file is generally large, the bandwidth of the data transmission is guaranteed.

Specifically, the process of reading data from the image server by the mobile terminal 20 may refer specifically to the description of FIG. 2 or FIG. 4 above. I will not repeat them here.

Optionally, as shown in FIG. 6, the mobile terminal 20 further includes: an input unit 204. In this case, the processor unit 202 is specifically configured to: when the second bus interface is matched with the first bus interface, receive the first operation instruction input by the user through the input unit 204, and And sending, according to the first operation instruction, a data read instruction to the image server through the second bus interface 201, where the data read command is used to read image data stored in the image server.

That is, the mobile terminal 20 can acquire image data from the image server according to a user operation, wherein the first operation instruction may be a preset instruction for the mobile terminal to perform to acquire image data. Specifically, the input unit 204 may be a keyboard for receiving numeric or character information input by a user. The input unit 204 can also be a touch device for triggering the processor unit 202 to perform a corresponding operation according to a touch operation of the user.

For example, after the user places the mobile terminal 20 on the image server and matches the first bus interface of the image server with the second bus interface 201 of the mobile terminal 20, the mobile terminal 20 can display a prompt window on the display to prompt the user whether The data is acquired from the image server, and two options of determining and canceling are provided. After the user selects the determination through the input unit 204, the mobile terminal 20 reads the image data from the image server.

The above is only an example. In the specific implementation, the input unit 204 can also be other input devices, such as a voice input device, which is not limited by the present invention.

Optionally, as shown in FIG. 6, the mobile terminal 20 further includes: a communication interface 205. In this case, the processor unit 202 is further configured to: send the read image data according to the communication interface 205 to a destination end that is communicatively connected to the mobile terminal.

The destination end may be another mobile terminal, such as a smart phone, a tablet computer, etc., or may be another device, such as a PACS server. That is to say, the above mobile terminal 20 is in the slave After the image data is read into the image data, the image data can be shared remotely.

For example, as shown in FIG. 6, the processor unit 202 may be configured to: receive, by the input unit 204 of the mobile terminal, a second operation instruction input by a user, and pass the communication interface 205 according to the second operation instruction. The read image data is sent to a destination end communicatively connected to the mobile terminal. That is, the mobile terminal 20 can share the read image data to other devices according to a user operation, wherein the second operation instruction may be a preset instruction for the mobile terminal to perform sharing of the image data.

FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram of the mobile terminal 20 sharing image data remotely to the destination end. FIG. 7 is a schematic end of the mobile phone 50. In this way, the user can view the medical image data by using the mobile phone at any time, thereby improving the quickness and flexibility of viewing the image data.

In a possible implementation manner of the embodiment of the present invention, the processor unit 202 is specifically configured to: send the image data to the destination end according to the protocol of the network communication TCP-IP according to the communication interface 205.

Among them, the method of packaging data packets by using TCP-IP can stably and safely transmit large amounts of data, and is suitable for transmission of medical image data, especially image data after three-dimensional reconstruction.

It is worth noting that in the prior art, the medical image data is uploaded to the external network through the PACS system without being encrypted, and the risk of data leakage is large. In the embodiment of the present invention, the processor unit 202 may be specifically configured to: send the image data to the destination end in an encrypted transmission manner according to the communication interface 205.

Specifically, the mobile terminal 20 and the destination end may be in the same secure network, and the secure network may be provided by an operator, so that the entire network is encrypted and protected by the secure network, the possibility of data leakage is reduced, and the image data is improved. safety.

In addition, the medical image data is generally in the DICOM (Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine) format. Since the DICOM format is inconvenient for network transmission, the processor unit 202 can also display the image data in the DICOM format. Turn The image data of the VRML (Virtual Reality Modeling Language) format or the STL (stereo-lithography) format is used, and the image in the VRML format or the STL format is used according to the communication interface 205. Data is sent to the destination.

The above is only an example. The processor unit 202 may also transmit the image data in a format commonly used by the Internet, which is not limited by the present invention.

Those skilled in the art should be aware that the mobile terminal 20 may be a mobile phone, a tablet computer, or the like, or a terminal device that is customized for viewing medical image data and is convenient for carrying a handheld device. When the mobile terminal is a mobile phone, the mobile terminal 20 may further include other devices, which are not shown in FIG. 5 and FIG. 6.

For example, FIG. 8 is a schematic structural diagram of the mobile terminal 20 when the mobile terminal 20 is a mobile phone, and the mobile phone includes:

The second bus interface 201, the processor unit 202, the display 203, the input unit 204, the communication interface 205, the memory 206, the audio circuit 207, the gravity sensor 208, and the power source 209 and the like. It will be understood by those skilled in the art that the structure of the handset shown in FIG. 8 does not constitute a limitation to the handset, and may include more or less components than those illustrated, or some components may be combined, or different component arrangements.

The following describes the components of the mobile phone in detail with reference to FIG. 8:

The second bus interface 201 can be configured to be coupled to the first bus interface of the image server such that the processor unit 202 can read image data from the image server.

The communication interface 205 can be used for receiving and transmitting signals during the transmission or reception of information or during a call. Specifically, after receiving the downlink information of the base station, the processing is processed by the processor unit 202. In addition, the uplink data is sent to the base station. Typically, communication interfaces include, but are not limited to, an antenna, at least one amplifier, a transceiver, a coupler, an LNA (low noise amplifier), a duplexer, and the like. In addition, the communication interface 205 can also communicate with the network and other devices through wireless communication to increase the number of images. According to the remote transmission to the destination.

