JP2007072951A - Medical information reference system, medical information reference device, and medical information reference program - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a medical information reference system enabling efficient work of referring to past diagnostic image reading reports. <P>SOLUTION: The device is provided with a patient information input part 11 for inputting patient identification information, a diagnostic image reading report searching part 12 for searching a plurality of diagnostic image reading reports of the patient identified by the input patient identification information from a diagnostic image reading report database 4, a character string extracting part 13 for extracting predetermined character string information from the respective searched diagnostic image reading report, a link formation part 14 for relating a diagnostic reading result of the diagnostic image reading report from which the character string information is extracted to the extracted character string information, and a display control part 15 for displaying the extracted character string information on a display part 16, and displaying the diagnostic reading result related to the specified character string information on the display part 16 by corresponding to specification of the displayed character string information by an operation part 17. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a medical information reference system, a medical information reference device, and a medical information reference program, and in particular, a medical information reference system used for referring to a doctor's findings and diagnostic results for an image obtained by a medical image diagnostic apparatus. The present invention relates to a medical information reference device and a medical information reference program.

  2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, a technique has been developed in which an image (medical image) obtained by a medical image diagnostic apparatus is stored as electronic data for each patient and can be referred to as appropriate. In particular, a so-called “interpretation report” that records the results of doctor's interpretation of medical images (findings and diagnosis results) is digitized and displayed on a display or printed according to the request of a referee (interpretation doctor, etc.) Attention has been focused on information reference systems.

  There are many types of medical image diagnostic apparatuses such as an X-ray diagnostic apparatus, an X-ray CT apparatus, an MRI apparatus, a nuclear medicine diagnostic apparatus, and an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus. When creating an interpretation report, it is common to grasp the findings and diagnosis progress by referring to the past interpretation report of the patient, and confirm the points to be taken into consideration in the current interpretation. According to the technique, since interpretation reports of medical images by various devices as described above can be collectively managed, it is possible to efficiently perform interpretation report reference work and creation work.

  As a conventional medical information reference system, there is known a system equipped with a reference function such as a progress report display function and a finding as described below as a function for supporting an interpretation report reference work by a reference person.

  The progress report display function is a function for displaying past interpretation reports on the patient on a single screen in chronological order. The reference person operates a mouse or the like to scroll the screen and display a desired interpretation report. Note that the display order of interpretation reports is generally the order of going back in time series (that is, last time, previous time,..., First time).

  On the other hand, the finding reference function is a function for displaying a list of past interpretation reports on the patient and displaying the contents (findings, diagnosis, images, etc.) of the interpretation report selected from the list.

  The following Patent Documents 1 and 2 disclose an example of a conventional medical information reference system. The system described in Patent Document 1 facilitates image search work by preferentially displaying a list of images (highly used images) used at the time of previous report generation among stored images. I am trying.

  In addition, the system described in Patent Document 2 displays medical information of a desired cell in a lower part of a time-series display screen (a screen that displays an icon image and medical information associated with a medical image for each medical date). By displaying in detail, it is intended to facilitate an overview of prescriptions and medical history in the past.

JP-A-4-215738 Japanese Patent No. 3530424

  However, the following various problems have been pointed out regarding conventional medical information reference systems.

  First, in the conventional system, it is necessary to display the interpretation report itself in order to refer to the findings and diagnosis contents of the past interpretation report. Therefore, even if you want to refer only to information about the desired content (for example, disease name or test name), or to refer only to important matters in past interpretations, display each interpretation report and check the content. And we had to select the necessary information. As a result, problems such as long reference time and inability to easily grasp important matters have occurred.

  Even when the progress report display function is used, the same problem arises because it is necessary to find a desired interpretation report while confirming the description of each interpretation report while scrolling the screen.

  Further, in the conventional system, it is difficult to grasp the relationship between the findings and diagnostic results of a plurality of interpretation reports. For example, when it is desired to refer to findings relating to a certain disease or examination, it is necessary to display each interpretation report and collect information relating to the desired disease from the description. Therefore, work takes time and information may be overlooked. The problem relating to the relationship between the interpretation reports is not solved even if the progress report function or the reference function such as the findings is used.

  The above-mentioned problems in the conventional system cause a particularly large inconvenience when the patient is not able to spend time such as emergency interpretation or when the patient is first interpreted for the patient when the department is changed. .

  The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and provides a medical information reference system, a medical information reference device, and a medical information reference program that can efficiently refer to past interpretation reports. Objective.

  Another object of the present invention is to provide a medical information reference system, a medical information reference device, and a medical information reference program capable of easily grasping the relationship between a plurality of interpretation reports.

  In order to achieve the above object, the invention described in claim 1 is identified by storage means for storing an interpretation report recording an interpretation result for a medical image, operation means, and patient identification information input by the operation means. Search means for searching a plurality of interpretation reports of a patient to be read from the storage means, image type information representing the type of medical image, and disease name representing a disease name or examination name from the interpretation results of each of the retrieved interpretation reports / Extracting means for extracting character string information including at least one of examination name information, associating means for associating the extracted character string information with an interpretation result of an interpretation report from which the character string information has been extracted, and display means The extracted character string information is displayed on the display means, and the displayed character string information is designated by the operation means. And control means for displaying the image interpretation results associated with the specified character string information on the display means, a medical information reference system, characterized in that it comprises a.

  The invention according to claim 2 is the medical information reference system according to claim 1, wherein the extraction means extracts a plurality of different character string information from the interpretation results of the retrieved interpretation reports. Extracting and counting the number of extracted character string information, and the control means causes the display means to display the plurality of different extracted character string information in the order of the counted extracted number. It is characterized by.

  The invention according to claim 3 is the medical information reference system according to claim 2, wherein the control means determines the number of extracted character string information together with the plurality of extracted character string information. It is displayed on the display means.

  The invention according to claim 4 is the medical information reference system according to claim 1, wherein the extraction unit extracts the image type information and the disease name / sound from the interpretation result of each of the retrieved interpretation reports. Both of the examination name information are extracted, the associating means associates the extracted disease name / examination name information with the interpretation result obtained by extracting the disease name / examination name information, and the control means includes the display means, The extracted disease name / examination name information is displayed in a list for each image type information, and the disease name / examination name information displayed in the list is designated by the operation means. The associated interpretation result is displayed in the examination name information.

  The invention according to claim 5 is the medical information reference system according to claim 1, wherein the interpretation report stored in the storage means includes creation date information indicating a creation date of the medical image. And the extraction means extracts the creation date information from each of the searched interpretation reports, and the control means outputs a plurality of interpretation report interpretation results for the character string information specified by the operation means. When each of the images is associated, the interpretation results of the plurality of interpretation reports are displayed on the display unit in an order based on the creation date information extracted from each of the plurality of interpretation reports. To do.

