JP2003114933A - Picture distributing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To realize the efficiency of a work by automatically and properly assorting informative pictures to the distribution destinations without requiring any excess staff at a hospital. SOLUTION: This picture distributing device is provided with a storage means 3 for storing informative pictures appended with retrieval information formed by a CT scanner (CT) 5, a magnetic resonance picture forming device (MRI) 7, or an X-ray picture forming device (CR) 9 or the like, an inquiring means 13 for inquiring for the distribution destinations of the informative pictures based on the retrieval information to an information managing server (RIS) 11 of a hospital information system, and a distributing means 15 for distributing the informative pictures to picture viewers 17 and 19 of an examination room or a picture reading room and a picture server 23 of a filing room being the distribution destinations inquired and decided by the inquiring means 13.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to C in a hospital.
The present invention relates to an image distribution device that distributes image information formed by a T-scanner, a magnetic resonance image forming apparatus, an X-ray image forming apparatus, and the like to which a search information is added to an image viewer or the like on the side of a doctor who examines a patient based on the search information. .

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, image forming apparatuses such as a CT scanner, a magnetic resonance image forming apparatus, and an X-ray image forming apparatus image a patient's body to form image information and perform appropriate image processing on the image information. After that, display it on the image viewer on the doctor's side,
An image recording / reproducing system for recording on an image server in a filing room has been put into practical use.

When image information is distributed to an image viewer or the like of an appropriate medical office among many medical offices and image reading rooms, for example, a specific staff member refers to a predetermined sheet or the like obtained from a doctor side. , The patient name, the ID number, the date of photography, the date of birth, etc. are known, the appropriate distribution destination of the image information is recognized, and the information of the distribution destination is input and set in the image distribution device. When it is necessary to change the delivery destination due to various circumstances, for example, a staff member re-enters the delivery destination information in the image delivery apparatus to deal with the situation.

[0004]

Conventionally, when image information is to be distributed to an image viewer or the like in an appropriate medical examination room or a reading room, a specific staff member or the like inputs and sets information of the distribution destination into the image distribution device. Since it was handled by doing so, not only will the hospital need extra personnel, but since the staff will handle the input work, if the delivery process is incorrect, etc.,
For example, when treating one patient with multiple doctors, etc., it is necessary to appropriately sort the image information required by each doctor from the multiple image information formed by one examination, If more image information is delivered to an image viewer such as one doctor or one reading room, it will take a lot of time for the doctor to select the necessary image information and search for each image information. In addition, there is also a problem that the efficiency of image interpretation work decreases.

An object of the present invention is to provide an image delivery system capable of automatically and appropriately allocating the delivery destination of image information without requiring extra staff on the hospital side, thereby improving work efficiency. It is to provide a device.

[0006]

The invention according to claim 1 is
Image information acquisition means for acquiring image information by photographing a subject, storage means for adding search information to the image information and storing the information, and information of a hospital information system for storing and managing information related to the search information The management server is provided with an inquiry unit for inquiring a distribution destination of the image information based on the search information, and a distribution unit for distributing the image information to the distribution destination inquired by the inquiry unit.

The invention according to claim 2 relates to image information acquisition means for photographing a subject to acquire image information, storage means for adding search information to the image information and storing the image information, and the search information. From the information management server of the hospital information system that stores and manages information, a determination unit that acquires information related to the search information and determines the delivery destination of the image information,
And a distribution unit that distributes the image information to the distribution destination determined by the determination unit.

The invention according to claim 3 is characterized in that the image information acquisition means is a CT scanner, a magnetic resonance image forming apparatus, an X-ray image forming apparatus, or the like.

In the invention according to claim 4, the search information includes:
It is characterized in that it includes a patient name, a patient ID, a requesting doctor name, and the like.

In the invention according to claim 5, the delivery destination is an image viewer of a clinic or an interpretation room related to the search information among the department clinics or the interpretation rooms, and an image server of the filing room. Is characterized in that.

In the invention according to claim 6, the search information is:
It is characterized in that it is transferred to a terminal on the side of the image forming apparatus and added to the image information by a terminal operation on the side of the image viewer.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, in the image distribution apparatus, the image information acquiring means for acquiring the image information by the imaging apparatus for forming the image information of the patient as the subject, and the image information acquiring means. The patient information or the photographing information added by the adding means to the adding means for adding the patient information regarding the patient and the photographing information regarding the photographing to the acquired image information and the information management system managing the request information for the photographing of the patient. Using the inquiry means for inquiring request information corresponding to, the determining means for determining the delivery destination of the image information using the request information obtained by the inquiry by the inquiring means, and the delivery destination determined by the determining means. And a distribution means for distributing the image information.

