DIAGNOSIS SUPPORT METHOD, DIAGNOSIS SUPPORT APPARATUS, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM

• Main Authors: MASUI, Motoo, TANAKA, RYUTA, Funabashi, Ryoichi, Tada, Atsuko, ISHIHARA, Masaki
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 07.03.2019
• Subjects: CALCULATING; COMPUTING; COUNTING; DIAGNOSIS; HEALTHCARE INFORMATICS, i.e. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONTECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR THE HANDLING ORPROCESSING OF MEDICAL OR HEALTHCARE DATA; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; IDENTIFICATION; IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTEDFOR SPECIFIC APPLICATION FIELDS; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; PHYSICS; SURGERY

A diagnosis method performed by a computer includes: executing a process that includes specifying a first case image group which includes one or more case images which have a same abnormality as a first abnormality detected from an image of a subject among plural case images about each of plural patients, each of the plural case images indicating an image in which a progression stage of a disease is different; executing a first selection process that includes calculating a first similarity about a site where the first abnormality appears between each of the one or more case images included in the first case image group and the image of the subject, and selecting a second case image group from the first case image group in accordance with the first similarity with respect to each of the one or more case images included in the first case image group.