Patent ID: 6656119
Filing Date: 2003-12-02
Classification: A61B,G16H

Abstract:
A method of a medical imaging diagnostic apparatus by a remote computer connected via a communication line, the method comprising the steps of:generating log data pertaining to a use state of the medical imaging diagnostic apparatus; transmitting the generated log data to the remote computer via the communication line; storing the transmitted log data as data in a predetermined database on the remote computer; and analyzing the use state of the medical imaging diagnostic apparatus so that the use state can be quantitatively displayed based on the log data stored in the database, wherein the medical imaging diagnostic apparatus is an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus, and wherein the analysis result of the use state of the medical imaging diagnostic apparatus includes at least one of (i) the number of patients diagnosed within a predetermined period of time by the ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus, (ii) each use time of an ultrasonic diagnostic Doppler mode, a B mode, M mode, a CFM (Color Flow Mapping) mode, an angiographic mode, a TDI (Tissue Doppler Imaging) mode, a THI (Tissue Harmonic Imaging) mode, and a measurement mode used by the ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus, (iii) a freeze count of an ultrasonic image displayed by the ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus, (iv) an ultrasonic image recording count, and (v) a rate of the recording count to the freeze count.