According to an eighth aspect of the present invention, in the image distribution apparatus according to the seventh aspect, when the patient information or the photographing information added by the adding means includes specific information, the patient information including the specific information or It is characterized in that it comprises a storage means for storing the image information to which the shooting information is added.

The invention according to claim 9 is the image distribution apparatus according to claim 7 or 8, wherein the determining means determines a plurality of distribution destinations by using the request information, and the distributing means is configured to The image information is distributed to a plurality of distribution destinations determined by the determining means.

According to a tenth aspect of the present invention, in the image distribution apparatus according to the ninth aspect, the determining means uses the request information to obtain an image viewer of a clinical department, an image viewer of a reading room, and an image of an operating room. An image server that manages a viewer or image information is determined as one of the delivery destinations of the image information.

The invention of claim 11 relates to claims 7 to 10.
In the image delivery apparatus according to any one of items 1 to 3, the request information includes information on a requesting doctor or a requesting medical department requesting imaging of the patient.

According to a twelfth aspect of the present invention, in the image distribution apparatus according to the first aspect, the imaging device is a CT scanner, a magnetic resonance image forming device or an X-ray image forming device.

According to a thirteenth aspect of the present invention, in the image delivery apparatus according to the twelfth aspect, the patient information and the radiographing information are transferred to the image forming apparatus from a terminal installed at a delivery destination of the image information. The image information is added to the image information by the adding means.

The patient information and the photographing information may be added to the image information by adding the patient information and the photographing information to the image information as header information, for example.
The patient information and the imaging information are stored in a data file different from the image information data file, and the image information and the patient information and the imaging information are attached by assigning the same identifier to the data file and the image information data file. It may be associated with each other.

[0020]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION <First Embodiment> A first embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating an image distribution device according to the first embodiment. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 is an image distribution apparatus, and image information formed by an image forming apparatus (image information acquisition unit) photographing an inside of a human body as a subject, and retrieval added to a header of the image information. The storage means 3 for storing information is provided. The image forming apparatus generally includes a CT scanner (CT) 5, a magnetic resonance image forming apparatus (MR
I) 7, X-ray image forming apparatus (CR) 9 and the like are used.

The search information includes a patient name, patient ID, date of birth, reception number, requesting doctor name, requesting medical department, referring doctor name, modality title, imaging mode and the like. When adding search information to image information, for example, a radiographic inspector
The requesting doctor refers to the required form in which necessary information is entered, and inputs necessary items to the terminals of the image forming apparatuses CT5, MRI7, and CR9. There is a mode in which the necessary items are operated and input to the terminal and the information is transferred to the terminals on the CT5, MRI7, and CR9 sides.

The image distribution device 1 stores the image information from the image forming devices CT5, MRI7 and CR9 in the storage means 3.
When it is stored in, the search information in the header is read, an inquiry request for the delivery destination of the image information is output to the management server (RIS) 11 of the hospital information system together with the search information, and the reply information from the RIS 11 is sent. Inquiry means 13 for recognizing the delivery destination of the image information is provided.

Note that the RIS 11 has an image viewer of each clinic as information regarding medical care of all patients, names of doctors in charge of all patients, information about clinics of each doctor, and information regarding material devices of all clinics. Information, connection destination information of the image viewers 17 and 19 of each reading room 1 and 2, connection destination information of the image viewer 21 of each operating room, connection destination information of the image server 23 of the filing room, and the like are stored. , The inquiry means 1 by comparing the stored information with the search information.
3 is provided with a function of specifying information of the distribution destination of the image information (that is, connection information of the image viewer or connection information of the image server) in response to the request from 3 and returning it to the inquiry unit 13.

Further, the distribution means 15 is connected to the inquiry means 13, and when the distribution destination of the image information is recognized by the information of the reply from the RIS 11, the distribution means 15 is notified of the distribution destination of the image information. In addition to outputting the information, an instruction to transfer the image information stored in the storage means 3 to the distribution destination is output.

