Image processing method and image processing apparatus for registering additional information of image information

• US 20050203954A1
• Filed: 01/21/2005
• Published: 09/15/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 02/05/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: Abe, Masahiro
• Granted Patent: US 9,298,876 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 30/20 for handling medical images, e.g. DICOM, HL7 or PACS
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 70/60 relating to pathologies

Abstract

An information processing apparatus for registering additional information of an image in a storage unit reads additional information items of an input image, sets a check item condition for additional information, matches at least one of the additional information items against a corresponding additional information item registered in the storage unit according to the check item condition, and controls whether to register the additional information items in the storage unit depending on a result of the matching.

Claims

1. An information processing method for registering additional information of an image in a storage unit, the information processing method comprising:

reading a plurality of additional information items of an input image;

setting at least one check item condition for additional information;

matching at least one of the plurality of additional information items read against a corresponding additional information item registered in the storage unit according to the at least one check item condition set; and

controlling whether to register in the storage unit the plurality of additional information items read based on a result of the matching of the at least one of the plurality of additional information items.

2. The information processing method according to claim 1, wherein the matching at least one of the plurality of additional information items further comprises outputting a result of the matching of the at least one of the plurality of additional information items.

3. The information processing method according to claim 1, wherein, the plurality of additional information items read are not registered in the storage unit if at least one of the plurality of additional information items read does not match the corresponding additional information item registered in the storage unit.

4. The information processing method according to claim 1, wherein, the plurality of additional information items read are registered in the storage unit even if at least one of the plurality of additional information items read does not match the corresponding additional information item registered in the storage unit, as long as the at least one of the plurality of additional information items read that does not match the corresponding additional information item registered in the storage unit is not specified with the at least one check item condition.

5. The information processing method according to claim 1, wherein the image includes a medial image and the plurality of additional information items includes at least two of a patient ID, a patient name, a patient sex, and a patient birth date.

6. The information processing method according to claim 5, wherein the at least one check item condition includes at least one of patient ID matching, patient name matching, patient sex matching, and patient birth date matching.

7. The information processing method according to claim 6, wherein, if the at least one check item condition includes patient name matching, the patient name is divided into strings by at least one delimiter, and the patient matching is performed string by string.

8. The information processing method according to claim 7, wherein, if the at least one delimiter includes at least two delimiters, the third string and the subsequent strings are integrated into one string.

9. The information processing method according to claim 8, wherein, when setting the at least one check item condition for additional information, it can be set whether the third string and the subsequent strings are used for the patient name matching.

10. The information processing method according to claim 6, wherein, if the at least one check item condition does not include patient name matching and if the at least one check item condition except for patient name matching is satisfied, the patient name read overwrites a corresponding patient name registered in the storage unit.

11. A control program for causing a computer to execute the information processing method according to claim 1.

12. A computer-readable storage medium storing a control program for causing a computer to execute the information processing method according to claim 1.

13. An information processing apparatus for registering additional information of an image in a storage unit, the information processing apparatus comprising:

an additional-information reading unit configured to a plurality of additional information items of an input image;

a check-item-condition setting unit configured to set at least one check item condition for additional information;

an additional-information matching unit configured to match at least one of the plurality of additional information items read by the additional-information reading unit against a corresponding additional information item registered in the storage unit according to the at least one check item condition set by the check-item-condition setting unit; and

an additional-information registration control unit configured to control whether to register in the storage unit the plurality of additional information items read by the additional-information reading unit based on a result of matching of the at least one of the plurality of additional information items.

14. An information processing apparatus comprising:

a reception unit configured to receive image information having additional information including a plurality of items;

a selection unit configured to select at least one required item for which information needs to be entered from among the plurality of items and at least one matching item whose information needs to match corresponding stored information;

a reading unit configured to read stored additional information including ID information equivalent to ID information included in the image information received;

a determination unit configured to make a determination as to whether the information of the selected at least one matching item in the image information matches corresponding information in the stored additional information read by the reading unit; and

a storage unit configured to store the image information by associating the image information with the additional information, if the determination made by the determination unit indicates that the information of the selected at least one matching item in the image information matches the corresponding information in the stored additional information read by the reading unit.

15. The information processing apparatus according to claim 14, wherein the information of the selected at least one matching item is divided into a plurality of information items, and the determination unit makes the determination based on the divided information items.

16. The information processing apparatus according to claim 14, further comprising a display unit configured to display that the information of the selected at least one matching item in the image information does not match the corresponding information in the stored additional information read by the reading unit, if the determination by the determination unit indicates that the information of the selected at least one matching item in the image information does not match the corresponding information in the stored additional information read by the reading unit.