Medical Image Link Reservation Before Storage

Solution Overview

Problem

Medical image information systems face inefficiencies in setting hyperlinks for newly produced medical images, as they require storage in the image server before hyperlinks can be set, disrupting diagnosis efficiency.

Innovation Solution

A medical image information system that allows for storage location reservation and hyperlink setting for medical images not yet stored in the image server, enabling hyperlinks to be set before the images are stored, using a reservation request unit, identification unit, and link information setting unit in both the client and image server.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Productivity

If hyperlinks are set only for medical images already stored in the image server, then the system maintains data integrity and storage management, but diagnosis efficiency is reduced due to the need to store images before setting hyperlinks

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvediagnosis efficiencyVSAvoidhyperlink setting process

Core Design Contradiction:

ProductivityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary actions by reserving storage locations and setting hyperlinks before the medical images are actually stored in the image server. The reservation unit allocates storage locations in advance, and the link information setting unit sets hyperlinks pointing to these reserved locations, allowing the hyperlink setting process to occur before image storage is completed.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

2Loss of time

If storage location reservation is implemented before image storage, then hyperlink setting can occur earlier, but system complexity increases due to additional reservation and identification mechanisms

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvetime for hyperlink settingVSAvoidsystem structure

Core Design Contradiction:

Loss of timeVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent introduces an intermediary reservation unit that acts as a mediator between the hyperlink setting process and the image storage process. This reservation unit manages the reservation database, tracks reserved storage locations, and coordinates with both the link information setting unit and the storing unit, simplifying the overall system architecture while enabling early hyperlink setting.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Solution Approach 2:

The system implements feedback mechanisms where the reservation unit provides reservation status information to the link information setting unit, and the identification unit verifies whether incoming images match reserved locations. This feedback loop ensures data integrity while enabling the preliminary hyperlink setting process.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #23Feedback

3Productivity

If hyperlinks are set before medical images are stored, then diagnosis workflow is improved, but risk of storing images at wrong locations increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvediagnosis workflow efficiencyVSAvoidimage storage accuracy

Core Design Contradiction:

ProductivityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary actions by reserving storage locations and setting hyperlinks before the medical images are actually stored in the image server. The reservation unit allocates storage locations in advance, and the link information setting unit sets hyperlinks pointing to these reserved locations, allowing the hyperlink setting process to occur before image storage is completed.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system implements feedback mechanisms where the reservation unit provides reservation status information to the link information setting unit, and the identification unit verifies whether incoming images match reserved locations. This feedback loop ensures data integrity while enabling the preliminary hyperlink setting process.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #23Feedback

Data Source

PatentUS8566367B2Medical image information system, image server and client

Publication Date: 2013.10.22 TOSHIBA MEDICAL SYST CORP

AI summary

Provided is a medical image information system that prepares a diagnosis report for which link information for referring to a medical image stored in an image server is set, and displays a medical image not stored in the image server. The medical image information system includes a reservation request unit that makes a storage location reservation request for the medical image not stored in the image server prior to storing the medical image not stored in the image server, a reservation unit that receives the storage location reservation request and makes reservation for storage location of the medical image not stored in the image server, and a link information setting unit that sets the link information for the reserved storage location.