Medical Image Finding Search for Standardized Radiology Reports
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing methods for creating medical image interpretation reports require significant time and effort to correct variations in sentence expression, as different radiologists may use different terminology, leading to inconsistencies.
Innovation Solution
An information processing apparatus and method that generates image finding information from medical images, searches a database for relevant comments, and supports the creation of interpretation reports by standardizing the expression of findings, using a processor to acquire images, generate image finding information, and search for comments in a database with pre-registered information.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If different radiologists create interpretation reports using their own terminology, then individual expression freedom is maintained, but consistency and standardization of report expressions deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The system changes the parameter of expression standardization by introducing a database of standardized finding expressions. Instead of allowing completely free expression, the system provides a controlled set of standardized expressions that radiologists can select, thereby maintaining adaptability while improving consistency.
Solution Approach 2:
The system introduces an intermediary component - a database of standardized finding expressions - that mediates between the radiologist's interpretation and the final report expression. This intermediary ensures that expressions are both medically accurate and consistently formatted.
2Manufacturing precision
If radiologists manually correct sentence expressions in interpretation reports, then expression accuracy is improved, but time and effort required for report creation increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary action by pre-preparing a database of standardized finding expressions before the report creation process. This allows radiologists to directly select appropriate expressions without needing to manually correct or formulate them, thereby improving accuracy while reducing time consumption.
Solution Approach 2:
The system enables self-service by providing radiologists with automated suggestions and standardized expressions that can be directly used. This reduces the need for manual correction work while maintaining high expression accuracy.
3Productivity
If computer-generated sentences are used in interpretation reports, then productivity is improved, but expression naturalness and appropriateness deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system uses copying by retrieving pre-formed, medically validated expressions from a database rather than generating sentences from scratch. This ensures that the expressions are both efficient to use and naturally appropriate, as they have been previously refined by experienced radiologists.
Solution Approach 2:
The standardized expressions in the database are prepared in advance through preliminary action, ensuring they are medically accurate and naturally phrased. This allows the system to maintain both high productivity and expression naturalness.
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AI summary
An information processing apparatus including a processor, wherein the processor is configured to: acquire an image; generate at least one piece of image finding information, which is information indicating findings in the image, based on the image; and search for at least one comment on findings related to the image finding information from a database in which a plurality of comments on findings are registered in advance.