KR102372766B1 - Method And Apparatus for diagnosing a SMI stage of a patient using a X-ray image of a hand wrist - Google Patents

Abstract

Disclosed are an apparatus and method for diagnosing a patient's growth stage using a radiographic image of the arm. In the patient's growth stage diagnosis method, by displaying a guide image in which the area to be checked by the user on the patient's arm radiographic image is displayed in order to determine the response according to the question for each question for judging the patient's SMI, the user can answer the question. You can support to easily select a response to the answer.

Description

Method And Apparatus for diagnosing a SMI stage of a patient using a X-ray image of a hand wrist

The present invention relates to a method for diagnosing the growth stage of a patient using a radiographic image of the arm, and more particularly, to a method for determining skeletal maturity indicators (SMI) of a patient together with a radiographic image of the patient's arm A device and method for displaying a question and a reference image, and determining a growth stage of a patient according to a response to the question.

Since children and adolescents grow during the orthodontic process, it is necessary to diagnose the growth stage of the patient before orthodontic treatment, and determine the orthodontic method in consideration of the patient's growth stage.

The conventional method for diagnosing the growth stage used a questionnaire using the questions and answers of the patient himself/herself and the caregiver and a radiographic image of the forearm obtained by radiographic imaging of the forearm.

However, in the conventional method for diagnosing the growth stage, since the user (doctor) directly reads and diagnoses the radiographic image of the hand and arm, there is a problem that the diagnosis may be different depending on the skill of the user.

In addition, there is a situation in which the user has the inconvenience of having to create a chart according to the result of his/her reading and diagnosis.

Therefore, there is a demand for a method capable of generating a chart while diagnosing a patient's growth stage by minimizing the difference according to the user's ability.

The present invention may provide an apparatus and method for displaying a guide image in which a region to be checked by a user in a radiographic image of the arm of a patient is displayed in order to determine a response according to the question for each question for determining the patient's SMI.

In addition, the present invention may provide an apparatus and method for generating a growth curve according to growth stages, and generating a chart including growth stages and growth curves.

A method for diagnosing a patient's growth stage according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: displaying a radiographic image of the patient's hand; Displaying a question for determining the patient's skeletal maturity indicators (SMI), and a reference image corresponding to the question; receiving a response to the question determined by referring to the reference image; and displaying the growth stage of the patient determined based on the response.

The reference image of the method for diagnosing a patient's growth stage according to an embodiment of the present invention may be an image in which a region to be checked by a user is displayed on the arm radiographic image in order to determine a response to the question.

A method for diagnosing a patient's growth stage according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: generating a growth curve of the patient based on the growth stage of the patient; and generating a diagnostic chart including the growth stage of the patient and the growth curve of the patient.

The generating of the diagnostic chart of the method for diagnosing the growth stage of a patient according to an embodiment of the present invention includes displaying the growth stage of the patient within a certain distance from the arm radiographic image of the patient or within the arm radiographic image of the patient and arranging the growth curve of the patient within a predetermined distance from the radiographic image of the arm of the patient or within the radiographic image of the arm of the patient to generate the diagnosis chart.

The step of determining the growth stage of the method for diagnosing the growth stage of a patient according to an embodiment of the present invention includes displaying an additional question according to whether the answer is positive or negative to the question, or SMI corresponding to the question A stage can be determined as the stage of growth of the patient.

A method for diagnosing a patient's growth stage according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: when it is determined to display an additional question, displaying a question and a reference image matched to the response; and receiving a response to the matched question, wherein the determining of the growth stage may determine the growth stage of the patient based on the response to the matched question.

An apparatus for diagnosing a patient's growth stage according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a display for displaying a radiographic image of a patient's arms, a question for determining the patient's SMI, and a reference image corresponding to the question; an interface for receiving a response to the question determined by referring to the reference image; and a processor for determining the growth stage of the patient based on the response, wherein the display may display the growth stage of the patient.

The reference image of the apparatus for diagnosing a patient's growth stage according to an embodiment of the present invention may be an image in which a region to be checked by a user is displayed in the arm radiographic image in order to determine a response to the question.

