Surgical Image Recording Control for Event-Based OR Capture
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing surgical operation room systems face challenges in recording surgical images at appropriate timings due to the busy schedules of surgical staff, leading to incomplete or excessively large recordings.
Innovation Solution
A surgical operation room system that allows for setting automatic image recording for each input source, including pre-recording and trigger recording, controlled by a centralized server to optimize recording based on surgical staff input.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If manual recording by surgical staff is used, then recording control flexibility is maintained, but recording completeness deteriorates due to staff busyness
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables self-service recording where the recording device automatically detects surgical events and initiates recording without requiring manual intervention from surgical staff. The event detection unit monitors surgical parameters and triggers recording automatically, allowing the system to serve itself rather than relying on staff memory and manual operation.
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements feedback mechanisms where the event detection unit continuously monitors surgical parameters and provides real-time feedback to the recording control unit. When predefined surgical events are detected (such as incision, suture, or instrument changes), the system automatically adjusts recording status, creating a closed-loop feedback system that ensures complete and accurate recording.
2Reliability
If continuous recording from beginning to end is implemented, then recording completeness is improved, but recording volume becomes excessively large
Solution Approach 1:
The system segments the surgical procedure into distinct events based on predefined criteria (such as instrument changes, anatomical landmarks, or surgical milestones). Instead of recording continuously without interruption, the system activates recording only during specific segmented portions of the surgery that are deemed clinically significant, thereby reducing overall recording volume while maintaining completeness of important events.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary detection of surgical events before initiating recording. The event detection unit analyzes surgical parameters in advance and triggers recording only when predefined events are detected, rather than recording everything continuously. This preliminary filtering action ensures that only necessary recording segments are captured, reducing data volume while maintaining completeness.
3Productivity
If automatic recording is enabled for all input sources, then recording efficiency is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements a universal recording control unit that serves multiple input sources (endoscopes, microscopes, cameras, etc.) through a single integrated platform. Rather than requiring separate automatic recording configurations for each device, the universal controller manages all recording operations through unified event detection and control mechanisms, improving efficiency while actually reducing overall system complexity through consolidation.
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AI summary
The present disclosure relates to a surgical operation room system, an image recording method, a program, and a medical information processing system that allow records to be kept in an appropriate manner.A setting unit sets whether or not to enable, for each of a plurality of input sources that inputs an image, automatic recording of the image, the plurality of input sources being provided in a surgical operation room. The present disclosure is applicable to a surgical operation room system.