# US 9,750,478 B2 · X-ray image photographing apparatus and management method > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 9,750,478 B2 - Document ID: US9750478B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 14/730,392 - Filed: 2015-06-04 - Published: 2015-09-24 - Granted: 2017-09-05 - Earliest claimed: 2005-08-10 - Assignees: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha - Applicants: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha - Inventors: Hiroyuki Matsuno - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9750478B2 ## CPC - A61B 6/00: Apparatus or devices for radiation diagnosis; Apparatus or devices for radiation diagnosis combined with radiation therapy equipment (instruments measuring radiation intensity for application in the field of nuclear medicine, e.g. in vivo counting, G01T1/161) - A61B 6/465: {adapted to display user selection data, e.g. graphical user interface, icons or menus} - A61B 6/468: {allowing annotation or message recording} - A61B 6/563: {involving image data transmission via a network} - A61B 6/469: {for selecting a region of interest [ROI]} - G16H 30/20: for handling medical images, e.g. DICOM, HL7 or PACS - A61B: DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION (usefulness limited to only animals A61D) - G16H: HEALTHCARE INFORMATICS, i.e. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR THE HANDLING OR PROCESSING OF MEDICAL OR HEALTHCARE DATA ## Abstract When a retake button is selected, a CPU causes a dialog screen for inputting a reason for a photographic error to be displayed. On the dialog screen, the name of a radiographer who is logging onto an X-ray photographing apparatus and select buttons indicating possible reasons for photographic errors are indicated. The CPU transmits an unsatisfactorily photographed image to a different server. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A control apparatus for medical imaging, comprising: a control unit configured to control a medical imaging unit for detecting an X-ray to obtain a medical image; and a communication unit configured to transmit the obtained medical image to an external apparatus, wherein the control unit is configured to associate error information with the obtained medical image, wherein the error information indicates an error in the medical imaging for the obtained medical image, wherein, in a case where the control unit associates the error information with the obtained medical image, the communication unit is configured to transmit the obtained medical image to a first external apparatus which is independent from the control apparatus and is configured to store the obtained medical image associated with the error information, and wherein, in a case where the control unit does not associate the error information with the obtained medical image, the communication unit is configured to transmit the obtained medical image to a second external apparatus which is independent from the control apparatus and different from the first external apparatus and is configured to store the obtained image to be used for diagnosis. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The control apparatus of claim 1, wherein the communication unit is configured to transmit the obtained medical image with which the error information is associated, to the first external apparatus, and to transmit the obtained medical image with which the error information is not associated, to the second external apparatus. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The control apparatus of claim 2, wherein the first external apparatus is independent from the second external apparatus. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The control apparatus of claim 1, wherein the communication unit is configured to transmit the obtained medical image based on a DICOM protocol. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The control apparatus of claim 1, wherein the communication unit is configured to transmit an image obtained by lossy compression of the obtained medical image. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The control apparatus of claim 1, wherein the communication unit is configured to transmit the obtained medical image with which the error information is associated, and the error information, to the first external apparatus. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The control apparatus of claim 1, wherein the control unit is configured to obtain medical images from the medical imaging unit, and wherein, in a case where the control unit associates one of the obtained medical images with the error information, the communication unit is configured to transmit the one of the medical images associated with the error information to the first external apparatus, and to transmit the medical images not associated with the error information to the second external apparatus. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The control apparatus of claim 1, wherein the communication unit is configured to, in a case where the control unit associate the error information with a first medical image from the medical imaging unit, and a second medical image is received from the medical imaging unit, transmit an image based on the first medical image associated with the error information, and an image based on the second medical image, to an identical external apparatus. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The control apparatus of claim 1, wherein the communication unit is configured to not transmit error information corresponding to the transmitted medical image, in a case where a medical image which has been transmitted to the first external apparatus is subject to modification, and to transmit the modified medical image to the second external apparatus. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The control apparatus of claim 1, wherein the error information associated with the obtained medical image further includes reason information for the error. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) An X-ray imaging apparatus comprising: a control apparatus of claim 1; and an X-ray detector. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The X-ray imaging apparatus of claim 11, further comprising an X-ray source. ### Claim 13 A control system including apparatuses for medical imaging, the control system comprising: a control unit configured to control a medical imaging unit for detecting an X-ray to obtain a medical image; and a communication unit configured to transmit the obtained medical image to an external apparatus, wherein the control unit is configured to associate error information with the obtained medical image, wherein the error information indicates an error in the medical imaging for the obtained medial image, wherein, in a case where control unit associates the error information with the obtained medical image, the communication unit is configured to transmit the obtained medical image to a first external apparatus which is independent from the control apparatus and is configured to store the obtained medical image associated with the error information, and wherein, in a case where the control unit does not associate the error information with the obtained medical image, the communication unit is configured to transmit the obtained medical image to a second external apparatus which is independent from the control apparatus and different from the first external apparatus and is configured to store an image to be used for diagnosis. ### Claim 14 A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a program including instructions to be executed by a computer to perform a process of medical imaging, the process comprising: controlling a medical imaging unit for detecting an X-ray to obtain a medical image; associating, using the computer, in response to an operation input, error information with the obtained medical image, wherein the error information indicates an error in the medical imaging for the obtained medical image; determining an external unit to which the obtained medical image is to be transmitted, based on whether or not the computer associates the obtained medical image with the error information; and controlling a communication unit to transmit the obtained medical image to an external apparatus, wherein, in a case where the computer associates the error information with the obtained medical image, the communication unit is configured to transmit the obtained medical image to a first external apparatus which is independent from the computer and is configured to store the obtained medical image associated with the error information, and wherein, in a case where the computer does not associate the error information with the obtained medical image, the communication unit is configured to transmit the medical image to a second external apparatus which is independent from the computer and different from the first external apparatus and is configured to store an image to be used for diagnosis.