JPS62209670A - Medical picture retrieving system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To attain the fast retrieval of the past picture data on a patient of the second visit to a hospital by transferring previously the picture data to a fast file like a magnetic disk, etc., from a slow file like an optical disk, etc., based on the information on reception of the second visit. CONSTITUTION:A reception window 1 of a hospital is provided with a card reader 11 for ID card of the patients of the second visit and a second visit reception machine 12 which sends the read ID card to a medical picture control system 31. A consultation room 2 contains a picture display 21 and a semiconductor local memory 22 which is set as necessary. A computer room 3 contains the system 31 that controls an optical disk device 32 serving as a slow file for long-period preservation and a magnetic disk device 33 serving as a fast file for short-period preservation. At the time of the second visit is accepted, it is checked based on the ID card of the corresponding patient whether the past picture data are collected or not. If the past data are collected, it is checked again to decide whether said past picture data are stored in a slow file or a fast file. If said picture data are stored in then slow file, they are transferred to the fast file.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] Summary] This is a system for quickly searching for previously collected X-ray photographs, ultrasound diagnostic images, etc. in medical institutions such as hospitals. Accordingly, image data is transferred in advance from a low-speed file such as an optical disk to a high-speed file such as a magnetic disk.

[Industrial application field]

The present invention relates to a system for searching image data collected in the past in hospitals, insurance offices, and other medical institutions as needed.

[Prior art]

Modern medical diagnostic equipment includes not only X-ray imaging equipment, but also ultrasound imaging equipment, NMR tomography equipment, various types of computerized tomography equipment, electrocardiographs, electroencephalography equipment, and many other equipment that utilize tomographic images and graph displays. , optical disk devices and the like have come to be used to store such image information.

These image data are stored on magnetic disk drives that can be accessed at high speed for a short period of time (about a week) after collection, but due to limited storage space, data that has been around for a long time is stored at relatively low speeds. However, the data is stored in a low-speed file such as an optical disk device or a VTR device, which has a large storage capacity.

When interpreting (examination) medical images, if an abnormality is discovered in the current data, it is useful to perform a time-series comparison with the previous or previous data, but it is usually useful to perform a chronological comparison with the previous or previous data. The visit cycle often exceeds one week, such as every six months or a year, and therefore data from before the last visit is stored in low-speed files.

Previously, images were searched after the patient came to the consultation room, so searching for a single image stored in a low-speed file could take anywhere from a few minutes to a few minutes depending on how busy the line was.

[Problems to be solved]

In this way, searching for old data traditionally takes time;
There are drawbacks that hinder the efficiency of medical examinations.

The present invention aims to solve these conventional problems.

[Means to solve problems]

The present invention is characterized in that, when a patient visits the hospital again and completes a return visit procedure, past image data regarding the patient is transferred from a low-speed file to a high-speed file.

[Effect]

Therefore, by the time a patient enters the examination room, the data related to that patient has already been transferred to the high-speed file, so when the doctor actually searches, he only has to read it from the high-speed file, and can perform a high-speed search within a few seconds. becomes possible.

〔Example〕

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of one embodiment of the present invention. Reference numeral 1 indicates a reception desk of a hospital, where there is a card reader 11 that reads the ID card of a returning patient, and a card reader 11 that reads the ID card of a returning patient and sends the read ID to a medical image management system. A reception machine 12 is placed. Reference numeral 2 designates each examination room, which is provided with an image display 21 and, if necessary, a local memory 22 using a semiconductor memory.

Reference numeral 3 denotes a computer room, in which there is a medical image management system 31 using a computer, and under it, for example, an optical disk device 32 is provided as a low-speed file for long-term storage, and a magnetic disk device 33 is provided as a high-speed file for short-term storage. ing. Each room is connected by a local area network LAN using optical loop transmission or the like.

FIG. 2 is a schematic flowchart of a processing routine for the present invention in the medical image management system 31. When a return visit is accepted, a check is made to see if image data has been collected in the past based on the patient ID, and if so, a check is made to see if the image data is in a high-speed file or a low-speed file. , if it is in a slow file, transfer it to a fast file.

After that, when a search request is received from the examination room, the search is immediately performed from the high-speed file, so the doctor in the examination room can perform the examination efficiently without waiting.

Incidentally, since it is generally possible to decide in which examination room the patient will be examined at the stage of receiving the patient's return visit, the above-mentioned image data can also be further transferred to the local memory of the relevant examination room.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to perform a high-speed search for past image data of returning patients, and the precious time of a busy doctor can be effectively utilized.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an embodiment of the present invention, in which 1 is a hospital reception counter, 11 is a card reader, 12 is a return reception machine 12.2 is each examination room, 21 is an image display, and 22 is a card reader. 3 is a local memory, 3 is a computer room, 31 is a medical image management system, 32 is a low-speed file, and 33 is a high-speed file. FIG. 2 is a schematic flowchart of a processing routine for the present invention in medical image management system 31.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] A medical image management system comprising: a returning patient receiving means for receiving a returning patient and inputting a patient ID; a relatively slow and large capacity slow file; and a relatively fast and small capacity high speed file; and an image display that displays images retrieved from the medical image management system, and the medical image management system, when inputting the patient ID,
A medical image retrieval system characterized in that when past image data regarding the patient is stored in the low-speed file, the system operates to transfer the image data to the high-speed file.