Medical system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016074009-A1
Application number	US-201514944712-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Nov 18, 2015
Priority date	Jan 29, 2014
Publication date	Mar 17, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

A medical system includes an operation panel provided with an LCD touch panel and an ultrasound observation apparatus connected via a cable. When a comment receiving section of the operation panel receives comment information from a comment transmitting section of the ultrasound observation apparatus, an LCD image processing section changes a comment on the LCD touch panel according to the comment information, an operation control section sends out information about the change to an apparatus control section, and the ultrasound observation apparatus changes a comment display of a predetermined portion on a diagnosis monitor.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A medical system capable of displaying desired character information on a subject image as a comment, the medical system comprising:
an operation section provided with a touch panel; a first control section performing observation control of the subject image, the first control section being connected to the operation section via communication means; a storage section keeping comment group information corresponding to classifications of the comment in plurality; a first transmitting/receiving section reading out the comment group information from the storage section and transmitting/receiving the comment group information to/from the operation section; a second transmitting/receiving section transmitting/receiving the comment group information to/from the first transmitting/receiving section, the second transmitting/receiving section being provided in the operation section; a touch panel image processing section displaying a corresponding comment on the touch panel according to the comment group information received by the second transmitting/receiving section, the touch panel image processing section being provided in the operation section; an image processing section reading out, when a desired comment on the touch panel is selected in a state that the comment in plurality are displayed on the touch panel by the touch panel image processing section, the comment on the touch panel received by the first transmitting/receiving section from the storage section, and displaying the corresponding comment on the subject image; a second control section controlling the first and second transmitting/receiving sections to read out the comment group information and transmit the comment group information to the first control section, the second control section being provided in the operation section; and a comment transmission/reception instructing section controlling transmission/reception of the comment group information according to a state of processing load of the first or second control section, the comment transmission/reception instructing section being connected to the first and second control sections.

2 . The medical system according to claim 1 , wherein
the comment group information stored in the storage section includes information about a position on the touch panel corresponding to each of the comments; the touch panel image processing section displays a comment corresponding to the corresponding position on the touch panel according to the information about the position on the touch panel of the comment group information; and the image processing section reads out the corresponding comment from the storage section according to the information about the position on the touch panel of the comment group information received by the first transmitting/receiving section, and displays the corresponding comment on the subject image.

3 . The medical system according to claim 2 , wherein
the medical system according to claim 2 is an ultrasound observation system capable of displaying desired character information on an ultrasound image of a subject as a comment; the first control section performs ultrasound observation control of the subject image, the first control section being connected to the operation section via the communication means; and the image processing section reads out, when a desired comment on the touch panel is selected in the state that the comment in plurality are displayed on the touch panel by the touch panel image processing section, a corresponding comment according to information about a position on the touch panel received by the first transmitting/receiving section from the storage section, and displays the corresponding comment on the ultrasound image of the subject.

4 . The medical system according to claim 3 , comprising an ultrasound observation apparatus providing predetermined image processing for the subject image and causing the subject image to be displayed on an external monitor, wherein
the operation section is configured separately from an ultrasound observation apparatus body portion of the ultrasound observation apparatus; the first control section, the storage section, the first transmitting/receiving section and the image processing section are provided in the ultrasound observation apparatus body portion; the second transmitting/receiving section, the touch panel image processing section and the second control section are provided in the operation section; and the first transmitting/receiving section in the ultrasound observation apparatus body portion and the second transmitting/receiving section in the operation section are connected via a cable.

5 . The medical system according to claim 3 , wherein the comment transmission/reception instructing section further judges whether transmission/reception of the comment group information by the first and second transmitting/receiving sections is successful or not, and gives an instruction regarding retransmission, a retransmission timing, or an amount of information to be retransmitted, to the first transmitting/receiving section.

6 . The medical system according to claim 5 , wherein the first and second transmitting/receiving sections use a sequence for mutual confirmation and notify the comment transmission/reception instructing section of whether mutual communication is successful or not and the comment group information for which mutual communication is failed.

7 . The medical system according to claim 5 , wherein the first and second transmitting/receiving sections divide the comment group information into one or more blocks to transmit/receive the comment group information, and
transmit/receive all of the comment group information or selectively transmit/receive each of the blocks according to an instruction from the comment transmission/reception instructing section.

8 . The medical system according to claim 7 , wherein the comment transmission/reception instructing section judges whether transmission/reception of the comment group information is successful or not for each of the blocks, and performs again transmission/reception of only a block for which transmission/reception is failed.

9 . The medical system according to claim 1 , wherein the comment transmission/reception instructing section monitors a state of information processing by an ultrasound observation operation in the ultrasound observation apparatus body portion, and controls transmission/reception of the comment group information according to an information processing load of the ultrasound observation apparatus body portion.

10 . The medical system according to claim 9 , wherein, in order to prioritize information processing due to the ultrasound observation operation in the ultrasound observation apparatus body portion, the comment transmission/reception instructing section inhibits transmission/reception of the comment group information when the information processing load of the ultrasound observation apparatus body portion is high and permits transmission/reception of the comment group information when the information processing load is low.

11 . The medical system according to claim 4 , wherein the ultrasound observation apparatus body portion further comprises:
an input section inputting an arbitrary comment as a comment of the comment group information; and a comment generating section causing a comment changed by the input section to be stored into the storage section.

12 . The medical system according to claim 11 , wherein the comment transmission/reception instructing section further gives an instruction regarding transmission of the comme

Assignees

• Olympus Corp

Inventors

• Yoshimura Takehiro

Classifications

• A61B8/5207

  involving processing of raw data to produce diagnostic data, e.g. for generating an image · CPC title

• A61B8/468 Primary

  allowing annotation or message recording · CPC title

• A61B8/461

  Displaying means of special interest · CPC title

• G06F3/048

  Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI] · CPC title

• A61B8/12

  in body cavities or body tracts, e.g. by using catheters · CPC title