Failed image management apparatus, operation method of failed image management apparatus, and failed image management system

Abstract

A first calculator calculates a first index value quantitatively indicating an imaging failure state for each imaging menu using a first calculation formula having a variable based on the number of times of occurrence of imaging failure for each imaging menu and a variable based on the rate of occurrence of imaging failure for each imaging menu. A first extractor automatically extracts a target menu as an imaging menu to be considered to prevent occurrence of imaging failure based on the first index value. A second extractor extracts a consideration image as a failed image associated with the target menu. A screen output controller generates a conference screen for displaying the target menu and the consideration image. A client terminal displays the conference screen on a display panel.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A failed image management apparatus comprising:
 a first calculator for calculating a first index value which quantitatively indicates an imaging failure state based on each imaging menu associated with a plurality of medical images containing failed images obtained as a result of failure in image capturing, the first calculator calculating the first index value using a first calculation formula having at least a variable based on the number of times of occurrence of imaging failure for each imaging menu and a variable based on a rate of occurrence of imaging failure for each imaging menu, or calculating the first index value using a first calculation formula having at least a variable based on an increasing rate of frequency of imaging failure for each imaging menu; and   a first extractor for automatically extracting a target menu which is the imaging menu as a target to be subject to consideration for the purpose of preventing occurrence of imaging failure based on the first index value.   
     
     
         2 . A failed image management apparatus as defined in  claim 1 , wherein
 the medical image is also associated with information regarding a medical staff member who performed the image capturing, and   a participant as the medical staff member who attends the consideration is designated.   
     
     
         3 . A failed image management apparatus as defined in  claim 2 , wherein the first calculation formula also has a variable based on the number of times of occurrence of imaging failure for each imaging menu for each participant and a variable based on the rate of occurrence of imaging failure for each imaging menu for each participant, in the case where the first index value is calculated using the first calculation formula having at least the variable based on the number of times of occurrence of imaging failure for each imaging menu and the variable based on the rate of occurrence of imaging failure for each imaging menu. 
     
     
         4 . A failed image management apparatus as defined in  claim 1 , wherein
 the medical image is also associated with information regarding an imaging order for instructing a medical staff member to perform the image capturing, and   the first calculation formula also has a variable based on the number of times of occurrence of imaging failure for each imaging menu in the image capturing corresponding to the same imaging order, in the case where the first index value is calculated using the first calculation formula having at least the variable based on the number of times of occurrence of imaging failure for each imaging menu and the variable based on the rate of occurrence of imaging failure for each imaging menu.   
     
     
         5 . A failed image management apparatus as defined in  claim 1 , wherein
 the medical image is also associated with information regarding a patient as a target for the image capturing, and   the first calculation formula also has a variable based on the number of times of occurrence of imaging failure for each imaging menu in the image capturing corresponding to the same patient, in the case where the first index value is calculated using the first calculation formula having at least the variable based on the number of times of occurrence of imaging failure for each imaging menu and the variable based on the rate of occurrence of imaging failure for each imaging menu.   
     
     
         6 . A failed image management apparatus as defined in  claim 1 , wherein the first calculation formula also has a variable based on the increasing rate of frequency of imaging failure of the target menu extracted at a previous consideration, in the case where the first index value is calculated using the first calculation formula having at least the variable based on the increasing rate of frequency of imaging failure for each imaging menu. 
     
     
         7 . A failed image management apparatus as defined in  claim 1 , wherein
 the medical image is also associated with information regarding a medical staff member who performed the image capturing,   a participant as the medical staff member who attends the consideration is designated, and   the first calculation formula also has a variable based on whether or not the participant, who attended a previous consideration and was designated to attend a current consideration, failed in the image capturing corresponding the target menu extracted at the previous consideration, in the case where the first index value is calculated using the first calculation formula having at least the variable based on the increasing rate of frequency of imaging failure for each imaging menu.   
     
     
         8 . A failed image management apparatus as defined in  claim 1 , wherein
 the medical image is also associated with information regarding date and time of the image capturing, and   a calculation target period, as a period in which the medical image having the first index value to be calculated by the first extractor is captured, is designated.   
     
