SYSTEM FOR CAPTURE, CONVERSION AND STORAGE OF ENDOSCOPIC IMAGES
Endoscopy; Image of Endoscopy; Digital image capture; DICOM; PACS
Images in endoscopy are essential items for the documentation of the examination, archiving for studies and discussion of the findings by the clinical team. In current endoscopy equipment there is no simplified method for digital capture and storage of the exams. The use of printers, coupled to the system, is the only way to document the images of the exam. Lack of filing makes the preparation of medical reports more costly, time consuming, and makes it difficult to view later for teaching and research. In order to solve the problem, the objective of this work was to develop an innovative solution using low cost hardware and software tools capable of capturing, converting and storing the images produced in the endoscopy sector of the University Hospital Onofre Lopes (HUOL), UFRN , where the demand arose. For the accomplishment of this work four steps were carried out: Literature review on the technique of endoscopy, and image digitalization, analysis of the equipment present in the HUOL, development of image capture system and, finally, creation of mechanism of storage and conversion images. To capture the images, a low cost microcomputer Raspberry Pi was used, and a desktop microcomputer serving as a server for manipulation, visualization and storage of the images. An application has been developed to allow the exams to be stored remotely on a medical imaging filing and communications server, allowing the clinical staff to access them from anywhere. The developed system provides, in addition to cost savings, the improvement of the endoscopy industry processes as it allows the exams to be stored remotely on a medical imaging filing and communication server, allowing clinic staff to access them from anywhere.