Information Terminal Display for Medical Image Retrieval
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current medical imaging technologies lack efficient methods for retrieving and displaying similar medical images from large databases to aid in diagnostic interpretation, particularly in cases where disease names are unspecified, leading to inefficiencies in lesion evaluation and diagnostic accuracy.
Innovation Solution
A control method for an information terminal connected to a case retrieval system that senses a region of interest in a medical image, retrieves similar images with corresponding regions of interest, and displays them in a manner that allows for simultaneous magnification of multiple images with varying lesion sizes, maintaining consistent display sizes and focusing on the center of each region of interest.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If multiple similar medical images with varying lesion sizes are displayed simultaneously, then diagnostic reference efficiency is improved, but display consistency and lesion detail observation become difficult to maintain
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by making different parts of the display have different functions: the first display region shows the object medical image in its original context, while the second display region shows magnified views of corresponding regions of interest from multiple similar medical images. This allows each region to be optimized for its specific purpose, resolving the contradiction between showing multiple images and maintaining display consistency.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent segments the display into multiple independent regions: a first display region for the object medical image and a second display region for multiple similar medical images. Each region can be independently controlled and magnified, allowing simultaneous display of multiple images while maintaining consistent visualization of the specific lesion areas being compared.
2Reliability
If the system retrieves and displays multiple similar medical images for comparison, then diagnostic accuracy is improved, but operational complexity and time required increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by automatically retrieving multiple similar medical images based on the object image and automatically identifying and magnifying corresponding regions of interest. This eliminates the need for manual searching and comparison, reducing operational complexity while maintaining high diagnostic accuracy through systematic multi-image analysis.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent uses copying by creating magnified representations of specific regions of interest from multiple similar medical images and displaying them in the second display region. This allows the physician to view detailed copies of lesion areas from different cases simultaneously, improving diagnostic accuracy without requiring manual handling of multiple full-size images.
3Measurement precision
If the system magnifies corresponding regions of interest in multiple similar medical images, then lesion detail observation is improved, but maintaining consistent magnification across images with varying lesion sizes becomes difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies dynamics by enabling independent magnification control for each similar medical image in the second display region. Each image can be magnified according to its own scale and orientation, allowing the system to adapt to varying lesion sizes and positions while still presenting detailed views for comparison. This dynamic adjustment capability resolves the contradiction between detailed observation and adaptability.
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AI summary
A control method of an information terminal causes a display to display a display screen which includes a first display region and a second display region. The first display region displays an object medical image. The second display region displays M number of similar medical images and includes ND number of individual regions for displaying the M number of the similar medical images. When an instruction from one or more instruction buttons is detected, a display size of each corresponding region of interest that is included in the second number of the similar medical images is changed while maintaining a size of each of the individual regions in the second display region, and each of the similar medical images is magnified at a magnification ratio of a reference thumbnail.