Medical diagnostic report forming apparatus capable of attaching image data on report

• US 5,581,460 A
• Filed: 03/04/1994
• Issued: 12/03/1996
• Est. Priority Date: 11/06/1990
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: Matsumoto, Sayuri, Kotake, Takashi
• Primary Examiner(s): Hayes, Gail O.
• Assistant Examiner(s): VERDUN, HAYWARD AUBRY
• Application Number:
  US08/205,772
• Time in Patent Office: 1,005 Days
• Field of Search: 364/413.01, 364/413.02, 364/413.13, 364/401, 395/147, 395/135, 395/149, 395/158, 395/165, 395/400
• US Class Current: 705/3
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/20 for computer-aided diagnosis, e.g. based on medical expert systems

Abstract

To automatically form a medical diagnostic report containing various patient'"'"'s information and also relevant medical diagnostic image data, a plurality of medical diagnostic image data are previously registered. The medical diagnostic report forming apparatus includes an image data registering portion for previously registering therein a plurality of medical diagnostic image data on patients. An extracting portion is also provided for extracting desirable medical diagnostic image data from plural image data registered in the image data registering portion to obtain the desirable diagnostic image data. A keyboard is also provided for entering doctor'"'"'s comment data related to the desirable diagnostic image data; with a main memory having a report forming memory region for writing the desirable diagnostic image data together with the doctor'"'"'s comment data. As a result, a medical diagnostic report containing at least both of the desirable diagnostic image data and the doctor'"'"'s comment data is formed.

Claims

1. A medical diagnostic report forming apparatus for generating a medical diagnosis report regarding a patient'"'"'s clinical image by a medical doctor'"'"'s manipulation, the apparatus comprising:

image data registering means for previously registering therein a plurality of medical diagnostic image data representative of typical diagnosis images which are not derived from the patient'"'"'s clinical image, with registration numbers being attached to said plurality of medical diagnostic image data;

means for extracting preselected medical diagnostic image data having a resemblance close to the patient'"'"'s clinical image from said plurality of medical diagnostic image data registered in said image data registering means;

means for entering comment data from the doctor related to said preselected diagnostic image data;

first memory means into which both of said preselected medical diagnostic image data and said doctor'"'"'s comment data are written and electronically combined with each other, thereby forming medical diagnostic report data;

second memory means into which said medical diagnostic report data is stored, said preselected medical diagnostic image data being stored in a form of said registration number; and

display means accessible to said second memory means by way of said first memory means, for displaying a content of said medical diagnostic report data stored in said second memory means by retrieving said doctor'"'"'s comment data and said preselected medical diagnostic image data from said image data registering means based upon said registration number attached thereto, and wherein upon retrieval of said medical diagnostic report data from said second memory means, said first memory means is supplied with said medical diagnostic report data from said second memory means, and said first memory means combines said preselected medical diagnostic image data from said image data registering means based upon said registration number with said doctor'"'"'s comment data such that said display means displays said preselected medical diagnostic image data and said doctor'"'"'s comment data.

2. A medical diagnostic report forming apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein said second memory means includes a hard disk memory device.

3. A medical diagnostic report forming apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein said second memory means includes a floppy disk memory device.

4. A medical diagnostic report forming apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein said image data extracting means includes an interactive module to extract said preselected diagnostic image data in an interactive mode.

5. A medical diagnostic report forming apparatus as claimed in claim 1, further including one of an image scanner, a film digitizer and a mouse in communication with said image data and wherein said image data registering means registers said plurality of medical diagnostic image data on the patients acquired by said one of an image scanner, a film digitizer and a mouse.

6. A medical diagnostic report forming apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein said means for entering the doctor'"'"'s comment data is a keyboard.

7. A medical diagnostic report forming apparatus comprising:

image data registering means for previously registering therein a plurality of medical diagnostic image data on patients with registration numbers being attached to said plurality of medical diagnostic image data;

means for extracting preselected medical diagnostic image data from said plurality of medical diagnostic image data registered in said image data registering means;

means for entering doctor'"'"'s comments data related to said preselected diagnostic image data;

first memory means into which both of said preselected medical diagnostic image data and said doctor'"'"'s comment data are written and electronically combined with each other, thereby forming medical diagnostic report data;

second memory means into which said medical diagnostic report data is stored, said preselected medical diagnostic image data being stored in a form of said registration number;

means for rearranging said registration numbers of said plurality of medical diagnostic image data based upon preselected diagnostic image data selected in a preceding report forming operation occurring prior to rearranging by said means for rearranging such that said preselected diagnostic image data selected in said preceding report forming operation has top priority to be extracted first by said image data extracting means during a subsequent report forming operation; and

display means accessible to said second memory means, for displaying a content of said medical diagnostic image data stored in said second memory means by retrieving said doctor'"'"'s comment data and said preselected medical image data from said image data registering means based upon said registration number attached thereto.

8. A medical diagnostic report forming apparatus as claimed in claim 7, wherein said registration number rearranging means includes a priority-order conversion table for converting said registration numbers of the medical diagnostic image data into different registration numbers.

9. A medical diagnostic report forming apparatus as claimed in claim 7, wherein said second memory means includes a hard disk memory device.

10. A medical diagnostic report forming apparatus as claimed in claim 7, wherein said second memory means includes a floppy disk memory device.

11. A medical diagnostic report forming apparatus as claimed in claim 7, wherein said image data extracting means includes an interactive module to extract said preselected diagnostic image data in an interactive mode.

12. A medical diagnostic report forming apparatus as claimed in claim 7, further including one of an image scanner, a film digitizer and a mouse in communication with said image registering means and wherein said image registering means registers said plurality of medical diagnostic image data on the patients, acquired by said one of an image scanner, a film digitizer and a mouse.

13. A medical diagnostic report forming apparatus as claimed in claim 7, wherein said means for entering the doctor'"'"'s comment data is a keyboard.