Portable medical diagnostic imaging apparatus and communication control method in portable medical diagnostic imaging apparatus
View Patent ↗A portable medical diagnostic imaging apparatus includes a wireless communication connection portion configured to connect to a network wirelessly, a signal strength obtaining portion configured to obtain signal strength of the wireless connection connected to the network, and a communication control portion configured to switch processing relating to data transmission in accordance with an obtained signal strength of the wireless connection.
1. A portable medical diagnostic imaging apparatus comprising:
a wireless communication connection interface configured to connect to a network wirelessly;
a memory circuit configured to store a program; and
a processor configured, by executing the program, to:
obtain a signal strength of wireless connection connected to the network; and
switch processing relating to data transmission in accordance with the obtained signal strength of the wireless connection,
in accordance with the obtained signal strength of the wireless connection, switch the processing relating to data transmission between (a) image data transmission processing for executing both data transmission processing of a medical image obtained by photographing an object and data transmission processing of work management information relating to an inspection and (b) management data transmission processing of stopping the data transmission processing of the medical image and executing the data transmission processing of the work management information.
2. The portable medical diagnostic imaging apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the processing relating to data transmission includes:
at least one of a service specified in conformity to a function in a DICOM (Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine) standard and processing relating to information specified in HL7 (Health Level Seven).
3. The portable medical diagnostic imaging apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the processing relating to data transmission includes first data transmission processing and second data transmission processing, a transmission amount of the first data transmission processing being larger than a transmission amount of the second data transmission processing; and
the processor is configured to:
execute both the first data transmission processing and the second data transmission processing when signal strength of the wireless connection is strong, and
switch the processing relating to data transmission so as to stop the first data transmission processing and execute the second data transmission processing when the signal strength of the wireless connection is weak.
4. The portable medical diagnostic imaging apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein
the processing relating to data transmission is a service specified in conformity to a function in a DICOM (Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine) standard;
the first data transmission processing is data transmission processing of a medical image; and
the second data transmission processing is data transmission processing of information relating to a worklist.
5. The portable medical diagnostic imaging apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein
when the signal strength of the wireless connection is less than a first threshold value, the processor is configured to determine that the signal strength is weak; and
when the signal strength of the wireless connection exceeds a second threshold value, the processor is configured to determine that the signal strength is strong and switch the processing relating to data transmission.
6. The portable medical diagnostic imaging apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein
when the signal strength of the wireless connection is located between the first threshold value and the second threshold value, the processor is configured to maintain a state of the processing relating to data transmission.
7. The portable medical diagnostic imaging apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the data transmission processing of work management information is stopped under a condition different from the data transmission processing of the medical image.
8. The portable medical diagnostic imaging apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the processor is configured to determine whether or not to execute the processing relating to data transmission on the basis of a type of an image or a file size of the image when processing relating to data transmission of a medical image is to be executed.
9. The portable medical diagnostic imaging apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
when processing relating to data transmission of a medical video file is to be executed, the processor is configured to transfer the medical video file when a communication speed with a server at a connection destination connected to the network is at a predetermined speed or faster.
10. A communication control method in a portable medical diagnostic imaging apparatus for executing processing relating to data transmission via a network, wherein
the portable medical diagnostic imaging apparatus includes a wireless communication connection interface configured to connect to the network wirelessly, the method comprising
obtaining a signal strength of a wireless connection connected to the network; and
in accordance with the obtained signal strength of the wireless connection, switching the processing relating to data transmission between (a) image data transmission processing for executing both data transmission processing of a medical image obtained by photographing an object and data transmission processing of work management information relating to an inspection and (b) management data transmission processing of stopping the data transmission processing of the medical image and executing the data transmission processing of the work management information.