Method and system for transmitting medical DICOM images

Abstract

To provide a DICOM image transmission method and system.SOLUTION: A method includes: acquiring, for a designated medical DICOM image, a patient ID, a patient name, an inspection UID, a diagnostic device, and an image ID; using the patient ID as a search key to search a DICOM image server; when the same patient ID does not exist in the DICOM image server, transmitting the DICOM image to the server; and when it exists, in order to transmit the accurate DICOM image to the server, using the patient name, the diagnostic device, and the image ID to determine and modify a patient ID, a patient name, and an image ID of a DICOM image, and then transmitting the DICOM image to the server.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present invention relates to a method and system for transmitting medical data including at least image data, and particularly to DICOM image transmission technology between a client device using a communication protocol according to the DICOM standard and a DICOM image server device.

Background Art

[0002] The PACS system (Picture Archiving and Communication System) has been rapidly developing in recent years due to the progress of digital image technology, computer technology, and network technology. It is a system for acquiring, displaying, storing, transmitting, and managing medical images. As a means to support advanced image processing technology and communication technology, the PACS system can significantly improve the current image reading and diagnostic capabilities of hospitals, improve work efficiency, reduce costs, overcome the drawbacks of manual film management, and enhance the level of patient treatment and diagnosis by doctors.

[0003] In hospitals, DICOM (Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine) secondary images (SC: Second Capture) generated by image reading terminals of CDs or DVDs brought by patients from other hospitals or clinics or by doctors are transmitted to the PACS system, stored in the DICOM image server, and doctors perform image reading and diagnosis.

[0004] Regarding DICOM images created by diagnostic devices of each manufacturer, the creation methods of information such as patient names and patient IDs in the DICOM images may be different. There may be cases where the patient's surname and given name are separated by "=", cases where they are separated by a space symbol " ", and cases where they are separated by "^".

[0005] Furthermore, there are cases where a single DICOM image contains two patient IDs. If such a DICOM image is sent directly to the DICOM server, it will confuse the patient IDs in the same patient's DICOM image if the DICOM image server already has the same patient ID.

[0006] Furthermore, when interpreting a patient's images, physicians may create a DICOM secondary image and send it to a DICOM image server for storage. In this case, if the same patient and the same study already exist on the DICOM image server, when the DICOM image server receives this DICOM secondary image, it may be added to the existing study, potentially confusing the order of the DICOM images when interpreting the patient's subsequent study images. [Prior art documents] [Patent Documents]

[0007] [Patent Document 1] Special Publication No. 2022-508152 [Overview of the project] [Problems that the invention aims to solve]

[0008] To solve the above problems, the present invention aims to provide a method and system for transmitting DICOM images that enables the storage of DICOM images in a way that does not cause confusion on the DICOM image server side. [Means for solving the problem]

[0009] To achieve the above objective, the medical DICOM image transmission method according to the present invention reads DICOM images in a specified folder and obtains patient ID, patient name, examination UID, diagnostic device, and image ID as patient information corresponding to the DICOM image; uses the patient ID as a search key to perform a search on the DICOM image server and determines whether the same patient ID exists, which becomes the first determination result; if the first determination result does not show that the patient ID does not exist on the DICOM image server, the DICOM image is transmitted to the DICOM image server; if the first determination result shows that the patient ID exists on the DICOM image server, it determines whether the name format corresponding to the DICOM image matches the name format of the same patient that already exists on the DICOM image server, which becomes the second determination result; if the second determination result shows that the patient name format matches, the examination UID of the DICOM image is transmitted to the DICOM image server. The system includes the following steps: first, determine whether the image exists and make this the third decision result; second, if the format of the patient's name does not match, correct the format of the patient's name in the DICOM image; then, determine whether the examination UID of the DICOM image exists in the DICOM image server and make this the third decision result; third, if the examination UID of the DICOM image exists in the DICOM image server and this is the third decision result, determine whether the diagnostic device information of the DICOM image is SC and make this the fourth decision result; fourth, if the examination UID of the DICOM image does not exist in the DICOM image server and this is the third decision result, or if the diagnostic device information of the DICOM image is not SC and this is the fourth decision result, send the DICOM image to the DICOM image server reflecting the second decision result; and fourth, if the diagnostic device information of the DICOM image is SC and this is the fourth decision result, correct the image ID of the DICOM image and send the DICOM image to the DICOM image server. As a result, the original DICOM image or the DICOM secondary image generated by the correction is sent to and recorded in the DICOM image server, so that when querying the patient ID using DICOM image viewing software, the final organized DICOM secondary image can be viewed.