  The invention according to claim 6 is the medical information reference system according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the extraction means includes a recording means in which medical terms are recorded in advance, Determining means for determining whether a character string included in the interpretation report corresponds to the recorded medical term, and extracting the character string determined to correspond to the medical term as the character string information It is characterized by.

  According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, there is provided a medical information reference apparatus that is capable of accessing a database storing an interpretation report in which an interpretation result for a medical image is recorded, the operation means, and a patient identification input by the operation means Search means for searching a plurality of interpretation reports of a patient identified by information from the storage means, image type information representing the type of medical image, and disease name or examination name from the interpretation results of each of the searched interpretation reports Extracting means for extracting character string information including at least one of disease name / examination name information representing, and associating means for associating the extracted character string information with an interpretation result of an interpretation report from which the character string information is extracted; And displaying the extracted character string information on the display means, and the displayed character string information is displayed by the operation means. Corresponds to the fact that is constant, a medical information reference unit, characterized in that it comprises a control means for displaying the image interpretation results associated with the specified character string information on said display means.

  Further, the invention described in claim 8 is a patient having an operation means and a display means, which is input to a computer that can access a database storing an interpretation report recording an interpretation result for a medical image by the operation means. A function for searching a plurality of interpretation reports of a patient identified by identification information from the database, and from the interpretation results of each of the retrieved interpretation reports, image type information representing the type of medical image, and a disease name or examination name A function of extracting character string information including at least one of the disease name / examination name information to be expressed, a function of associating an interpretation result of an interpretation report from which the character string information is extracted with the extracted character string information, and the extracted A function for displaying the displayed character string information on the display means, and corresponding to the fact that the displayed character string information is designated by the operation means A medical information reference program, characterized in that to execute the function of displaying the image interpretation results associated with the specified character string information on said display means.

  According to the present invention, when an interpretation report referring person inputs patient identification information, an interpretation report of a patient identified by the patient identification information is retrieved, and predetermined character string information (image type information) is retrieved from the retrieved interpretation report. , Disease name / examination name information, etc.) are extracted. The extracted character string information is associated with the interpretation result of the interpretation report that is the extraction source, and the extracted character string information is displayed on the display means. Further, when the displayed character string information is designated by the operation means, the interpretation result of the interpretation report associated with the designated character string information is displayed.

  Interpretation report referrer refers to the display contents of the interpretation results associated with the specified character string information, so that past interpretation reports can be displayed without having to display each past interpretation report related to the patient. Get an overview of the results. In particular, since the interpretation result corresponding to the designated character string information is selectively displayed, the desired interpretation result can be easily browsed. Therefore, according to the present invention, it is possible to efficiently perform past interpretation report reference work.

  In addition, when the interpretation results of a plurality of interpretation reports are associated with the character string information specified by the operation means, the interpretation results of the plurality of interpretation reports are displayed. Therefore, it is possible to easily grasp the relevance between a plurality of interpretation results including a description relating to desired character string information. In particular, in the invention described in claim 5, since a plurality of interpretation results are displayed in the order based on the creation date of the medical image, it is possible to easily grasp the progress of the interpretation results.

  Exemplary embodiments of a medical information reference system, a medical information reference device, and a medical information reference program according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

[System configuration]
FIG. 1 shows an example of the overall configuration of a medical information reference system according to the present embodiment. This medical information reference system is configured to include various devices communicably connected via a hospital LAN (Local Area Network) L installed in a hospital. Specifically, the following apparatuses constitute the system of this embodiment.

  In the interpretation room, an interpretation report creation apparatus 1 for an interpretation doctor to create an interpretation report and a medical image viewer apparatus 2 for displaying a medical image are provided. The interpretation report creating apparatus 1 can access the interpretation report database 4 through LANL. Further, the medical image viewer device 2 can access the medical image database 110 through LANL.

  The interpretation doctor displays a desired medical image on the medical image viewer apparatus 2 and interprets the result, and records the result (finding result or diagnosis result) in the interpretation report using the interpretation report creation apparatus 1. At that time, the image interpretation doctor can display a past image interpretation report of the patient on the image interpretation report creating apparatus 1 and create a new image interpretation report while referring to it appropriately.

  The interpretation report created by the interpretation report creation apparatus 1 is stored in the interpretation report database 4 through the in-hospital LANL. Each interpretation report is stored in association with patient identification information such as a patient ID. This interpretation report database 4 is configured to include a large-capacity storage device such as a hard disk drive.

  An interpretation report display device 3 for viewing interpretation reports stored in the interpretation report database 4 is installed in the medical department. The interpretation report display device 3 is a computer terminal used by a doctor in the medical department, and can access the interpretation report database 4 and the medical image database 110 through LANL.

  The in-hospital LANL includes an X-ray CT apparatus 101, a magnetic resonance imaging apparatus (MRI apparatus) 102, an X-ray diagnostic apparatus 103, a nuclear medicine diagnostic apparatus (SPECT, PET, etc.) 104, and any medical device such as an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus. The diagnostic imaging apparatus 100 is connected. Since the configuration and function of these medical image diagnostic apparatuses 100 are known, detailed description thereof is omitted here.

  The medical image created by the medical image diagnostic apparatus 100 is stored in the medical image database 110. The medical image database 110 includes a large-capacity storage device such as a hard disk drive.

  The “medical information reference system” according to the present invention includes at least the interpretation report creation apparatus 1 (or interpretation report display apparatus 3) and the interpretation report database 4 in the system configuration of FIG. The interpretation report database 4 corresponds to an example of “storage means” and “database” of the present invention.

  The interpretation report creating apparatus 1 and the interpretation report display apparatus 3 correspond to examples of the “medical information reference apparatus” of the present invention. Here, the image interpretation report creating apparatus 1 and the image interpretation report display apparatus 3 both have the same function for displaying the image interpretation report, but the function is realized by a configuration characteristic of the present invention. is there. Therefore, in the following, only the interpretation report creation apparatus 1 will be described in detail, and detailed description of the interpretation report display apparatus 3 will be omitted.

[Interpretation Report Creation Device]
The image interpretation report creating apparatus 1 that constitutes the main configuration of the medical information reference system according to the present invention will be described in detail. The block diagram of FIG. 2 represents an example of a functional configuration of the image interpretation report creating apparatus 1, and the block diagram of FIG. 3 represents an example of the hardware configuration thereof.

[Hardware configuration]
First, the hardware configuration of the interpretation report creating apparatus 1 will be described with reference to FIG. This interpretation report creating apparatus 1 has a hardware configuration similar to that of a conventional computer, and as shown in FIG. 3, a CPU 20 (such as a microprocessor), a RAM 21, a ROM 22, a hard disk drive (HDD) 23, a display 24, A keyboard 25, a mouse 26, and a communication interface 27 are provided. These are connected via a bus 28.

