Radiography Control System for Automated Order Selection
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current radiography systems face challenges in user convenience and risk of patient misidentification during the X-ray imaging process, particularly when selecting and initiating examinations.
Innovation Solution
A radiography system with an examination order acquiring unit, search condition specifying unit, and imaging preparation unit that connects hospital information systems, radiology information systems, and X-ray examination systems through a network, allowing for automated acquisition and preparation of examination orders and imaging processes based on specified search conditions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a user sets search conditions to display a list of examination orders, then the system can retrieve and display matching examination orders, but the user is still required to provide manual selection instructions even when there is only a single examination result
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs automatic selection of examination orders when only one match is found, eliminating the need for manual user input. The examination order acquisition unit automatically acquires the single matching examination order without requiring user confirmation, and the imaging preparation unit automatically proceeds with imaging preparation, making the system serve itself by eliminating redundant manual steps.
Solution Approach 2:
The system determines in advance whether automatic selection should be performed by checking if only one examination order matches the search conditions. This preliminary determination allows the system to automatically proceed with imaging preparation without requiring manual user input, streamlining the workflow before the actual imaging process begins.
2Productivity
If manual selection instructions are required for each examination result, then user control over examination selection is maintained, but the time and steps required to initiate imaging increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system automatically acquires examination orders and proceeds with imaging preparation without requiring manual user confirmation steps. When only one examination order matches the search conditions, the system self-services by eliminating the manual selection step, thereby reducing both the number of operational steps and the time required to initiate imaging.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs a preliminary check to determine whether automatic selection is applicable (i.e., when only one examination order matches). This preliminary action enables the system to skip manual selection steps in advance, reducing the time required to initiate imaging while maintaining user control when multiple matches are found.
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AI summary
A radiography control apparatus according to the present invention includes an examination order acquiring unit configured to acquire an examination order through a network, a search condition specifying unit configured to specify a search condition for acquiring the examination order, and an imaging preparation unit configured to perform imaging preparation processing in a case where a result of the acquisition by the examination order acquiring unit satisfies an imaging start condition.