Medical decision making support apparatus and control method for the same

A diagnosis support apparatus comprising:

• an inference unit configured to, based on a plurality of pieces of medical information, calculate an inference probability with respect to plural candidates of diagnosis name concerning medical diagnosis;
• a calculation unit configured to calculate, for a plurality of partial sets, each including, as an element, at least one piece of medical information retrieved from the plurality of pieces of medical information, a degree of effect on an inference probability of one of the plural candidates of diagnosis name;
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• a display control unit configured to cause a display unit to display, as an inference result, at least one of the plural candidates of diagnosis name, wherein the at least one of the plural candidates is specified based on the inference probability calculated by the inference unit, and to cause the display unit to display medical information included in a partial set of information retrieved from the plurality of pieces of medical information, wherein the partial set including the displayed medical information is retrieved from the plurality of pieces of medical information, based on the degree of effect calculated by the calculation unit based on the inference result.

A diagnosis support system comprising:

• an inference unit configured to, based on a plurality of pieces of medical information, calculate an inference probability with respect to plural candidates of diagnosis name concerning medical diagnosis;
• a calculation unit configured to calculate, for each of a plurality of partial sets, each including, as an element, at least one piece of medical information retrieved from the plurality of pieces of medical information, a degree of effect on a respective inference probability of the plural candidates of diagnosis name, the calculation unit being configured to calculate the degree of effect individually for each of the plural candidates of diagnosis name;
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• a display control unit configured to cause a display unit to display, as an inference result, at least one of the plural candidates of diagnosis name, wherein the at least one of the plural candidates is specified based on the inference probability calculated by the inference unit and to cause the display unit to display medical information included in a partial set of information retrieved from the plurality of pieces of medical information, wherein the partial set including the displayed medical information is retrieved from the plurality of pieces of medical information based on the degree of effect calculated by the calculation unit based on the inference result.

A diagnosis support system comprising:

• an inference unit configured to, based on a plurality of pieces of medical information, calculate an inference probability with respect to plural candidates of diagnosis name concerning medical diagnosis;
• a calculation unit configured to calculate, for each of a plurality of partial sets, each including, as an element, at least one piece of medical information retrieved from the plurality of pieces of medical information, a degree of effect on an inference probability of one of the plural candidates of diagnosis name;
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• a display control unit configured to cause a display unit to display, as an inference result, at least one of the plural candidates of diagnosis name, wherein the at least one of the plural candidates is specified based on the inference probability calculated by the inference unit, and to cause the display unit to display medical information included in a partial set of information retrieved from the plurality of pieces of medical information, wherein the partial set including the displayed medical information is retrieved from the plurality of pieces of medical information, based on the degree of effect calculated by the calculation unit based on the inference result.

An information processing method of diagnosis support, the method comprising:

• calculating, based on a plurality of pieces of medical information, an inference probability with respect to plural candidates of diagnosis name concerning medical diagnosis;
• calculating, for a plurality of partial sets each including, as an element, at least one piece of medical information retrieved from the plurality of pieces of medical information, a degree of effect on a respective inference probability of at least one of the plural candidates of diagnosis name,
• wherein the degree of effect is calculated individually for the at least one of the plural candidates of diagnosis name;
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• controlling a display unit to display, as an inference result, the at least one of the plural candidates of diagnosis name, wherein the at least one of the plural candidates is specified based on the calculated inference probability and to display medical information included in a partial set of information retrieved from the plurality of pieces of medical information, wherein the partial set including the displayed medical information is retrieved from the plurality of pieces of medical information, based on the degree of effect calculated based on the inference result.

An information processing method of diagnosis support, the method comprising:

• calculating, based on a plurality of pieces of medical information, an inference probability with respect to plural candidates of diagnosis name concerning medical diagnosis;
• calculating, for a plurality of partial sets each including, as an element, at least one piece of medical information retrieved from the plurality of pieces of medical information, a degree of effect on an inference probability of one of the plural candidates of diagnosis name;
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• controlling a display unit to display, as an inference result, at least one of the plural candidates of diagnosis name, wherein the at least one of the plural candidates is specified based on the calculated inference probability and to display medical information included in a partial set of information retrieved from the plurality of pieces of medical information, wherein the partial set including the displayed medical information is retrieved from the plurality of pieces of medical information, based on the degree of effect calculated based on the inference result.

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing a computer program for causing a computer to perform an information processing method of diagnosis support, the method comprising:

• calculating, based on a plurality of pieces of medical information, an inference probability with respect to plural candidates of diagnosis name concerning medical diagnosis;
• calculating, for a plurality of partial sets each including, as an element, at least one piece of medical information retrieved from the plurality of pieces of medical information, a degree of effect on a respective inference probability of at least one of the plural candidates of diagnosis name,
• wherein the degree of effect is calculated individually for the at least one of the plural candidates of diagnosis name;
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• controlling a display unit to display, as an inference result, the at least one of the plural candidates of diagnosis name, wherein the at least one of the plural candidates is specified based on the calculated inference probability and to display medical information included in a partial set of information retrieved from the plurality of pieces of medical information, wherein the partial set including the displayed medical information is retrieved from the plurality of pieces of medical information, based on the degree of effect calculated based on the inference result.

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing a computer program for causing a computer to perform an information processing method of diagnosis support, the method comprising:

• calculating, based on a plurality of pieces of medical information, an inference probability with respect to plural candidates of diagnosis name concerning medical diagnosis;
• calculating, for a plurality of partial sets each including, as an element, at least one piece of medical information retrieved from the plurality of pieces of medical information, a degree of effect on an inference probability of one of the plural candidates of diagnosis name;
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• controlling a display unit to display, as an inference result, at least one of the plural candidates of diagnosis name, wherein the at least one of the plural candidates is specified based on the calculated inference probability and to display medical information included in a partial set of information retrieved from the plurality of pieces of medical information, wherein the partial set including the displayed medical information is retrieved from the plurality of pieces of medical information, based on the degree of effect calculated based on the inference result.