  The CPU 20 executes operations characteristic of the present invention to be described later by expanding the medical information reference program 23b stored in the hard disk drive 23 on the RAM 21. In addition, the CPU 20 performs various arithmetic processes, controls various parts of the apparatus, for example, controls display processing by the display 24, controls corresponding to signals input from the keyboard 25 and the mouse 26, and controls communication processes by the communication interface 27. And so on.

  A medical dictionary file 23a is stored in the hard disk drive 23 together with the medical information reference program 23b. Various medical terms are recorded in the medical dictionary file 23. This medical dictionary file 23a is used as a kanji conversion support dictionary (medical dictionary) when inputting medical terms when creating an interpretation report. Such medical dictionaries have been used conventionally, and are described in, for example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2003-220035.

  Examples of medical terms stored in the medical dictionary file 23a include image type information, disease name information, and examination name information. The disease name information and the examination name information may be collectively referred to as disease name / examination name information.

  The image type information is information indicating the type of medical image, and is information indicating the name (abbreviation or the like) of the medical image diagnostic apparatus 100. For example, “CT” is used as the image type information of the CT image created by the X-ray CT apparatus 101, “MRI” is used as the image type information of the MRI image created by the MRI apparatus 102, and it is created by the X-ray diagnostic apparatus 103. The image type information of the X-ray image is “X-ray”, the SPECT image created by the nuclear medicine diagnostic apparatus 104 and the image type information of the PET image are “SPECT” and “PET”, and an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus (not shown). Terms such as “echo” are used as the image type information of the created ultrasonic image.

  The disease name information is information representing various disease names diagnosed based on the findings of the medical image (other disease names may be included). For example, “esophageal cancer”, “esophageal ulcer”, “gastric cancer”, “gastric ulcer”, “duodenal cancer”, “duodenal ulcer”, “colon cancer”, “colon polyp”, “cerebral aneurysm”, “ureteral stone” ”,“ Gallstones ”, and“ common bile duct stones ”.

  For example, by recording the Chinese character “cancer” together with the katakana character “cancer”, the written report for each interpretation report creator (for certain medical terms, the 癖 written in kanji, the 記載 written in katakana, It is desirable to correspond to i) described in hiragana. In addition, medical terms such as English names and German names may be recorded. The same applies to other medical terms such as image type information and examination name information.

  The examination name information is information indicating the names of various examinations performed using the medical image diagnostic apparatus 100 (other examination names may be included). For example, `` upper gastrointestinal examination '' to discover esophageal cancer, esophageal ulcer, stomach cancer, gastric ulcer, duodenal cancer, duodenal ulcer, etc., `` enema examination '' to discover colon cancer, colon polyps, etc. “Head MRI angiography” to detect cerebral aneurysms, “intravenous urography” to detect ureteral stones, “DIC” to detect gallstones, common bile duct stones, etc. Examination (gallbladder imaging examination) ”.

  The display 24 is an arbitrary display device such as an LCD or a CRT. The keyboard 25 is used as an input device for inputting characters, numbers, and the like. The mouse 26 is used as an operation device for performing various input operations on the display screen of the display 24. The display 24, keyboard 25, and mouse 26 are used as a user interface UI. The user interface UI corresponds to an example of the “operation means” of the present invention (details will be described later). The communication interface 27 is a network adapter for connecting to the hospital LANL.

[Functional configuration]
Next, the functional configuration of the interpretation report creating apparatus 1 will be described with reference to FIG. The interpretation report creating apparatus 1 includes a patient information input unit 11, an interpretation report search unit 12, a character string extraction unit 13, a link formation unit 14, a display control unit 15, a display unit 16, and an operation unit 17. Hereinafter, each part of the interpretation report creating apparatus 1 will be described, following the explanation regarding the display mode of the interpretation report and the information included therein.

(About interpretation report)
The interpretation report R stored in the interpretation report database 4 will be described. FIG. 4 shows an example of a display screen (interpretation report reference screen) for referring to the interpretation report R. The interpretation report reference screen 1000 shown in the figure is provided with a history display section 1000A and an interpretation report display section 1000B on which the interpretation report R is displayed.

  The history display section 1000A displays a list of interpretation report histories created in the past for the patient. In the case of FIG. 4, three histories 1001, 1002, and 1003 are listed. Each of the histories 1001, 1002, and 1003 includes information indicating the interpretation status, information indicating the type (type) of the medical image, information indicating the diagnosis target part, information indicating the requested department, and the examination execution date (medical image Information indicating the date of creation), information indicating the requesting doctor, and information indicating the registration date of the interpretation report.

  The interpretation report referring person (interpretation report creator, interpretation doctor) performs a predetermined operation and selects one of the histories. For example, when a desired history is clicked by operating the mouse 26, an interpretation report corresponding to the history is displayed on the interpretation report display unit 1000B under the control of the CPU 20. FIG. 4 shows a state in which an interpretation report corresponding to the third history 1003 is displayed.

  The interpretation report display unit 1000B includes an examination information display unit 1010 that displays information (examination information) related to the examination, an observation display unit 1020 that displays the findings, a diagnostic display unit 1030 that displays the diagnostic results, and an interpretation target. And an image display unit 1040 for displaying the medical image.

  The examination information display unit 1010 displays the examination date (date of creation of the medical image) and the type (type) of the medical image displayed on the image display unit 1040 as examination information. In FIG. 4, May 7, 2004 is displayed as the examination execution date, and CT is displayed as the type of medical image. Note that, as described above, MRI, X-ray, SPECT, PET, echo, and the like are displayed in the medical image type section.

  In the finding display unit 1020, a comment specifying the patient and the like are displayed together with the result of the finding on the medical image displayed on the image display unit 1040. The diagnosis display unit 1030 displays a medical image displayed on the image display unit 1040, a diagnosis result based on the findings, and a comment specifying the patient.

(Patient information input part)
The patient information input unit 11 corresponds to an example of the “operation means” of the present invention for inputting patient identification information, and includes a user interface UI (particularly a keyboard 25). The patient identification information is information for identifying each patient. Here, a patient ID assigned to each patient in the hospital is used. Although it is assumed that the patient's name is used, it is desirable to use the patient ID because it causes confusion when there is a patient with the same name and the same name. The interpretation report creator displays a predetermined input screen on the display 24 and operates the keyboard 25 to input a patient ID of a desired patient.

(Interpretation Report Search Department)
The interpretation report search unit 12 corresponds to an example of “search means” of the present invention, and includes a CPU 20 that executes a medical information reference program 23 b and a communication interface 27. The interpretation report search unit 12 searches the interpretation report database 4 from the interpretation report database 4 using the input patient identification information as a search condition. That is, the image interpretation report R created in the past for the patient identified by the inputted patient identification information is searched.

