CONTROL METHOD AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM

摘要

A display control unit vertically divides a case display area in accordance with the number of disease names selected by a user to create a number of sub-areas equal to the number of disease names. Each of the sub-areas is vertically elongated so that thumbnail images of similar cases of the corresponding disease name are displayed so as to be aligned in a column. The display control unit displays, in each sub-area, thumbnail images of similar cases of the corresponding disease name so that the thumbnail images are aligned in a column in order of decreasing similarity to a search query image displayed in a layout area.

主权项

1. A control method for controlling an information terminal for access to a case search system that searches for a medical image with reference to a medical image database having medical images registered therein, the information terminal including a display and a computer, wherein a target medical image is displayed on the display, the target medical image being a medical image that is a target to be interpreted and that is selected from among candidates for image interpretation, the control method comprising:
causing the computer of the information terminal to detect first designation information indicating a region of interest in the target medical image; causing the computer of the information terminal to receive from the case search system, in accordance with the region of interest indicated by the first designation information, a plurality of similar medical images each having a feature value having a predetermined similarity to a feature value of the region of interest; causing the computer of the information terminal to display a display screen including a first display area and a second display area, the first display area being used to display the target medical image, the second display area being an area in which a certain number of images among the plurality of similar medical images are displayed so as to be arranged horizontally in order of decreasing similarity to the target medical image, the display screen further including a third display area used to select a disease name; and causing the computer of the information terminal to, in response to selection of a plurality of disease names using the third display area, select disease-associated similar medical images corresponding to each of the selected plurality of disease names from among the plurality of similar medical images, and to display the selected disease-associated similar medical images in the second display area so that the selected disease-associated similar medical images are classified by each of the selected plurality of disease names and are arranged vertically in a corresponding one of sub-areas in order of decreasing similarity to the target medical image.