Although not shown in detail in the delivery means 15, the image viewer of each clinic, the image viewers 17 and 19 of each reading room 1 and 2, the image viewer 21 of each operating room, the image server 23 of the filing room, etc. And a plurality of transfer units 25, 27, 29. ． ． 31 is connected. When the distribution unit 15 receives the information of the distribution destination of the image information and the instruction to transfer the image information to the distribution destination,
A plurality of transfer units 25, 27, 29. ． ． A transfer unit having a connection relationship with the distribution destination is selected from 31, and the image information in the storage unit 3 is transferred to the selected transfer unit. Each transfer unit 25, 2
7, 29. ． ． When the activation is selected, the reference numeral 31 transfers the image information to the image viewer of the medical office having the connection relationship or the image viewers 17 and 19 of the image reading room 1 or 2.

In imaging examination of a patient, a plurality of image information may be formed. For example, the delivery destination of all image information in one examination is the same in the search information added to the top image information. Information is included in each image information, so that there is a case in which one patient is treated by an internal medicine doctor and a surgery doctor, etc. May be added to make the delivery destination of each image information different. Also, when all image information is delivered to an image viewer such as a specific clinic or a reading room,
It is also delivered to and recorded in the image server 23 in the filing room.

Next, an example of the processing operation of the first embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. First, when it is determined in step 201 that image information has been input, in step 202, the inquiry unit 1
3 is activated and the search information is acquired from the header of the image information, and then it is further determined in step 203 whether or not all the same examinations for one patient have been completed. If it is determined in step 203 that the same inspection has not been completed, the process returns to step 201, but if it is determined that the same inspection has been completed, the process proceeds to step 204 and the inquiry unit 13 determines the delivery destination of each image information. Contact RIS11. Regarding the inquiry of the delivery destination, all the search information of each image information is transferred to the RIS 11, and as the information of the inquiry request, for example, the connection destination of the image viewer of the clinic or the reading room corresponding to the requesting doctor name in the search information. There is a form of outputting information requesting a reply of information.

When it is determined in step 205 that the RIS 11 has analyzed the data and the information relating to the distribution destination of each image information is returned, the process proceeds to step 206 and the inquiry unit 13 determines the distribution destination of each image information. Recognize the content,
Further, the process proceeds to step 207, the contents of the distribution destination of each image information is output to the distribution unit 15, and the distribution unit 15 is made to perform the distribution process of each image information. When the distribution unit 15 performs the distribution process of image information, for example, the distribution destination of one image information is shown in FIG.
If it is set in the image viewer 17 of the image reading room 1 and the image server 23 of the filing room, the distribution unit 15 extracts the image information in the storage unit 3 and transfers it to the transfer unit 25 and the transfer unit 31, and each transfer is performed. Causes the units 25 and 31 to execute transfer processing. Then, in step 208, it is determined whether or not the distribution processing of all the image information has been completed, and if it is determined that the distribution processing has not been completed here, the processing in step 207 is repeated, but if it is determined that the distribution processing has been completed, Is step 201
Return to.

In the first embodiment, the search information is added to all the image information stored in the storage means 3 and the distribution destination is set for each image information. When treating patients with multiple doctors, etc., the work of appropriately allocating the image information required by each doctor from among the plurality of image information formed by one examination is performed automatically and easily. Since more image information than necessary is delivered to the image viewer of one doctor or one reading room, it takes a lot of time to select the necessary image information and search for each image information. The disadvantage that it costs can be eliminated.

The inquiry means 13 does not wait for the result of the data analysis of the RIS 11 to recognize the delivery destination of the image information, but rather the RIS 11 sends the patient name in the search information,
It is also easy to obtain the information about the patient ID and the like, and find the information of the delivery destination by itself from the information.

<Second Embodiment> FIG. 3 is a block diagram for explaining an image distribution apparatus according to the second embodiment. In FIG. 3, the image distribution device 2 according to the second embodiment includes a storage unit 3, an inquiry unit 13, a distribution unit 15, transfer units 25 to 31, an image recognition unit 33, a determination unit 35, and an image information acquisition unit 37. I have it. Note that FIG.
In the above, the same units and respective units as those of the image distribution apparatus 1 according to the first embodiment will be denoted by the same reference numerals.