(Character string extraction unit)
The character string extraction unit 13 corresponds to an example of the “extraction means” of the present invention that extracts predetermined character string information from the searched interpretation report R, and includes a CPU 20 that executes a medical information reference program 23b, and a medical dictionary file 23a. And a hard disk drive 23 for storing the data. The character string extracting means 13 is provided with a character string determining unit 13a and a medical term recording unit 13b.

  The “character string information” is generally a character string formed by arranging one or more characters (Hiragana, Katakana, Kanji, Alphabet, Number, etc.) used for notation of various languages such as Japanese and English. Means information consisting of Here, in particular, information (medical image creation date, medical image type, image type information, disease name / examination name) composed of character strings included in the description contents (examination information, findings, diagnosis results, etc.) of the interpretation report R Information).

  The medical term recording unit 13b corresponds to an example of the “recording unit” of the present invention in which medical terms are recorded in advance. Medical terms to be recorded include the above-described image type information and disease name / examination name information. The medical term recording unit 13b includes a hard disk drive 23 that stores a medical dictionary file 23a. The recording destination of medical terms is not limited to the hard disk drive 23, and may be, for example, a nonvolatile storage device such as a ROM, or a medium such as a CD-ROM or DVD-ROM (in the latter case, A drive device for the media is required.)

  The character string determination unit 13a corresponds to an example of the “determination unit” in the present invention. The character string determination unit 13a analyzes the description content of the interpretation report R and divides it into character strings. Whether each character string is recorded in the medical term recording unit 13b (that is, the character string is stored in the medical dictionary file 23a). Is included). The character string extracting unit 13 selectively extracts only the character string determined to be recorded in the medical term recording unit 13b from the interpretation report R.

  The character string extraction unit 13 counts the number of extractions for each extracted character string information. For example, there are the following two methods for counting the number of extractions. The first extraction number counting method is a method of counting the number of interpretation reports from which the character string information is extracted. The second extraction number counting method is a method of counting the cumulative number of times the character string information has been extracted. The result of counting the number of extracted character strings is stored in the RAM 21 or the hard disk drive 23.

(Link forming section)
The link forming unit 14 corresponds to an example of the “associating means” of the present invention that associates the extracted character string information with the interpretation results (findings, diagnosis results) of the interpretation report R from which the character string information is extracted. To do. The link forming unit 14 includes a CPU 20 that executes a medical information reference program 23b.

  For example, the link forming unit 14 embeds the storage position information (directory) in the interpretation report database 4 of the interpretation result of the interpretation report R from which the character string information is extracted in the character string information. By linking the interpretation report R to the character string information, the interpretation report R is associated with the character string information.

  The association process by the association means can be performed by creating table information that associates the extracted character string information with the interpretation report directory of the interpretation report R that is the extraction source. Generally, as long as this association process associates the extracted character string information with the interpretation result of the interpretation report R of the extraction source, the processing mode is arbitrary.

(Display section)
The display unit 16 corresponds to an example of the “display unit” of the present invention that displays the character string information extracted by the character string extraction unit 13, and is configured by the display 24 of FIG. The display mode of the extracted character string information will be described in the section of the display control unit 15 described later.

(Operation section)
The operation unit 17 corresponds to an example of the “operation unit” of the present invention for designating character string information displayed on the display unit 16, and includes a user interface UI (in particular, a mouse 26). The character string information designation operation is performed, for example, by clicking desired character string information with the mouse 26.

(Display control unit)
The display control unit 15 corresponds to an example of a “control unit” of the present invention, and includes a CPU 20 that executes a medical information reference program 23 b and a communication interface 27. When any of the character string information displayed on the display unit 16 is clicked with the mouse 26, the display control unit 15 reads the interpretation result of the interpretation report R associated with the character string information (the observation display unit 1020 in FIG. 4). And / or the description content of the diagnostic display unit 1030. That is, the interpretation result of the interpretation report R in which a link is formed with the character string information, that is, the finding result and / or the diagnostic result, is selected and acquired from the interpretation report database 4. Display on the display unit 16.

  As shown in FIG. 4, information (referred to as creation date information) indicating the creation date of a medical image is described in the history display portion 1000A of the interpretation report R. This creation date information is extracted by the character string extraction unit 13 as described above. When a plurality of interpretation reports are searched, the display control unit 15 refers to the creation date information extracted from each interpretation report, and displays the interpretation results of the plurality of interpretation reports in the order based on the creation date information. To display.

  Here, “display in order based on creation date information” means one of the following display modes. First, the interpretation results of a plurality of interpretation reports can be displayed in order from the date of creation. For example, when three image interpretation reports R1, R2, and R3 are searched and the creation dates shown in the creation date information are April 1, 2005, May 1, 2005, and June 1, 2005, display The control unit 15 refers to the extracted creation date information and arranges the creation dates of the medical images in chronological order. In this example, the interpretation report R1 is the oldest, the next is the interpretation report R2, and the latest is the interpretation report R3. Then, the display control unit 15 displays the interpretation results (findings, diagnosis results) of these interpretation reports R1 to R3 in the order of the interpretation reports R1, R2, and R3.

  Second, the interpretation results of a plurality of interpretation reports can be displayed in order from the newest creation date. For example, in the above example, the interpretation reports R3, R2, and R1 are displayed in the order of the same control.

  The plurality of interpretation results are arranged and displayed in the above order on a single screen, and a desired interpretation result can be browsed by scrolling the screen by operating the mouse 26 or the like. Note that a plurality of interpretation results can be switched and displayed one by one in the above order by operating the mouse 26 or the like. In addition, the display order (the first display order and the second display order) based on the creation date information of a plurality of interpretation results can be switched as necessary, for example, by the user interface UI.

  The display control unit 15 also controls display processing of the character string information extracted by the character string extraction unit 13 on the display unit 16 (described above in the description of the display unit 16). Hereinafter, an example of a display mode of character string information will be described.

  As described above, the character string extracting unit 13 counts the number of extracted character string information. The display control unit 15 causes the display unit 16 to display the count result together with the character string information. In addition, when there are a plurality of extracted character string information, by comparing the extracted numbers, the plurality of character string information is arranged and displayed in the order of the extracted number. When there are a plurality of pieces of character string information with the same number of extractions, the pieces of character string information are displayed in an arbitrary order such as, for example, 50-sound order or alphabetical order.

  When image type information and disease name / examination name information (described above) are extracted by the character string extraction unit 13, the display control unit 15 displays a list of disease name / examination name information for each image type information.

  For example, three interpretation reports R1 to R3 (the description of “stomach cancer” and “duodenal cancer” in the interpretation result) concerning the upper gastrointestinal contrast examination performed using an X-ray image, and the same X-ray image are performed. Two interpretation reports R4 and R5 related to the enema examination (described as “colon cancer” in the interpretation result) and two interpretation reports R6 and R7 related to the head MRI angio examination performed using the MRI image ( "Description of cerebral aneurysm").