[0010] To achieve the above objective, the medical DICOM image transmission system according to the present invention consists of the following modules: a patient information confirmation module that acquires the patient ID, patient name, examination UID, diagnostic device, and image ID existing in DICOM images in a specified folder; and a first determination result module that uses the patient ID existing in the DICOM image as a search key to determine whether the same patient ID exists in the DICOM image server and uses that as the first determination result. certain If the default module and the initial judgment result indicate that the patient ID does not exist on the DICOM image server side, the DICOM image will be sent directly to the DICOM image server. First image transmission The module and, if the same patient ID already exists in the DICOM image on the DICOM image server side, determine whether the patient's name format matches the name format of the same patient already existing on the DICOM image server side, and this is used as the second determination result. certainA third-decision result confirmation module determines whether the same patient ID and examination UID exist on the DICOM image server if the patient name format existing in the DICOM image matches the same patient name format on the DICOM image server, and this is the third decision result. If the patient name format does not match the same patient name format on the DICOM image server, the third-decision result confirmation module modifies the patient name format existing in this DICOM image to match the same patient name format existing on the DICOM image server, and this is the third decision result. The system includes a fourth determination result module that determines whether the diagnostic device information of this DICOM image is SC if it already exists as an examination UID and makes this the fourth determination result; a second image transmission module that sends this DICOM image to the DICOM image server as is if the patient examination UID of the DICOM image obtained in the third determination result does not already exist in the DICOM image server as an examination UID for the same patient, or if the diagnostic device information of the DICOM image is not SC; and a third image transmission module that modifies the image ID of this DICOM image to reflect the second determination result and then sends it to the DICOM image server if the diagnostic device information of this DICOM image obtained in the fourth determination result is SC.

[0011] According to the medical DICOM image transmission method and system of the present invention, the system can determine the consistency of the patient ID, name format, diagnostic device information, and image ID of the DICOM image to be transmitted, modify these pieces of information as necessary, and then transmit them to a DICOM image server, where the server can store accurate DICOM images. Specifically, since the patient ID, image ID, etc., are uniformly modified in the transmitted DICOM image, when the patient's examination DICOM image is displayed using a tool such as a DICOM viewer, the arrangement or display of the newly transmitted DICOM image will not be confused. [Brief explanation of the drawing]

[0012] [Figure 1]This is a conceptual diagram illustrating the overview of the DICOM image management system. [Figure 2] (A) is a conceptual diagram illustrating a DICOM image server, and (B) is a conceptual diagram illustrating a terminal PC. [Figure 3] This is a flowchart for transmitting medical DICOM images. [Figure 4] This is a diagram illustrating the configuration of a medical DICOM image transmission system. [Modes for carrying out the invention]

[0013] The medical DICOM image transmission method and system according to this embodiment will be described below with reference to the attached drawings. In all the figures illustrating the embodiments of the present invention, components having the same function are denoted by the same reference numerals, and repeated descriptions of them will be omitted.

[0014] The present invention aims to provide a DICOM image transmission method and system for transmitting DICOM images brought to a medical institution by a patient on a CD or DVD, or DICOM images created by a physician at a medical institution using a reading terminal, to a DICOM image server.

[0015] The present invention solves the following problem: If a DICOM image to be transmitted contains two patient IDs, and the DICOM image server also contains the same patient ID, the DICOM image is sent to the server with the patient ID that does not exist on the server side removed, and this DICOM image is stored on the server.

[0016] If a DICOM image to be sent contains two patient IDs, and the DICOM image server does not have a patient ID for the same patient, one patient ID will be removed from the DICOM image before it is sent to the server, and the server will then save the DICOM image.

[0017] If the name format of the existing patient in the DICOM image to be transmitted does not match the name format of the same patient in the DICOM image server, change the name format of this patient to match the server side and then transmit it to the server, and save this DICOM image in the server.

[0018] In the case of a secondary DICOM image created by a doctor on a terminal, that is, in the case of SC (Second Capture), when the examination UID (Unique ID) of the same patient already exists in the DICOM image server, modify the image ID of this DICOM image and then transmit it to the server, and save this DICOM image in the server. After that, when reading the DICOM image of this patient on the reading terminal, the problem of array or order confusion of the DICOM image will be eliminated.