The image information acquisition means 37 uses CT5 and MRI.
7, the image information formed by the image forming apparatus of CR9 is acquired and output to the character image recognition means 33. At this time,
The image information acquisition means 37 acquires patient information and imaging information related to the image information together with the image information.

The character image recognition means 33 recognizes the character image information contained in the image information and outputs it to the storage means 3. In the second embodiment, the character image recognition means 33 is provided to recognize the character image information when the patient information or the imaging information is described and added as the character image information included in the image information. The character image recognition means does not necessarily have to be provided, and the patient information and the imaging information are included in the image information as the character image information. Be prepared for when you need to recognize information.

The storage means 3 includes CT5, MRI7 and CR9.
Is a storage unit for temporarily storing the image information input from the image forming apparatus by adding the patient information and the photographing information as header information, and when the determining unit 35 determines the delivery destination, the stored image information is stored. To the delivery means 15. That is, the storage unit 3 has a function as an addition unit. Since the emergency patient was urgently imaged, detailed patient information and imaging information are not described in the header information of the image information, and specific information indicating that the patient is an emergency patient, for example, patient I
When image information in which "9999" is described as D is input, the image server 2 in the filing room is directly used.
When transferred to 3, the image server 23 cannot manage images because detailed patient information and radiographing information are not obtained. Therefore,
The image information may not be transferred to the image server 23 and may be stored in the storage unit 3 until detailed patient information or imaging information is obtained by an inquiry to the RIS 11 by the inquiry unit 13.

The inquiring unit 13 receives the patient information, the photographing information, or both the patient information and the photographing information described in the header information of the image information stored in the storage unit 3 as the RIS.
11, and the RIS 11 is inquired about request information for the image information based on each of these pieces of information. And RIS1
The inquiry result from 1 is received and output to the determining means 35.

The deciding means 35 decides the delivery destination using the request information obtained as the inquiry result, and outputs the decided delivery destination information to the delivering means 15. The delivery means 15 is
The image information of the distribution target input from the storage unit 3 is output to the transfer units 25 to 31 corresponding to the information of the distribution destination input from the determination unit 35 to instruct the transfer of the image information.

The distribution means 15 includes transfer units 25, 2
7, 29, 31 connected to the transfer units 25, 2
Reference numerals 7, 29 and 31 denote an image viewer 17 of the image reading room 1, an image viewer 19 of the image reading room 2, and an image viewer 21 of the operating room.
It corresponds to each transfer destination of the image server 23 in the filing room and has a 1: 1 connection relationship. Each transfer unit 2
When the image information is input from the distribution unit 15 and the transfer instruction is received, each of 5, 27, 29 and 31 transfers the image information to the corresponding transfer destination. Note that FIG. 3 is a diagram conceptually showing that the transfer units 25 to 31 are transfer means for switching the transfer destinations and transferring the image information. Further, the transfer destination shown in FIG. 3 is one example, and the transfer destination may be, for example, an image viewer terminal or the like installed in each medical department, and the transfer destination is not particularly limited as long as it is appropriate for medical activity. .

Further, the image distribution device 2 uses CT5 and MRI.
7, an image forming apparatus such as CR9, and a RIS 11 that manages request information for patient examination by the image forming apparatus,
Image viewers 17, 19 installed in each reading room 1, 2.
It is connected to an image viewer 21 installed in an operating room, an image server 23 in a filing room that manages all image information taken in the hospital, an image viewer (not shown) of each clinical department, and the like.

The RIS 11 is connected to the image viewer of each medical department as information about medical care of all patients, names of doctors in charge of all patients, information of medical departments to which each doctor belongs, and information on material devices of all medical departments. It stores the destination information, the connection destination information of the image viewers 17 and 19 of the image reading rooms 1 and 2, the connection destination information of the image viewer 21 of the operating room, the connection destination information of the image server 23 of the filing room, etc. Device 2
It has a function to send back the inquiry result according to the inquiry from.

Further, the RIS 11 manages request information for examination imaging of all patients. The request information is, as shown in an example in FIG. 4, a patient name, a patient ID, a requesting department requesting examination and imaging, a requesting doctor name, an examination number, an imaging region,
The information includes information about the examination request for each patient, such as the photographing device and the photographing date and time. Note that the various information included in the request information is not limited to the example shown in FIG. 5, and may include other information such as the birth date and sex of the patient, the photographing position and the photographing method, and the like. That is, the RIS 11 is an information management system that manages request information for patient imaging.

