Report creation support apparatus, creation support method thereof and program

摘要

In an apparatus configured to generate a report based on diagnosis target images, image characteristic conditions to identify a plurality of diagnosis target images specified by a user as a group are derived, search conditions of images similar to the diagnosis target images by using the obtained image characteristic conditions are determined, a database is searched for one or more similar images satisfying the search conditions; and image findings satisfying predetermined conditions is extracted from image findings attached to one or more obtained similar images.

主权项

1. An apparatus for obtaining images similar to a diagnosis target image, comprising:
a selector configured to select medical images specified by a user, the selected medical images each including image data representing a region of interest selected from within the diagnosis target image; a receiver configured to obtain, based on each of the selected medical images, an evaluation, from the image data representing the region of interest within each of the selected medical images, of an evaluation item common to the selected medical images; a determiner configured to determine a range based on each of the obtained evaluations, the range defining a space including evaluation values for indicating whether other medical images are similar to the selected medical images; and a central processing unit configured to search a database for one or more other medical images based on the determined range.