Endoscope image filing system and endoscope image filing method

• US 20030128400A1
• Filed: 12/03/2002
• Published: 07/10/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 12/03/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Olympus Corporation
• Original Assignee: Olympus Optical Corporation Limited (Olympus Corporation)
• Inventors: Shibata, Hiroyuki, Watai, Makoto
• Granted Patent: US 7,321,673 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 358/296
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 15/00 ICT specially adapted for medical reports, e.g. generation or transmission thereof
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 30/20 for handling medical images, e.g. DICOM, HL7 or PACS
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/20 for the management or administration of healthcare resources or facilities, e.g. managing hospital staff or surgery rooms
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation

Abstract

The endoscope image filing system is constituted of an endoscope apparatus for obtaining endoscope images and an image filing device which is connected to the endoscope apparatus and which is for recording desired endoscope images. The image filing device registers endoscope image data that is related with medical data on an endoscope examination (examination data), registers an examination report created by combining the medical data (examination data) with examined images generated from the endoscope image data, and is capable of building a database for registering distribution destination data for this examination report on a hard disk. The image filing device is then capable of outputting the created examination report to an external network, on the basis of the distribution destination data.

Claims

1. An endoscope image filing system, comprising:

endoscope examined data inputting means for inputting endoscope examined data;

endoscope examined data recording means for recording endoscope examined data inputted by the endoscope examined data inputting means;

distribution destination data inputting means capable of designating and inputting a distribution destination outside the system as the distribution destination for an examination report on an endoscope examination;

report distribution destination data recording means for recording report distribution destination data inputted by the distribution destination data inputting means;

examined image recording means for recording endoscope image data obtained by an endoscope apparatus by relating such data with the endoscope examined data;

examination report creating means for creating an examination report by reading out endoscope image data from the endoscope image recording means to generate an endoscope image and by combining the examined image and the endoscope examined data; and

distribution destination designating/outputting means for outputting a report created by the examination report creating means by designating a distribution destination outside the system on the basis of the report distribution destination data recorded by the report distribution destination data recording means.

2. The endoscope image filing system according to claim 1, wherein the endoscope examined data inputting means and the distribution destination data inputting means are a keyboard or a mouse;

the endoscope examined data recording means, the report distribution destination data recording means, and the endoscope image recording means are a hard disk; and

the examination report creating means and the distribution destination designating/outputting means are a CPU, ROM, and RAM.

3. The endoscope image filing system according to claim 1, wherein report distribution selecting means for selecting at least one report distribution means from a plurality of report distribution means for distributing the examination report are provided.

4. The endoscope image filing system according to claim 1, comprising:

report distribution destination advance registration means for registering the report distribution destination data in advance,

wherein one or more report distribution destination data recorded by the report distribution destination data recording means is(are) selected from the report distribution destination advance registration means.

5. The endoscope image filing system according to claim 1, wherein examination report attached image selecting means for selecting an image to be attached to the examination report from the examined images recorded by the examined image recording means are provided.

6. The endoscope image filing system according to claim 1, comprising:

endoscope image data inputting means for inputting the endoscope image data from the endoscope apparatus,

wherein the endoscope image recording means obtains the endoscope image data via the endoscope image data inputting means, based on a release trigger of the endoscope apparatus.

7. The endoscope image filing system according to claim 1, wherein the distribution destination designating/outputting means check a user name and password against pre-registered data the person responsible for outputting such that, in the event that the user name or password does not match the data on the person responsible for outputting, the examination report is not outputted.

8. The endoscope image filing system according to claim 1, wherein the distribution destination designating/outputting means retrieve output distribution destination data which relates to the examination report and cause display means to display a corresponding output method;

and assume a state of awaiting an input of a “

Finish”

or “

Cancel”

GUI (Graphical User Interface) or other GUI displayed by the display means, such that;

when a “

Finish”

GUI is inputted, the distribution destination designating/outputting means check a user name and password against pre-registered data on the person responsible for outputting, transmit an electronic mail or perform printing in accordance with settings, record the examination report in history data along with data on the person responsible for outputting, and carry out end processing;

when a GUI other than a “

Finish”

or “

Cancel”

GUI is inputted, the distribution destination designating/outputting means update the content of the screen display and return to the GUI input wait state; and

when a “

Cancel”

GUI is inputted, the distribution destination designating/outputting means perform end processing.