  In this case, from the interpretation reports R1 to R3, “X-ray” is extracted as the image type information, and “stomach cancer”, “duodenal cancer”, and “upper gastrointestinal contrast examination” are extracted as the disease name / examination name information. The In addition, from the interpretation reports R4 and R5, “X-ray” is extracted as the image type information, and “colon cancer” is extracted as the disease name / examination name information. Also, from the interpretation reports R6 and R7, “MRI” is extracted as image type information, and “cerebral aneurysm” and “head MRI angio test” are extracted as disease name / examination name information.

  The display control unit 15 classifies all the extracted disease name / examination name information based on the extracted image type information. In this example, “stomach cancer”, “duodenal cancer”, “upper gastrointestinal contrast examination”, “colon cancer” and “note” extracted from the interpretation reports R1 to R5 from which the image type information “X-ray” is extracted. It is classified into “intestinal examination” and “cerebral aneurysm” and “head MRI angio examination” extracted from interpretation reports R6 and R7 from which image type information “MRI” is extracted.

  Then, the display control unit 15 displays the extracted character string information reflecting this classification. In this example, as shown in FIG. 5, five disease name / examination name information on the “X-ray” side are displayed together, and two disease name / examination name information on the “MRI” side are displayed together. Let In the display mode shown in the figure, the number (extraction number) of interpretation reports from which each disease name / examination name information is extracted is also displayed. In addition, each image type information is displayed in order from disease name / examination name information with a large number of extractions.

  The processing by the display control unit 15 described above is processing corresponding to a case where an interpretation report (interpretation result) is read from the interpretation report database 4 each time, but the present invention is not limited to this. Absent. For example, an interpretation report storage unit (consisting of a writable storage device such as the hard disk drive 23) for storing the interpretation report searched by the interpretation report search unit 12 is provided, and the display control unit 15 is stored therein. A configuration in which the interpretation result of the interpretation report is read and displayed on the display unit 16 can be applied. When this configuration is applied, the display control unit 15 is configured by the CPU 20 and does not need to include the communication interface 27.

[Operation]
The operation of the medical information reference system according to this embodiment having the above-described configuration will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing an example of the operation of this embodiment. 7 to 13 are diagrams for explaining a specific example of the interpretation report display processing according to the present embodiment.

  When the interpretation report referring person operates the patient information input unit 11 to input patient identification information of a desired patient (S1), the interpretation report search unit 12 uses the input patient identification information as a search condition to interpret the interpretation report database 4. The image interpretation report R is searched from (S2).

  If no interpretation report is found (S3; N), the display control unit 15 causes the display unit 16 to display a message to that effect (for example, a message such as “There is no registered interpretation report”). (S10). This is the end of the process.

  On the other hand, when at least one interpretation report is searched (S3; Y), the character string determination unit 13a of the character string extraction unit 13 converts the description content of each searched interpretation report R into a character string (character string information). The character string information is divided and it is determined whether each character string information is recorded in the medical term recording unit 13b, and the character string extraction unit 13 interprets only the character string information determined to be recorded in the medical term recording unit 13b. Extract from R (S4). In addition, the character string extraction unit 13 counts the number of extracted pieces of extracted character string information (S5).

  Subsequently, the link forming unit 14 embeds the interpretation result directory of the interpretation report R from which the character string information is extracted, in the character string information, and links the interpretation result of the interpretation report R to the character string information (S6). . The extracted character string information is displayed on the display unit 16 together with the extracted number counted in step S5 under the control of the display control unit 15 (S7). The display mode at this time will be described later in [Specific Example].

  When the interpretation report referring person operates the operation unit 17 (mouse 26) and clicks the desired character string information displayed (S8), the display control unit 15 links to the clicked character string information. The interpretation result of the interpretation report R is acquired from the interpretation report database 4 and displayed on the display unit 16 (S9). When a plurality of interpretation reports are retrieved in step S2, the interpretation results are displayed in the order based on the creation date information of the medical image (extracted from the interpretation report in step S4).

  The process of step S9 is executed each time an interpretation report referring person clicks on different character string information. The process by the medical information reference system according to this embodiment is thus completed.

〔Concrete example〕
A specific example of the processing according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS.

(Interpretation report search processing; steps S1 and S2)
When patient identification information is input in step S1 of FIG. 6, the interpretation report creating apparatus 1 searches the interpretation report database 4 for an interpretation report corresponding to the patient identification information (step S2).

  FIG. 7 shows an outline of an example of the searched interpretation report. FIG. 7A shows an outline of interpretation reports R1, R2, and R3 related to the upper gastrointestinal contrast examination, and FIG. 7B shows an outline of interpretation reports R4 and R5 related to the enema examination. ) Represents an outline of the interpretation reports R6 and R7 relating to the head MRI angio test.

  Note that the “O”, “X”, and “△” columns in [Findings] and [Diagnosis] in these figures are character strings that do not correspond to medical terms in the comments on the findings and diagnosis results (medical term records A character string not recorded in the section 13b, in other words, a character string not included in the medical dictionary file 23a).

(Character string information extraction processing; step S4)
The interpretation report creating apparatus 1 executes the character string information extraction process in step S4 of FIG. As a result, for the interpretation report R1 in FIG. 7A, the creation date information “2005/04/01” and the image type information “X-ray” are extracted from the examination information, and the interpretation results (findings, diagnosis results). ) From the disease name / examination name information “upper gastrointestinal angiography” and “stomach cancer”. In addition, regarding the interpretation report R2, the creation date information “2005/05/01” and the image type information “X-ray” are extracted from the examination information, and the disease name / examination name information “upper gastrointestinal angiography” is obtained from the interpretation result. Extract “stomach cancer”. Similarly, for the interpretation report R3, the creation date information “2005/06/01” and the image type information “X-ray” are extracted from the examination information, and the disease name / examination name information “upper gastrointestinal angiography” from the interpretation result. And “duodenal cancer” are extracted.

  Further, for the interpretation report R4 in FIG. 7B, the creation date information “2005/04/10” and the image type information “X-ray” are extracted from the examination information, and the disease name / examination name information “ Extract "Enema" and "Colon cancer". Similarly, for the interpretation report R5, the creation date information “2005/05/10” and the image type information “X-ray” are extracted from the examination information, and the disease name / examination name information “enema examination” is obtained from the interpretation result. Extract "colon cancer".

  Furthermore, for the interpretation report R6 in FIG. 7C, the creation date information “2005/05/20” and the image type information “MRI” are extracted from the examination information, and the disease name / examination name information “ “Head MRI angio” and “cerebral aneurysm” are extracted. Similarly, for the interpretation report R7, the creation date information “2005/06/20” and the image type information “MRI” are extracted from the examination information, and the disease name / examination name information “head MRI angio” is obtained from the interpretation result. Extract “cerebral aneurysm”.

