Medical Image Processing Apparatus for 3D Organ Model Document Generation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current medical image processing apparatuses face complexity in creating electronic documents that display three-dimensional body organ models from medical images, particularly in environments without high-performance computers, and lack efficient methods to associate patient information with these models.
Innovation Solution
A medical image processing apparatus that accepts medical image data, acquires patient information from DICOM additional data, and generates electronic documents in PDF format, allowing users to create and display three-dimensional body organ models with customizable layer settings and patient information inclusion.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If surface shape data is created from medical image data using conventional methods, then three-dimensional body organ models can be generated, but the process becomes considerably intricate and requires high-performance computers
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an intermediary processing system that automatically generates surface shape data from medical image data. This intermediary layer (the processing apparatus) handles the complex conversion process, shielding users from the intricacies of creating three-dimensional models manually. The system acts as a mediator between raw medical images and the final electronic document, automatically performing the necessary transformations.
Solution Approach 2:
The system enables self-service by allowing users to simply input medical image data and receive automatically generated electronic documents with three-dimensional body organ models. The complex processes of creating surface shape data, generating three-dimensional models, and formatting electronic documents are all performed automatically without requiring user expertise in these specialized tasks.
2Reliability
If three-dimensional body organ models are created for display in operating rooms, then treatment and diagnosis can be aided, but the process is time-consuming and requires specialized equipment
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by pre-processing medical image data to create ready-to-use electronic documents with three-dimensional models. This advance preparation allows the documents to be generated quickly when needed in clinical settings, as the system has already established the processing pathways and data structures in advance.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent changes the parameters of data representation by converting medical image data into a different format suitable for three-dimensional visualization and electronic document creation. This parameter transformation enables the same underlying data to be used for both detailed analysis and quick reference in operating rooms.
3Loss of information
If patient information is associated with three-dimensional body organ models, then patient-specific diagnosis can be improved, but data management becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges patient information with three-dimensional body organ model data into a single integrated electronic document. This combining of previously separate data elements (patient metadata and three-dimensional visualizations) into one unified structure simplifies data management while ensuring that all relevant information remains associated and accessible together.
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AI summary
The present disclosure provides a medical image processing apparatus capable of readily creating, from a medical image, an electronic document that displays a three-dimensional body organ model. The medical image processing apparatus performs control to acquire patient information from DICOM additional information of medical image data designated when the creation of the electronic document has been instructed, and to create the electronic document of the three-dimensional body organ model corresponding to the medical image data, the electronic document containing the acquire patient information. To which patient the three-dimensional body organ model belongs can be identified on the electronic document.