IP Library Granted Patent US 7,032,132
Granted Patent B2
US 7,032,132 · App. 10/162,585 · Granted Apr 18, 2006

Reproduction test service apparatus for medical systems, maintenance support information management apparatus, X-ray CT system, and maintenance service center apparatus

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Patent No.
US 7,032,132
App. No.
10/162,585
Granted
Apr 18, 2006
Kind
B2
Abstract

In order to reproduce the past operations of a medical system, a reproduction test service apparatus stores a plurality of past log files directly or indirectly supplied from the medical system in a log file storage unit and reproduces the past operations of the medical system on a pseudo X-ray CT system in accordance with the stored log files.

Claims (17)

1. A reproduction test service apparatus configured to reproduce past operations of a medical system, comprising:

a unit configured to receive a plurality of log files directly or indirectly from the medical system through a communication circuit, the log files indicating the past operations of the medical system;

a unit configured to store the plurality of log files;

a pseudo medical system; and

a control unit configured to control the pseudo medical system, based on the log files, so as to reproduce the past operations of the medical system on the pseudo medical system,

wherein the unit configured to receive the log files is further configured to receive at least one of pure raw data and raw data, the pure raw data being data converted from signals detected by the medical system, the raw data being data processed from the pure raw data, and

the control unit is further configured to control the pseudo medical system based on the at least one of the pure raw data and the raw data.

2. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the pseudo medical system reproduces the past operations of the medical system while retracing back through the past operations one after another according to an operation history of the medical system.

3. The apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the pseudo medical system automatically stops the reproducing operation when the same conditions, as when the fault occurred in the medical system, are reproduced by the pseudo medical system.

4. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the pseudo medical system differs from the medical system at least in that the pseudo medical system has neither a gantry nor a bed.

5. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the unit configured to receive a plurality of past log files receives pure raw data or raw data together with the log files.

6. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the pseudo medical system reproduces the past operations under the same reconstruction conditions as with the past operations of the medical system.

7. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the pseudo medical system reproduces the past operations under the same system operating conditions as with the past operations of the medical system.

8. The apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising an operating unit configured to set up conditions of the past operations to be reproduced by the pseudo medical system.

9. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of log files are ones which have been generated since the medical system was last activated.

10. The apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising an indication unit configured to indicate the pseudo medical system is in reproducing operation.

11. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the along files are base on data generated by the medical system.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 31, 2016
From: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
To: TOSHIBA MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
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