Medical Document Creation Support Apparatus for Interpretation Report Correction
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Solution Overview
Problem
The increasing number of medical images to be interpreted has led to a burden on radiologists, with existing methods for generating interpretation reports often resulting in discrepancies between automatically generated findings and those of the interpreting doctor, necessitating inefficient correction processes.
Innovation Solution
A medical document creation support apparatus and method that displays findings related to abnormal shadows in a medical image, allowing for correction of interpretation reports through a list of findings in a correctable manner, with options for selecting correction candidates and highlighting abnormal shadows in three-dimensional images.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If automatic generation of interpretation reports is implemented using CAD analysis results and fixed forms, then the burden on radiologists is reduced, but the findings may differ from the doctor's interpretation requiring correction
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements a feedback mechanism where automatically generated findings are displayed to radiologists for review and correction. The radiologist can modify incorrect findings, and these corrections are fed back into the system to improve future automatic generation accuracy, resolving the contradiction between automation efficiency and finding accuracy.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary generation of interpretation reports using CAD analysis results and fixed forms before radiologist review. This preliminary action prepares the draft report with pre-filled findings, reducing the radiologist's workload while allowing subsequent correction of any inaccuracies.
2Measurement precision
If the number of medical images to be interpreted increases due to improved medical apparatus performance, then diagnostic quality is improved, but the burden on radiologists increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables self-service interpretation report generation where the computer-aided diagnosis apparatus automatically generates findings and draft reports without requiring full radiologist input. This allows the system to handle increased image volumes while maintaining diagnostic quality through automated analysis.
Solution Approach 2:
The fixed form template acts as an intermediary between CAD analysis results and the final interpretation report. It structures the automatic generation process, ensuring consistent and accurate report formatting while reducing the radiologist's manual work for handling increased image volumes.
3Ease of manufacture
If a fixed form is used for generating interpretation reports, then report creation is simplified, but flexibility in expressing doctor's specific interpretations is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The fixed form template is designed to be dynamic, allowing radiologists to modify pre-filled findings and add custom interpretations. The template provides a structured baseline for simplicity while enabling flexibility when radiologists need to express specific interpretations that differ from automatic generation results.
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AI summary
Provided are a medical document creation support apparatus, a method, and a non-transitory computer readable recording medium storing a program capable of efficiently correcting medical documents such as interpretation reports. A first display control unit displays a medical document including at least one of a plurality of findings indicating features related to abnormal shadows included in a medical image in a first display region on a display screen. A second display control unit displays a list of the plurality of findings in a second display region on the display screen so that each finding is correctable. A correction unit corrects the medical document according to a correction instruction for a designated finding in the list of the plurality of findings.