System, apparatus and method of radiographing medical image and program

• US 20040086077A1
• Filed: 10/27/2003
• Published: 05/06/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 10/31/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Konica Minolta Holdings Incorporated (Konica Minolta Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Konica Minolta Holdings Incorporated (Konica Minolta Inc.)
• Inventors: Moriyama, Naoto
• Application Number:
  US10/694,667
• Publication Number:
  US 20040086077A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 378/29
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 6/00 Apparatus or devices for radiation diagnosis; Apparatus or devices for radiation diagnosis combined with radiation therapy equipment instruments measuring radiation intensity for application in the field of nuclear medicine, e.g. in vivo counting, G01T1/161; apparatus for taking X-ray photographs G03B42/02
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 6/4216 using storage phosphor screens
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 6/467 characterised by special input means

Abstract

A medical image radiographing system can improve the safety and reliability in the medical image radiographing by managing medical treatment acts of an operator while improving the security of a medical image radiographing apparatus. The medical image radiographing apparatus of the medical image radiographing system has an irradiation section to irradiate a subject with the radiations, an obtaining section to obtain identification information of a radiographer and a radiographing instruction, and a radiographing operation control section to control the irradiation section to perform a radiographing operation according to the radiographing instruction obtained by the obtaining section when the radiographer is authenticated according to the identification information of the radiographer obtained by the obtaining section.

Claims

1. A medical image radiographing system comprising:

a medical image radiographing apparatus to perform radiographing of a medical image by irradiating with radiations,

the medical image radiographing apparatus comprising;

an irradiation section to irradiate a subject with the radiations;

an obtaining section to obtain identification information of a radiographer and a radiographing instruction; and

a radiographing operation control section to control the irradiation section to perform a radiographing operation according to the radiographing instruction obtained by the obtaining section when the radiographer is authenticated according to the identification information of the radiographer obtained by the obtaining section.

2. The system of claim 1;

wherein the obtaining section obtains the identification information of the radiographer and the radiographing instruction by inputting the identification information of the radiographer and the radiographing instruction.

3. The system of claim 1;

further comprising a medical image terminal,

the medical image terminal comprising;

an input section to input the identification information of the radiographer; and

a transmission section to transmit the identification information of the radiographer inputted by the input section,

wherein the obtaining section obtains the identification information of the radiographer by receiving the identification information transmitted by the transmission section and obtains the radiographing instruction by inputting the radiographing instruction.

4. The system of claim 1;

further comprising a medical image terminal,

the medical image terminal comprising;

an input section to input the identification information of the radiographer and the radiographing instruction; and

a transmission section to transmit the identification information of the radiographer and the radiographing instruction inputted by the input section,

wherein the obtaining section obtains the identification information of the radiographer and the radiographing instruction by receiving the identification information and the radiographing instruction transmitted by the transmission section.

5. The system of claim 1;

wherein the obtaining section of the medical image radiographing apparatus obtains a radiographing condition, and the radiographing operation control section controls the irradiation section to perform the radiographing operation according to the radiographing condition and the radiographing instruction obtained by the obtaining section.

6. The system of claim 3;

wherein the input section of the medical image terminal inputs a radiographing condition,

the transmitting section of the medical image terminal transmits the radiographing condition,

the obtaining section of the medical image radiographing apparatus obtains the radiographing condition by receiving the radiographing condition from the transmitting section, and

the radiographing operation control section of the medical image radiographing apparatus controls the irradiation section to perform the radiographing operation according to the radiographing condition obtained by the obtaining section and the obtained radiographing instruction.

7. The system of claim 4;

wherein the input section of the medical image terminal inputs a radiographing condition,

the transmitting section of the medical image terminal transmits the radiographing condition,

the obtaining section of the medical image radiographing apparatus obtains the radiographing condition by receiving the radiographing condition from the transmitting section, and

the radiographing operation control section of the medical image radiographing apparatus controls the irradiation section to perform the radiographing operation according to the radiographing condition obtained by the obtaining section and the obtained radiographing instruction.