The CT5, MRI7 and CR9 imaging devices are
An image forming apparatus for imaging a patient as a subject to form image information, and a patient name and patient ID together with the image information.
The patient information such as the image capturing date and time, the image capturing information such as the image capturing device, and the like are output to the image distribution device 2. The acquisition of the patient information and the imaging information output by the image forming apparatus together with the image information is performed, for example, by the imaging inspector referring to a predetermined inspection request sheet in which the requesting doctor has filled in the necessary information, and the terminal on the image forming apparatus side A mode in which necessary information is operated and input, a requesting doctor operates and inputs necessary information in the terminal on the image viewer side of the clinic and transfers it to the image forming apparatus side, or a receptionist who accepts the inspection request is in the terminal of RIS11. There is a mode in which necessary items are input by operation and transferred to the image forming apparatus side.

Further, when a plurality of image information is formed for one patient, the header information of the plurality of image information includes information indicating that the image information is for one patient in the same examination. At the same time, the information indicating that the image information is delivered to the same destination is also included.

Next, an example of the image distribution processing operation in the second embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. The image distribution process described below is preferably executed each time image information is input from an image forming apparatus such as CT5, MRI7, and CR9. Figure 2
First, when image information is formed by CT5, MRI7 or CR9 and is input to the image distribution device 2 by the image information acquisition means 37 together with the patient information and imaging information thereof (step S301), the image input in the storage means 3 Patient information and imaging information are added to the information as header information and stored. At this time, when the patient information and the imaging information are included in the image information as the character image information, the character image recognition unit 33 recognizes the character image, acquires the patient information and the imaging information, and adds them.

Next, it is judged whether or not there is more image information for the same examination for one patient (step S30).
2) If it is determined that there is more image information for the same inspection, the process returns to step S301, the image input is received again, and the images are sequentially stored in the storage unit 3.

On the other hand, if it is determined that there is no image information for the same examination, that is, if all the image information for the same examination for one patient is input, the inquiry means 13
Patient information or radiographing information is read from the header information of the image information stored in the storage means 3, and request information corresponding to the image information for one patient's examination based on this patient information or radiographing information is read to the RIS 11. Inquire (step S
303). More specifically, for example, if the patient information includes the patient ID, and the imaging information includes the imaging date and time and the information indicating the imaging apparatus, request information that matches each piece of information is inquired and requested. The RIS 11 retrieves request information that matches the patient information or imaging information transmitted from the image distribution device 2 from the managed request information, and transmits it to the image distribution device 2.

Upon receiving the request information from the RIS 11 as the inquiry result, the inquiry unit 13 outputs the request information to the determination unit 35, and the determination unit 35 analyzes the request information and determines the distribution destination of the image information ( Step S30
4). The determination of the distribution destination will be described in detail. First, the determining unit 35 determines the image server 23 of the filing room that manages the image information as one of the distribution destinations, and transfers all the image information to this image server 23. To

Next, referring to the request information, for example, when the name of the clinical department is described in the item of the requested department, an image viewer (not shown) installed in the clinical department as one of the delivery destinations. ) Is determined and the name is described in the requesting doctor's name item, the image viewer 17 of the interpretation room set for the requesting doctor as one of the delivery destinations, for example, the image viewer 17 of the interpretation room 1 is determined. . Further, it is image information obtained by photographing an emergency patient, and when an ID number indicating that the patient is an emergency patient, for example, "9999" is set in the item of patient ID, as one of the delivery destinations thereof. The image viewer 21 of the operating room is determined.

Explaining in detail with reference to FIG. 4, for example, the requesting information is that the requesting department is an internal medicine, and the requesting doctor name is the name of the doctor “Taro Yamada” who uses the reading room 1. In this case, the image viewer terminal of the internal medicine, the image viewer 17 of the image reading room 1, and the image server 23 of the filing room are determined as distribution destinations.

The above-described conditions for determining the delivery destination are examples, and the present invention is not limited to this. Further, for example, when there are a plurality of doctors in charge such as a doctor of internal medicine and a doctor of surgery engaged in medical treatment for one patient, etc., the name of a plurality of doctors is described in the requesting doctor name, The transfer destination set corresponding to the doctor is determined as the delivery destination.

