Medical imaging diagnosis apparatus and medical imaging diagnosis method for providing diagnostic basis

A medical imaging diagnosis method for providing a diagnostic basis, comprising:

• extracting one or more image descriptors from a target medical image;
• deriving a comprehensive diagnostic result for the target medical image using one or more diagnostic rules, each of the diagnostic rules including one or more of the extracted image descriptors and an individual diagnostic result corresponding to the one or more of the extracted image descriptors;
• and
• displaying the derived comprehensive diagnostic result together with the diagnostic rules used in deriving the comprehensive diagnostic result.

A medical imaging diagnosis apparatus, comprising:

• a diagnosis unit configured to:
• apply one or more diagnostic rules to analyze a target medical image, each of the diagnostic rules configured to select one or more image descriptors extracted from the target medical image to derive an individual diagnostic medical diagnosis for the target medical image according to the selected image descriptors;
• and
• analyze the derived individual diagnostic medical diagnoses to arrive at a comprehensive diagnostic medical diagnosis for the analyzed target medical image;
• and
• a display unit configured to display:
• the comprehensive diagnostic medical diagnosis for the analyzed target medical image;
• each of the diagnostic rules applied to analyze the target medical image;
• the image descriptors selected by each of the diagnostic rules;
• and
• the individual diagnostic medical diagnosis derived by each of the diagnostic rules.