# US 2012/0084096 A1 · Method, apparatus, and program for generating diagnostic result explanation reports

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- Number: US 2012/0084096 A1
- Document ID: US20120084096A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 13/251,791
- Filed: 2011-10-03
- Published: 2012-04-05
- Earliest claimed: 2010-10-01
- Assignees: FUJIFILM Corporation
- Inventors: Caihua WANG
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20120084096A1

## CPC

- G16H 15/00: ICT specially adapted for medical reports, e.g. generation or transmission thereof
- G06F 40/174: Form filling; Merging
- G16H: HEALTHCARE INFORMATICS, i.e. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR THE HANDLING OR PROCESSING OF MEDICAL OR HEALTHCARE DATA
- G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)

## Abstract

A diagnostic result explanation report generating apparatus is equipped with: a diagnostic information storing section, a comment information storing section, a template storing section for storing explanation templates having insertion regions, into which at least portions of the diagnostic information and the comment information are insertable, prepared for each of the various diagnostic results; an input section, for inputting patient specifying information; a diagnostic information obtaining section, for obtaining diagnostic information for a patient, based on the input patient specifying information; a template obtaining section, for obtaining an explanation template which is prepared for a diagnostic result, based on a diagnostic result included in the obtained diagnostic information; a comment information obtaining section, for obtaining comment information from the comment information storing section; and a diagnostic result explanation generating section, for inserting necessary diagnostic information and comment information into the obtained explanation template, to generate a diagnostic result explanation report.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A diagnostic result explanation report generating apparatus, comprising:
a diagnostic information storing section for storing diagnostic information, which includes patient specifying information that specifies a patient and diagnostic results for the patient;
a comment information storing section for storing comment information regarding various diagnostic results;
a template storing section for storing explanation templates having insertion regions, into which at least a portion of the diagnostic information and the comment information can be inserted, prepared for each of the various diagnostic results;
an input section, for inputting patient specifying information of a patient regarding whom a diagnostic result explanation report is to be generated;
a diagnostic information obtaining section, for obtaining diagnostic information for a patient from the diagnostic information storing section, based on the input patient specifying information;
a template obtaining section, for obtaining an explanation template which is prepared for a diagnostic result, based on a diagnostic result included in the obtained diagnostic information;
a comment information obtaining section, for obtaining comment information from the comment information storing section; and
a diagnostic result explanation generating section, for inserting necessary diagnostic information and comment information obtained from the diagnostic information storing section and the comment information storing section into the obtained explanation template, to generate a diagnostic result explanation report.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

A diagnostic result explanation report generating apparatus as defined in claim 1, wherein:
the template storing section stores a plurality of explanation templates having different levels of detail for each of the various diagnostic results.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

A diagnostic result explanation report generating apparatus as defined in claim 2, wherein:
the input section also inputs the level of detail of explanations; and
the template obtaining section obtains an explanation template corresponding to the input level of detail.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

A diagnostic result explanation report generating apparatus as defined in claim 1, wherein:
the diagnostic result explanation report generating section inserts a diagnostic image from among the diagnostic information of the patient into an insertion region of the template.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

A diagnostic result explanation report generating apparatus as defined in claim 4, wherein:
the diagnostic result explanation report generating section inserts an anatomical chart corresponding to the diagnostic image of the patient from among the diagnostic information into an insertion region of the template.

### Claim 6 (depends on 4)

A diagnostic result explanation report generating apparatus as defined in claim 4, wherein:
the diagnostic result explanation report generating section inserts a model image that represents the same portion as that represented by the diagnostic image of the patient from among the diagnostic information into an insertion region of the template.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

A diagnostic result explanation report generating apparatus as defined in claim 1, wherein:
the input section inputs the patient specifying information via the Internet.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

A diagnostic result explanation report generating apparatus as defined in claim 1, further comprising:
a diagnostic result explanation storing section, for storing the diagnostic result explanation reports generated by the diagnostic result explanation report generating section; and
an editing section, for editing the stored diagnostic result explanation reports.

### Claim 9

A diagnostic result explanation report generating method, comprising:
storing diagnostic information, which includes patient specifying information that specifies a patient and diagnostic results for the patient;
storing comment information regarding various diagnostic results;
storing explanation templates having insertion regions, into which at least a portion of the diagnostic information and the comment information can be inserted, prepared for each of the various diagnostic results;
inputting patient specifying information of a patient regarding whom a diagnostic result explanation report is to be generated;
obtaining diagnostic information for a patient from among the stored diagnostic information, based on the input patient specifying information;
obtaining an explanation template which is prepared for a diagnostic result, based on a diagnostic result included in the obtained diagnostic information;
obtaining comment information from among the stored comment information; and
inserting necessary diagnostic information and comment information from among the obtained diagnostic information and stored comment information into the obtained explanation template, to generate a diagnostic result explanation report.

### Claim 10

A non transitory computer readable recording medium having a program recorded therein, the program causing a computer to function as:
a diagnostic information storing section for storing diagnostic information, which includes patient specifying information that specifies a patient and diagnostic results for the patient;
a comment information storing section for storing comment information regarding various diagnostic results;
a template storing section for storing explanation templates having insertion regions, into which at least a portion of the diagnostic information and the comment information can be inserted, prepared for each of the various diagnostic results;
an input section, for inputting patient specifying information of a patient regarding whom a diagnostic result explanation report is to be generated;
a diagnostic information obtaining section, for obtaining diagnostic information for a patient from the diagnostic information storing section, based on the input patient specifying information;
a template obtaining section, for obtaining an explanation template which is prepared for a diagnostic result, based on a diagnostic result included in the obtained diagnostic information;
a comment information obtaining section, for obtaining comment information from the comment information storing section; and
a diagnostic result explanation generating section, for inserting necessary diagnostic information and comment information obtained from the diagnostic information storing section and the comment information storing section into the obtained explanation template, to generate a diagnostic result explanation report.