When the determining means 35 determines the delivery destination as described above, the delivery destination information indicating the delivery destination is delivered to the delivery means 1.
5, and the storage unit 3 outputs the image information for the same inspection to be transferred to the distribution unit 15. The distribution unit 15 transfers the image information input from the storage unit 3 to the transfer units 25 and 2.
Out of 7, 29 and 31, the information is output to the transfer unit corresponding to the distribution destination information input from the determining unit 35, and the transfer is instructed to distribute the image information (step S305).

Each of the transfer units, which receives the image information and receives the transfer instruction, transfers the image information to the corresponding transfer destination, and ends the image distribution process in the image distribution apparatus 2. here,
Explaining it concretely in the example of FIG. 4 described above, the image viewer terminal of the internal medicine and the image viewer 1 of the reading room 1 are the delivery destinations.
7. When the image server 23 of the filing room is determined, the image information of the transfer target input from the storage unit 3 is
A transfer unit corresponding to an image viewer terminal of an internal medicine (not shown),
It is output to the transfer unit 25 corresponding to the image viewer 17 of the image reading room 1 and the transfer unit 23 corresponding to the image server 31 of the filing room and transferred to each transfer destination.

According to the second embodiment, the RIS is based on the patient information or imaging information obtained from the header information of the image information.
11 request information corresponding to the image information is inquired and acquired, and one or more delivery destinations are determined and delivered using the request information, so that an image required by each delivery destination is appropriately distributed. Since this is automatically performed, it is possible to reduce the burden on the user who conventionally performed the work. Further, more image information than necessary is delivered to an image viewer such as one doctor or one reading room, and it takes a lot of time to select the necessary image information or search for each image information. The disadvantage can be eliminated.

[0053]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the storage means for storing the image information to which the search information is added and the information management server of the hospital information system are provided with the delivery destination of the image information based on the search information. Since the image distribution apparatus is configured with the inquiry means for inquiring and the distribution means for distributing the image information to the distribution destination that the inquiry means inquires, the distribution destination of the image information can be determined without requiring extra staff on the hospital side. It can be automatically and appropriately sorted, and work efficiency can be improved.

According to the invention of claim 2, the information relating to the search information is acquired from the storage means for storing the image information to which the search information is added and the information management server of the hospital information system to obtain the image information. Determination means for determining the delivery destination of
Since the image distribution device is configured to include the distribution unit that distributes the image information to the distribution destination determined by the determination unit, the distribution destination of the image information is automatically and appropriately set without requiring extra staff on the hospital side. It can be distributed, and work efficiency can be improved.

According to the invention of claim 3, since the image forming apparatus is a CT scanner, a magnetic resonance image forming apparatus, an X-ray image forming apparatus, or the like, it is effective for improving the quality of hospital medical treatment. is there.

According to the invention of claim 4, since the search information includes the patient name, patient ID, requesting doctor name, etc., it is easy to search the distribution destination of the image information, and the processing efficiency is improved. Can be realized.

According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, the delivery destination is an image viewer of a clinic or an interpretation room related to the search information among the department clinics or the interpretation rooms, and
Since it is the image server in the filing room, it has high functionality as a destination of image information, and can deliver high-quality images to the requesting doctor.

According to the invention of claim 6, the search information is transferred to the terminal on the image forming apparatus side by the terminal operation on the image viewer side and added to the image information. It is highly reliable and convenient for improving the work efficiency of staff in the hospital.

According to the invention of claim 7, the request information is inquired based on the patient information or imaging information added to the image information, and the delivery destination of the image information is automatically determined using the request information obtained by the inquiry. Since it is decided to deliver the image information, the delivery destination of the image information can be automatically and appropriately assigned without requiring extra staff on the hospital side, and the work efficiency can be improved.

According to the invention of claim 8, when the patient information or the imaging information added to the image information includes the specific information, the image information is stored in the storage means, so that the image information is temporarily saved. You can keep it.

According to the invention of claim 9, since a plurality of delivery destinations are determined using the request information and the image information is delivered, a plurality of delivery destinations can be set at the same time, and the delivery efficiency is further improved. be able to.

According to the tenth aspect of the present invention, the image viewer of the clinical department, the image viewer of the image reading room, the image viewer of the operating room, or the image server managing the image information is used as one of the delivery destinations by using the request information. Since the decision is made, the image can be delivered to the delivery destination that is optimal for the requesting doctor and is effective for the medical activity.

