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EP0616290A2
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Medical information processing system for supporting diagnosis.
Assignee: Toshiba Corp
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Filing: 1994-02-28
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2014-02-28
Abstract
Abstract A medical information processing system for supporting diagnosis, which allows an original image (eg. X-ray image) to be displayed together with a reduced image for indicating positions of abonormalities. The system includes a detecting unit for detecting abnormalities in the image, a unit for marking the abnormalities on the reduced image and a display unit for displaying the original and reduced images so that they do not interfere with one another.
Inventors
- 👤 Katsuyuki Taguchi
- 👤 Shinichi Yamada
- 👤 Takehiro Ema
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
EP
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-24 10:51
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06T; G06T7/00; G06T7/0002; G06T7/0012; G06T7/10; G06T7/11; G16; G16H; G16H30/00; G16H30/20; G16H50/00; G16H50/20; G06T2207/00; G06T2207/10; G06T2207/10116; G06T2207/30; G06T2207/30004; G06T2207/30061; G06T2207/30064
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 28
Claim 1
Independent Claim
64 words
A medical information processing system for supporting diagnosis, the system comprising: detecting means for detecting location of abnormality from a first medical image in accordance with a predetermined algorithm; image forming means for forming a second medical image in which a marker indicating the location of the abnormality is overlapped; and display means for displaying the first medical image and the second medical image.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
42 words
The system of claim 1, wherein the display means include minification means by which a size of the second medical image is minified, and both the minified second image and the first medical image are displayed simultaneously in a single image frame.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
20 words
The system of claim 1, wherein the first image and the second image are separately displayed in the display means.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
18 words
The system of claim 1, wherein the second image which is minified is overlapped to the first image.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
20 words
The system of claim 1, wherein the second image which is a schmatic image is overlapped to the first image.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
105 words
A medical information processing system for supporting diagnosis, the system comprising: diagnosis result obtaining means for obtaining a first diagnosis result from a medical image, by detecting at least one of location and type of abnormality according to a predetermined algorithm; externally inputting means for externally inputting a second diagnosis result containing data on at least one of the location and type of the abnormality; and comparison means for comparing at least one of the location and type of the abnormality confirmed from the first diagnosis result and at least one of the location and type of the abnormality confirmed from the second diagnosis result.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
50 words
The system of claim 6, the comparison means is characterized in that the locations of abnormalities obtained from the first and second diagnosis are compared, and that the respective locations of abnormalities are regarded as a same location when a distance between the locations are less than a predetermined value.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
45 words
The system of claim 6, further comprising: judgement means for distinguishing whether or not the second diagnosis result lies within a region of interest (ROI) of the first diagnosis result, prior to that the first and second diagnosis results are compared by the comparison means.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
117 words
The system of claim 8, wherein the comparison means includes: ROI resetting means for resetting the ROI of the first diagnosis result and inputting the reset ROI to the diagnosis result obtaining means, when the second diagnosis result lies externally of a ROI of the first diagnosis result, and when the second diagnostic result lies within an applicable range of the diagnosis result obtaining means; and direct output means for directly outputting the second diagnosis result without being compared with the first diagnosis result, when the second diagnosis result lies externally of the ROI of the first diagnosis result, and when the second diagnosis result lies outside of an applicable range of the diagnosis result obtaining means.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
116 words
A medical information processing system for supporting diagnosis, the system comprising: first diagnosis acquiring means for obtaining first diagnosis results by detecting abnormality in a plurality of medical images, in accordance with a predetermined algorithm; externally inputting means for externally inputting second diagnosis results for the plurality of medical images; comparison means by which the first diagnosis results and the second diagnosis results are compared, and the plurality of the medical images are classified into plural categories based on resultant comparison between the first and the second diagnosis results; and output means for outputting a medical image corresponding to at least one of a predetermined category and identifying data thereof among the plurality of medical images.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
34 words
The system of claim 10, wherein the output means includes: memory-and-output means for storing a diagnosis result for each category and for outputting, sequentially or at once, the diagnosis result in a specific category.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
83 words