[0019] [System Overview] Figure 1 is a conceptual diagram for explaining the overview of the DICOM image management system 100. The DICOM image management system 100 includes a DICOM image server 10 and a number of terminal PCs 20 as clients, and the DICOM image server 10 is communicably connected to the number of terminal PCs 20 via a network 50.

[0020] Figure 2(A) is a conceptual diagram for explaining the DICOM image server 10. The DICOM image server 10 is installed, for example, in the facility of a service provider and collects medical-related information from the terminal PC 20. The DICOM image server 10 has a main control device 11, a storage device 12, a user interface device 13, and a communication device 15. The DICOM image server 10 communicates with the terminal PC 20 via the network 50 shown in Figure 1. The storage device 12 stores a program 12a for operating the DICOM image server 10 and a medical information management database 12b that integrates DICOM images collected from the terminal PC 20, enabling the operation of the DICOM image management system 100.

[0021] FIG. 2(B) is a conceptual diagram for explaining the terminal PC20. The terminal PC20 is installed in a hospital or other medical institutions, inspection institutions having diagnostic equipment, etc., and transmits the images acquired during inspections and treatments and the information attached thereto as DICOM images to the DICOM image server 10 while appropriately modifying the information. The terminal PC20 includes a main control device 21, a storage device 22, a user interface device 23, and a communication device 25. A program 23a for operating the terminal PC20 is stored in the storage device 12.

[0022] [Basic Operations] FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining the operation of the DICOM image management system 100 shown in FIG. 1, that is, a medical DICOM image transmission method.

[0023] In the terminal PC20, the main control device 21 acquires the patient ID, patient name, examination UID, diagnostic device, and image ID from all the DICOM images in the folder specified by an operator such as a doctor in the storage device 22 (step 101).

[0024] [[ID= 14]]The main control device 21 of the terminal PC20 uses the patient ID of the DICOM image as a search key to search the medical information management database 12b of the DICOM image server 10, and determines whether the same patient ID exists in the DICOM image server 10, which is the first determination result (step 102). The search for the patient ID can be achieved by the terminal PC20 accessing the storage device 12 or the medical information management database 12b of the DICOM image server 10 to extract the patient ID, but the DICOM image server 10 itself can also perform the search and return the corresponding patient ID. If this patient ID does not exist in the first determination result, the process proceeds to step 103; if this patient ID exists, the process proceeds to step 104.

[0025] In step 103, the main control device 21 of the terminal PC20 transmits the DICOM image to the DICOM image server 10 via communication devices 15, 25, etc.

[0026] In step 104, the main control unit 21 of the terminal PC 20 determines whether the patient name format in the DICOM image matches the patient name format with the same patient ID stored in the storage device 12 of the DICOM image server 10, and this becomes the second determination result. This determination may be made by the terminal PC 20 or by the DICOM image server 10. If the second determination result shows that the patient name format matches, the process proceeds to step 105; otherwise, the process proceeds to step 106.

[0027] In step 105, the main control unit 21 of the terminal PC 20 determines whether the same patient's examination UID exists in the DICOM image server 10 and makes this the third determination result. This determination may be made by the terminal PC 20 or by the DICOM image server 10. If the third determination result indicates that the same examination UID for this patient exists in the DICOM image server 10, the process proceeds to step 107. If the same examination UID for this patient does not exist, the process proceeds to step 108.

[0028] In step 106, the main control unit 21 of the terminal PC 20 modifies the patient name format of the DICOM image to match the name format of the same patient or patient ID that already exists in the DICOM image server 10, and then proceeds to step 105.

[0029] In step 107, the main control unit 21 of the terminal PC 20 determines whether the diagnostic device information of the DICOM image is SC and sets this as the fourth determination result. If the fourth determination result indicates that the diagnostic device information of this DICOM image is not SC, the process proceeds to step 108; otherwise, the process proceeds to step 109.

[0030] In step 108, the main control unit 21 of the terminal PC 20 transmits the DICOM image to the DICOM image server 10, reflecting the second judgment result, that is, with the patient ID and associated name format matched.

[0031] In step 109, the main control unit 21 of the terminal PC 20 reflects the second judgment result, that is, matches the patient ID and its associated name format, and corrects the image ID of the DICOM image before sending this DICOM image to the DICOM image server 10.

