Dynamic Image Processing Apparatus Resolution Annotation
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Solution Overview
Problem
The use of secondary medical images generated from dynamic images for diagnosis can lead to misdiagnosis due to the enhanced resolution not being clearly distinguishable from original high-resolution images, potentially causing errors in medical interpretation.
Innovation Solution
A dynamic image processing apparatus and storage medium that enhance the resolution of frame images from medical dynamic images to create high definition still and dynamic images, while maintaining records to indicate these images as secondary, thereby preventing misinterpretation by displaying annotation marks.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Manufacturing precision
If resolution enhancement is applied to frame images to create secondary medical images, then image quality and detail visibility are improved, but the risk of misdiagnosis increases due to indistinguishability from original high-resolution images
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies visual differentiation through annotation marks and labels on secondary medical images to distinguish them from original images. This principle of changing visual characteristics (adding marks, labels, or visual indicators) resolves the contradiction by maintaining high resolution while preventing misdiagnosis through clear visual identification of the image's secondary nature.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces annotation marks and metadata as intermediary elements between the enhanced image and the diagnostic process. These intermediaries carry information about the image's origin and processing status, allowing doctors to distinguish secondary images from originals without compromising the resolution enhancement benefit.
2Object-affected harmful factors
If secondary medical images are used for diagnosis, then radiation exposure is reduced by reusing existing images, but misdiagnosis risk increases due to potential loss of diagnostic information
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates secondary medical images by copying and processing existing frame images through resolution enhancement. This allows reuse of radiation-free copied images for diagnostic purposes, reducing the need for additional radiation exposure while maintaining diagnostic utility through proper identification of the copied nature.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent applies preliminary annotation and labeling to secondary images before they are used in diagnosis. This preliminary action of marking the images as secondary prevents the harmful effect of misdiagnosis while preserving the benefit of reduced radiation exposure through image reuse.
3Reliability
If annotation marks are added to differentiate secondary images, then misdiagnosis risk is reduced, but device complexity and processing overhead increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the annotation information into distinct, modular elements (marks, labels, metadata fields) that can be independently added to secondary images. This segmentation approach reduces processing complexity by breaking down the annotation task into manageable components while maintaining reliable differentiation of secondary images.
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AI summary
A dynamic image processing apparatus processes image data of a medical dynamic image that includes a plurality of frame images obtained from successively imaging a subject and that shows a dynamic state of the subject. The dynamic image processing apparatus includes a hardware processor. The hardware processor enhances resolution of at least one or more of the plurality of frame images included in the medical dynamic image to a high resolution and generates a secondary medical image. The hardware processor executes a recording process in which a record is kept to show that the secondary medical image is generated secondarily from the existing medical dynamic image.