Techniques for medical image retrieval
US-9201902-B2 · Dec 1, 2015 · US
Similar case search apparatus and similar case search method
US9111027B2 · US · B2
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Publication number | US-9111027-B2 |
| Application number | US-201213657240-A |
| Country | US |
| Kind code | B2 |
| Filing date | Oct 22, 2012 |
| Priority date | Feb 14, 2011 |
| Publication date | Aug 18, 2015 |
| Grant date | Aug 18, 2015 |
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A similar case search apparatus includes: a keyword extracting unit which extracts a keyword from an image interpretation report; a diagnosis tree analyzing unit which extracts, based on the keyword, one or more target diagnosis flows corresponding to the image interpretation report, by referring to a diagnosis tree storage unit storing diagnosis trees; a similar diagnosis flow extracting unit which extracts one or more diagnosis flows similar to the one or more target diagnosis flows from among the plurality of diagnosis flows included in the diagnosis trees stored in the diagnosis tree storage unit, based on the degree of difficulty regarding a diagnosis item or the degree of difficulty regarding a disease name; and a similar case searching unit which searches out one or more case data sets corresponding to the similar diagnosis flows from among a plurality of case data sets stored in a case data storage unit.
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The invention claimed is: 1. A similar case search apparatus comprising: a keyword extracting unit configured to extract a keyword from an image interpretation report that is document data including a diagnosis item and a diagnosis result, the diagnosis item being a diagnosis target in interpretation of a medical image, and the diagnosis result showing a state of the diagnosis item; a diagnosis tree analyzing unit configured to extract, based on the keyword, one or more target d…
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- What does patent US9111027B2 cover?
- A similar case search apparatus includes: a keyword extracting unit which extracts a keyword from an image interpretation report; a diagnosis tree analyzing unit which extracts, based on the keyword, one or more target diagnosis flows corresponding to the image interpretation report, by referring to a diagnosis tree storage unit storing diagnosis trees; a similar diagnosis flow extracting unit …
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- Panasonic Corp, Panasonic Ip Man Co Ltd
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- Primary CPC classification G06F19/3443. Mapped technology areas include Physics.
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- Publication date Tue Aug 18 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
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