The processor of the apparatus for diagnosing a patient's growth stage according to an embodiment of the present invention generates a growth curve of the patient based on the growth stage of the patient, and a diagnosis including the growth stage of the patient and the growth curve of the patient A chart is generated, and the display may display the diagnostic chart.

The processor of the apparatus for diagnosing a patient's growth stage according to an embodiment of the present invention displays the growth stage of the patient within a predetermined distance from the patient's arm radiographic image or within the patient's arm radiographic image, The diagnosis chart may be generated by arranging the growth curve of the patient within a certain distance from the radiographic image of the arm or within the radiographic image of the arm of the patient.

The processor of the apparatus for diagnosing a patient's growth stage according to an embodiment of the present invention displays an additional question according to whether the response is positive or negative to the question, or sets an SMI stage corresponding to the question to the patient's It can be determined by the stage of growth.

The display of the apparatus for diagnosing a patient's growth stage according to an embodiment of the present invention, when it is determined to display the additional question, displays a question and a reference image matched to the response, and the interface, Upon receiving the response, the processor may determine the growth stage of the patient based on the response to the matched question.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, by displaying a guide image in which an area to be checked by the user is displayed in the radiographic image of the arm of the patient in order to determine the response according to the question for each question for determining the SMI of the patient, the user We can assist you in choosing the answers to your questions easily.

In addition, according to an embodiment of the present invention, by displaying at least one question for determining the patient's SMI, and determining the patient's growth stage by referring to the responses according to the displayed questions, the patient's growth stage is facilitated can be diagnosed

And, according to an embodiment of the present invention, by generating a growth curve according to the growth stage of the patient and generating a chart including the growth stage and the growth curve, the user does not manually create data and charts related to the growth stage You can make it possible without it.

1 is a diagram illustrating an apparatus for diagnosing a patient's growth stage according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is an example of a process for diagnosing a patient's growth stage according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is an example of a screen on which a question and a reference image are displayed together with a radiographic image of a hand and arm in the process of diagnosing a patient's growth stage according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 is an example of a process of determining a growth stage according to a response in a method for diagnosing a patient's growth stage according to an embodiment of the present invention.
5 is an example of a reference image displayed together with a radiographic image of the arm during the diagnosis process of a patient's growth stage according to an embodiment of the present invention.
6 is an example of a diagnostic chart generated in the process of diagnosing a patient's growth stage according to an embodiment of the present invention.
7 is an example of a patient's growth curve generated in the process of diagnosing a patient's growth stage according to an embodiment of the present invention.
8 is a flowchart illustrating a method for diagnosing a patient's growth stage according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, embodiments will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. However, since various changes may be made to the embodiments, the scope of the patent application is not limited or limited by these embodiments. It should be understood that all modifications, equivalents and substitutes for the embodiments are included in the scope of the rights.

The terms used in the examples are used for the purpose of description only, and should not be construed as limiting. The singular expression includes the plural expression unless the context clearly dictates otherwise. In this specification, terms such as "comprise" or "have" are intended to designate that a feature, number, step, operation, component, part, or a combination thereof described in the specification exists, but one or more other features It should be understood that this does not preclude the existence or addition of numbers, steps, operations, components, parts, or combinations thereof.

In addition, in the description with reference to the accompanying drawings, the same components are given the same reference numerals regardless of the reference numerals, and the overlapping description thereof will be omitted. In describing the embodiment, if it is determined that a detailed description of a related known technology may unnecessarily obscure the gist of the embodiment, the detailed description thereof will be omitted.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a diagram illustrating an apparatus for diagnosing a patient's growth stage according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The processor of the apparatus 100 for diagnosing a patient's growth stage may display a radiographic image of the patient's hand wrist on the display 101 .

Next, the processor of the apparatus 100 for diagnosing the patient's growth stage asks for determining the patient's skeletal maturity indicators (SMI) at a position adjacent to the patient's arm radiographic image displayed on the display 101; and a reference image corresponding to the corresponding question may be displayed. In this case, the reference image may be an image in which a region to be checked by the user in the radiographic image of the arm of the patient is displayed in order to determine the answer to the question. For example, the user may be a physician or medical professional qualified to diagnose a patient.

