Mobile radiographic apparatus, radiographic system, radiographic method, program, computer-readable storage medium, and information system

• US 20030219100A1
• Filed: 05/13/2003
• Published: 11/27/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 05/21/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: Okoda, Keiji
• Granted Patent: US 6,999,558 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 378/102
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 6/4233 using matrix detectors
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 6/4405 the apparatus being movable or portable, e.g. handheld or mounted on a trolley
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 6/4494 Means for identifying the diagnostic device
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 6/464 involving a plurality of displays
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 6/56 Details of data transmission or power supply, e.g. use of slip rings
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 6/563 involving image data transmission via a network

Abstract

In a radiographic method using a mobile radiographic apparatus including an image generating unit which includes photoelectric conversion elements and generates radiographic image data of an object, key information for selecting radiographic request information is transmitted to an external information system having the radiographic request information. The radiographic request information transmitted from the information system is received. The operation of the image generating unit is controlled based on the received radiographic request information.

Claims

1. A mobile radiographic apparatus comprising:

an image generating unit, including a photoelectric conversion element, arranged to generate radiographic image data of an object;

a transmission unit arranged to transmit, to an external information system having radiographic request information, key information for selecting the radiographic request information;

a reception unit arranged to receive the radiographic request information transmitted from the information system; and

a control unit arranged to control operation of said image generating unit based on the radiographic request information received by said reception unit.

2. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the radiographic request information contains information specifying the object.

3. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the key information contains information specifying a mobile radiographic apparatus.

4. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the key information contains information associated with the radiographic request information.

5. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising an imaging result information transmission unit arranged to transmit imaging result information to the information system.

6. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising display unit arranged to display the radiographic request information received by said reception unit.

7. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the information system includes at least one of a hospital information system, a radiology information system, and a picture archiving and communication system.

8. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said control unit performs at least one of imaging condition setting, image processing condition setting, setting of a transmission destination of the radiographic image data, and association between the radiographic request information and the radiographic image data based on the radiographic request information.

9. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising sort unit arranged to sort the radiographic request information based on position information concerning a position of the object and map information.

10. The apparatus according to claim 9, further comprising display unit arranged to display the position information concerning the position of the object and the map information.

11. A radiographic system comprising a mobile radiographic apparatus and an external information system having radiographic request information, wherein

said mobile radiographic apparatus comprises

an image generating unit, including a photoelectric conversion element, arranged to generate radiographic image data of an object;

a transmission unit arranged to transmit, to an external information system having radiographic request information, key information for selecting the radiographic request information;

a reception unit arranged to receive the radiographic request information transmitted from the information system; and

a control unit arranged to control operation of said image generating unit based on the radiographic request information received by said reception unit.

12. A radiographic method using a mobile radiographic apparatus including an image generating unit which includes a photoelectric conversion element and generates radiographic image data of an object, comprising:

a transmission step of transmitting, to an external information system having radiographic request information, key information for selecting the radiographic request information;

a reception step of receiving the radiographic request information transmitted from the information system; and

a control step of controlling operation of the image generating unit based on the radiographic request information received in the reception step.

13. The method according to claim 12, further comprising a sort step of sorting the radiographic request information based on position information concerning a position of the object and map information.

14. The method according to claim 13, further comprising a display step of displaying the information concerning the position of the object and the map information.

15. A program for causing a computer to execute a radiographic method using a mobile radiographic apparatus including an image generating unit which includes a photoelectric conversion element and generates radiographic image data of an object, wherein

the radiographic method comprises

a transmission step of transmitting, to an external information system having radiographic request information, key information for selecting the radiographic request information,

a reception step of receiving the radiographic request information transmitted from the information system, and

a control step of controlling operation of the image generating unit based on the radiographic request information received in the reception step.

16. A computer-readable storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to execute a radiographic method using a mobile radiation imaging apparatus including an image generating unit which includes a photoelectric conversion element and generates radiographic image data of an object, wherein

the radiographic method comprises

a transmission step of transmitting, to an external information system having radiographic request information, key information for selecting the radiographic request information,

a reception step of receiving the radiographic request information transmitted from the information system, and

a control step of controlling operation of the image generating unit based on the radiographic request information received in the reception step.

17. An information system comprising:

a storage unit arranged to store radiographic request information;

a reception unit arranged to receive key information for selecting the radiographic request information transmitted from a mobile radiographic apparatus which includes a photoelectric conversion element and generates radiographic image data of an object;

a selection unit arranged to select the radiographic request information stored in said storage unit, based on the key information received by said reception unit; and

a transmission unit arranged to transmit the radiographic request information selected by said selection unit to the mobile radiographic apparatus.

18. The system according to claim 17, further comprising sort unit arranged to sort the radiographic request information selected by said selection unit based on position information concerning a position of the object and map information.