[0032] In step 102, the following processes are performed: The main control unit 21 of terminal PC 20 determines whether two patient IDs exist for the DICOM image. If two patient IDs exist, the main control unit 21 of terminal PC 20 uses each patient ID as a search key to determine whether the same patient ID exists in the DICOM image server 10 and obtains the first determination result. If only one patient ID exists for the DICOM image, this patient ID is used as a search key to determine whether the same patient ID exists in the DICOM image server 10 and obtains the first determination result.

[0033] In step 103, the following processing is performed: If the initial judgment result shows that there are two patient IDs in the DICOM image information and no identical patient IDs exist in the DICOM image server 10, the main control unit 21 of the terminal PC 20 deletes one patient ID from the DICOM image and sends the corrected DICOM image to the DICOM image server 10.

[0034] Step 104 performs the following specific processing: If the first judgment result shows that there are two patient IDs in the DICOM image information and the same two patient IDs exist in the DICOM image server 10, the main control unit 21 of the terminal PC 20 determines that this DICOM image is an abnormal image. If there are two patient IDs in the DICOM image and one matching patient ID exists in the DICOM image server 10, the main control unit 21 of the terminal PC 20 deletes the patient ID that does not exist in the DICOM image server 10 from the DICOM image. Then, the main control unit 21 of the terminal PC 20 uses the remaining patient ID to refer to the DICOM image server 10 and determines whether the name format of the same patient matches, which becomes the second judgment result. If the first judgment result shows that there is one patient ID in the DICOM image and one matching patient ID exists in the DICOM image server 10, the main control unit 21 of the terminal PC 20 refers to the DICOM image server 10 and determines whether the name format of the same patient or patient ID matches, which becomes the second judgment result.

[0035] In step 109, the following processing is performed: The main control unit 21 of terminal PC 20 obtains the image IDs of all DICOM images corresponding to the DICOM image examination UID from the DICOM image server 10 and finds the maximum image ID from among them. The main control unit 21 of terminal PC 20 changes the image ID of the DICOM image to the maximum image ID + 1, while reflecting the second judgment result, that is, while matching the patient ID and the associated name format, and then sends the modified DICOM image to the DICOM image server 10.

[0036] [Functional structure] Figure 4 is a diagram illustrating the functional structure of the DICOM image management system 100 shown in Figure 1. The DICOM image management system 100 has the following processing modules as functional units realized by running programs on the hardware of the terminal PC 20 and the DICOM image server 10.

[0037] In the DICOM image management system 100, the patient information confirmation module 201 reads all DICOM images in a folder specified by the operator and obtains the patient ID, patient name, examination UID, diagnostic device, and image ID for each DICOM image.

[0038] The first decision result confirmation module 202 uses the patient ID associated with the DICOM image as a search key to perform a search on the DICOM image server 10, determines whether the same patient ID exists on the DICOM image server 10, and determines the first decision result.

[0039] The first image transmission module 203 transmits the DICOM image to the DICOM image server 10 if the patient ID of the DICOM image does not exist in the DICOM image server 10.

[0040] In the second judgment result confirmation module 204, if a patient ID for a DICOM image exists in the DICOM image server 10 as obtained in the first judgment result, it determines whether the patient's name format matches the name format for the same patient in the DICOM image server 10, and this becomes the second judgment result.

[0041] In the third judgment result confirmation module 205, if the patient name format obtained in the second judgment result matches, it determines whether the examination UID of this DICOM image exists in the DICOM image server 10 and sets this as the third judgment result. In the third judgment result confirmation module 205, if the patient name format obtained in the second judgment result does not match, it corrects the patient name format of the DICOM image, then determines whether the examination UID of this DICOM image exists in the DICOM image server 10 and sets this as the third judgment result.

[0042] In the fourth determination result module 206, if the third determination result indicates that a DICOM image inspection UID exists in the DICOM image server 10, it determines whether the image ID of this DICOM image is SC and sets this as the fourth determination result.

[0043] In the second image transmission module 207, if the third judgment result indicates that the DICOM image inspection UID does not exist in the DICOM image server 10, and the fourth judgment result indicates that the DICOM image diagnostic device information in the DICOM image server 10 is not SC, the DICOM image is transmitted to the DICOM image server 10 without modification.

