Information Terminal Display for Medical Image Comparison
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current medical imaging technologies face challenges in efficiently retrieving and comparing medical images from different sources, leading to decreased diagnostic accuracy due to separate display systems and non-adjacent image placements, which increase the radiologist's physical burden and reduce comparison efficiency.
Innovation Solution
A control method for an information terminal that connects to a medical information management system and a case retrieval system, allowing for the display of a diagnostic interpretation object image alongside similar images in adjacent display boxes on the same screen, enabling efficient comparison and selection of similar medical images.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If medical images are displayed in separate display systems or non-adjacent positions, then system complexity is reduced, but diagnostic accuracy and comparison efficiency deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the medical information management system and case retrieval system into a single integrated display interface. The current medical image and similar case images are displayed adjacent to each other on the same screen, eliminating the need for separate display systems and enabling direct visual comparison, thereby improving diagnostic accuracy without significantly increasing system complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The information terminal acts as an intermediary device that connects to both the medical information management system and the case retrieval system. It integrates data from both systems and presents them in a unified display format, mediating between the two systems and enabling seamless comparison while maintaining system architecture simplicity.
2Area of stationary object
If similar medical images are displayed in non-adjacent positions, then display area utilization is improved, but radiologist's physical burden and comparison time increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the display of current medical images and similar case images into adjacent positions on the same screen. This spatial merging reduces the physical distance the radiologist's gaze must travel and enables immediate visual comparison, significantly reducing comparison time while maintaining efficient use of display area through structured layout.
3Productivity
If images from different systems are integrated on the same screen, then diagnostic efficiency is improved, but system integration complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The information terminal is designed with multi-functionality, serving as both a display device and an integration hub that connects to multiple systems (medical information management system and case retrieval system). This universal device performs multiple functions including data reception, processing, and unified display, thereby improving diagnostic efficiency while managing integration complexity through a single versatile platform.
Data Source
AI summary
A control method of an information terminal includes sensing specification information indicating a region of interest in a medical image, receiving from a case retrieval system one or more similar medical images each having a prescribed degree of similarity with a feature quantity of the region of interest indicated by the specification information in accordance with the region of interest, and displaying the medical image that is managed by a medical information management system in a first display region that is displayed on the display and displaying thumbnail views of a plurality of similar medical images received from the case retrieval system in a second display region that differs from the first display region.