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US 9,176,655 B2Granted
Medical image observation apparatus
AssigneesKabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation
InventorsKenichi Niwa, Kenji Matsue
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Abstract
According to one embodiment, a medical image observation apparatus includes a data receiver, a display, and a controller. The controller controls the display to array medical images for each of groups, the medical images being classified into the groups in accordance with at least one of a type of medical image generation apparatus, an imaging condition, an image generation method, an imaging position, an instruction and a setting by an operator, and an imaging date/time, to display medical images corresponding to at least two of the groups, and to scroll the medical images arrayed on a display screen on a group basis based on a scroll instruction of the operator.
Claims12
A medical image observation apparatus, comprising:
- a data receiver configured to receive a plurality of medical images, each of the plurality of medical images including additional information comprising examination information, identifier information of an imaged patient including an examination identifier and series identifier, and an image identifier unique to each medical image of said plurality;
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- a controller configured to execute a display control process for selecting at least one medical image to be interpreted from the plurality of medical images,
- wherein the controller, as part of the display control process, is further configured to execute control to:
- classify the plurality of medical images into medical image groups in accordance with a predetermined condition that includes classification information from each of the plurality of medical images, said classification information comprising a type of image generator, image generation method, imaging condition, imaging position, external input, and said identifier information,
- display images, each of which is selected from each of the classified medical image groups, on a display screen,
- replace a combination of the selected images displayed on the display screen with another combination of selected images by an input scroll operation, wherein annotations comprising at least one of the additional information and the classification information are displayed with said another combination of selected images in synchronism with an elapse of a predetermined time from a stop of the input scroll operation, and
- replace only one of the selected images displayed on the display screen with another selected but previously undisplayed one image belonging to a same medical image group by a different input flick operation, on an image-by-image basis within the selected images of the displayed classified medical image groups, wherein
- on the display screen divided into a plurality of n row x m column display frames, n and m being integers of 1 or more, the medical images are arrayed in a direction obtained by repeating, from a display frame on an nth row and mth column to a display frame on a first row and first column, a procedure of arraying the medical images from the display frame on the nth row and mth column at a corner of the display screen to a display frame on an nth row and first column and subsequently arraying the medical images from a display frame on an (n−1)th row and mth column to a display frame on an (n−1)th row and first column, and
- the arrayed medical images are scrolled in the array direction or in a direction reverse to the array direction.
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A medical image observation apparatus, comprising:
- a display including a display screen configured to display a plurality of medical images, each of the plurality of medical images including additional information comprising examination information, identifier information of an imaged patient including an examination identifier and series identifier, and an image identifier unique to each medical image of said plurality;
- and
- a controller configured to control the display, and to execute a display control process for selecting at least one medical image to be interpreted from the plurality of medical images,
- wherein the controller, as part of the display control process, is further configured to execute control to:
- classify the plurality of medical images into medical image groups in accordance with a predetermined condition that includes classification information from each of the plurality of medical images, said classification information comprising a type of image generator, image generation method, imaging condition, imaging position, external input, and said identifier information,
- display images, each of which is selected from each of the classified medical image groups, on the display screen,
- set, as a display block, a specific block included in a plurality of blocks to be used to set a display order of said displayed images,
- arrange the displayed images in the plurality of blocks in accordance with the display order,
- arrange display target medical images included in the plurality of medical images in the display block in accordance with the display order based on an instruction input by an operator,
- replace a combination of the selected images displayed on the display screen with another combination of selected images by an input scroll operation, wherein annotations comprising at least one of the additional information and the classification information are displayed with said another combination of selected images in synchronism with an elapse of a predetermined time from a stop of the input scroll operation, and
- replace only one of the selected images displayed on the display screen with another selected but previously undisplayed one image belonging to a same medical image group by a different input flick operation, on an image-by-image basis within the selected images of the displayed classified medical image groups, wherein
- on the display screen divided into a plurality of n row x m column display frames, n and m being integers of 1 or more, the medical images are arrayed in a direction obtained by repeating, from a display frame on an nth row and mth column to a display frame on a first row and first column, a procedure of arraying the medical images from the display frame on the nth row and mth column at a corner of the display screen to a display frame on an nth row and first column and subsequently arraying the medical images from a display frame on an (n−1)th row and mth column to a display frame on an (n−1)th row and first column, and
- the arrayed medical images are scrolled in the array direction or in a direction reverse to the array direction.
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