Imaging Control Device Protocol Feedback for Ambiguous Re-imaging
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Solution Overview
Problem
In medical imaging systems, ambiguous or unclear instructions for additional imaging can lead to inappropriate or incomplete procedures due to unclear content, resulting in inefficiencies and potential errors.
Innovation Solution
An imaging control device that acquires examination order information including imaging protocol details and outputs captured images, with an additional protocol acquisition unit to obtain secondary imaging protocol information based on external instructions, facilitating the display and execution of additional imaging protocols alongside existing ones.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If additional imaging is instructed from an external terminal with ambiguous content, then the imaging instruction can be transmitted, but the additional imaging cannot be performed appropriately due to unclear instruction content
Solution Approach 1:
The imaging control device receives imaging instructions from external terminals and provides feedback by transmitting imaging protocol information back to the terminal. This allows the terminal to understand the specific imaging parameters and conditions, enabling appropriate execution of additional imaging procedures while maintaining clear communication between systems
Solution Approach 2:
The imaging control device acts as an intermediary between the external terminal and the imaging system. It receives ambiguous instructions from the terminal, processes them by retrieving appropriate imaging protocol information, and transmits the clarified protocol details back to the terminal, thereby mediating the communication gap and ensuring proper imaging execution
2Loss of information
If imaging protocol information is transmitted to external terminals, then clear imaging instructions can be provided, but the system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The imaging control device performs multiple functions: it manages examination orders, controls imaging procedures, stores imaging protocol information, and communicates with external terminals. By consolidating these diverse functions into a single device, the system avoids the complexity that would arise from separate specialized systems for each function
3Productivity
If re-imaging is instructed through ambiguous messages, then the radiologic technologist receives the instruction, but the re-imaging procedure cannot be performed appropriately
Solution Approach 1:
The imaging control device stores imaging protocol information in advance, including all necessary parameters for re-imaging procedures. When a re-imaging instruction is received, the device retrieves the pre-stored protocol information and transmits it to the terminal, ensuring that the radiologic technologist has access to accurate imaging parameters without needing to interpret ambiguous messages
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AI summary
An imaging control device acquires examination order information, outputs, external to the imaging control device, a captured image obtained based on a first imaging protocol information included in the examination order information, and acquires second imaging protocol information for additional imaging based on an instruction from an external apparatus that received the output captured image.