8. The system of claim 6;

wherein the medical image radiographing apparatus further comprises a storage to store radiographing history information including the radiographing condition of the radiographing operation while setting the correspondence of the radiographing history information to the identification information of the radiographer when the radiographing operation is performed under control of the radiographing operation control section.

9. The system of claim 7;

wherein the medical image radiographing apparatus further comprises a storage to store radiographing history information including the radiographing condition of the radiographing operation while setting the correspondence of the radiographing history information to the identification information of the radiographer when the radiographing operation is performed under control of the radiographing operation control section.

10. The system of claim 1;

wherein the medical image terminal is a portable terminal.

11. The system of claim 1;

further comprising;

an authentication section to perform authentication of the radiographer according to the identification information of the radiographer obtained by the obtaining section.

12. A medical image radiographing apparatus to perform the radiographing of a medical image by irradiating with radiations,

the medical image radiographing apparatus comprising:

an irradiation section to irradiate a subject with the radiations;

an obtaining section to obtain identification information of a radiographer and a radiographing instruction; and

a radiographing operation control section to control the irradiation section to perform a radiographing operation according to the radiographing instruction obtained by the obtaining section when the radiographer is authenticated according to the identification information of the radiographer obtained by the obtaining section.

13. The apparatus of claim 12;

wherein the obtaining section obtains the identification information of the radiographer and the radiographing instruction by inputting the identification information and the radiographing instruction.

14. The apparatus of claim 12;

wherein the obtaining section obtains the identification information of the radiographer by receiving the identification information and obtains the radiographing instruction by inputting the radiographing instruction.

15. The apparatus of claim 12;

wherein the obtaining section obtains the identification information of the radiographer and the radiographing instruction by receiving the identification information and the radiographing instruction.

16. The apparatus of claim 12;

wherein the obtaining section obtains a radiographing condition by inputting the radiographing condition, and the radiographing operation control section controls the irradiation section to perform the radiographing operation according to the radiographing condition and the radiographing instruction obtained by the obtaining section.

17. The apparatus of claim 12, further comprising a storage to store radiographing history information including a radiographing condition of the radiographing operation while setting the correspondence of the radiographing history information to the identification information of the radiographer when the radiographing operation is performed under control of the radiographing operation control section.

18. A medical image radiographing method for radiographing a medical image by irradiating with radiations,

the medical image radiographing method comprising:

obtaining identification information of a radiographer;

performing authentication of the radiographer according to the obtained identification information of the radiographer;

obtaining a radiographing instruction; and

performing a radiographing operation according to the obtained radiographing instruction by irradiating with the radiations when the radiographer is authenticated.

19. The method of claim 18, further comprising:

obtaining a radiographing condition, and

the performing of the radiographing operation includes performing the radiographing operation according to the obtained radiographing instruction and the obtained radiographing condition by irradiating with the radiations when the radiographer is authenticated.

20. The method of claim 18, further comprising:

inputting a radiographing condition;

transmitting the radiographing condition;

receiving the radiographing condition; and

irradiating with the radiations to perform the radiographing operation according to the received radiographing condition and the obtained radiographing instruction.

21. The method of claim 20, further comprising:

storing radiographing history information including the radiographing condition of the radiographing operation while setting the correspondence of the radiographing history information to the identification information of the radiographer when the radiographing operation is performed.

22. A program to make a computer

obtain identification information of a radiographer and a radiographing instruction;

perform authentication of the radiographer according to the obtained identification information of the radiographer; and

instruct to perform a radiographing operation according to the obtained radiographing instruction by irradiating with radiations when the radiographer is authenticated.

23. The program of claim 22, further making the computer

obtain a radiographing condition;

and

instruct to perform the radiographing operation according to the radiographing condition and the radiographing instruction by irradiating with the radiations.

24. The program of claim 23, further making the computer perform

the storing of radiographing history information including the radiographing condition of the radiographing operation while setting the correspondence of the radiographing history information to the identification information of the radiographer when the radiographing operation is performed.