According to the invention of claim 11, since the request information includes the information of the requesting doctor or the requesting medical department, it is easy to determine the delivery destination and the delivery efficiency can be improved.

According to the twelfth aspect of the invention, since the imaging apparatus is a CT scanner, a magnetic resonance image forming apparatus or an X-ray image forming apparatus, it is effective in improving the quality of hospital medical treatment.

According to the thirteenth aspect of the present invention, since the patient information and the photographing information are transferred from the image information delivery destination terminal and added to the image information, the patient information and the photographing information are highly reliable. It is possible to improve the efficiency of work by staff in the hospital.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an image distribution device 1 according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a processing operation of the image distribution device 1 according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an image distribution device 2 according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

4 is a diagram showing an example of request information managed by the RIS 11 of FIG.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a processing operation of the image distribution device 2 according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Image distribution device 3 storage means 5 CT 7 MRI 9 CR 11 RIS 13 Inquiry means 15 means of delivery 17 Reading room 1 image viewer 19 Reading room 2 image viewer 21 Operating Room Image Viewer 23 Filing room image server 25 Transfer Department 27 Transfer Unit 29 Transfer Department 31 Transfer Unit 33 Character image recognition means 35 determination means 37 Image information acquisition means

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Claims (13)

[Claims] 1. An image information acquisition unit that captures image information by photographing a subject, a storage unit that adds search information to the image information and stores the image information, and stores and manages information related to the search information. An inquiring means for inquiring an information management server of the hospital information system about a delivery destination of the image information based on the search information; and a delivering means for delivering the image information to the delivery destination inquired by the inquiring means. Characteristic image distribution device. 2. An image information acquisition unit that acquires image information by photographing a subject, a storage unit that adds search information to the image information and stores the image information, and stores and manages information related to the search information. Determining means for obtaining information related to the search information from the information management server of the hospital information system and deciding a delivery destination of the image information, and delivery for delivering the image information to the delivery destination decided by the deciding means. An image distribution apparatus comprising: 3. The image distribution apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the image information acquisition means is a CT scanner, a magnetic resonance image forming apparatus, an X-ray image forming apparatus, or the like. 4. The patient name and patient I are included in the search information.
D, the name of the requesting doctor, etc. are included.
4. The image delivery device according to any one of 3 to 3. 5. The distribution destination is an image viewer such as a clinic or an interpretation room related to the search information among the department clinics or the interpretation rooms, and an image server in the filing room. The image distribution device according to claim 1, wherein 6. The search information is transferred to a terminal on the image forming apparatus side by a terminal operation on the image viewer side and added to the image information. The image distribution device according to Crab. 7. An image information acquisition unit that acquires the image information by an imaging device that images a patient as a subject and forms image information, and a patient related to the patient based on the image information acquired by the image information acquisition unit. And an inquiring unit for inquiring the request information corresponding to the patient information or the imaging information added by the adding unit to the information management system that manages the request information for the imaging of the patient. A determining unit that determines a distribution destination of the image information using the request information obtained by the inquiry by the inquiring unit; and a distribution unit that distributes the image information to the distribution destination determined by the determining unit. An image distribution device comprising. 8. When the patient information or the imaging information added by the adding means includes specific information, a storage means is provided for storing the patient information including the specific information or the image information to which the imaging information is added. The image delivery device according to claim 7, wherein the image delivery device is a device. 9. The determining means, using the request information,
The image distribution apparatus according to claim 7, wherein a plurality of distribution destinations are determined, and the distribution unit distributes the image information to the plurality of distribution destinations determined by the determination unit. 10. The determining means uses the request information to set an image viewer of a medical department, an image viewer of an image reading room, an image viewer of an operating room, or an image server managing image information as a delivery destination of the image information. The image delivery device according to claim 9, wherein the image delivery device is determined as one. 11. The image according to claim 7, wherein the request information includes information of a requesting doctor or a requesting medical department that has requested the patient to be imaged. Delivery device. 12. The image delivery apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the imaging apparatus is a CT scanner, a magnetic resonance image forming apparatus, or an X-ray image forming apparatus. 13. The patient information and the imaging information are transferred from the terminal installed at the distribution destination of the image information to the image forming apparatus and added to the image information by the adding means. The image distribution device according to claim 12.