A medical information processing system for supporting diagnosis, the system comprising: first diagnosis result acquiring means for obtaining a first diagnosis result for a plurality of medical images, in accordance with a predetermined algorithm; classifying means for classifying the plural medical images into a plurality of categories, based on the diagnosis results; and second diagnosis result acquiring means for obtaining a second diagnosis result, in accordance with the predetermined algorithm, for medical images belonging to a predetermined category among the classified medical images.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
39 words
The system of claim 12, wherein the first diagnosis result acquiring means obtains the first diagnosis result based on a different threshold value from that used in obtaining the second diagnosis result by the second diagnosis result acquiring means.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
38 words
The system of claim 12, wherein the first diagnosis result acquiring means obtains the first diagnosis result based on a different algorithm from that used in obtaining the second diagnosis result by the second diagnosis result acquiring means.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
76 words
A medical information processing system for supporting diagnosis, the system comprising: storage means for storing a plurality of medical images; input means for inputting an uninterpreted medical image; abnormality detection means for detecting abnormality in the the uninterpreted medical image; selection means for selecting the medical image in accordance with abnormality detected in the uninterpreted medical image; and display means for displaying simultaneously the medical image selected by the selection means, and the examination medical image.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
20 words
The system of claim 15, wherein the abnormality detection means detects a type of abnormality in respective uniterpreted medical images.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
24 words
The system of claim 15, wherein the selection means select the medical images in a manner that respective plural medical images are given priorities.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
52 words
A medical information processing system for supporting diagnosis, the system comprising: input means for inputting a medical image; abnormality detection means for detecting abnormality in the medical image inputted by the input means; and output means for outputting an instruction in accordance with presence of abnormality detected by the abnormality detection means.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
30 words
The system of claim 18, wherein the output means is activated when abnormality is detected, and the output means outputs the instruction containing therein that an additional examination is necessary.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
17 words
The system of claim 18, wherein the output means outputs the instruction which includes an examination procedure.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
54 words
A medical information processing system for supporting diagnosis, the system comprising: image acquisition means for acquiring a medical image; and abnormality detection means for detecting abnormality in the medical image inputted by the input means.; and output means for outputting an instruction in accordance with presence of abnormality detected by the abnormality detection means.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
25 words
The system of claim 21, further comprising: output means for outputting an instruction in accordance with presence of abnormality detected by the abnormality detection means.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
29 words
The system of claim 21, further comprising: condition setting means for setting an image acquiring condition of the image acquisition means to an examination procedure for an additional examination.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
95 words
A medical information processing system for supporting diagnosis, the system comprising: input means for inputting an image; detection means for detecting at least one of a type and location of abnormality existent in the image; memory means for storing at least one of the type and location of abnormality in a fixed sentence form so as to be expressed into a predetermined sentence structure; and generating means for generating a sentence including at least one of the type and the location of abnormality detected by the detection means, in accordance with the fixed sentence form.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
18 words
The system of claim 24, further comprising: correction means for correcting the sentence generated by the generating means.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
107 words
A medical information processing system for supporting diagnosis, the system comprising: diagnosis acquiring means for obtaining for obtaining first diagnosis results by detecting abnormality in a plurality of medical images, in accordance with a predetermined algorithm; first output means for outputting the first diagnosis results; memory means for memorizing whether or not the output means outputs the first diagnosis result for each medical image; externally inputting means for externally inputting second diagnosis results for the plurality of medical images; and second output means for outputting a medical image corresponding to at least one of a predetermined category or identifying data thereof among the plurality of medical images.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
21 words
The system of claim 26, wherein nothing is outputted from the second output means when the first output means is activated.
Claim 28
Dependent Claim
44 words
The system of claim 26, further comprising: comparison means by which the first diagnosis results and the second diagnosis results are compared, and the plural medical images are classified into plural categories based on resultant comparison between the first and the second diagnosis results.
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