Prioritizing Single-Region Comments for Faster Report Generation

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing methods for creating interpretation reports in medical imaging require significant time and effort due to the complexity of rewriting comments on findings that cover multiple regions of interest.

Innovation Solution

An information processing apparatus and method that acquire comments on findings with element information about regions of interest, determine if they cover one or multiple regions, and adjust presentation priority accordingly, favoring comments described for a single region of interest to streamline the creation of new comments.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If comments on findings covering multiple regions of interest are presented with high priority, then comprehensive coverage of multiple regions is achieved, but the time and effort required to rewrite them increases significantly

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvecoverage of regions of interestVSAvoidtime and effort for rewriting

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system segments comments on findings by the number of regions of interest they cover, categorizing them into single-region and multi-region comments. This segmentation allows differential presentation strategies: single-region comments are prioritized for faster reuse, while multi-region comments are de-prioritized to reduce rewriting time, directly resolving the contradiction between comprehensive coverage and rewriting efficiency

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The system changes the parameter of presentation priority based on the number of regions of interest covered by each comment. By adjusting this parameter dynamically—giving higher priority to comments with fewer regions—the system optimizes the balance between comprehensive coverage and minimal rewriting effort

Inventive Principle:

Principle #35Parameter changes

2Loss of information

If all comments on findings are presented equally, then comprehensive search results are provided, but the efficiency of creating new comments is reduced due to unnecessary rewrites

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvecompleteness of search resultsVSAvoidefficiency of creating new comments

Core Design Contradiction:

Loss of informationVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary classification of comments on findings by the number of regions of interest before presentation. By pre-identifying which comments cover single regions versus multiple regions, the system can pre-order them by presentation priority, ensuring that comments requiring minimal rewriting are presented first, thus improving productivity without losing comprehensive search results

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentUS20250140387A1Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and information processing program

Publication Date: 2025.05.01 FUJIFILM CORP

AI summary

An information processing apparatus including a processor, wherein the processor is configured to: acquire a comment on findings including a plurality of pieces of element information about at least one region of interest; make a first determination as to whether the comment on findings is described for a plurality of regions of interest or for one region of interest based on the element information; and determine a method for presenting the comment on findings based on a result of the first determination.