JPH01201234A - Medical diagnostic picture display device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To display a medical diagnostic picture only and to observe the medical diagnostic picture while menu information is watched by transferring the menu information to other monitor even when the menu information is overlapped and displayed to the medical picture at a certain monitor. CONSTITUTION:When the medical diagnostic picture displayed at a first monitor 11 is observed sufficiently and the displaying of the menu information is an obstacle and further, the movement to a second monitor 12 to be moved from a keyboard 6 is required, the menu information read from a menu memory 17 is inputted to a second data synthesizing part 19 by a menu control part 20. A second data synthesizing part 19 synthesizes the medical diagnostic picture and the menu information from a second picture memory 10 and the menu information is overlapped and displayed at the medical examination picture displayed at the second monitor 12. Consequently, the displaying of the menu information is transferred from the first monitor 11 to the second monitor 12. Thus, the problem that the menu information is an obstacle and the medical diagnosis cannot be sufficiently observed is eliminated.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Objective of the Invention] (Industrial Application Field) The present invention reads out diagnostic image data from a plurality of image memories in which diagnostic image data for each subject is stored, and corresponds to each of these image memories. Diagnostic images can be simultaneously displayed on the desired display, and the menu information necessary for the diagnosis can be read from the menu memory and displayed superimposed on the diagnostic image displayed on the desired display. The present invention relates to a medical diagnostic image display device.

(Prior Art) In various medical image diagnostic apparatuses such as CT scanners and magnetic resonance imaging apparatuses (MHI), diagnosis of a subject is performed by displaying diagnostic images on a display 2, such as a monitor (CRT). It may be necessary to refer to the menu information necessary for diagnosis.

Conventionally, when referring to this menu information, the menu information was displayed on a monitor separate from the monitor displaying the diagnostic image (the former), or the menu information was displayed on the monitor where the diagnostic image was displayed (the latter). was.

However, in the former case, if you want to display diagnostic images obtained at different times on multiple monitors and compare them to make a diagnosis, menu information must be displayed on a single monitor. Diagnostic images cannot be displayed on all monitors. In addition, in the latter case, the diagnostic image displayed on the monitor and the menu information are displayed overlapping each other, so the display of the menu information becomes a hindrance, especially when you want to observe the diagnostic image closely. . Therefore, it is possible to erase the display of this menu information, but if you want to view the menu information at the same time, you cannot do that either.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) As described above, in conventional medical diagnostic image display devices, respective diagnostic images are displayed simultaneously on multiple monitors, and menu information necessary for diagnosis is displayed on one monitor. Either the diagnostic image is erased and displayed, or the menu information is displayed on the diagnostic image on that monitor, in other words, the menu information is fixedly displayed on a specific monitor. Therefore, there are problems in that the desired diagnostic image cannot be viewed, or that the menu information is obstructive and the diagnostic image cannot be sufficiently observed.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a medical diagnostic image display device that allows all diagnostic images to be observed and also allows menu information necessary for diagnosis to be transferred and displayed on a desired display without erasing it. shall be.

[Structure of the Invention] (Means for Solving the Problems) In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides an image memory corresponding to each display device in which diagnostic image data for each subject to be displayed on a plurality of display devices is stored. , a menu memory storing menu information necessary for diagnosis of the diagnostic image data stored in the image memory, and an input means for specifying a subject, specifying a menu display, and requesting a display device to be displayed. , a control means for reading out corresponding image data from each of the image memories when a subject is designated by the input means; and a control means for reading out corresponding image data from each of the image memories, and when a command to designate a menu display and request a display to be displayed is issued by the input means; The present invention is configured to include data synthesis means for reading menu information from the menu memory, synthesizing this with diagnostic image data displayed on a corresponding display, and displaying the superimposed information.

(Function) In the medical diagnostic image display device according to the present invention, when diagnostic image data is read out from a plurality of image memories in which diagnostic image data for each specimen is stored, all of these diagnostic images are read out. It is now possible to display items simultaneously on the display unit, and when a command to specify the menu display and request the display unit to be displayed is issued, the menu information necessary for the diagnosis is read from the menu memory and displayed on the specified display unit. The diagnostic image data displayed on the display is combined with the diagnostic image data to enable superimposed display on the display.

(Example) An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows an example of the configuration of a medical diagnostic image display device according to the present invention using a block circuit. In Figure 1, 1
1 is a processor that is responsible for controlling each section to be described later through a system bus 2, and this processor 1 operates based on a program area set in a ROM 3, and a keyboard 6 that is processed by an input processing section 5 and written to a RAM 4.
, and executes control operations based on various input information from the trackball 7. 8 is an address generator that generates address data under the control of the processor 1; 9 and 10 are address generators that generate diagnostic image data to be displayed on the first monitor (CRT) 11 and the second monitor 12; The first and second image memories 13 each store the diagnostic image data in accordance with the designation of the address data to process the diagnostic image data taken in from the external disk 14 through the image holder input/output unit 15 into data necessary for display; data bus 16
This is an image processing unit that transfers images to the first and second image memories 9 and 10 through the image memory 9 and 10. On the other hand, 17 is a menu memory in which menu information necessary for diagnosis is stored in accordance with address data generated from the address generator 8; 18 is a first memory;
a first data synthesis unit that synthesizes diagnostic image data read from the image memory 9 and menu information read from the menu memory 17 and displays the result on the first monitor 11;
Reference numeral 19 denotes a second data synthesis unit that synthesizes diagnostic image data read from the second image memory 10 and menu information read from the menu memory 17 and displays the result on the second monitor 12. Furthermore, when an I request is issued from the keyboard 6 to specify the display of menu information and to display the menu information on either the first monitor 11 or the second monitor 12, the input processing section 20 inputs the information received through the input processing section 15. This is a menu control unit that reads menu information from the menu memory 17 in accordance with specifications and requests, and controls the transfer of this information to the first data synthesis unit 18 or the second data synthesis unit 19.