[0044] In the third image transmission module 208, if the diagnostic device information for the DICOM image obtained in the fourth judgment result is SC, the image ID of this DICOM image is changed to reflect the second judgment result before being sent to the DICOM image server 10.

[0045] The first decision result confirmation module 202 includes a decision unit, a first decision result first confirmation unit, and a first decision result second confirmation unit, and specifically performs the following processing. The decision unit determines whether two patient IDs exist in the DICOM image. If two patient IDs exist in the DICOM image, the first decision result first confirmation unit searches the DICOM image server 10 using each patient ID and determines the first decision result. If one patient ID exists in the DICOM image, the first decision result second confirmation unit searches the DICOM image server 10 using this patient ID and determines the first decision result.

[0046] The second judgment result confirmation module 204 includes an abnormal DICOM image judgment unit, a second judgment result first confirmation unit, and a second judgment result second confirmation unit, and specifically performs the following processing. The abnormal DICOM image judgment unit determines that the DICOM image is abnormal if two patient IDs exist in the DICOM image and the same two patient IDs also exist in the DICOM image server 10. The second judgment result first confirmation unit, if two patient IDs exist in the DICOM image and one patient ID exists in the DICOM image server 10, deletes the patient ID that does not exist in the DICOM image server 10 from the DICOM image, then determines whether the patient's name format matches the name format of the same patient in the DICOM image server 10, and determines the second judgment result. The second judgment result second confirmation unit, if one patient ID exists in the DICOM image and the same patient ID exists in the DICOM image server 10, determines whether the name format of this patient matches the name format of the same patient in the DICOM image server 10, and determines the second judgment result.

[0047] The first image transmission module 203 includes a first DICOM image transmission unit and a second DICOM image transmission unit, and specifically performs the following processing: If the DICOM image obtained in the first judgment result contains two patient IDs and no identical patient IDs exist in the DICOM image server 10, the first DICOM image transmission unit deletes one patient ID from the DICOM image and then transmits the DICOM image to the DICOM image server 10. If the DICOM image obtained in the first judgment result contains one patient ID and no identical patient IDs exist in the DICOM image server 10, the second DICOM image transmission unit transmits the DICOM image to the DICOM image server 10 without modification.

[0048] The third image transmission module 208 includes a maximum image ID determination unit and an image transmission unit, and specifically performs the following processing: The maximum image ID determination unit determines the maximum image ID from all DICOM images in the DICOM image server 10 that have the same inspection UID as the inspection UID of the DICOM image. The DICOM image ID modification unit modifies the image ID of the DICOM image to the value of maximum image ID + 1. The image transmission unit transmits the DICOM image with the modified image ID to the DICOM image server 10.

[0049] [Examples] The specific implementation methods will be explained with reference to Figure 3, etc.

[0050] (1) On the storage device 22 of terminal PC 20, there is one DICOM image file "0001.dcm" in the folder "C:\\DicomImage". Read this DICOM image file, Patient ID(0010,0020)(patient ID), Patient's name (0010,0010), Inspection UID (0020,000D) (study instance UID), Diagnostic device (0008,0060) (modality), Image ID (0020, 0013) (image number) The following information is obtained: the patient ID of this DICOM image is "00000001", the patient name is "Test=talo", the test UID is "1.2.840.113820.862123.26.20141103173532", the diagnostic device is "SC", and the image ID is "01".

[0051] (2) Using patient ID "00000001" as the search key, a search is performed on the DICOM image server. The search results show that the same patient ID exists on the DICOM image server, and the patient's name is "Test=talo". In addition, the same examination UID "1.2.840.113820.862123.26.20141103173532" for this DICOM image also exists on the DICOM image server. This examination UID corresponds to 8 DICOM images, the diagnostic device information for the image is "XA", and the maximum image ID is "08".

[0052] (3) The separator between the first and last name of the patient's name in this DICOM image is "^", and the separator between the first and last name of the DICOM image of the same test on the DICOM image server is "=", so the patient's name format matches. Therefore, the name in this DICOM image is changed to "Test=talo". Also, the diagnostic device for this DICOM image is "SC", and the maximum image ID for all images with the same test UID on the DICOM image server is 8. Therefore, the image ID of this DICOM image is changed to "9", and then this DICOM image file is sent to the DICOM image server.

