Medical Report Sentence Ordering for Readability
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing medical image interpretation report generation systems do not consider the description order of comments on findings, leading to difficult-to-read reports with mixed content such as organ descriptions, lesions, and imaging dates.
Innovation Solution
An information processing apparatus and method that acquires existing and new sentences related to medical information, determines their arrangement order based on predetermined rules such as organ type, lesion type, examination type, factuality, importance, and chronological order, and rearranges them to create a well-structured interpretation report.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If multiple comments on findings are described without considering description order, then all medical information can be included in the report, but the readability and clarity of the report deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the interpretation report into distinct sections based on finding types (organ findings, lesion findings, imaging parameters). Each section groups comments with similar content, allowing comprehensive information inclusion while maintaining readability through structured organization.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent applies different description qualities and organization methods to different parts of the report. Organ findings are grouped separately from lesion findings, and each section has its own sorting criteria, ensuring that each local section maintains high readability while the whole report remains comprehensive.
2Productivity
If comments on findings are arranged without considering similarity of content, then the report creation process is simple, but the clarity and ease of reading deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent performs preliminary classification of comments into categories (organ findings, lesion findings, imaging parameters) before final report generation. This preliminary organization enables efficient report creation while ensuring that comments are naturally grouped by similarity, improving readability without adding significant complexity to the creation process.
3Device complexity
If existing sentence arrangement is fixed without rearrangement, then the processing complexity is low, but the logical flow and readability of the report deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements dynamic rearrangement of sentence arrangements based on the type of finding and its relationship with other findings. The system automatically adjusts the order of sentences to improve logical flow, transitioning from static fixed arrangement to dynamic context-based arrangement, enhancing readability while maintaining manageable processing complexity.
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AI summary
An information processing apparatus including at least one processor, wherein the processor is configured to: acquire at least one existing sentence and a new sentence described after the existing sentence, mutually different medical information of the same subject being described in the existing sentence and the new sentence; and determine an arrangement order of the existing sentence and the new sentence in accordance with a predetermined rule based on the medical information described in each of the existing sentence and the new sentence.