Imaging position correction application introduction support system, and imaging position correction application introduction support method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12414744-B2
Application number	US-202218090829-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 29, 2022
Priority date	Mar 2, 2022
Publication date	Sep 16, 2025
Grant date	Sep 16, 2025

Abstract

An imaging position correction application introduction support system is provided with a storage unit and a display unit. The imaging position correction application introduction support system is configured to cause the storage unit to store at least one of the number of times the imaging position correction application was used and a degree of correction when the relative position of the X-ray irradiation unit with respect to the specific site of the subject was corrected by the imaging position correction application, as the tentative use information on when the imaging position correction application is tentatively used. The display unit displays the information based on the tentative use information.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An imaging position correction application introduction support system, comprising:
a storage unit configured to store tentative use information on when an imaging position correction application was tentatively used, as information to be used to recommend an actual introduction of the imaging position correction application tentatively used as an application for correcting a relative position of an X-ray irradiation unit for emitting X-rays with respect to a specific site of a subject when capturing an X-ray image of the specific site of the subject; and
a display unit configured to display information based on the tentative use information stored in the storage unit,
wherein the storage unit is configured to store, as the tentative use information, at least one of a number of times the imaging position correction application was used and a degree of correction when the relative position of the X-ray irradiation unit with respect to the specific site of the subject was corrected by the imaging position correction application.

2. The imaging position correction application introduction support system as recited claim 1 , further comprising:
an acquisition unit configured to acquire, as the information to be used to recommend the actual introduction of the imaging position correction application to a user, recommendation information including information on the imaging position correction application recommended to be actually introduced, based on the tentative use information,
wherein the display unit is configured to display the recommendation information as information based on the tentative use information.

3. The imaging position correction application introduction support system as recited in claim 2 ,
wherein the acquisition unit is configured to
determine the imaging position correction application recommended to be actually introduced, based on at least one of magnitude of the number of times the imaging position correction application was used, the magnitude of the number of times being stored in the storage unit as the tentative use information, and magnitude of a degree of correction when the relative position of the X-ray irradiation unit with respect to the specific site of the subject was corrected by the imaging position correction application, the degree of correction being stored in the storage unit as the tentative use information, and
acquire the recommendation information including information on the determined imaging position correction application recommended to be actually introduced.

4. The imaging position correction application introduction support system as recited in claim 3 ,
wherein the storage unit stores at least the number of times the imaging position correction application was used as the tentative use information, and
wherein the acquisition unit is configured to
select the imaging position correction application recommended to be actually introduced from a plurality of imaging position correction applications, based on the magnitude of the number of times the imaging position correction application was used, the number of times being stored in the storage unit as the tentative use information, and
acquire the recommendation information including information on the selected imaging position correction application recommended to be actually introduced.

5. The imaging position correction application introduction support system as recited in claim 4 ,
wherein the acquisition unit is configured to
select the imaging position correction application recommended to be actually introduced from the plurality of imaging position correction applications, based on at least one of comparison between the number of times each of the plurality of imaging position correction applications was used and a predetermined threshold of the number of times and a ranking of the plurality of imaging position correction applications based on the number of times each of the plurality of imaging position correction application was used; and
acquire the recommendation information including information on the selected imaging position correction application recommended to be actually introduced.

6. The imaging position correction application introduction support system as recited in claim 2 ,
wherein the storage unit stores, as the tentative use information, at least the degree of correction when the relative position of the X-ray irradiation unit with respect to the specific site of the subject was corrected by the imaging position correction application, and
wherein the acquisition unit is configured to
select the imaging position correction application recommended to be actually introduced, from the plurality of imaging position correction applications, based on the degree of correction when the relative position of the X-ray irradiation unit with respect to the specific site of the subject by the imaging position correction application was corrected and a predetermined threshold of the degree of correction, the correction degree and the predetermined threshold being stored in the storage unit as the tentative use information, and
acquire the recommendation information including the information on the selected imaging position correction application recommended to be actually introduced.

7. The imaging position correction application introduction support system as recited in claim 2 ,
wherein the imaging position correction application to be introduced includes a knee imaging position correction application for correcting a relative position of the X-ray irradiation unit with respect to a knee of the subject when capturing an X-ray image of the knee of the subject,
wherein the storage unit stores, as the tentative use information, at least one of the number of times the knee imaging position correction application was used and a degree of correction when a relative position of the X-ray irradiation unit with respect to the knee of the subject was corrected, and
wherein the acquisition unit is configured to determine the knee imaging position correction application as the imaging position correction application recommended to be actually introduced, based on at least one of magnitude of the number of times the knee imaging position correction application was used, the magnitude of the number of times being stored in the storage unit as the tentative use information, and magnitude of a degree of correction when the relative position of the X-ray irradiation unit with respect to the knee of the subject was corrected by the knee imaging position correction application, the degree of correction being stored in the storage unit as the tentative use information.

8. The imaging position correction application introduction support system as recited in claim 2 , further comprising:
a server connected to an X-ray imaging apparatus in which the imaging position correction application is tentatively introduced, the X-ray imaging apparatus being configured to capture an X-ray image of the subject via a network,
wherein the server includes a storage unit and an acquisition unit, and
wherein the server is configured to
cause the storage unit to store, via a network, the tentative use information acquired from the X-ray imaging apparatus, and
acquire the recommendation information for recommending an introduction of the imaging position correction application to a user, based on the tentative use information stored in the storage unit.

9. The imaging position correction application introduction support system as recited in claim 2 , further comprising:
an X-ray imaging apparatus in which the imaging position correction application is tentatively introduced, the X-ray imaging apparatus bei

Assignees

• Shimadzu Corp

Inventors

• Yamamoto Junya
• Okumura Hiroshi

Classifications

• G06T7/0012

  Biomedical image inspection · CPC title

• G06T2207/10116

  X-ray image · CPC title

• G06T2207/30008

  Bone · CPC title

• A61B6/5205

  involving processing of raw data to produce diagnostic data · CPC title

• A61B6/488

  involving pre-scan acquisition · CPC title