(Extraction number counting process; step S5)
Next, the interpretation report creating apparatus 1 counts the number of extracted character string information (especially disease name / examination name information) extracted. Here, the first extraction number counting method described above for counting the number of interpretation reports from which character string information has been extracted is applied.

  Accordingly, regarding the interpretation reports R1, R2, and R3 in FIG. 7A, the count result of the number of extractions of the examination name information “upper gastrointestinal contrast” is “3”, and the count result of the number of extractions of the disease name information “stomach cancer” is The count result of the extracted number of “2” and disease name information “duodenal cancer” is “1”. In addition, regarding the interpretation reports R4 and R5 in FIG. 7B, the count result of the number of extractions of the examination name information “enema examination” is “2”, and the count result of the number of extractions of the disease name information “colon cancer” is “2”. It becomes. In addition, regarding the interpretation reports R6 and R7 in FIG. 7C, the count result of the extracted number of examination name information “head MRI angio” is “2”, and the count result of the extracted number of disease name information “cerebral aneurysm” is “ 2 ”.

(Link formation processing; step S6)
Next, the interpretation report creating apparatus 1 links the interpretation result of the interpretation report from which the character string information is extracted to the extracted character string information (particularly disease name / examination name information).

  Specifically, the interpretation results of the interpretation reports R1, R2, and R3 are linked to the examination name information “upper gastrointestinal angiography”, and the interpretation results of the interpretation reports R1 and R2 are linked to the disease name information “stomach cancer”. Are linked, and the interpretation result of the interpretation report R3 is linked to the disease name information “duodenal cancer”. The interpretation results R4 and R5 are linked to the examination name information “enema examination”, and the interpretation results R4 and R5 are linked to the disease name information “colon cancer”. . Similarly, the interpretation results R6 and R7 are linked to the examination name information “head MRI angio”, and the interpretation results R6 and R7 are linked to the disease name information “cerebral aneurysm”. Linked.

(Extraction result display process; step S7)
Subsequently, the interpretation report creating apparatus 1 causes the display unit 16 to display the extraction result of the character string information. At this time, the count result of the number of extracted character string information (especially disease name / examination name information) is also displayed.

  FIG. 8 shows an outline of an example of a display screen of the extraction result of the character string information at this time. In the character string information extraction result display screen 2000 shown in the figure, the extracted display items (character string information) are classified into image type information “X-ray” and “MRI”. Furthermore, for each image type information, disease name / examination name information is arranged and displayed in descending order of the number of extractions. For example, for the image processing information “X-ray”, “upper gastrointestinal angiography” with 3 extractions is displayed at the top, followed by “gastric cancer”, “enema examination”, “colon cancer” with 2 extractions. ”Is displayed, and“ duodenal cancer ”with one extracted number is displayed at the bottom.

(Interpretation result display processing; steps S8 and S9)
When the image interpretation report referring person clicks on the character string information desired to be browsed among the displayed character string information (disease name / examination name information) (step S8), the image interpretation report creating apparatus 1 is linked to the character string information. The interpretation result of the interpretation report is displayed on the display unit 16 (step S9).

  9 to 13 show an outline of an example of a display screen of the interpretation result at this time. FIG. 9 shows an interpretation result display screen 2100 when the character string information “upper digestive tract imaging” on the character string information extraction result display screen 2000 of FIG. 8 is clicked. FIG. 10 shows an interpretation result display screen 2200 when the character string information “stomach cancer” is clicked. FIG. 11 shows an interpretation result display screen 2300 when the character string information “Enema examination” or “Colon cancer” is clicked. FIG. 12 shows an interpretation result display screen 2400 when the character string information “duodenal cancer” is clicked. FIG. 13 shows an interpretation result display screen 2500 when the character string information “head MRI angio” or “cerebral aneurysm” is clicked.

  When the character string information “Upper Gastrointestinal Contrast” on the character string information extraction result display screen 2000 is clicked, the interpretation report creating apparatus 1 reads the interpretation results of the interpretation reports R1, R2, and R3 linked to the character string information, That is, data corresponding to the description content of the finding display unit 1020 and the diagnostic display unit 1030 in FIG. 4 (and data corresponding to the description content of the examination information display unit 1010) are acquired from the interpretation report database 4 and displayed on the display unit 16. Let At this time, the interpretation results (and inspection information) R1 ′, R2 ′, R3 ′ of the interpretation reports R1, R2, R3 are generated as the interpretation reports R1, R2, R3 extracted in step S4 as shown in FIG. Referring to the date information, the medical images are arranged and displayed in order from the newest creation date (examination date), that is, in the order of interpretation results R3 ′, R2 ′, R1 ′.

  When the character string information “stomach cancer” on the character string information extraction result display screen 2000 is clicked, the interpretation report creating apparatus 1 reads the interpretation results (and examination information) of the interpretation reports R1 and R2 linked to the character string information. ) R1 ′ and R2 ′ are acquired from the interpretation report database 4 and displayed on the display unit 16 in order from the newest creation date, that is, the interpretation results R2 ′ and R1 ′, as shown in FIG.

  When the character string information “enema examination” or “colon cancer” on the character string information extraction result display screen 2000 is clicked, the image interpretation report creating apparatus 1 interprets the interpretation reports R4 and R5 linked to the character string information. Interpretation results (and examination information) R4 'and R5' are obtained from the interpretation report database 4, and as shown in FIG. 11, the display unit 16 in order from the newest creation date, that is, the interpretation results R5 'and R4'. To display.

  When the character string information “duodenal cancer” on the character string information extraction result display screen 2000 is clicked, the interpretation report creating apparatus 1 interprets the interpretation result (and examination information) of the interpretation report R3 linked to the character string information. R3 ′ is acquired from the interpretation report database 4 and displayed on the display unit 16 (see FIG. 12).

  When the character string information “head MRI angio” or “cerebral aneurysm” on the character string information extraction result display screen 2000 is clicked, the interpretation report creating apparatus 1 interprets the interpretation report R6 linked to the character string information. , R7 interpretation results (and examination information) R6 ′, R7 ′ are obtained from the interpretation report database 4 and displayed in order from the newest creation date, that is, the interpretation results R7 ′, R6 ′ as shown in FIG. This is displayed on the part 16.

[About medical information reference program]
The processing according to the present embodiment described above is executed by the microprocessor (CPU 20) of the interpretation report creating apparatus 1 based on the medical information program 23b stored in the hard disk drive 23. This medical information reference program 23b corresponds to an example of the “medical information reference program” of the present invention.