The memory 206 can be used to store software programs and modules, and the processor unit 202 executes various functional applications and data processing of the mobile phone by running software programs and modules stored in the memory 206. The memory 206 mainly includes a storage program area and a storage data area, wherein the storage program area can store an operating system, an application required for at least one function (such as a sound playing function, an image playing function, etc.), and the like; the storage data area can be stored according to the mobile phone. Use the created data (such as audio data, image data, phone book, etc.). Moreover, memory 206 can include high speed random access memory, and can also include non-volatile memory, such as at least one magnetic disk storage device, flash memory device, or other volatile solid state storage device.

The input unit 204 can be configured to receive input numeric or character information and to generate key signal inputs related to user settings and function controls of the handset. In particular, input unit 204 can include a touch screen as well as other input devices.

The display 203 can be used to display information input by the user or information provided to the user as well as various menus of the mobile phone. For example, the read image data is displayed. The display 203 may include a display panel. Alternatively, the display panel may be configured in the form of an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display), an OLED (Organic Light-Emitting Diode), or the like.

Audio circuitry 207 can be coupled to speaker 2071 and microphone 2072 to provide an audio interface between the user and the handset. The audio circuit 207 can transmit the converted electrical data of the received audio data to the speaker 2071, and convert it into a sound signal output by the speaker 2071; on the other hand, the microphone 2072 converts the collected sound signal into an electrical signal, and the audio circuit 207 After receiving, it is converted to audio data, and the audio data is output to the communication interface 205 for transmission to, for example, another mobile phone, or the audio data is output to the memory 206 for further processing.

The processor unit 202 is a control center for the handset that connects various portions of the entire handset with various interfaces and lines, by running or executing software programs and/or modules stored in the memory 206, And calling the data stored in the memory 206, performing various functions of the mobile phone and processing data, thereby performing overall monitoring on the mobile phone.

A gravity sensor 208 can detect the magnitude of the acceleration of the mobile phone in various directions (usually three axes), and can detect the magnitude and direction of gravity when stationary, and can be used to identify the gesture of the mobile phone (such as horizontal and vertical screen switching, related Game, magnetometer attitude calibration), vibration recognition related functions (such as pedometer, tapping).

The phone can also include other sensors, such as light sensors. In particular, the light sensor can include an ambient light sensor and a proximity light sensor. In addition, the mobile phone can also be configured with gyroscopes, barometers, hygrometers, thermometers, infrared sensors and other sensors, and will not be described here.

The handset also includes a power source 209 (such as a battery) that supplies power to the various components. Preferably, the power source can be logically coupled to the processor unit 202 via a power management system to manage functions such as charging, discharging, and power management through the power management system.

The above is only a specific embodiment of the present invention, but the scope of the present invention is not limited thereto, and any person skilled in the art can easily think of changes or substitutions within the technical scope of the present invention. All should be covered by the scope of the present invention. Therefore, the scope of protection of the present invention should be determined by the scope of the claims.

Claims

An image server, comprising: a processor unit, a first communication interface, a memory, and a first bus interface, wherein the first communication interface, the memory, and the first bus interface are respectively The processor unit is connected;

The processor unit is configured to:

Receiving image data according to the first communication interface;

Storing the image data in the memory;

Receiving, according to the first bus interface, a data read instruction sent by the mobile terminal, according to the data read command, in the memory, when the first bus interface is matched with the second bus interface of the mobile terminal; The stored image data is returned to the mobile terminal.
The image server according to claim 1, further comprising: a second communication interface;

The processor unit is further configured to:

And transmitting the image data to the image archiving and communication system PACS communicatively connected to the image server according to the second communication interface.
The image server according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the first bus interface is a peripheral component interconnect bus interface PCI-E.
A mobile terminal, comprising: a processor unit, a second bus interface connected to the processor unit, and a display connected to the processor unit;

The processor unit is configured to:

When the second bus interface is matched with the first bus interface of the image server, the image data stored in the image server is read according to the second bus interface;

The read image data is displayed on the display.
The mobile terminal according to claim 4, further comprising an input unit; the processor unit is further configured to:

Receiving, by the input unit, a first operation instruction input by a user when the second bus interface is matched with the first bus interface, and speaking, by the second bus interface, according to the first operation instruction The image server sends a data read command for reading image data stored in the image server.
The mobile terminal according to claim 4 or 5, further comprising: a communication interface;

The processor unit is further configured to:

And transmitting the read image data to a destination end communicatively connected to the mobile terminal according to the communication interface.
The mobile terminal according to claim 6, wherein the processor unit is specifically configured to:

Receiving, by the input unit of the mobile terminal, a second operation instruction input by the user, and transmitting, by using the communication interface, the read image data to a destination end communicatively connected to the mobile terminal according to the second operation instruction .
The mobile terminal according to claim 6, wherein the processor unit is configured to: send the image data to the destination end according to a protocol of a network communication TCP-IP according to the communication interface.
The mobile terminal according to claim 6, wherein the processor unit is specifically configured to:

And transmitting the image data to the destination end in an encrypted transmission manner according to the communication interface.
The mobile terminal according to claim 6, wherein the format of the image data read by the processor unit from the image server is medical digital imaging and communication DICOM;

The processor unit is specifically configured to:

Converting the image data in the DICOM format into VRML format of the virtual reality modeling language or image data of the stereoscopically shaped STL format;

And transmitting the image data in a VRML format or an STL format to the destination end according to the communication interface.