9. The endoscope image filing system according to claim 3, wherein the report distribution means use electronic mail.

10. The endoscope image filing system according to claim 3, wherein the report distribution selecting means are a keyboard or a mouse.

11. The endoscope image filing system according to claim 4, wherein the report distribution destination advance registration means is a hard disk.

12. The endoscope image filing system according to claim 7, wherein, in the event that the user name or password is at variance with the pre-registered data on the person responsible for outputting, the distribution destination designating/outputting means cause display means to display a message to that effect, and then return to a GUI input wait state.

13. An endoscope image filing method, comprising:

an endoscope examined data inputting step of inputting endoscope examined data;

an endoscope examined data recording step of recording endoscope examined data inputted in the endoscope examined data inputting step;

a distribution destination data inputting step capable of designating and inputting a distribution destination outside the system as the distribution destination of an examination report on an endoscope examination;

a report distribution destination data recording step of recording report distribution destination data inputted in the distribution destination data inputting step;

an examined image recording step of recording endoscope image data obtained by an endoscope apparatus by relating such data with the endoscope examined data;

an examination report creating step of creating an examination report creating step of creating an examination report by reading out endoscope image data after the endoscope image recording step to generate an endoscope image and by combining the examined image and the endoscope examined data; and

a distribution destination designating/outputting step of outputting a report created in the examination report creating step by designating a distribution destination outside the system on the basis of the report distribution destination data recorded in the report distribution destination data recording step.

14. The endoscope image filing method according to claim 13, wherein a report distribution selecting step of selecting at least one report distribution step from a plurality of report distribution steps for distributing the examination report is provided.

15. The endoscope image filing method according to claim 13, comprising:

a report distribution destination advance registration step of registering the report distribution destination data in advance,

wherein one or more report distribution destination data recorded in the report distribution destination data recording step is(are) selected after the report distribution destination advance registration step.

16. The endoscope image filing method according to claim 13, wherein an examination report attached image selecting step of selecting an image to be attached to the examination report from the examined images recorded in the examined image recording step is provided.

17. The endoscope image filing method according to claim 13, comprising:

an endoscope image data inputting step for inputting the endoscope image data from the endoscope apparatus,

wherein, the endoscope image recording step obtains the endoscope image data after the endoscope image data inputting step, based on a release trigger of the endoscope apparatus.

18. The endoscope image filing method according to claim 13, wherein, the distribution destination designating/outputting step checks a user name and password against pre-registered data on the person responsible for outputting such that, in the event that the user name or password does not match the data on the person responsible for outputting, the examination report is not outputted.

19. The endoscope image filing method according to claim 13, wherein the distribution destination designating/outputting step retrieves output distribution destination data which relates to the examination report and causes a display step to display a corresponding output method;

and assumes a state of awaiting an input of a “

Finish”

or “

Cancel”

GUI (Graphical User Interface) or other GUI displayed in the display step, such that;

when a “

Finish”

GUI is inputted, the distribution destination designating/outputting step checks a user name and password against pre-registered data on the person responsible for outputting, and transmits an electronic mail or performs printing in accordance with settings, records the examination report in history data along with data on the person responsible for outputting, and carries out end processing;

when a GUI other than a “

Finish”

or “

Cancel”

GUI is inputted, the distribution destination designating/outputting step updates the content of the screen display and returns to the GUI input wait state; and

when a “

Cancel”

GUI is inputted, the distribution destination designating/outputting step performs end processing.

20. The endoscope image filing method according to claim 14, wherein the report distribution step uses electronic mail.

21. The endoscope image filing method according to claim 19, wherein, in the event that the user name or password is at variance with the pre-registered data on the person responsible for outputting, the distribution destination designating/outputting step causes a display step to display a message to that effect, and then returns to a GUI input wait state.