  Such a medical information reference program 23b can be stored in an arbitrary storage medium so that it can be read by a computer. As the storage medium, floppy (registered trademark) disk, CD-ROM, CD-R (W), DVD-ROM, DVD-R (W), DVD-RAM, MO, various memory cards, and other electrical methods, Any structure that can store data by any physical method such as a magnetic method or an optical method can be used.

  The medical information reference program 23b may be stored in a server or storage device on a network such as LANL or the Internet so that it can be used from the interpretation report creation apparatus 1 or the interpretation report display apparatus 3 via the network. Is possible.

[Action / Effect]
The operation and effects of the present embodiment as described above will be described.

  First, according to this embodiment, when an interpretation report reference person inputs patient identification information, an interpretation report of a patient identified by the patient identification information is retrieved from the interpretation report database 4, and medical information is obtained from each retrieved interpretation report. Character string information included in the dictionary file 23a is extracted. The extracted character string information is associated with the interpretation result of the interpretation report of the extraction source, and the extracted character string information is displayed as a character string information extraction result display screen 2000. Further, when the reference person clicks the character string information displayed on the character string information extraction result display screen 2000, the interpretation result of the interpretation report associated with the character string information is displayed as an interpretation result display screen 2100-2500. .

  Thereby, by referring to the display contents of the character string information extraction result display screen 2000, it is possible to grasp the outline of the interpretation results without displaying past interpretation reports and confirming the description contents. Therefore, it is possible to efficiently refer to past interpretation reports.

  For example, referring to the character string information extraction result display screen 2000 of FIG. 8, it can be seen that the upper gastrointestinal contrast examination using the X-ray diagnostic apparatus has been performed three times in the past. It can also be seen that in the past interpretation reports, “gastric cancer” was mentioned twice and “duodenal cancer” was mentioned once. The interpretation doctor can easily grasp from these display contents that the upper gastrointestinal tract contrast examination has been performed twice for gastric cancer and once for duodenal cancer. As described above, since an overview of past interpretation results can be easily grasped, it is possible to easily grasp points to be noted in the current interpretation work.

  Further, according to the present embodiment, when a plurality of different character string information is extracted, the character string information is displayed in the order of the number of extracted pieces as shown in FIG. Therefore, it is possible to easily grasp what kind of examinations have been carried out and what kind of disease has attracted much attention. This makes it possible to efficiently reference past interpretation reports and to easily grasp the attention points in the current interpretation work.

  In addition, since the number of extracted character string information is also displayed, the frequency of mention of each character string information (disease and test) can be easily recognized, and the past attention to each character string information can be recognized. The degree can be easily grasped.

  Further, according to the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 8, the extracted disease name / examination name information is displayed in a list for each image type information. Further, when a desired one of the disease name / examination name information displayed in the list is clicked, an interpretation result of an interpretation report associated (linked) with the disease name / examination name information is displayed. Thereby, the interpretation result related to the desired disease name / examination name information can be selectively displayed by a simple operation, so that the interpretation report can be referred to efficiently.

  Furthermore, when the clicked disease name / examination name information is linked to the interpretation results of a plurality of interpretation reports, the interpretation results are arranged and displayed on one screen. It is possible to refer to a plurality of interpretation results including descriptions related to name information at a time. Thereby, it is possible to easily grasp the relevance between a plurality of interpretation reports, and as a result, it is possible to easily comprehensively grasp past interpretation results related to desired disease name / examination name information.

  In this embodiment, examination information (creation date information and image type information) is displayed together with the interpretation result. By referring to the creation date information, the referrer can confirm when the test was performed and at what time interval, so it is possible to estimate the degree of change in the medical condition at the time of the current test. be able to. In addition, by referring to the image type information, it is possible to confirm which medical image diagnostic apparatus 100 was used for the past examination. Thus, for example, in an examination that can be performed using two or more types of medical image diagnostic apparatuses, when comparing a plurality of past interpretation results, characteristics of the medical image (for example, examination accuracy) can be taken into account. The accuracy of comparison is improved. In addition, it is easy to determine how to interpret past interpretation results when interpreting the current medical image.

  In addition, according to the present embodiment, the creation date information is extracted from each searched interpretation report, and a plurality of interpretation reports for the disease name / examination name information clicked on the character string information extraction result display screen 2000 are displayed. When interpretation results are associated, a plurality of interpretation results are displayed in the order based on the extracted creation date information. By the way, the past interpretation result that should be regarded as most important in this interpretation is generally the previous interpretation result. Therefore, in the example shown in FIG. 9 and the like, the items are displayed in order from the newest creation date.

  In addition, when browsing in order from the first interpretation result, it is possible to display in order from the oldest creation date.

  In addition, according to the present embodiment, medical terms (medical dictionary files) are recorded in advance, and a character string included in the searched interpretation report is extracted corresponding to the recorded medical terms. Therefore, medical terms can be extracted accurately and efficiently from the interpretation report.

[Modification]
The embodiment described in detail above is merely an example of a configuration for suitably carrying out the present invention. Therefore, various modifications within the scope of the gist of the present invention can be made as appropriate as described in the following modifications, for example.

(Modification 1)
The above embodiment is configured to display all the extracted character string information on the character string information extraction result display screen 2000 (see FIG. 8), but this is not necessary.

  For example, it is possible to apply a configuration in which the number of character string information to be displayed can be set in advance and only the set number of character string information is selected and displayed in descending order of the number of extractions. As a result, only character string information that is frequently referred to in past interpretation results is displayed, and an overview of past interpretation results can be efficiently grasped. Note that the display number is set using, for example, a user interface UI.

  In addition, it is possible to set a lower limit value of the number of extracted character string information to be displayed, and to selectively display only character string information of the extracted number equal to or greater than the lower limit value.

(Modification 2)
In the above embodiment, all the character strings included in the searched interpretation report are extracted corresponding to the medical terms included in the medical dictionary file 23a. However, the present invention is limited to this. It is not a thing.

  For example, character string information (medical terms) to be extracted can be designated in advance, and the extraction unit can be configured to selectively extract only the designated character string. The extraction process corresponds to a process of searching for designated character string information from the searched interpretation report. The character string information to be extracted is specified using, for example, a user interface UI. As a result, when the point to be noticed in the current interpretation is known, only the interpretation result related to the point of interest can be selectively displayed for reference, thereby improving the efficiency of the reference work. It becomes.

  As described above, when adopting a configuration in which the character string information extracted from the interpretation report can be specified in advance, it is desirable to perform so-called AND search and OR search. For example, if a specific disease name and a test name are connected by specifying “AND”, only an interpretation result when a specific test is performed in order to find the specific disease can be selectively displayed. . If a specific first examination and a second examination are specified by connecting them with “OR”, only the interpretation result relating to at least one of them can be selectively displayed. According to such a character string extraction process, it is possible to display past interpretation results in which target contents are described more accurately and more efficiently.

