MEDICAL IMAGE INFORMATION SYSTEM, IMAGE SERVER AND CLIENT

• US 20080086335A1
• Filed: 10/02/2007
• Published: 04/10/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 10/06/2006
• 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: Niwa, Kenichi, MATSUE, Kenji
• Granted Patent: US 8,566,367 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/2
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• 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

Abstract

Provided is a medical image information system that prepares a diagnosis report for which link information for referring to a medical image stored in an image server is set, and displays a medical image not stored in the image server. The medical image information system includes a reservation request unit that makes a storage location reservation request for the medical image not stored in the image server prior to storing the medical image not stored in the image server, a reservation unit that receives the storage location reservation request and makes reservation for storage location of the medical image not stored in the image server, and a link information setting unit that sets the link information for the reserved storage location.

Claims

1. A medical image information system that prepares a diagnosis report for which link information for referring to a medical image stored in an image server is set, and displays a medical image not stored in the image server, comprising:

a reservation request unit that makes a storage location reservation request for the medical image not stored in the image server prior to storing the medical image not stored in the image server;

a reservation unit that receives the storage location reservation request and makes reservation for storage location of the medical image not stored in the image server; and

a link information setting unit that sets the link information for the reserved storage location.

2. The medical image information system according to claim 1, further comprising:

a memory unit that memorizes identification information to identify the medical image for which the storage location reservation request is made, and information on the reserved storage location in association of the identification information with the reserved storage location information;

an identification unit that identifies whether a medical image requested to be stored is the medical image for which the storage location reservation request is made, based on the identification information; and

a storing unit that stores the medical image requested to be stored in the reserved storage location if it is identified that the medical image requested to be stored is the medical image for which the storage location reservation request is made.

3. The medical image information system according to claim 1, wherein the link information setting unit additionally sets display conditions to display the medical image not stored in the image server and information to specify an original medical image used to create the medical image not stored in the image server, in the link information.

4. The medical image information system according to claim 1, wherein the reservation request unit makes a storage location reservation request for a plurality of medical images not stored in the image server.

5. The medical image information system according to claim 1, wherein the reservation unit temporarily stores an image different from the medical image for which the storage location reservation request is made, in the storage location of the image server when the reservation for storage location is made.

6. The medical image information system according to claim 2, wherein the storing unit stores the medical image whose storage location is reserved in preference to the medical image whose storage location is not reserved.

7. An image server that stores a medical image having link information set for a diagnosis report in a client, comprising:

a reservation unit that receives a medical image storage location reservation request from the client and makes reservation for storage location of the medical image;

a memory unit that memorizes identification information to identify the medical image for which the storage location reservation request is made, and information on the reserved storage location in association of the identification information with the reserved storage location information;

an identification unit that identifies whether a medical image requested to be stored from the client is the medical image for which the storage location reservation request is made, based on the identification information; and

a storing unit that stores the medical image requested to be stored from the client in the reserved storage location if it is identified that the medical image requested to be stored from the client is the medical image for which the storage location reservation request is made.

8. A client comprising:

a reservation request unit that makes a storage location reservation request for the medical image not stored in the image server prior to storing the medical image not stored in the image server; and

a link information setting unit that receives the storage location reservation request and sets link information for the reserved storage location in the image server.