Image processing device, method for controlling the image processing device, and program

Abstract

To easily select an image in accordance with an operator's intention.SOLUTION: An image processing device includes selection means, determination means, display control means, and image processing means. The selection means selects one or a plurality of inspections that medical images belong to. The determination means determines an inspection of an image processing candidate on the basis of the one or the plurality of inspections selected. The display control means causes medical images that belong to the determined inspection of the image processing candidate to be displayed in a display part. The image processing means executes image processing using a plurality of the medical images selected by a user of the displayed medical images. When one of the inspections is selected, the determination means determines the selected one inspection and one or a plurality of inspections obtained by searching based on the selected one inspection as inspections of the image processing candidate, and determines the selected plurality of inspections as inspections of the image processing candidate when the plurality of the inspections are selected.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3

Claims

1. A selection acceptance method for accepting the selection of medical images, A determination means for determining a medical image to be used as a candidate for image processing, based on the number of selected medical images and examination attribute information, If the number of selected medical images is 1, the selected medical image and the search medical image obtained by searching on the data server based on the selected medical image are determined to be the medical images for image processing candidates. If the number of selected medical images is two or more and the two or more selected medical images have the same examination attribute information, the group of medical images extracted from the data server based on the examination attribute information is determined to be the medical images for image processing candidates. A determination means for determining the selected medical images as candidate medical images for image processing when the number of selected medical images is two or more and the two or more selected medical images have different examination attribute information, Image processing means that performs predetermined image processing using the medical image determined above, An image processing apparatus characterized by having

2. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the selection receiving means classifies the medical images of the image processing candidates into a reference image and a comparison image which includes one or more medical images to be compared with the reference image.

3. The image processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the selection receiving means specifies the reference image and the comparison image, respectively, as attribute information of the medical image of the image processing candidate, based on the date and time of acquisition.

4. The image processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the selection receiving means designates the medical image with the most recent acquisition date and time as the reference image from among the medical images of the image processing candidates.

5. The image processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the image processing means performs at least one of difference processing, stitching processing, alignment processing, and fusion processing as the predetermined image processing between the reference image and the comparison image.

6. The image processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the determination means determines the selected medical images as candidate medical images for image processing when the number of selected medical images is two or more and the two or more selected medical images have different examination attribute information, without performing a search on the data server.

7. The image processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the inspection attribute information is supplementary information attached to an inspection corresponding to a study of the Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine standard (DICOM).

8. The image processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein the selection receiving means receives the selection of a plurality of medical images corresponding to the same subject, and the determination means determines the medical image of the image processing candidate corresponding to the same subject.

9. The image processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 8, further comprising an interface for communicating with the data server.

10. A selection process for accepting the selection of medical images, A decision step in which a medical image is determined as a candidate for image processing based on the number of selected medical images and examination attribute information, If the number of selected medical images is 1, the selected medical image and the search medical image obtained by searching on the data server based on the selected medical image are determined to be the medical images for image processing candidates. If the number of selected medical images is two or more and the two or more selected medical images have the same examination attribute information, the group of medical images extracted from the data server based on the examination attribute information is determined to be the medical images for image processing candidates. A determination step in which, if the number of selected medical images is two or more and the two or more selected medical images have different examination attribute information, the selected plurality of medical images are determined to be medical images for image processing candidates. An image processing step in which predetermined image processing is performed using the medical images of the image processing candidates determined above, A control method for an image processing apparatus having [a certain feature].

11. The control method for an image processing apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the selection acceptance step classifies the medical images of the image processing candidates into a reference image and a comparison image which includes one or more medical images to be compared with the reference image.

12. The control method for an image processing apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the selection acceptance step specifies the reference image and the comparison image, respectively, as attribute information of the medical image of the image processing candidate, based on the date and time of acquisition.

13. The control method for an image processing apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the selection acceptance step designates the most recent medical image in terms of acquisition date and time as the reference image from among the medical images of the image processing candidates.

14. The control method for an image processing apparatus according to any one of claims 11 to 13, wherein the image processing step is performed by executing at least one of difference processing, stitching processing, alignment processing, and fusion processing as the predetermined image processing between the reference image and the comparison image.

15. The control method for an image processing apparatus according to any one of claims 10 to 14, wherein the determination step determines the selected medical images as candidate medical images for image processing when the number of selected medical images is two or more and the two or more selected medical images have different examination attribute information, without performing a search on the data server.

16. The control method for an image processing apparatus according to any one of claims 10 to 15, wherein the inspection attribute information is supplementary information attached to an inspection corresponding to a study of the Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine standard (DICOM).

17. The control method for an image processing apparatus according to any one of claims 10 to 16, wherein the selection acceptance step accepts the selection of a plurality of medical images corresponding to the same subject, and the determination step determines the medical image of the image processing candidate corresponding to the same subject.

18. The control method for an image processing apparatus according to any one of claims 10 to 17, wherein the determination step causes the data server to perform a search via a predetermined interface.

19. A program that executes each step of the control method for an image processing apparatus according to any one of claims 10 to 18 on a computer.

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