IMAGING SUPPORT SYSTEM AND MEDICAL IMAGE IMAGING APPARATUS

• US 20150201899A1
• Filed: 09/11/2013
• Published: 07/23/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 09/19/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hitachi Medical Corporation (Hitachi, Ltd.)
• Inventors: Nakamura, Tadashi, Temmei, Konosuke, Okabe, Masakazu, Sakai, Yuji, Uchinomiya, Hitoshi
• Application Number:
  US14/419,160
• Publication Number:
  US 20150201899A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 6/0407 Supports, e.g. tables or beds, for the body or parts of the body
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 6/4405 the apparatus being movable or portable, e.g. handheld or mounted on a trolley
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 6/547 involving tracking of position of the device or parts of the device
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 6/563 involving image data transmission via a network
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 30/20 for handling medical images, e.g. DICOM, HL7 or PACS

Abstract

In order to provide a technique for simplifying pre-examination input tasks for a medical image imaging apparatus, an imaging support system includes the medical image imaging apparatus 1 generating a medical image of the object 4, the position calculation unit 111 detecting a current position of the medical image imaging apparatus 1, the object candidate search unit 116 searching object candidates to be examined based on the current position, the operation unit 31 receiving a selection operation of an object to be examined from among object candidates, and the imaging condition setting unit 93 setting imaging conditions of the object to be examined.

Claims

1. An imaging support system comprising:

a medical image imaging apparatus generating a medical image of an object;

a position detection unit detecting a current position of the medical image imaging apparatus;

an object candidate search unit searching object candidates to be examined on the basis of the current position;

a first operation unit receiving a selection operation of the object to be examined from among the object candidates; and

an imaging condition setting unit setting imaging conditions of the object to be examined.

2. The imaging support system according to claim 1, comprising:

a display unit displaying the set imaging conditions; and

a second operation unit receiving a change operation for the displayed imaging conditions.

3. The imaging support system according to claim 2,

wherein the medical image imaging apparatus is a mobile apparatus moving in a facility, the position detection unit calculates a current position of the mobile apparatus in the facility, and

the object candidate search unit searches the object candidates based on a current position in the facility.

4. The imaging support system according to claim 3, further comprising:

a map information storage unit storing map information in which position information of each point in the facility corresponds to the layout of the facility, wherein the position detection unit refers to the map information and calculates a current position in the facility.

5. The imaging support system according to claim 4, further comprising:

a bed information storage unit storing bed information in which identification information of beds disposed at each point corresponds to position information of each point in the facility;

a bed candidate search unit referring to the bed information, searching beds within a predetermined range including a current position in the facility, and then extracting them as bed candidates; and

an object information storage unit storing object information in which identification information of objects who are using the respective beds corresponds to each of identification information of the beds,

wherein the object candidate search unit refers to the object information to extract identification information of the objects corresponding to identification information of the bed candidates extracted by the bed candidate search unit.

6. The imaging support system according to claim 5, further comprising:

a route storage unit storing a route to perform examination while the mobile apparatus is moving in the facility,

wherein the bed candidate search unit extracts the beds on the route as the bed candidates.

7. The imaging support system according to claim 5, further comprising:

a route prediction unit predicting a route to perform examination while the mobile apparatus is moving in the facility using a current position in the facility and the map information,

wherein the bed candidate search unit extracts the beds on the predicted route as the bed candidates.

8. The imaging support system according to claim 1,

wherein the medical image imaging apparatus is connected to an imaging support server via a network as well as includes a position signal transmission unit transmitting a signal showing a current position of the said medical image imaging apparatus to the imaging support server, the first operation unit, and the imaging condition setting unit,

the imaging support server includes the position detection unit and the object candidate search unit, and

the position detection unit detects a current position of the medical image imaging apparatus based on a signal showing the current position transmitted from the position signal transmission unit.

9. The imaging support system according to claim 1, further comprising:

a regional information storage unit storing regional information showing standard physique of people residing in a country or region where medical image imaging apparatus is installed,

wherein the position detection unit includes a region identification unit identifying a country or region where medical image imaging apparatus is installed, and

the imaging condition setting unit refers to the regional information about a country or region identified by the region identification unit and sets imaging conditions based on the standard physique of people residing in the said country or region.

10. The imaging support system according to claim 9, further comprising:

a display unit displaying the set imaging conditions; and

a display control unit selecting a language to be used for the display screen of the display unit and displaying it on the display screen,

wherein the regional information further includes information about a language used in the country or region, and

the display control unit refers to the regional information about a country or region identified by the region identification unit, selects a language to be used on the display screen based on information about a language used in the said country or region, and then displays the language.

11. A medical image imaging apparatus including an imaging unit that images an object, comprising:

a position detection unit detecting a current position of the medical image imaging apparatus;

an object candidate search unit searching object candidates to be examined on the basis of the current position;

an operation unit receiving a selection operation of the object to be examined from among the object candidates; and

an imaging condition setting unit setting imaging conditions of the object to be examined.