Next, the operation of the medical diagnostic image display device configured as described above will be described.

Currently, diagnostic image data for each subject that has been imported from the external disk 14 through the image input/output section 15 is processed by the image processing section 13 and stored in the first image memory 9 and the second image memory 10. shall be. Further, the menu memory 17 stores in advance menu information necessary for diagnosis corresponding to each diagnostic image data stored in the first image memory 9 and the second image memory 10. In such a state, when a subject is designated from the keyboard 6, the first image memory 9 is stored under the control of the processor 1.
Diagnostic image data at the address corresponding to the address data generated by the address generation unit 8 is read out from the second image memory 10 and displayed on the first and second monitors 11 and 12.
are displayed respectively. Next, when a command is issued from the keyboard 6 to specify the menu information and request the monitor to be displayed, for example, the first monitor 11, the menu memory 17 is controlled by the processor 1 and the menu control unit 20 to select the current diagnostic image from the menu memory 17. Menu information is address generation part 8
The data is read out in response to address designation from the data processor 18, and is input to the first data synthesis unit 18. This first data synthesis section 18
Then, this menu information is combined with the diagnostic image data read out from the first image memory 9, and the menu information is superimposed on the diagnostic image displayed on the first monitor 11 as shown in FIG. will be displayed.

Here, if you want to closely observe the diagnostic image displayed on the first monitor 11, but the display of menu information gets in the way, you can move it from the keyboard 6 to the monitor you want to move, in this case to the second monitor 12. When a request is made, this request command is taken into the menu control unit 20 through the input processing unit 5, and the menu information read from the menu memory 17 by the menu control unit 20 is sent to the second data synthesis unit 19.
Enter. This second data synthesis section 19 synthesizes the diagnostic image read out from the second image memory 10 and the menu information, and displays the image on the second monitor 12 as shown in FIG.
Menu information is displayed superimposed on the diagnostic image displayed on the screen. Therefore, the display of menu information is transferred from the first monitor 11 to the second monitor 12.

In this way, in this embodiment, the first
When the diagnostic image data of the subject specified by the keyboard 6 is read out from the image memory 9 and the second image memory 10 of the image memory 9 and the second image memory 10 of the Specify the display of menu information and the first monitor 11 on which you want to display the menu information.
Alternatively, when a request command is issued to any of the second monitors 12, the menu control unit 20 selects from the menu memory 17 information necessary for the diagnosis corresponding to the diagnostic image displayed on the first monitor 11 or the second monitor 12. The menu information is read out and given to the first data synthesis section 18 or the second data synthesis section 19 to be synthesized with the diagnostic image data, and displayed on the first monitor 11 or the second monitor 12 on the side to be displayed. Since menu information can be displayed superimposed on diagnostic images, unlike conventional methods that display menu information fixedly on a specific monitor, it is now possible to observe all diagnostic images at the same time, and the diagnosis It is possible to transfer and display menu information necessary for displaying on the desired monitor without erasing it. Therefore, even if menu information is displayed superimposed on a diagnostic image on one monitor, by transferring this menu information to another monitor, it is possible to display only the diagnostic image. Observations can be made.

In addition, in the above embodiment, a case was described in which diagnostic images are displayed simultaneously on two monitors, and menu information is superimposed and displayed on one of the monitors, but it is also possible to display diagnostic images on three or more monitors. It is also possible to display the menu information simultaneously and to transfer the menu information to any of the monitors so that it can be displayed superimposed on the diagnostic image.

Further, the menu information includes an image observation menu, patient name, image interpretation report, etc.

[Effects of the Invention] As described above, according to the present invention, all diagnostic images can be observed, and menu information necessary for diagnosis can also be transferred to the desired display device and displayed without erasing it. It is possible to provide a medical diagnostic image display device that can perform

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block circuit diagram showing an embodiment of a medical diagnostic image display device according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining the operation of the embodiment. 1...Processor, 2...System bus, 3...RAM, 4...ROM, 5
...Input processing unit, 6...Keyboard,
7...Trackball, 8...Address generation section, 9...First image memory, 10...
...Second image memory, 11...First monitor, 12...Second monitor, 13...
・Image processing section, 14... External disk, 15.
...Image input/output unit, 16...Data bus, 17...Menu memory, 18...
First data synthesis section, 19... second data synthesis section, 20... menu control section. Figure 1 @ Figure 2

Claims (1)

[Claims] An image memory corresponding to each display that stores diagnostic image data for each subject to be displayed on multiple displays, and a menu that stores menu information necessary for diagnosis for the diagnostic image data stored in these image memories. memory and
input means for specifying a subject, specifying a menu display, and requesting a display device to be displayed; and a control means for reading out corresponding image data from each of the image memories when a subject is specified by this input means. When a command to designate a menu display and request a display device to be displayed is issued by the input means, menu information is read from the menu memory, and this is combined with the diagnostic image data displayed on the corresponding display device. 1. A medical diagnostic image display device comprising: data synthesis means for superimposing and displaying.