     
         9 . A failed image management apparatus as defined in  claim 1 , further comprising a second extractor for extracting a consideration image that is the failed image associated with the target menu among a plurality of the failed images. 
     
     
         10 . A failed image management apparatus as defined in  claim 9 , further comprising a second calculator for calculating a second index value which quantitatively indicates a degree of priority of the consideration image to be viewed. 
     
     
         11 . A failed image management apparatus as defined in  claim 10 , wherein
 the medical image is also associated with information regarding a medical staff member who performed the image capturing,   a participant as the medical staff member who attends the consideration is designated, and   the second calculator calculates the second index value using a second calculation formula having at least a variable based on whether or not the failed image as the consideration image is associated with the participant.   
     
     
         12 . A failed image management apparatus as defined in  claim 10 , wherein the second extractor determines the failed image as the consideration image based on the second index value. 
     
     
         13 . A failed image management apparatus as defined in  claim 9 , wherein
 the medical image is also associated with information regarding the medical staff member who performed the image capturing,   a participant as the medical staff member who attends the consideration is designated,   the second extractor replaces the target menu with another target menu and extracts the consideration image again, in the case where there is no consideration image associated with the participant among the consideration images extracted based on the target menu, and   replacement of the target menus and re-extraction of the consideration images are repeated until the consideration image associated with the participant is extracted.   
     
     
         14 . A failed image management apparatus as defined in  claim 9 , wherein the second extractor increases the number of failed images to be extracted as the consideration images, as the imaging failure state indicated by the first index value of the target menu with which the failed image is associated is poorer, in the case where there are a plurality of the target menus extracted by the first extractor. 
     
     
         15 . A failed image management apparatus as defined in  claim 9 , wherein the number of consideration images to be extracted by the second extractor is designated. 
     
     
         16 . A failed image management apparatus as defined in  claim 9 , wherein
 the medical image is also associated with information regarding the date and time of the image capturing, and   an extraction target period, as a period in which the failed image to be extracted as the consideration image by the second extractor is captured, is designated.   
     
     
         17 . A failed image management apparatus as defined in  claim 1 , further comprising a screen output controller for controlling an output of a display screen for displaying the target menu and a second extractor for extracting a consideration image that is the failed image associated with the target menu among a plurality of the failed images,
 wherein the consideration image is also displayed on the display screen.   
     
     
         18 . A failed image management apparatus as defined in  claim 17 , further comprising a second calculator for calculating a second index value which quantitatively indicates a degree of priority of the consideration image to be viewed,
 wherein the consideration images arranged in accordance with the second index value are displayed on the display screen, or the consideration images each having a display size and a display position in accordance with the second index value are displayed on the display screen, in the case where there are a plurality of the consideration images extracted by the second extractor.   
     
     
         19 . An operation method of a failed image management apparatus comprising:
 a calculation step for calculating an index value which quantitatively indicates an imaging failure state based on each imaging menu associated with a plurality of medical images containing failed images obtained as a result of failure in image capturing, the calculation step calculating the index value using a calculation formula having at least a variable based on the number of times of occurrence of imaging failure for each imaging menu and a variable based on a rate of occurrence of imaging failure for each imaging menu, or calculating the index value using a calculation formula having at least a variable based on an increasing rate of frequency of imaging failure for each imaging menu; and   an extraction step for automatically extracting a target menu which is the imaging menu as a target to be subject to consideration for the purpose of preventing occurrence of imaging failure based on the index value.   
     
     
         20 . A failed image management system including a failed image management apparatus comprising:
 a calculator for calculating an index value which quantitatively indicates an imaging failure state based on each imaging menu associated with a plurality of medical images containing failed images obtained as a result of failure in image capturing, the calculator calculating the index value using a calculation formula having at least a variable based on the number of times of occurrence of imaging failure for each imaging menu and a variable based on a rate of occurrence of imaging failure for each imaging menu, or calculating the index value using a calculation formula having at least a variable based on an increasing rate of frequency of imaging failure for each imaging menu; and   an extractor for automatically extracting a target menu which is the imaging menu as a target to be subject to consideration for the purpose of preventing occurrence of imaging failure based on the index value.