Medical Image Selection Interface for Examination-Based Candidate Determination
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing medical image processing technologies face challenges in easily selecting appropriate images for comparison, as operators must sift through numerous images captured over time, making it difficult to choose the correct pair for analysis.
Innovation Solution
An image processing apparatus with a selection unit, determination unit, and display control unit that allows users to select one or multiple examinations, determining candidate examinations based on the selection, and displaying relevant medical images for processing, enabling seamless user interface adaptation according to the operator's intention.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Quantity of substance
If a plurality of images are captured at one examination over time, then the quantity of available images increases, but the difficulty of selecting appropriate images for processing increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the selection process by allowing operators to select examinations rather than individual images. The determination unit then automatically determines candidate examinations based on the selected examination(s), dividing the complex task of choosing from many images into a simpler task of choosing examinations, which are then processed to generate appropriate image pairs.
Solution Approach 2:
The determination unit automatically performs the complex task of determining candidate examinations based on the operator's simple selection of one or more examinations. This automation handles the image selection logic, making the system self-serving in that it translates high-level user intentions into specific image processing candidates without requiring manual image-by-image selection.
2Measurement precision
If the operator manually selects two images from many captured images, then the selection precision can be controlled, but the time required for selection increases
Solution Approach 1:
The determination unit performs preliminary action by automatically determining candidate examinations before the operator needs to select images for processing. When one examination is selected, the system proactively searches and determines candidate examinations that would be appropriate for comparison, preparing the selection list in advance and reducing the time the operator would otherwise spend manually reviewing many images.
3Ease of operation
If the system provides a simple interface for selecting examinations, then the ease of operation improves, but the adaptability to different operator intentions may be reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The system dynamically adapts its behavior based on whether one or multiple examinations are selected. When one examination is selected, the determination unit performs a search to find candidate examinations. When multiple examinations are selected, the determination unit uses those directly as candidates. This dynamic response to different selection scenarios maintains both simplicity and adaptability to various operator intentions.
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AI summary
An image processing apparatus selects one or a plurality of examinations to which a medical image belongs, determines image processing candidate examinations based on the selected one or plurality of examinations, displays medical images belonging to the determined image processing candidate examinations on a display unit, and executes image processing using, of the displayed medical images, a plurality of medical images selected by a user, wherein, when the one examination is selected, the selected one examination and one or a plurality of examinations obtained by a search based on the selected one examination are determined as the image processing candidate examinations, and when the plurality of examinations are selected, in the determining, the selected plurality of examinations are determined as the image processing candidate examinations.