(Modification 3)
In the above embodiment, the extracted character string information is arrayed and displayed using the image type information as the first classification standard (see FIG. 8), but the present invention is not limited to this.

  For example, the extracted character string information can be classified and displayed using disease name information and examination name information as the first classification standard. Alternatively, the extracted character string information may be displayed as a list without being classified.

It is a block diagram showing an example of the whole structure of embodiment of the medical information reference system which concerns on this invention. It is a block diagram showing an example of a functional structure of the interpretation report production apparatus in embodiment of the medical information reference system which concerns on this invention. It is a block diagram showing an example of the hardware constitutions of the interpretation report production apparatus in embodiment of the medical information reference system which concerns on this invention. It is the schematic showing an example of the display mode of the interpretation report reference screen displayed by embodiment of the medical information reference system which concerns on this invention. It is the schematic showing an example of the display mode of the character string information extraction result display screen displayed by embodiment of the medical information reference system which concerns on this invention. It is a flowchart showing an example of operation | movement of embodiment of the medical information reference system which concerns on this invention. It is the schematic showing an example of the interpretation report searched by embodiment of the medical information reference system which concerns on this invention. FIG. 7A shows an outline of an interpretation report regarding an upper gastrointestinal contrast examination, FIG. 7B shows an outline of an interpretation report concerning an enema examination, and FIG. 7C shows a head MRI angiography examination. Represents an overview of the interpretation report. It is the schematic showing an example of the display mode of the character string information extraction result display screen displayed by embodiment of the medical information reference system which concerns on this invention. It is the schematic showing an example of the interpretation result display screen displayed by embodiment of the medical information reference system which concerns on this invention. It is the schematic showing an example of the interpretation result display screen displayed by embodiment of the medical information reference system which concerns on this invention. It is the schematic showing an example of the interpretation result display screen displayed by embodiment of the medical information reference system which concerns on this invention. It is the schematic showing an example of the interpretation result display screen displayed by embodiment of the medical information reference system which concerns on this invention. It is the schematic showing an example of the interpretation result display screen displayed by embodiment of the medical information reference system which concerns on this invention.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Image interpretation report creation apparatus 11 Patient information input part 12 Image interpretation report search part 13 Character string extraction part 13a Character string judgment part 13b Medical term recording part 14 Link formation part 15 Display control part 16 Display part 17 Operation part 20 CPU
21 RAM
22 ROM
23 Hard Disk Drive 23a Medical Dictionary File 23b Medical Information Reference Program 24 Display 25 Keyboard 26 Mouse 27 Communication Interface 2 Medical Image Viewer Device 3 Interpretation Report Display Device 4 Interpretation Report Database 100 Medical Image Diagnosis Device 110 Medical Image Database 1000 Interpretation Report Reference Screen 1010 Inspection information display section 1020 Observation display section 1030 Diagnosis display section 1040 Image display section 2000 Character string information extraction result display screen 2100, 2200, 2300, 2400, 2500 Interpretation result display screen L LAN
R, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7 Interpretation report R1 ′, R2 ′, R3 ′, R4 ′, R5 ′, R6 ′, R7 ′ Interpretation results

Claims (8)

Storage means for storing an interpretation report that records the interpretation result of the medical image;
Operation means;
Search means for searching a plurality of interpretation reports of a patient identified by patient identification information input by the operation means from the storage means;
Extraction means for extracting character string information including at least one of image type information indicating the type of medical image and disease name / examination name information indicating a disease name or examination name from the interpretation results of each of the retrieved interpretation reports;
Association means for associating the extracted character string information with the interpretation result of the interpretation report from which the character string information is extracted;
Display means;
The extracted character string information is displayed on the display means, and the interpretation result associated with the designated character string information corresponding to the displayed character string information being designated by the operation means. Control means for displaying on the display means;
A medical information reference system comprising: The extraction means extracts a plurality of different character string information from the interpretation result of each searched interpretation report, and counts the number of extractions of each character string information,
The control means causes the display means to display the extracted plurality of different character string information in the order in which the extracted extraction number is large.
The medical information reference system according to claim 1.   The medical information reference system according to claim 2, wherein the control unit causes the display unit to display the extracted number of each character string information together with the plurality of different character string information extracted. The extraction means extracts both the image type information and the disease name / examination name information from the interpretation results of the retrieved interpretation reports,
The associating means associates an interpretation result from which the disease name / examination name information is extracted with the extracted disease name / examination name information,
The control means causes the display means to display a list of the extracted disease name / examination name information for each image type information, and the displayed disease name / examination name information is designated by the operation means. Corresponding to the specified disease name / examination name information, the associated interpretation result is displayed.
The medical information reference system according to claim 1. The interpretation report stored in the storage means includes creation date information indicating the creation date of the medical image,
The extraction means extracts the creation date information from each searched interpretation report,
The control means, when each of the interpretation results of a plurality of interpretation reports is associated with the character string information specified by the operation means, the interpretation results of the plurality of interpretation reports are displayed as the plurality of interpretation reports. Displaying on the display means in an order based on the creation date information extracted from each of the reports;
The medical information reference system according to claim 1. The extraction means includes
A recording means for pre-recording medical terms;
Determining means for determining whether or not a character string included in the interpretation report corresponds to the recorded medical term;
The medical information reference system according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the character string determined to correspond to the medical term is extracted as the character string information. A medical information reference device capable of accessing a database storing an interpretation report in which an interpretation result for a medical image is recorded,
Operation means;
Search means for searching a plurality of interpretation reports of a patient identified by patient identification information input by the operation means from the storage means;
Extraction means for extracting character string information including at least one of image type information indicating the type of medical image and disease name / examination name information indicating a disease name or examination name from the interpretation results of each of the retrieved interpretation reports;
Association means for associating the extracted character string information with the interpretation result of the interpretation report from which the character string information is extracted;
Display means;
The extracted character string information is displayed on the display means, and the interpretation result associated with the designated character string information corresponding to the displayed character string information being designated by the operation means. Control means for displaying on the display means;
A medical information reference device comprising: A computer having an operation means and a display means, and capable of accessing a database storing an interpretation report recording an interpretation result of a medical image;
A function of searching a plurality of interpretation reports of a patient identified by patient identification information input by the operation means from the database;
A function of extracting character string information including at least one of image type information indicating the type of medical image and disease name / examination name information indicating a disease name or examination name from the interpretation result of each of the searched interpretation reports;
A function of associating the extracted character string information with an interpretation result of an interpretation report from which the character string information is extracted;
A function of causing the display means to display the extracted character string information;
In response to the displayed character string information being designated by the operation means, a function for causing the display means to display the interpretation result associated with the designated character string information;
A medical information reference program characterized in that

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