Next, the processor of the apparatus 100 for diagnosing a patient's growth stage may receive a response to the question determined by referring to the reference image from the user through the input interface.

Next, the processor of the apparatus 100 for diagnosing the growth stage of the patient may determine the growth stage of the patient based on the received response. In addition, the processor of the apparatus 100 for diagnosing a patient's growth stage may display the determined growth stage of the patient on the display 101 .

In this case, the processor of the apparatus 100 for diagnosing the patient's growth stage may display an additional question according to whether the received response is positive or negative for the question, or determine the SMI stage corresponding to the question as the growth stage of the patient. . In addition, when it is determined to display as an additional question, the processor of the apparatus 100 for diagnosing a patient's growth stage may display a question matched with the response and a reference image on the display 101 . In addition, the processor of the apparatus 100 for diagnosing a patient's growth stage may receive a response to the matched question from the user through the interface. In this case, the processor of the apparatus 100 for diagnosing the growth stage of the patient may determine the growth stage of the patient based on the response to the matched question.

Also, the processor of the apparatus 100 for diagnosing a patient's growth stage may map the patient's growth curve for each growth stage of the patient and store it in the storage medium of the apparatus 100 for diagnosing the patient's growth stage. In addition, the processor of the apparatus 100 for diagnosing a patient's growth stage may identify the patient's growth curve corresponding to the patient's growth stage by searching the storage medium for the determined growth stage of the patient. In this case, the processor of the apparatus 100 for diagnosing the patient's growth stage may generate the diagnostic chart 102 including the growth stage of the patient and the growth curve of the patient and display it on the display 101 .

At this time, the processor of the patient's growth stage diagnosis apparatus 100 displays the growth stage of the patient within a certain distance from the patient's arm radiographic image or within the patient's arm radiographic image, and within a certain distance from the patient's arm radiographic image. Alternatively, a diagnostic chart may be generated by arranging the patient's growth curve in the patient's arm radiographic image. For example, the processor may display the growth stage of the patient in the radiographic image of the patient's arm, and generate a diagnostic chart by arranging the growth curve of the patient within a predetermined distance from the radiographic image of the patient's arm.

The patient's growth stage diagnosis apparatus 100 displays a guide image in which a region to be checked by the user in the patient's arm and arm radiographic image is displayed in order to determine a response according to the question for each question for determining the SMI of the patient, so that the user can assist in easily selecting answers to questions.

In this case, the user may select a response in consideration of the area of the position indicated on the guide image in the radiographic image of the patient's arms, whether the patient has secondary sexual characteristics, and environmental factors.

In addition, the patient's growth stage diagnosis apparatus 100 displays at least one question for determining the patient's SMI, and determines the patient's growth stage with reference to responses according to the displayed questions, thereby facilitating the patient's growth stage can be diagnosed

And, the patient's growth stage diagnosis apparatus 100 generates a growth curve according to the patient's growth stage, and by generating a chart including the growth stage and the growth curve, the user manually produces data and charts related to the growth stage You can make it possible without having to do it.

2 is an example of a process for diagnosing a patient's growth stage according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In operation 210 , the apparatus 100 for diagnosing a patient's growth stage may provide an interface 211 through which a user may load a radiographic image of the patient's arm and arm on the display 101 .

When the user selects the interface 211 , the apparatus 100 for diagnosing a patient's growth stage may display a list of hand and arm radiographic images generated by photographing wrist portions of different patients with a radiographic imaging apparatus. In addition, the apparatus 100 for diagnosing the patient's growth stage may display the arm radiographic image selected by the user from the displayed list as the arm radiographic image of the patient.

Also, the apparatus 100 for diagnosing a patient's growth stage may search for a patient's arm radiographic image from among the arm radiographic images by using identification information such as a file name of the arm radiographic images to match the patient's identification information. In addition, when the user selects the interface 211 on the screen including the patient's identification information, the apparatus 100 for diagnosing the growth stage of the patient displays the arm and arm radiographic image matched to the patient's identification information on the display 101 . can do.

