Medical diagnostic supporting apparatus

A method for providing information for supporting a medical diagnosis, the method comprising:

• inputting a medical image that is a target of the medical diagnosis;
• acquiring one or more pieces of medical information relating to the medical image as entered information;
• acquiring an image feature amount from the medical image;
• selecting a plurality of pieces of not-entered information associated with the image feature amount from not-entered information that is medical information other than the entered information as presented not-entered information candidates that are candidates for presentation, and
• acquiring, using a processor, an inference result using the entered information and each of the presented not-entered information candidates,
• wherein the presented not-entered information selected by the selecting step includes not-entered information that denies a predicted diagnosis name.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a computer program for causing a computer to function as a medical diagnostic supporting apparatus for providing information which supports a medical diagnosis, the medical diagnostic supporting apparatus comprising:

• a medical image input unit configured to input a medical image that is a target of the medical diagnosis;
• a medical information acquisition unit configured to acquire one or more pieces of medical information relating to the medical image as entered information;
• an image feature amount acquisition unit configured to acquire an image feature amount from the medical image;
• and
• a presented not-entered information candidate selection unit configured to select a plurality of pieces of not-entered information associated with the image feature amount from not-entered information that is medical information other than the entered information as presented not-entered information candidates that are candidates for presentation;
• a processor configured to acquire an inference result using the entered information and each of the presented not-entered information candidates,
• wherein the presented not-entered information selected by the presented not-entered information candidate selection unit includes not-entered information that denies a predicted diagnosis name.

A medical diagnostic supporting apparatus for displaying information which supports a medical diagnosis, the medical diagnostic supporting apparatus comprising:

• an image acquisition unit configured to acquire a medical image that is a target of medical diagnosis;
• an information acquisition unit configured to acquire a piece of entered information corresponding to one of pieces of medical information, the entered information related to the medical image, entered for the medical diagnosis, and defining a state for the one of the pieces of medical information;
• a feature amount acquisition unit configured to acquire a feature amount from the medical image;
• a selection unit configured to select a piece of not-entered information that is not entered about the medical image based on the feature amount of the medical image, the selected piece of not-entered information corresponding to one of the pieces of medical information which does not correspond to the acquired entered information;
• and
• a display control unit configured to cause a display unit to display the selected not-entered information.

A medical diagnostic supporting system for displaying information which supports a medical diagnosis, the medical diagnostic supporting apparatus comprising:

• an image acquisition unit configured to acquire a medical image that is a target of medical diagnosis;
• an information acquisition unit configured to acquire a piece of entered information corresponding to one of pieces of medical information, the entered information related to the medical image, entered for the medical diagnosis, and defining a state for the one of pieces of medical information;
• a feature amount acquisition unit configured to acquire a feature amount from the medical image;
• a selection unit configured to select a pieces of not-entered information that is not entered about the medical image based on the feature amount of the medical image, the selected piece of not-entered information corresponding to one of the pieces of medical information which does not correspond to the acquired entered information;
• and
• a display control unit configured to cause a display unit to display the selected not-entered information.

A display control method for displaying information which supports a medical diagnosis, the display control method comprising:

• acquiring a medical image that is a target of medical diagnosis;
• acquiring a piece of entered information corresponding to one of pieces of medical information, the entered information related to the medical image, entered for the medical diagnosis, and defining a state for the one of the pieces of medical information;
• acquiring a feature amount from the medical image;
• selecting a pieces of not-entered information that is not entered about the medical image based on the feature amount of the medical image, the selected piece of not-entered information corresponding to one of the pieces of medical information which does not correspond to the acquired entered information;
• and
• causing a display unit to display the selected not-entered information.