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US 12,569,215 · App. 18/181,547 · Granted Mar 10, 2026

Imaging management device, method for operating imaging management device, and operation program for imaging management device

Inventors: Hisatsugu Horiuchi (Tokyo, JP); Koji Taninai (Tokyo, JP); Masataka Sugahara (Tokyo, JP); Kazuyuki Ogi (Tokyo, JP); Atsushi Onoda (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
A61B6/548A61B6/0407
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Patent No.
US 12,569,215
App. No.
18/181,547
Granted
Mar 10, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A CPU of an imaging management device has a status recognition unit, an entrance control unit, a speaker control unit, and a monitor control unit. The status recognition unit acquires progress status information indicating a progress status of radiography at each of the plurality of radiography rooms, such as subject position information indicating a position of a subject in the radiography room. The entrance control unit performs entrance control of the subject into the radiography room based on the progress status information. The speaker control unit and the monitor control unit perform output control of guide voice and guide information regarding imaging toward the subject. The entrance control by the entrance control unit and the output control by the speaker control unit and the monitor control unit are performed, thereby shifting the timing of the radiography at the plurality of radiography rooms.

Claims (35)

1 . An imaging management device that manages imaging with a plurality of medical imaging systems installed at a plurality of imaging places,

the imaging management device comprising:

a processor,

wherein the processor is configured to;

acquire progress status information indicating a progress status of the imaging at each of the plurality of imaging places, the progress status information including imaging preparation completion information indicating that preparation of the imaging is completed and that a timing of the imaging is reached;

notify an operator that the timing of the imaging is reached in response to acquiring the imaging preparation completion information; and

perform at least one of access control to the imaging place of a subject to be a target of the imaging or output control of guide information regarding the imaging toward the subject based on the progress status information to shift the timing of the imaging at the plurality of imaging places.

2 . The imaging management device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the medical imaging system is a radiography system, and

the processor is configured to acquire a position adjustment end signal indicating that adjustment of positions of a radiation source that performs irradiation of radiation and a radiographic image detector that receives the radiation to detect a radiographic image ends, as the imaging preparation completion information.

3 . The imaging management device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the processor is configured to acquire a determination result that a status of the subject is proper for the imaging, as the imaging preparation completion information.

4 . The imaging management device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the processor is configured to

acquire a detection result of body movement by breathing of the subject, and

perform control for displaying an animation indicating transition of a breathing state of the subject based on the detection result on a display as the guide information.

5 . The imaging management device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the imaging place is at least one of an imaging room for the medical imaging system installed in a medical facility or a traveling examination car in which the medical imaging system is mounted.

6 . The imaging management device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the medical imaging system is a radiography system.

7 . The imaging management device according to claim 2 ,

wherein the processor is configured to acquire a determination result that a degree of close contact of the subject with an imaging stand on which the subject is positioned for the imaging is proper for the imaging, as the imaging preparation completion information.

8 . The imaging management device according to claim 3 ,

wherein the medical imaging system is a radiography system, and

the processor is configured to acquire a determination result indicating that an imaging region as a region to be imaged in a radiographic image falls within a detection region for radiation of a radiographic image detector that receives the radiation to detect the radiographic image, as the imaging preparation completion information.

9 . The imaging management device according to claim 3 ,

wherein the processor is configured to acquire a determination result that a degree of stillness of the subject is proper for the imaging, as the imaging preparation completion information.

10 . A method for operating an imaging management device that manages imaging with a plurality of medical imaging systems installed at a plurality of imaging places, the method comprising:

acquiring progress status information indicating a progress status of the imaging at each of the plurality of imaging places, the progress status information including imaging preparation completion information indicating that preparation of the imaging is completed and that a timing of the imaging is reached;

notifying an operator that the timing of the imaging is reached in response to acquiring the imaging preparation completion information; and

performing at least one of access control to the imaging place of a subject to be a target of the imaging or output control of guide information regarding the imaging toward the subject based on the progress status information to shift the timing of the imaging at the plurality of imaging places.

11 . A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing an operation program for an imaging management device that manages imaging with a plurality of medical imaging systems installed at a plurality of imaging places, the operation program causing a computer to execute a process, the process comprising:

acquiring progress status information indicating a progress status of the imaging at each of the plurality of imaging places, the progress status information including imaging preparation completion information indicating that preparation of the imaging is completed and that a timing of the imaging is reached;

notifying an operator that the timing of the imaging is reached in response to acquiring the imaging preparation completion information; and

performing at least one of access control to the imaging place of a subject to be a target of the imaging or output control of guide information regarding the imaging toward the subject based on the progress status information to shift the timing of the imaging at the plurality of imaging places.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 14, 2023
From: HORIUCHI, HISATSUGU; TANINAI, KOJI; SUGAHARA, MASATAKA; OGI, KAZUYUKI; ONODA, ATSUSHI
To: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 062969/0299 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2022-044572 · Mar 18, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230293134A1 · Sep 21, 2023
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