ENDOSCOPE INSPECTION REPORT CREATING APPARATUS, CREATING METHOD OF ENDOSCOPE INSPECTION REPORT AND STORAGE MEDIUM

• US 20140046941A1
• Filed: 10/17/2013
• Published: 02/13/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 02/24/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Evident Corporation
• Original Assignee: Olympus Corporation
• Inventors: SATO, Saichi
• Granted Patent: US 9,442,943 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/736
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/16 File or folder operations, e.g. details of user interfaces specifically adapted to file systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/51 Indexing; Data structures therefor; Storage structures
• 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 40/40 for the management of medical equipment or devices, e.g. scheduling maintenance or upgrades
• CPC Class Codes: G16Z 99/00 Subject matter not provided for in other main groups of this subclass

Abstract

An endoscope inspection report creating apparatus has a file name reading section that reads file names of a plurality of endoscopic images, a file name of each of the endoscopic images including inspection result information separated with use of a predetermined symbol or character, and a report creating section that creates a predetermined report by writing the inspection result information which is included in each of the file names read by the file name reading section in each predetermined position in the predetermined report by associating the inspection result information with the endoscopic image of each of the read file names.

Claims

1. An endoscope inspection report creating apparatus comprising:

a folder creating section that accepts input from a user to create folders for storing an endoscopic image and folder names thereof, a file name of the endoscopic image including inspection result information of the endoscopic image and a folder name of a folder in which the endoscopic image is stored, the folder name being created by the user;

a storage section that stores the endoscopic image in a folder specified by the user;

a file name reading section that reads the folder name and the inspection result information from the file name of the endoscopic image;

a report creating section that creates a predetermined report by writing the folder name and the inspection result information read by the file name reading section and the endoscopic image corresponding to the file name read by the file name reading section in a template of the predetermined report; and

an outputting section configured to output the predetermined report created by the report creating section to the user.

2. The endoscope inspection report creating apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising an inspection result information setting section that performs control to include the inspection result information in the file name, wherein the storage section stores the endoscopic image in the folder specified by the user after the inspection result information is included in the file name by the inspection result information setting section.

3. The endoscope inspection report creating apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the inspection result information setting section performs the control to include the inspection result information in the file name after a storage destination folder, in which the endoscopic image is to be stored, is determined.

4. The endoscope inspection report creating apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the inspection result information setting section creates the file name by adding the inspection result information to the folder name of a storage destination folder after the storage destination folder, in which the endoscopic image is to be stored, is determined.

5. The endoscope inspection report creating apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a folder information displaying section that displays a folder name of a folder which is a candidate for storing the endoscopic image when the user specifies a folder in which the endoscopic image is to be stored.

6. The endoscope inspection report creating apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the folder information displaying section displays a folder name of a folder which is a candidate for storing the endoscopic image in a state in which the endoscopic image is displayed.

7. The endoscope inspection report creating apparatus according to claim 1, wherein:

the folder creating section enables creation of a plurality of folders in a hierarchical structure;

the file name further includes a folder name of a folder in an upper hierarchy to which a storage destination folder belongs, the endoscopic image being stored in the storage destination folder;

the file name reading section further reads the folder name of the folder in the upper hierarchy; and

the report creating section creates the predetermined report based on the folder name of the storage destination folder in which the endoscopic image is stored, the folder name of the folder in the upper hierarchy, the inspection result information, and the endoscopic image, which are read by the file name reading section.

8. The endoscope inspection report creating apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the folder name of the folder in the upper hierarchy is included in the file name so as to be positioned prior to the folder name of the folder in which the endoscope image is stored.

9. The endoscope inspection report creating apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the report creating section creates the predetermined report based on the template in tabular form.

10. The endoscope inspection report creating apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the report creating section converts the inspection result information into predetermined inspection result inscription information and writes the inspection result inscription information in the template.

11. An endoscope inspection report creating method, comprising:

accepting input from a user to create folders for storing an endoscopic image and folder names thereof;

accepting input from the user to specify a storage destination folder in which an endoscopic image is to be stored;

storing the endoscopic image in the storage destination folder specified by the user, a file name of the endoscopic image including inspection result information of the endoscopic image and the folder name of the folder in which the endoscopic image is stored, the folder name being created by the user;

reading the folder name and the inspection result information from the file name of the endoscopic image;

creating a predetermined report by writing the read folder name and the read inspection result information and the endoscopic image corresponding to the read file name in a template of the predetermined report; and

outputting the created predetermined report to the user.

12. The endoscope inspection report creating method according to claim 11, further comprising performing control to include the inspection result information in the file name, wherein the endoscopic image is stored in the storage destination folder after performing the control to include the inspection result information in the file name.

13. The endoscope inspection report creating method according to claim 12, wherein performing the control to include the inspection result information in the file name is executed after the storage destination folder is specified.

14. The endoscope inspection report creating method according to claim 11, wherein accepting the input from the user to specify the storage destination folder includes displaying a folder name of a candidate for a folder in which the endoscopic image is to be stored when the user specifies the storage destination folder in which the endoscopic image is to be stored.

15. The endoscope inspection report creating method according to claim 11, wherein accepting the input from the user to specify the storage destination folder includes displaying the endoscopic image and a folder name of a candidate for a folder in which the endoscopic image is to be stored when the user specifies the storage destination folder in which the endoscopic image is to be stored.

16. The endoscope inspection report creating method according to claim 11, wherein:

accepting the input from the user to create the folders includes enabling the user to create a plurality of folders for storing the endoscopic image in a hierarchical structure;

the file name further includes a folder name of a folder in an upper hierarchy to which the storage destination folder belongs, the endoscopic image being stored in the storage destination folder;

reading the folder name and the inspection result information from the file name further includes reading the folder name of the folder in the upper hierarchy; and

the predetermined report is created based on the folder name of the storage destination folder in which the endoscopic image is stored, the folder name of the folder in the upper hierarchy, the inspection result information, and the endoscopic image.

17. The endoscope inspection report creating method according to claim 11, wherein the predetermined report is created based on the template in tabular form.

18. The endoscope inspection report creating method according to claim 11, wherein creating the predetermined report includes converting the inspection result information into predetermined inspection result inscription information and writing the inspection result inscription information in the template.