Report Creation Support Device for Medical Image Integration
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Solution Overview
Problem
Radiologists face a significant burden in manually selecting and inputting reading results for diverse medical images during breast cancer screening, particularly with dense mammary glands, as existing technologies lack efficient methods to streamline the image reading and reporting process.
Innovation Solution
A report creation support device that includes an identifying module to specify regions of interest in one medical image modality and identify corresponding images from another modality, and a report creating module to attach these images to a reading report, reducing the radiologist's workload by automating the selection and attachment process.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If radiologists manually select and input reading results for diverse medical images, then reading accuracy can be maintained, but the workload and time consumption increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by automatically selecting and pre-arranging relevant medical images from multiple modalities (mammography, ultrasound, MRI) based on the reading order information before the radiologist needs to create the report. This eliminates the need for manual image selection during the report creation process.
Solution Approach 2:
The report creation support device performs self-service by automatically identifying relevant images, determining their arrangement order, and preparing the reading report structure without requiring radiologist intervention for these routine tasks. The system serves itself in the image selection and report assembly process.
2Reliability
If multiple medical image modalities are used for dense breast screening, then diagnostic accuracy improves, but the complexity of image selection and integration increases
Solution Approach 1:
The report creation support device provides universal functionality by handling multiple medical image modalities (mammography, ultrasound, MRI) through a single integrated system. It universally processes different image types, automatically selects relevant ones based on reading orders, and integrates them into unified reading reports, eliminating the need for separate processing workflows for each modality.
Solution Approach 2:
The system acts as an intermediary between the diverse medical image modalities and the final reading report. It mediates the complexity by automatically selecting, arranging, and integrating images from different sources into a coherent report structure, shielding the radiologist from the complexity of multi-modality integration.
3Loss of time
If radiologists manually create reading reports from diverse images, then report accuracy can be ensured, but the time required for report creation increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by pre-selecting relevant images, determining their optimal arrangement order based on reading orders, and preparing the report structure before the radiologist begins writing. This preliminary preparation eliminates time-consuming tasks during report creation.
Solution Approach 2:
The report creation support device enables continuity of useful action by maintaining the reading order information and image selection criteria throughout the process. Once images are selected and arranged according to the reading order, this arrangement is preserved and used throughout report creation, eliminating repeated selection and re-arrangement actions.
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AI summary
According to one embodiment, a report creation support device includes an identifying module and a report creating module. The identifying module is configured to, when receiving an input selecting a reading order related to a first medical image in which a patient's site is captured by a first modality, specify a predetermined region of the first medical image as a region of interest, and identify a second medical image corresponding to the specified region of interest from among second medical images in which the patient's site is captured by a second modality which is different from the first modality. The report creating module is configured to attach the first medical image and the identified second medical image to a predetermined region of a reading report created for the reading order.