In operation 220 , the apparatus 100 for diagnosing a patient's growth stage may provide an interface 221 for selecting a radiographic image of the patient's arm and arm displayed on the display 101 in operation 210 . In addition, when the radiographic image of the patient's arm is selected through the interface 221 , the apparatus 100 for diagnosing the patient's growth stage may perform step 230 .

In operation 230 , the apparatus 100 for diagnosing the patient's growth stage may enlarge and display the radiographic image of the patient's arm on the display 101 . In addition, when an icon 231 set to diagnose bone age among interfaces displayed on the display 101 in relation to the patient's arm radiographic image is selected by the user, the apparatus 100 for diagnosing the patient's growth stage may perform step 240 .

In operation 240 , the apparatus 100 for diagnosing a patient's growth stage may display a question for determining SMI and a reference image corresponding to the question. A screen displayed by the apparatus 100 for diagnosing a patient's growth stage in step 240 will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 3 .

In addition, the apparatus 100 for diagnosing a patient's growth stage may determine the patient's growth stage according to a response received from the user.

In operation 250 , the apparatus 100 for diagnosing a patient's growth stage may display the growth stage of the patient determined in operation 240 on the display 101 .

Also, the apparatus 100 for diagnosing a patient's growth stage may identify a patient's growth curve mapped to the patient's growth stage determined in step 240 . In this case, the apparatus 100 for diagnosing the patient's growth stage may generate and display the diagnostic chart 102 including the growth stage of the patient and the growth curve of the patient on the display 101 .

3 is an example of a screen on which a question and a reference image are displayed along with a radiographic image of a hand and arm in the process of diagnosing a patient's growth stage according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In step 240 , the apparatus 100 for diagnosing the growth stage of the patient responds to the patient's arm radiographic image 310 , the question 330 for determining the SMI, and the question 330 as shown in FIG. 3 . An input interface 340 for receiving a reference image 320 and a response to the question 330 from the user may be displayed on the display 101 .

At this time, the reference image 320 is an image in which a region to be checked by the user in the radiographic image of the arm of the patient in order to determine the answer to the question is displayed, and an example of the reference image 320 according to each question 330 is shown in FIG. It will be described in detail with reference to 5.

4 is an example of a process of determining a growth stage according to a response in a method for diagnosing a patient's growth stage according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The SMI question displayed on the display 101 by the apparatus 100 for diagnosing a patient's growth stage may be a question selected according to a condition from among the questions shown in Table 1.

In addition, each of the SMI questions may correspond to the reference images shown in FIG. 5 .

For example, SMI question 1 may correspond to the reference image 501 , SMI question 2 may correspond to the reference image 502 , and SMI question 3 may correspond to the reference image 503 .

In addition, SMI question 4 may correspond to the reference image 504 , SMI question 5 may correspond to the reference image 505 , and SMI question 6 may correspond to the reference image 506 .

In addition, SMI question 7 may correspond to the reference image 507 , SMI question 8 may correspond to the reference image 508 , and SMI question 9 may correspond to the reference image 509 .

Also, SMI question 10 may correspond to the reference image 510 , and SMI question 11 may correspond to the reference image 511 .

At this time, as shown in FIG. 5 , in the reference images, the region to be checked by the user in the arm radiographic image of the patient is displayed differently from other regions in order to determine the answer to the question, so that the user can select the corresponding region in the arm radiographic image. It may be an image inducing people to watch.

Specifically, when the radiographic image of the patient's arm is displayed on the display 101 , the apparatus 100 for diagnosing the growth stage of the patient is a reference image corresponding to the SMI 4 question and the SMI 4 question among the SMI questions as shown in Table 1 . 504 may be further displayed on the display 101 .

