JPH0438564A - Picture retrieving method for medical diagnosis - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To improve workability for retrieving a medical picture by selecting a desired directory in an X-ray CT or the like and successively projecting all the pictures in the selected directory as mentioned above at prescribed intervals. CONSTITUTION:A directory display screen 1 projects the pictures of the directory by a display monitor connected to a memory circuit 2 for directory display. A picture display screen 3 projects CT pictures or the like by a display monitor connected to a memory circuit 4 for picture display. A cursor switch 6 selects the directory of a patient on the directory display screen 1 and the pictures of the above-mentioned patient are read out of a magnetic disk 8. A display mode is set to a cine-display mode or a multi-frame display mode in advance. In the cine-display mode, all the pictures in the memory circuit 4 are successively projected at prescribed time intervals on the picture display screen 3. In the multi-frame display mode, all the pictures are simultaneously projected.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Object of the Invention] (Industrial Application Field) The present invention relates to a method for searching images for medical diagnosis taken by X-ray CT or the like.

(Prior Art) Conventionally, in this type of image retrieval method, during image retrieval,
After displaying the patient's directory image on the display monitor, the desired directory is selected by operating the cursor. Next, a large number of images in the selected directory were switched and displayed one after another on a display monitor to confirm the affected area.

(Problem to be Solved by the Invention) However, in the conventional image search method described above, all of a large number of images are individually displayed one by one, and the image in which the affected area is photographed is searched, which makes the work complicated. There was a problem in that work efficiency was reduced, such as the process becoming more time consuming.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In view of the above-mentioned problems, an object of the present invention is to provide an image retrieval method for medical diagnosis that improves workability and enables high-speed image retrieval.

[Structure of the Invention] (Means for Solving the Problems) In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention selects a desired directory of a patient displayed on a display monitor, and displays all medical files stored in the above directory. Images are sequentially displayed on the display monitor at predetermined time intervals, and the medical images are searched.

Alternatively, the patient's desired directory displayed on the display monitor is selected, all medical images stored in the directory are simultaneously displayed on one screen of the display monitor, and the above-mentioned medical image search is performed. It is.

(Operation) In the present invention, all the images in the selected directory are sequentially displayed on the display monitor at predetermined time intervals, or simultaneously displayed on one screen of the display monitor, and the images are searched. Search speeds up and work efficiency improves.

(Embodiment) An embodiment of the image retrieval method of the present invention will be described based on FIGS. 1 to 3.

That is, FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an image search device. In the drawing, reference numeral 1 denotes a directory display screen of a display monitor to which a directory display memory circuit 2 is connected and displays a directory image of a patient. Reference numeral 3 designates an image display screen of a display monitor to which an image display memory circuit 4 is connected and on which a patient's C7 image and the like are displayed. These directory display memory circuit 2 and image display memory circuit 4 are connected to an image display control circuit 5.
includes a cursor key switch 6 and a magnetic disk SEA.
Circuits 7 are connected to each other. Further, a magnetic disk 8 is connected to the image display memory circuit 4 via the magnetic disk control circuit 7.

Next, an image retrieval method performed using such an image retrieval device will be described with reference to FIG.

First, the patient's directory image in the directory display memory circuit 2 is displayed on the directory display screen 1 (step Sl). Next, the cursor key switch 6 is operated to move the cursor on the directory display screen 1 to the directory of the desired patient (step S2). Thereafter, the cursor position is detected and the directory of the selected patient is detected (step S3). Subsequently, images in the directory of the selected patient are read from the magnetic disk 8 (step S4). Here, the display mode of the image display screen 3 is set in advance to cine display mode or multi-frame display mode.

That is, in the case of the cine display mode, the desired ! ! All image data of a plurality of persons are written in the image display memory circuit 4 (step S5), and the image display memory circuit 4 is written on the image display screen 3 as shown in FIG.
All of the plurality of images are continuously displayed one by one at predetermined time intervals (step S6). In the case of multi-frame display mode, first, all images are reduced for multi-frame display (step S7), and then the reduced all image data is stored in the image display memory circuit 4 for one image. (step S8). All the images contained on one screen are displayed simultaneously on the image display screen 3 as shown in FIG. 1 (step S9).

Therefore, by displaying a plurality of all images of a patient in cine display or multi-frame display in this way, a large number of images can be searched efficiently or simultaneously, making it possible to search images at high speed.

Furthermore, when a desired image is searched in cine display,
A desired image is selected by operating a cursor key switch 6 or a button of a mouse (not shown), or by voice. In the case of multi-frame display, the desired image is selected using a mouse or the like, or by pressing the desired screen using a touch panel.

In this embodiment, two display monitors are used, but the directory screen and the image screen may be displayed in an overlapping manner on one display monitor. Furthermore, in the cine display mode, the display time per image may be changed using the trackball, key switch 6, etc., in order to further shorten the search time.

[Effects of the Invention] As described above, according to the present invention, a plurality of all images of a patient are displayed in cine display or multi-frame display, so that a large number of images can be displayed efficiently or simultaneously. Therefore,
The above-mentioned problems can be solved by speeding up image retrieval and improving work efficiency.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

1 to 3 show an embodiment of the image retrieval method of the present invention. FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an image retrieval device, FIG. 2 is a flowchart of the image retrieval method, and FIG. 3 is a cine display diagram. It is an explanatory diagram. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1...Directory display screen, 2...Memory circuit for directory display, 3...Image display screen, 4...Memory circuit for image display, 5...Image display control circuit, 6...Cursor Key switch, 7... Magnetic disk control circuit, 8... Magnetic disk.

Claims (2)

[Claims] (1) Select the desired directory of the patient displayed on the display monitor, display all the medical images filed in the directory in sequence on the display monitor at predetermined intervals, and search for the medical images. An image retrieval method for medical diagnosis, characterized in that: (2) Select the desired directory of the patient displayed on the display monitor, display all the medical images filed in the directory simultaneously on one screen of the display monitor, and search for the medical images. An image retrieval method for medical diagnosis characterized by: