APPARATUS AND METHOD OF DISPLAYING IMAGE SCANNING REPORT

• US 20070237375A1
• Filed: 03/12/2007
• Published: 10/11/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 03/23/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation (Canon Inc.), Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: YAMAGISHI, Hiromasa, NIWA, Kenichi
• Granted Patent: US 7,978,890 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 382/128
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 19/00 Manipulating 3D models or images for computer graphics
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 2200/24 involving graphical user interfaces [GUIs]
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 2219/028 Multiple view windows (top-side-front-sagittal-orthogonal)
• 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 50/20 for computer-aided diagnosis, e.g. based on medical expert systems

Abstract

An extraction unit extracts observation information and site information of a sample associated with the observation information from at least information on an image scanning report including an image scanning result of a medical image of the sample obtained by inspection. A display control unit controls a display unit to display a schema imitating the shape of the sample and at least the observation information extracted corresponding to a position of the site in the schema.

Claims

1. An apparatus for displaying an image scanning report, comprising:

an extraction unit for extracting observation information and site information of a sample associated with the observation information from at least information on the image scanning report including image scanning results of a medical image of the sample obtained by inspection;

a display unit for displaying information on the basis of the information on the image scanning report; and

a display control unit for controlling the display unit to display a schema imitating the shape of the sample and at least the observation information corresponding to a position of the site in the schema.

2. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising an input unit for designating a display area including the position of the site in the schema or the observation information displayed on the display unit,

wherein the display control unit displays information on various inspection items associated with the position of the sample designated by the input unit or the medical image on the display unit.

3. The apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the input unit can designate the information on various inspection items displayed on the display unit, and

wherein the display control unit displays the information on the image scanning report corresponding to the information on the inspection item designated by the input unit on the display unit.

4. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the display control unit can change a display color of the schema based on the level of importance of the observation information.

5. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the display control unit displays additively inspection date and time or at least one of information on medical instruments used in the inspection on the display unit.

6. The apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the display control unit links the site information with the medical image of the site and reads the medical image to display on the display unit when the display area including the observation information and the site information is designated on a display screen of the display unit.

7. The apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the display control unit can change the information on the inspection item and a display position of the medical image on the schema in response to the observation information and a display position of the site of the site information.

8. The apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the display control unit displays the information of the inspection item and the medical image on the display unit, when a pointer is moved onto the display area including the observation information and the site information on the schema.

9. The apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the display control unit displays the information on the image scanning report on the display unit, when a pointer is moved onto the information on the inspection item and is clicked at least one.

10. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the extraction unit extracts a medical condition of the sample and a word of the site presenting the medical condition from at least information on the image scanning report to make the association between the medical condition and the site.

11. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a detailed information instructing unit for displaying the information on the image scanning report,

wherein the display control unit displays at least information on the image scanning report corresponding to the observation information on the display unit at the state where the schema is displayed on the display unit, when there is a display designation of the information on the image scanning report from the detailed information instructing unit.

12. A method of displaying an image scanning report, comprising the steps of:

extracting observation information and site information of a sample associated with the observation information from at least information on the image scanning report including an image scanning result of a medical image of the sample obtained by inspection; and

displaying a schema imitating the shape of the sample on a display unit and displaying at least the observation information corresponding to a position of the site in the schema on the display unit.

13. The method according to claim 12, wherein information on various inspection items related to the position of the sample designated or the medical image is displayed on the display unit, when a display area including the position of the site on the schema or the observation information displayed on the display unit is designated.

14. The method according to claim 13, wherein the information on the image scanning report corresponding to the information on the designated inspection item is displayed on the display unit, when the information of various inspection items displayed on the display unit is designated.