And, when the user's response to the SMI 4 question is affirmative to the SMI 4 question, the apparatus 100 for diagnosing the growth stage of the patient displays the SMI 8 question and the reference image 508 as an additional question on the display 101 can be displayed In addition, when the user's response to the SMI 4 question is negative to the SMI 4 question, the apparatus 100 for diagnosing the growth stage of the patient displays the SMI 1 question and the reference image 501 as an additional question on the display 101 . can be displayed

In addition, when the user's response to the SMI 8 question is affirmative to the SMI 8 question, the apparatus 100 for diagnosing the growth stage of the patient displays the SMI 9 question and the reference image 509 as an additional question on the display 101 . can be displayed In addition, when the user's response to the SMI 8 question is negative to the SMI 8 question, the apparatus 100 for diagnosing the growth stage of the patient displays the SMI 5 question as an additional question and the reference image 505 on the display 101 can be displayed

And, if the user's response to the SMI 1 question is affirmative to the SMI 1 question, the apparatus 100 for diagnosing the growth stage of the patient displays the SMI 2 question as an additional question and the reference image 502 on the display 101 . can be displayed Also, when the user's response to the SMI 1 question is negative to the SMI 1 question, the apparatus 100 for diagnosing the growth stage of the patient 100 may determine the previous stage 1 as the growth stage of the patient.

That is, the patient's growth stage diagnosis apparatus 100 selects an SMI question to be displayed on the display 101 according to the flowchart shown in FIG. 4 , and whether the user's response to the SMI question displayed on the display 101 is positive; Depending on whether it is negative, another SMI question may be displayed on the display 101 or an SMI stage corresponding to the SMI question may be determined as the growth stage of the patient.

Also, the apparatus 100 for diagnosing a patient's growth stage may map a growth curve for each SMI stage as shown in FIG. 4 .

Also, the order and conditions for displaying the SMI question by the apparatus 100 for diagnosing a patient's growth stage may be different from those of FIG. 4 according to an embodiment. For example, the apparatus 100 for diagnosing a patient's growth stage may first display the SMI 1 question among the SMI questions on the display 101 according to an embodiment.

6 is an example of a diagnosis chart generated in the process of diagnosing a patient's growth stage according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In step 250 , the diagnostic chart displayed by the apparatus 100 for diagnosing the growth stage of the patient is a predetermined distance from the arm radiographic image 610 showing the growth stage of the patient and the arm radiographic image of the patient, as shown in FIG. 6 . a patient's growth curve 620 disposed therein. For example, the growth stage of the patient may be indicated by one of SMI stage 1 to SMI stage 11 as shown in FIG. 6 . In this case, the patient's growth stage may be displayed outside the arm radiographic image 610 , and the patient's growth curve 620 may be disposed inside the arm radiographic image 610 .

7 is an example of a patient's growth curve generated in the process of diagnosing the patient's growth stage according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The apparatus 100 for diagnosing a patient's growth stage may map a growth curve for each growth stage and store it in a storage medium or a database of the apparatus 100 for diagnosing a patient's growth stage. Also, the apparatus 100 for diagnosing a patient's growth stage may receive information on which a growth curve is mapped for each growth stage from the outside.

For example, the apparatus 100 for diagnosing a patient's growth stage may map the growth curve 701 to the SMI stage 1 and the growth curve 702 to the SMI stage 2 . Also, the apparatus 100 for diagnosing a patient's growth stage may map the growth curve 703 to the SMI stage 3 and the growth curve 704 to the SMI stage 4 .

In addition, the apparatus 100 for diagnosing a patient's growth stage may map the growth curve 705 to the SMI stage 5 and the growth curve 706 to the SMI stage 6 . Also, the apparatus 100 for diagnosing a patient's growth stage may generate a growth curve 707 in the SMI stage 7 and map the growth curve 708 to the SMI stage 8 .

In addition, the apparatus 100 for diagnosing a patient's growth stage may map the growth curve 709 to the SMI stage 9 and the growth curve 710 to the SMI stage 10 . Also, the apparatus 100 for diagnosing a patient's growth stage may map the growth curve 711 to the SMI stage 11 and map the growth curve 712 to the previous stage.

In this case, the apparatus 100 for diagnosing the growth stage of the patient may identify a growth curve corresponding to the growth stage of the patient using the diagnosed growth stage of the patient. For example, when the SMI stage determined according to the user's response is the SMI stage 1, the apparatus 100 for diagnosing a patient's growth stage may search for the SMI stage 1 in a storage medium, a database, or information received from outside. In addition, the apparatus 100 for diagnosing a patient's growth stage may identify the growth curve 701 mapped to the SMI stage 1 in the storage medium, the database, or information received from the outside as the growth curve of the patient.

