Medical image diagnostic apparatus, medical image processing apparatus, and medical image processing system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12288622-B2
Application number	US-202217658357-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 7, 2022
Priority date	Apr 8, 2021
Publication date	Apr 29, 2025
Grant date	Apr 29, 2025

Abstract

A medical image diagnostic apparatus according to an embodiment includes processing circuitry and a display. The processing circuitry acquires medical images. The processing circuitry sends the medical images to a medical image processing apparatus that performs disease analysis based on the medical images. The processing circuitry receives the analysis result from the medical image processing apparatus. The display displays warning information based on the analysis result.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A medical image diagnostic apparatus, comprising:
processing circuitry configured to
acquire a medical image,
send the medical image to a medical image processing apparatus that performs disease analysis based on the acquired medical image, and
receive an analysis result from the medical image processing apparatus; and

a display configured to display warning information based on the received analysis result, wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to
obtain an image taken by a camera located in an examination room in which the medical image was acquired,
identify, based on the obtained image, a position in the examination room with which a subject and/or an operator came in contact, and
illuminate the identified position with light from a projector.

2. The medical image diagnostic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the display is configured to display the warning information, which indicates a possibility that the subject, for whom the medical image was acquired, has a disease.

3. The medical image diagnostic apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein, when the received analysis result indicates that the subject, for whom the medical image was acquired, is suspected of a disease, the display is configured to display information for confirming whether or not the subject has already left the examination room.

4. The medical image diagnostic apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein, when the subject has already left the examination room, the processing circuitry is further configured to send, to an apparatus in a network, information for preventing the subject from returning home.

5. The medical image diagnostic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the display is configured to display the warning information, which indicates an area with which the subject, for whom the medical image was acquired, came into contact.

6. A medical image processing system, comprising:
the medical image diagnostic apparatus according to claim 1 ; and
the medical image processing apparatus, which includes other processing circuitry configured to:
receive the medical image acquired by the medical image diagnostic apparatus,
perform the disease analysis based on the received medical image, and
send the analysis result to the medical image diagnostic apparatus.

7. A medical image processing apparatus, comprising:
processing circuitry configured to
receive a medical image acquired by a first medical image diagnostic apparatus,
perform disease analysis based on the received medical image, and
send an analysis result to the first medical image diagnostic apparatus,

wherein when the analysis result indicates that a subject for whom the medical image was acquired is suspected of an infectious disease, the processing circuitry is further configured to send the analysis result to a second medical image diagnostic apparatus that was used to examine the subject within a past predetermined period of time.

8. The medical image processing apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the first medical image diagnostic apparatus is an X-ray CT apparatus, and
the processing circuitry is further configured to:
generate an analysis image from a three-dimensional scanograph image acquired by the X-ray CT apparatus, and
perform the disease analysis based on the analysis image.

9. A medical image processing apparatus, comprising:
processing circuitry configured to
receive a medical image acquired by a first medical image diagnostic apparatus,
perform disease analysis based on the medical image, and
send an analysis result to a display installed in an examination room in which an examination is performed using the first medical image diagnostic apparatus,

wherein when the analysis result indicates that a subject for whom the medical image was acquired is suspected of an infectious disease, the processing circuitry is further configured to send the analysis result to a second medical image diagnostic apparatus that was used to examine the subject within a past predetermined period of time.

Assignees

• Canon Medical Systems Corp

Inventors

• Nishikori Akira
• Watanabe Tatsuya
• Ooshima Jun
• Minatoya Yohei
• Okuda Ryo

Classifications

• G16H40/20

  for the management or administration of healthcare resources or facilities, e.g. managing hospital staff or surgery rooms · CPC title

• G06T7/0012

  Biomedical image inspection · CPC title

• G06T2207/10081

  Computed x-ray tomography [CT] · CPC title

• G16H30/40 Primary

  for processing medical images, e.g. editing · CPC title

• A61B6/032

  Transmission computed tomography [CT] · CPC title