[0053] In the above embodiments, specific examples of medical DICOM image transmission methods and systems have been described, but the present invention is not limited thereto. [Explanation of symbols]

[0054] 10...DICOM image server, 11...Main control unit, 12...Storage device, 20...Terminal PC, 21...Main control unit, 22...Storage device, 50...Network, 100...DICOM image management system, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109...Steps, 201...Patient information confirmation module, 202...First judgment result confirmation module, 203...First image transmission module, 204...Second judgment result confirmation module, 205...Third judgment result confirmation module, 206...Fourth judgment result confirmation module, 207...Second image transmission module, 208...Third image transmission module

Claims

1. A medical DICOM image transmission method performed by a system, The system reads DICOM images from a specified folder and obtains patient information corresponding to each DICOM image, including patient ID, patient name, examination UID, diagnostic device, and image ID. The system uses the patient ID as a search key to perform a search on the DICOM image server, determines whether the same patient ID exists, and uses this as the initial result. If the first judgment result indicates that the patient ID does not exist in the DICOM image server, the DICOM image will be sent to the DICOM image server. If the first judgment result indicates that a patient ID exists in the DICOM image server, the second judgment result is determined by determining whether the name format corresponding to the DICOM image matches the name format of the same patient already existing in the DICOM image server. If the patient's name format matches in the second judgment result, determine whether the DICOM image examination UID exists on the DICOM image server, and use this as the third judgment result. If the patient's name format does not match in the second judgment result, the patient's name format in the DICOM image shall be corrected, and then it shall be determined whether the examination UID of the DICOM image exists on the DICOM image server, which shall be used as the third judgment result. If the inspection UID for the DICOM image is found to exist on the DICOM image server in the third judgment result, then it is determined whether the diagnostic device information for the DICOM image is SC, and this is used as the fourth judgment result. If the third determination result indicates that the DICOM image inspection UID does not exist on the DICOM image server, or if the fourth determination result indicates that the DICOM image diagnostic device information is not SC, then the DICOM image shall be transmitted to the DICOM image server, reflecting the second determination result. If the diagnostic device information for the DICOM image is SC in the above fourth judgment result, the image ID of the DICOM image should be corrected before sending the DICOM image to the DICOM image server. It is equipped with.

2. A medical DICOM image transmission method according to claim 1, Using the aforementioned patient ID as a search key, determine whether the same patient ID exists in the DICOM image server, and when determining the first determination result, To determine if two patient IDs exist in the DICOM image. If two patient IDs exist, a search is performed on the DICOM image server using each patient ID as a search key, and it is determined whether each patient ID exists on the DICOM image server, and this is used as the first determination result. If a patient ID exists in the DICOM image, a search is performed on the DICOM image server using the patient ID as the search key, and the first judgment result is determined as described above. To do so.

3. A medical DICOM image transmission method according to claim 2, If the first judgment result indicates that the patient ID exists in the DICOM image server, then it is determined whether the patient's name format matches the name format of the same patient in the DICOM image server, and when determining the second judgment result, Based on the first judgment result, if two patient IDs exist in the DICOM image, and the same two patient IDs also exist in the DICOM image server, the DICOM image is judged to be an abnormal image. If the first judgment result indicates that there are two patient IDs in the DICOM image and one patient ID exists in the DICOM image server, the patient ID that does not exist in the DICOM image server is deleted, and then it is determined whether the patient's name format matches the name format of the same patient in the DICOM image server, which then becomes the second judgment result. If the first judgment result indicates that there is one patient ID in the DICOM image and the same patient ID exists in the DICOM image server, then it is determined whether the patient's name format matches the name format of the same patient in the DICOM image server, and this is used as the second judgment result. To do so.

4. A medical DICOM image transmission method according to claim 2, If the patient ID does not exist in the DICOM image server based on the first determination result, when sending the DICOM image to the DICOM image server, If the first judgment result indicates that the DICOM image contains two patient IDs, one of the patient IDs in the DICOM image should be deleted before sending the DICOM image to the DICOM image server. If the first judgment result indicates that the patient ID does not exist in the DICOM image server and only one patient ID exists in the DICOM image, then the DICOM image will be sent to the DICOM image server. To do so.

5. A medical DICOM image transmission method according to claim 1, When correcting the image ID of the DICOM image based on the second judgment result and then sending this DICOM image to the DICOM image server, Obtain the image IDs of all DICOM images corresponding to the patient's examination UID from the aforementioned DICOM image server, and find the largest image ID among them. The image ID of the aforementioned DICOM image should be changed to image ID + 1 before sending this DICOM image to the DICOM image server. To do so.

