Radiographic Image Analysis Quality Checks Before PACS Transmission
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing radiographic image analysis systems fail to determine the appropriateness of analysis results, leading to inappropriate analysis being transmitted to medical image management systems, which can result in unnecessary re-capturing and increased costs due to patient re-visits.
Innovation Solution
A radiographic image analysis apparatus and program that analyze images before transmission, determining the appropriateness of results and providing reasons for inappropriate analysis, allowing for image editing to ensure accuracy.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If dynamic image analysis is performed without pre-determining analysis quality, then the analysis can be completed and transmitted to PACS, but inappropriate analysis results may be transmitted causing unnecessary re-capturing and increased costs
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary analysis quality determination before transmission to PACS by checking motion amount, image quality, and analysis suitability in advance. This preliminary action filters out inappropriate analysis results before they are transmitted, preventing unnecessary re-capturing while maintaining efficient processing flow.
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements feedback by determining analysis result appropriateness and providing feedback information to the operator. When analysis is deemed inappropriate, the system notifies the operator with specific reasons (motion amount, image quality, etc.) enabling corrective action before PACS transmission, thus improving reliability without significantly impacting productivity.
2Reliability
If re-image-capturing is performed after PACS rejection, then appropriate analysis results can be obtained, but time and cost increase due to patient return visits
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary quality determination and provides specific feedback information before transmission to PACS. By identifying and correcting issues in advance (motion blur, poor image quality, etc.), the system ensures analysis results are suitable for PACS reception, eliminating the need for patient return visits and reducing time loss.
Solution Approach 2:
The system provides detailed feedback information to the operator about why analysis results are inappropriate (motion amount, image quality parameters). This feedback enables immediate correction of the analysis without requiring patient re-visits, as the operator can adjust parameters and re-analyze the same image data.
3Productivity
If analysis is performed on dynamic images with insufficient information, then analysis results can be generated, but the results lack sufficient quality for reliable disease diagnosis
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary checks on motion amount, image quality, and analysis suitability before generating final analysis results. This preliminary action ensures that only images with sufficient quality information are processed, guaranteeing diagnosis accuracy while maintaining efficient analysis result generation for suitable cases.
Solution Approach 2:
The system provides feedback information to the operator about the quality of analysis results and the reasons for inappropriate determination. This feedback mechanism allows the operator to understand when analysis results lack sufficient precision for diagnosis and take appropriate corrective action, ensuring measurement precision is maintained.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
Enables early determination of inappropriate analysis results, reducing the need for re-capturing and minimizing patient exposure to radiation by allowing for image editing to achieve accurate results.
Implementation Method 1
a radiographic image captured by irradiating a subject with radiation
Data Source
AI summary
A radiographic image analysis apparatus comprising: a communicator that acquires from an image-capturing apparatus a radiographic image captured by irradiating a subject with radiation, and transmits the radiographic image acquired to a medical image management system; and one or more hardware processors, wherein the one or more hardware processors: analyze the radiographic image before transmission to the medical image management system by the communicator, determine whether an analysis result analyzed is appropriate, and present information about the radiographic image that is a reason for a determination to be inappropriate, when it is determined that the analysis result determined is inappropriate.