Fluoroscopic Imaging System Injection History Association
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current fluoroscopic imaging systems do not allow operators to confirm how medical liquids were injected into patients when viewing fluoroscopic image data, as injection conditions are not included in the imaging order data.
Innovation Solution
A fluoroscopic imaging system that includes an imaging diagnostic apparatus, a liquid injector generating injection history data, and a data control unit that associates this data with the fluoroscopic image data for storage and display, enabling the injection history to be viewed alongside the image data.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If injection history data is not stored with fluoroscopic image data, then the data storage system remains simple and operationally straightforward, but operators cannot confirm injection details when reviewing images
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges injection history data with fluoroscopic image data by storing both in the same data storage unit and displaying them together in the image viewer. This integration ensures that injection details (volume, rate, timing) are preserved and accessible alongside the corresponding images, resolving the information loss issue while maintaining systematic organization.
Solution Approach 2:
The data storage unit and image viewer are designed to handle multiple types of data (fluoroscopic images and injection history) with a single integrated system. The image viewer displays both image data and injection history data simultaneously, providing multi-functional capability without requiring separate dedicated systems for each data type.
2Reliability
If injection history data is stored and displayed with fluoroscopic image data, then operators can confirm injection details for improved quality control, but the data storage and management system becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
By combining injection history data and fluoroscopic image data in the same storage and display system, the patent ensures that quality control information is reliably preserved and accessible. The integrated approach maintains data integrity and enables comprehensive review of injection parameters alongside imaging results.
Solution Approach 2:
The data control unit acts as an intermediary that receives both injection history data from the liquid injector and fluoroscopic image data from the imaging diagnostic apparatus, allocates identification data to associate them, and manages their storage together. This intermediary component coordinates the integration without requiring direct complex interactions between the injector and imaging system.
3Ease of operation
If a separate system is used to manage injection data, then the imaging system remains simple and focused, but injection details cannot be viewed during image review
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines injection history data and fluoroscopic image data into a unified display system. The image viewer simultaneously presents both image data and injection history data, allowing operators to review injection details (volume, rate, timing) alongside the images in a single operational interface, thereby improving ease of operation during image review.
Solution Approach 2:
The image viewer is designed with multi-functional capability to display both fluoroscopic images and injection history data. This universal display approach eliminates the need for separate systems or interfaces, allowing operators to access all necessary information through a single device.
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AI summary
A liquid injector (400) injects a medical liquid into a patient whose fluoroscopic image data is to be picked up, and generates injection history data corresponding to the injection. A control box (500) allocates identification data associated with the fluoroscopic image data to the injection history data, and PACS (300) stores the fluoroscopic image data and the injection history data allocated with the identification data. The injection history data is also stored in association with the fluoroscopic image data to be stored, and hence the injection history data can also be confirmed when viewing the fluoroscopic image data.