6. A medical DICOM image transmission system consisting of the following modules: A patient information confirmation module that retrieves the existing patient ID, patient name, examination UID, diagnostic device, and image ID from the DICOM images in the specified folder, A first-decision result confirmation module that uses the patient ID existing in the DICOM image as a search key to determine whether the same patient ID exists in the DICOM image server and makes this the first decision result, If the patient ID does not exist on the DICOM image server side based on the first determination result, the first image transmission module sends the DICOM image directly to the DICOM image server side. A second determination result module determines whether the patient's name format matches the name format of the same patient already existing on the DICOM image server when the patient ID already exists on the DICOM image server, and uses this as the second determination result. If the patient name format existing in the DICOM image matches the same patient name format on the DICOM image server side, the third judgment result confirmation module determines whether the same patient ID and examination UID exist on the DICOM image server and makes this the third judgment result. If the patient name format does not match the same patient name format on the DICOM image server side, the third judgment result confirmation module modifies the patient name format existing in this DICOM image to match the same patient name format existing on the DICOM image server and makes this the third judgment result. If the patient examination UID of the DICOM image obtained in the third judgment result already exists in the DICOM image server as the examination UID of the same patient, the fourth judgment result confirmation module determines whether the diagnostic device information of this DICOM image is SC and makes this the fourth judgment result. If the patient examination UID of the DICOM image obtained in the third judgment result does not already exist in the DICOM image server as the examination UID of the same patient, or if the diagnostic device information of the DICOM image is not SC, a second image transmission module transmits this DICOM image to the DICOM image server as is. If the diagnostic device information for this DICOM image obtained in the fourth judgment result is SC, a third image transmission module modifies the image ID of this DICOM image in accordance with the second judgment result and then transmits it to this DICOM image server. It is equipped with.

7. A medical DICOM image transmission system according to claim 6, The aforementioned first judgment result confirmation module is: A judgment unit that determines whether two patient IDs are present in the DICOM image, If two patient IDs exist in the DICOM image, a first decision unit for the first decision result performs a search on the DICOM image server using each patient ID, determines whether each patient ID exists on the DICOM image server, and uses this as the first decision result. If a patient ID exists in the DICOM image, a second decision unit for the first decision result is used to search the DICOM image server using each patient ID, determine whether the patient ID exists in the DICOM image server, and use this as the first decision result. It is equipped with.

8. A medical DICOM image transmission system according to claim 7, The aforementioned second decision result confirmation module is: A DICOM image anomaly determination unit determines that a DICOM image is an abnormal DICOM image when two patient IDs exist in the DICOM image and the same two patient IDs exist in the DICOM image server. If the DICOM image obtained in the first judgment result contains two patient IDs, and only one patient ID exists on the DICOM image server side, the first judgment unit for the second judgment result removes the patient ID that does not exist on the DICOM image server side from the DICOM image, and then uses the remaining patient ID to determine whether the name format of the same patient matches on the DICOM image server, thereby obtaining the second judgment result. If a single patient ID exists in the DICOM image obtained in the first judgment result, and the same single patient ID exists on the DICOM image server side, then it is determined whether the patient's name format matches the name format of the same patient on the DICOM image server, and this is used as the second judgment result. This is the second judgment unit for the second judgment result. It is equipped with.

9. A medical DICOM image transmission system according to claim 7, The first image transmission module is, If the patient IDs present in the DICOM image obtained in the first determination result do not exist in the DICOM image server, and two patient IDs exist in the DICOM image, the first image transmission unit deletes one patient ID and then sends the DICOM image to the DICOM image server. If the patient IDs present in the DICOM image obtained in the first determination result do not exist in the DICOM image server, and if there is one patient ID in the DICOM image, a second image transmission unit transmits this DICOM image to the DICOM image server as is. It is equipped with.

10. A medical DICOM image transmission system according to claim 6, The third image transmission module is A maximum DICOM image ID determination unit that uses the inspection UID of a DICOM image to find the maximum image ID among all image IDs of DICOM images included in the inspection UID from the DICOM image server, Reflecting the second judgment result, the DICOM image ID creation unit changes the value of the DICOM image's image ID to the maximum image ID. A third image transmission unit that sends a DICOM image with a modified image ID to the DICOM image server. It is equipped with.

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