8 is a flowchart illustrating a method for diagnosing a patient's growth stage according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In operation 810 , the apparatus 100 for diagnosing a patient's growth stage may acquire a radiographic image of the patient's arm. In this case, the apparatus 100 for diagnosing a patient's growth stage may receive a wrist radiographic image generated by photographing the patient's wrist with a radiographic imaging apparatus. In addition, the apparatus 100 for diagnosing a patient's growth stage may determine a arm radiographic image selected by the user from among the arm radiographic images generated by photographing wrist portions of different patients as the arm radiographic image of the patient.

In addition, the apparatus 100 for diagnosing a patient's growth stage may display a radiographic image of the patient's arms and legs on the display 101 .

In operation 820 , the apparatus 100 for diagnosing the patient's growth stage may display a question for determining the SMI of the patient and a reference image corresponding to the question on the display 101 .

In operation 830, the processor of the apparatus 100 for diagnosing a patient's growth stage may receive a response to a question determined by referring to a reference image from a user through an input interface.

In operation 840 , the apparatus 100 for diagnosing a patient's growth stage may determine whether an additional question should be displayed according to the response received in operation 830 . For example, the apparatus 100 for diagnosing a patient's growth stage searches for the response received in step 830 in FIG. 4 , and when an arrow according to the response is connected to another SMI question, the apparatus 100 for diagnosing a patient's growth stage ) may determine that additional questions should be indicated. In this case, the apparatus 100 for diagnosing a patient's growth stage may perform step 850 .

Also, when the arrow according to the response received in step 830 is connected to one of the SMI stages in FIG. 4 , the apparatus 100 for diagnosing the growth stage of the patient may determine that there is no need to display an additional question. In this case, the apparatus 100 for diagnosing a patient's growth stage may perform step 860 .

In operation 850 , the apparatus 100 for diagnosing a patient's growth stage may display the matched question and reference image in FIG. 4 with respect to the response received in operation 830 on the display 101 . For example, if the SMI question displayed on the display 101 is SMI 4 and the response received in step 830 is affirmative, the apparatus 100 for diagnosing the growth stage of the patient according to FIG. 4 , SMI question 1 and SMI The reference image 501 matching the question 1 may be displayed on the display 101 .

In operation 860, the apparatus 100 for diagnosing the growth stage of the patient may determine the SMI stage to which the arrow according to the response received in operation 830 is connected in FIG. 4 as the growth stage of the patient. For example, if the SMI question displayed on the display 101 is SMI 1 and the response received in step 830 is negative, the apparatus 100 for diagnosing the growth stage of the patient 100 sets the SMI stage 1 to the patient according to FIG. 4 . can be determined by the stage of growth of

In operation 870 , the apparatus 100 for diagnosing the patient's growth stage may identify the patient's growth curve mapped to the patient's growth stage determined in operation 860 .

In step 880, the patient's growth stage diagnosis apparatus 100 generates a diagnostic chart 102 including the growth stage of the patient determined in step 860 and the growth curve of the patient identified in step 870, and displays ( 101) can be indicated.

The present invention facilitates the user's response to the question by displaying a guide image in which the area to be checked by the user is displayed on the patient's arm radiographic image in order to determine the response according to the question for each question for determining the patient's SMI. We can assist you in choosing

In addition, the present invention can create a growth curve according to the patient's growth stage, and generate a chart including the growth stage and growth curve, so that the user can secure it without manually producing data and charts related to the growth stage. there is.

Meanwhile, the method for diagnosing a patient's growth stage according to the present invention is written as a program that can be executed on a computer and can be implemented in various recording media such as magnetic storage media, optical reading media, and digital storage media.

