Diagnostic Imaging Support Equipment Synchronization
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current diagnostic imaging systems are inefficient in comparing and synchronizing series image data for follow-up diagnoses, requiring examiners to manually adjust and synchronize imaging positions, which is cumbersome and difficult to maintain during subsequent interpretations.
Innovation Solution
A diagnostic imaging support equipment comprising a data storage unit, information management unit, and display unit that stores and manages series image data, generates combination information, and displays synchronized image data, allowing easy retrieval and parallel display of past and present image data while maintaining the synchronous relationship.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If examiners manually specify and search two series image data for comparison, then image data can be retrieved for comparison, but the process becomes inefficient and time-consuming
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by automatically generating combination information that links present series image data with past series image data before the examiner needs to compare them. The information management unit pre-processes and organizes the image data relationships, so when the examiner needs to compare images, the combination information is already prepared and available, eliminating the need for manual specification and search.
2Ease of operation
If examiners adjust imaging position synchronization manually for parallel display, then images can be displayed in parallel for observation, but the synchronization adjustment becomes difficult to maintain for subsequent interpretations
Solution Approach 1:
The system creates a copy of the synchronization relationship by generating combination information that captures the imaging position synchronization between present and past series image data. This combination information serves as a reusable template that can be applied to subsequent interpretations without requiring manual re-adjustment of synchronization, effectively copying the synchronized state across multiple use cases.
3Reliability
If manual adjustment of imaging positions is performed for each interpretation, then synchronization can be achieved, but the process becomes cumbersome and repetitive
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables self-service by automatically generating and managing the combination information that encodes synchronization relationships. Once the synchronization is established once, the system itself maintains and reuses this synchronization information through the combination information mechanism, eliminating the need for examiners to repeatedly perform the same adjustment tasks while ensuring consistent synchronization accuracy.
Data Source
AI summary
The present invention comprises: a data storage unit for storing series image data obtained by medical image acquisition equipment and object data containing image acquisition conditions for the series image data and the specific information for specifying other series image data related to the series image data; an information management unit for generating a thumbnail image that represents combination information of the presently obtained series image data and the past related series image data by referring to the object data; and a display unit for displaying the thumbnail image.