MEDICAL IMAGE MANAGEMENT APPARATUS

• US 20100023556A1
• Filed: 07/17/2009
• Published: 01/28/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 07/24/2008
• 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: Sawada, Fuminori, Masuzawa, Takashi
• Application Number:
  US12/505,009
• Publication Number:
  US 20100023556A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: N/A
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/055 involving electronic [EMR] or nuclear [NMR] magnetic resonance, e.g. magnetic resonance imaging
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 6/03 Computed tomography [CT] echo-tomography A61B8/14
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 6/037 Emission tomography
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 6/563 involving image data transmission via a network
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 6/566 involving communication between diagnostic systems
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 30/20 for handling medical images, e.g. DICOM, HL7 or PACS
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 30/40 for processing medical images, e.g. editing
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/20 for the management or administration of healthcare resources or facilities, e.g. managing hospital staff or surgery rooms

Abstract

An image file reception unit receives order information data files concerning studies. An order information reception unit receives records concerning the studies, the records including medical images and supplementary information data files associated with the medical images. A discrimination unit compares items of a specific order information data file of the received order information data files and the supplementary information data files. And the discrimination unit discriminates a specific record from the received records. The specific record is in which medical images concerning not less than two studies of the studies and supplementary information data files are mixed.

Claims

1. A medical image management apparatus comprising:

a first reception unit which receives order information data files concerning studies;

a second reception unit which receives records concerning the studies, the records including medical images and supplementary information data files associated with the medical images; and

a discrimination unit which compares items of a specific order information data file of the received order information data files and the supplementary information data files, and discriminates a specific record from the received records, the specific record being in which medical images concerning not less than two studies of the studies and supplementary information data files are mixed.

2. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the item includes at least one of a medical imaging apparatus, an imaging time, and an imaging count.

3. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the discrimination unit calculates a score indicating a degree of similarity between a content of the item included in the specific order information data file and a content of the item included in the supplementary information data files for each of the received records, and discriminates the specific record from the received records based on the calculated score.

4. The apparatus according to claim 3, further comprising a display unit which displays the calculated score.

5. A medical image management apparatus comprising:

a first reception unit which receives order information data files;

a second reception unit which receives medical images and supplementary information data files associated with the medical images; and

a discrimination unit which compares items of a specific order information data file of the received order information data files and the supplementary information data files, and discriminates a specific medical image corresponding to the specific order information data file and specific supplementary information data file from the received medical images and the received supplementary information data files.

6. A medical image management apparatus comprising:

a reception unit which receives records concerning the studies, the records including medical images and supplementary information data files associated with the medical images; and

a discrimination unit which compares items of the supplementary information data files, and discriminates a specific record from the received records, the specific record being in which medical images concerning not less than two studies of the studies and supplementary information data files are mixed.

7. The apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the item is an imaging time.