Portable Image Diagnosis Device with Personal Data Extraction
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing image diagnosis support devices are not suitable for use in disaster medical care or home medical care settings where network connectivity is unreliable, posing a risk of personal information leakage due to their portability and inability to prevent unauthorized transmission of sensitive patient data.
Innovation Solution
A portable image diagnosis support device equipped with a processor that executes computer-aided diagnostic processing, communication processing, and prohibition instruction transmission processing to prevent the transmission of personal information, including discarding unnecessary personal information and rejecting data reception from external devices.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If the image diagnosis support device is made portable for use in disaster medical care or home medical care, then the adaptability to field conditions is improved, but the risk of personal information leakage increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts and removes personal information from accessory information in image files before transmission. The processor identifies and separates personal information components from the overall data structure, transmitting only the necessary medical image data without sensitive patient information, thereby reducing the harm of potential data breaches while maintaining field deployment capability
Solution Approach 2:
The patent applies preliminary anti-action by proactively transmitting prohibition instructions to external devices before any data transmission occurs. The system preemptively blocks potential personal information leakage by instructing external devices not to transmit or store personal information contained in accessory information, preventing the harmful effect before it can materialize
2Loss of information
If the device transmits image files with accessory information including personal information, then the completeness of medical data is improved, but the security of personal information deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the accessory information into personal information and non-personal information components. The processor separates these elements and selectively transmits only the non-personal information portions, maintaining the completeness of medically relevant data while eliminating personal information that could cause harm if leaked
3Measurement precision
If the device receives and stores complete image files with accessory information, then the accuracy of diagnostic analysis is improved, but the vulnerability to data theft increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts personal information from received image files and separates it from the diagnostic data. By removing the harmful personal information components while retaining the medically valuable image and accessory information, the system maintains diagnostic accuracy while reducing vulnerability to data theft and unauthorized access
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AI summary
An image diagnosis support device is an image diagnosis support device that includes a processor and a memory and is portable by a user. The processor is configured to execute: computer-aided diagnostic processing for a medical image; communication processing of receiving an image file including the medical image and accessory information from an external device and of transmitting information including a result of the computer-aided diagnostic processing to the external device; and prohibition instruction transmission processing of transmitting, to the external device, an instruction to prohibit transmission of the image file in which the accessory information includes personal information unnecessary for the computer-aided diagnostic processing.