Medical data processing method and medical data processing system

• US 7,059,721 B2
• Filed: 07/17/2001
• Issued: 06/13/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 07/17/2000
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Nidek Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Nidek Company Limited
• Inventors: Kawamura, Masunori, Hayashi, Norimasa
• Primary Examiner(s): Bianco, Patricia
• Assistant Examiner(s): Sanders, John R
• Application Number:
  US09/906,070
• Publication Number:
  US 20020059301A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,792 Days
• Field of Search: 351/200, 351/206, 351/246, 358/403, 358/404, 358/426.05, 711/100, 711/118, 711/161, 711/162, 345530-537, 345543-548, 345556-560, 707/2, 707100-101, 707204-205
• US Class Current: 351/206
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 30/20 for handling medical images, e.g. DICOM, HL7 or PACS
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/20 for the management or administration of healthcare resources or facilities, e.g. managing hospital staff or surgery rooms
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99931 Database or file accessing

Abstract

A medical data processing method includes the steps of inputting or obtaining image data, temporarily storing the inputted or obtained image data, and automatically deleting the temporarily stored image data in accordance with a predetermined delete condition.

Claims

1. An image managing system for managing image data captured by an ophthalmologic camera apparatus, the image managing system comprising:

a first memory which stores the image data with imaging condition data into a patient'"'"'s folder, wherein the patient'"'"'s folder is a new folder that is prepared in the first memory by registering a new patient, wherein the image data with imaging condition data in the patient'"'"'s folder is inhibited from being moved to another patient'"'"'s folder;

a second memory which temporarily stores the image data with the imaging condition data when neither the patient'"'"'s folder nor the another patient'"'"'s folder has been designated;

means for directly storing the image data with the imaging condition data into the patient'"'"'s folder in the first memory when a user designates the patient'"'"'s folder when capturing the image data, and for directly storing the image data with the imaging condition data into the second memory, temporarily, when the user does not designate either the patient'"'"'s folder or the another patient'"'"'s folder when capturing the image data;

means for moving the image data with the imaging condition data stored temporarily in the second memory to the patient'"'"'s folder in the first memory, when instructed by the user, the moving means comprising display means for displaying the image data with imaging condition data which is temporarily stored in the second memory in thumbnail form, and displaying a list of folders in the first memory; and

means for automatically deleting the temporarily stored image data with the imaging condition data when a predetermined storageable amount for the second memory is exceeded or automatically deleting the temporarily stored image data with the imaging condition data when a predetermined storageable period for the second memory expires.

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

means for transmitting the image data with the imaging condition data stored in the patient'"'"'s folder in the first memory to another apparatus through communicating means.

3. The image managing system according to claim 1, wherein the image data stored in the patient'"'"'s folder is displayed in a tree view while being branched into every date of imaging of the image data.

4. The image managing system according to claim 1, wherein the image data stored in the patient'"'"'s folder is displayed in a tree view while being branched into every type of the image data.