MEDICAL IMAGE DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS AND OPERATION INFORMATION RECORDING APPARATUS

• US 20120137241A1
• Filed: 02/03/2012
• Published: 05/31/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 11/29/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation (Canon Inc.), Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation (Canon Inc.), Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: KUROSAWA, Hiroshi
• Application Number:
  US13/365,761
• Publication Number:
  US 20120137241A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/771
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 6/586 Detection of faults or malfunction of the device
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 8/465 adapted to display user selection data, e.g. icons or menus
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 8/582 Remote testing of the device
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 3/08 Registering or indicating the production of the machine either with or without registering working or idle time
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 30/20 for handling medical images, e.g. DICOM, HL7 or PACS
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/40 for the management of medical equipment or devices, e.g. scheduling maintenance or upgrades

Abstract

According to one embodiment, a medical image diagnostic apparatus includes a user operation input unit, operation information generation unit, and display unit. The user operation input unit accepts user operations for medical examinations. The operation information generation unit generates identification information of the input user operation in real time in response to the user operation input to the user operation input unit. The display unit displays the generated identification information and an information input column for the user operation on a screen image in real time.

Claims

1. A medical image diagnostic apparatus used in medical examinations, comprising:

a user operation input unit configured to accept user operations for the medical examinations;

a generation unit configured to generate identification information of the input user operation in real time in response to the user operation input to the user operation input unit; and

a display unit configured to display the generated identification information and an information input column for the user operation on a screen image in real time.

2. The medical image diagnostic apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

a trouble information input unit configured to input trouble information associated with the input user operation in accordance with an instruction from a user,

wherein the display unit displays the input trouble information in the information input column.

3. The medical image diagnostic apparatus according to claim 2, wherein every time the user operation is input to the user operation input unit, the display unit displays identification information of the input user operation and the information input column in association with the input user operation.

4. The medical image diagnostic apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising:

a storage unit configured to store the input trouble information and the generated identification information in association with each other.

5. The medical image diagnostic apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the display unit reads out the trouble information and the identification information from the storage unit in response to an instruction from the user and displays the read out trouble information and identification information.

6. The medical image diagnostic apparatus according to claim 4, further comprising:

a write unit configured to read out the trouble information and the identification information from the storage unit in response to an instruction from the user and to write the trouble information and the identification information in a storage medium.

7. The medical image diagnostic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the display unit displays the identification information in a layout according to an instruction from a user.

8. The medical image diagnostic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the user operations belong to a plurality of layers depending on detail levels, and

the display unit displays identification information corresponding to the input user operation in a layer according to an instruction from a user of the plurality of layers.

9. The medical image diagnostic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the identification information is a name or an identifier of the user operation.

10. The medical image diagnostic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the trouble information includes at least one of a character string, a mark, an image, and an option, each of which expresses a condition of a trouble of the user operation.

11. The medical image diagnostic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the display unit displays the generated identification information and the information input column on the screen image in real time together with a window of an application for the medical examinations.

12. A medical image diagnostic apparatus used in medical examinations, comprising:

a user operation input unit configured to accept user operations for the medical examinations;

a generation unit configured to generate identification information of the input user operation in real time in response to the user operation input to the user operation input unit;

a trouble information input unit configured to input trouble information associated with a condition of a trouble of the input user operation in accordance with an instruction from a user; and

a storage unit configured to store the generated identification information and the trouble information in association with each other.

13. An operation information recording apparatus comprising:

a user operation input unit configured to accept user operations;

a generation unit configured to generate identification information of the input user operation in real time in response to the user operation input to the user operation input unit;

a trouble information input unit configured to input trouble information associated with a condition of a trouble of the input user operation in accordance with an instruction from a user;

a storage unit configured to store the generated identification information and the input trouble information in association with each other for each user operation; and

a display unit configured to display the generated identification information and the input trouble information on a screen image in real time.