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Granted Patent B2
US 12,496,022 · App. 18/173,786 · Granted Dec 16, 2025

Imaging support apparatus, operation method of imaging support apparatus, and operation program of imaging support apparatus

Inventors: Hisatsugu Horiuchi (Tokyo, JP); Koji Taninai (Tokyo, JP); Masataka Sugahara (Tokyo, JP); Kazuyuki Ogi (Tokyo, JP); Atsushi Onoda (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
A61B6/0492A61B6/461A61B6/488A61B6/4429A61B6/4464A61B6/4476A61B6/54A61B6/548
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Patent No.
US 12,496,022
App. No.
18/173,786
Granted
Dec 16, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A CPU of a console includes a status recognition unit and a projector controller. The status recognition unit acquires subject position information, an adjustment end signal, and an irradiation end signal, which are progress status information indicating a progress status of radiography. The projector controller performs control of causing a projector to project guide information which is related to imaging aimed at a subject, the guide information corresponding to the progress status information, onto a preset projection surface of a radiography room.

Claims (35)

1 . An imaging support apparatus used in a medical image capturing system that performs imaging of a medical image of a subject in an imaging room, the apparatus comprising:

a processor,

wherein the processor

acquires progress status information indicating a progress status of the imaging, and

performs control of causing a projector to project guide information which is related to the imaging aimed at the subject, the guide information corresponding to the progress status information, onto a preset projection surface of the imaging room,

wherein the guide information includes at least one of:

information indicating a movement route of the subject in the imaging room, or

information indicating a standing position of the subject in the imaging room, the preset projection surface being a floor surface of the imaging room.

2 . The imaging support apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the processor

acquires subject position information indicating a position of the subject in the imaging room, and

outputs a warning in a case in which the position of the subject indicated by the subject position information deviates from the movement route.

3 . The imaging support apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the processor

acquires subject position information indicating a position of the subject in the imaging room, and

outputs a warning in a case in which the position of the subject indicated by the subject position information deviates from the standing position.

4 . The imaging support apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the guide information includes information indicating at least any one of a position or a posture of the subject with respect to an imaging table on which the subject is positioned for the imaging, and

the projection surface is the imaging table, a wall surface of the imaging room around the imaging table, or a ceiling of the imaging room above the imaging table.

5 . The imaging support apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein, in a case in which brightness of the imaging room is equal to or larger than a preset threshold value, the processor performs control of setting the brightness of the imaging room to be less than the threshold value.

6 . The imaging support apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the medical image capturing system is a radiography system.

7 . An operation method of an imaging support apparatus used in a medical image capturing system that performs imaging of a medical image of a subject in an imaging room, the method comprising:

acquiring progress status information indicating a progress status of the imaging; and

performing control of causing a projector to project guide information which is related to the imaging aimed at the subject, the guide information corresponding to the progress status information, onto a preset projection surface of the imaging room,

wherein the guide information includes at least one of:

information indicating a movement route of the subject in the imaging room, or

information indicating a standing position of the subject in the imaging room, the preset projection surface being a floor surface of the imaging room.

8 . A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing an operation program of an imaging support apparatus used in a medical image capturing system that performs imaging of a medical image of a subject in an imaging room, the program causing a computer to execute a process comprising:

acquiring progress status information indicating a progress status of the imaging; and

performing control of causing a projector to project guide information which is related to the imaging aimed at the subject, the guide information corresponding to the progress status information, onto a preset projection surface of the imaging room,

wherein the guide information includes at least one of:

information indicating a movement route of the subject in the imaging room, or

information indicating a standing position of the subject in the imaging room, the preset projection surface being a floor surface of the imaging room.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 8, 2023
From: HORIUCHI, HISATSUGU; TANINAI, KOJI; SUGAHARA, MASATAKA; OGI, KAZUYUKI; ONODA, ATSUSHI
To: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 062914/0272 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2022-044571 · Mar 18, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
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