Implementations of the various techniques described herein may be implemented in digital electronic circuitry, or in computer hardware, firmware, software, or combinations thereof. Implementations may be implemented for processing by, or controlling the operation of, a data processing device, eg, a programmable processor, computer, or number of computers, in a computer program product, eg, a machine readable storage device (computer readable capable medium) may be implemented as a computer program tangibly embodied in a computer program. A computer program, such as the computer program(s) described above, may be written in any form of programming language, including compiled or interpreted languages, as a standalone program or in a module, component, subroutine, or computing environment. It can be deployed in any form, including as other units suitable for use in A computer program may be deployed to be processed on one computer or multiple computers at one site or distributed across multiple sites and interconnected by a communications network.

Processors suitable for processing a computer program include, by way of example, both general and special purpose microprocessors, and any one or more processors of any kind of digital computer. In general, a processor will receive instructions and data from either read-only memory or random access memory or both. Elements of a computer may include at least one processor that executes instructions and one or more memory devices that store instructions and data. In general, a computer may include, receive data from, transmit data to, or both, one or more mass storage devices for storing data, for example magnetic, magneto-optical disks, or optical disks. may be combined to become Information carriers suitable for embodying computer program instructions and data are, for example, semiconductor memory devices, for example, magnetic media such as hard disks, floppy disks and magnetic tapes, Compact Disk Read Only Memory (CD-ROM). ), optical recording media such as DVD (Digital Video Disk), magneto-optical media such as optical disk, ROM (Read Only Memory), RAM (RAM) , Random Access Memory), flash memory, EPROM (Erasable Programmable ROM), EEPROM (Electrically Erasable Programmable ROM), and the like. Processors and memories may be supplemented by, or included in, special purpose logic circuitry.

In addition, the computer-readable medium may be any available medium that can be accessed by a computer, and may include any computer storage medium.

While this specification contains numerous specific implementation details, they should not be construed as limitations on the scope of any invention or claim, but rather as descriptions of features that may be specific to particular embodiments of particular inventions. should be understood Certain features that are described herein in the context of separate embodiments may be implemented in combination in a single embodiment. Conversely, various features that are described in the context of a single embodiment may also be implemented in multiple embodiments, either individually or in any suitable subcombination. Furthermore, although features operate in a particular combination and may be initially depicted as claimed as such, one or more features from a claimed combination may in some cases be excluded from the combination, the claimed combination being a sub-combination. or a variant of a sub-combination.

Likewise, although acts are depicted in the drawings in a particular order, it should not be construed that all acts shown must be performed or that such acts must be performed in the specific order or sequential order shown to obtain desirable results. In certain cases, multitasking and parallel processing may be advantageous. Further, the separation of the various device components of the above-described embodiments should not be construed as requiring such separation in all embodiments, and the program components and devices described may generally be integrated together into a single software product or packaged into multiple software products. You have to understand that you can.

On the other hand, the embodiments of the present invention disclosed in the present specification and drawings are merely presented as specific examples to aid understanding, and are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention. It will be apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention pertains that other modifications based on the technical spirit of the present invention can be implemented in addition to the embodiments disclosed herein.

100: device for diagnosing the growth stage of the patient
101: display
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Claims (13)

Displaying the patient's hand (hand wrist) radiographic image;
Displaying a question for determining the patient's skeletal maturity indicators (SMI), and a reference image corresponding to the question;
receiving a response to the question determined by referring to the reference image; and
displaying the growth stage of the patient determined based on the response
including,
The reference image is
In order to determine the answer to the question, the area to be checked by the user in the arm and arm radiographic image is displayed differently from other areas,
The location of the area to be checked by the user according to the question is an image that is different from each other,
The step of determining the growth stage,
A method of providing information necessary for diagnosing a growth stage of a patient by displaying an additional question according to whether the response is affirmative or negative to the question, or determining an SMI stage corresponding to the question as the growth stage of the patient. delete According to claim 1,
identifying the patient's growth curve corresponding to the patient's growth stage; and
generating a diagnostic chart including the growth stage of the patient and the growth curve of the patient
A method of providing information necessary for diagnosing the growth stage of a patient further comprising a. 4. The method of claim 3,
The step of generating the diagnostic chart comprises:
displaying the growth stage of the patient within a certain distance in the arm radiographic image of the patient or in the arm radiographic image of the patient, and within a certain distance in the arm radiographic image of the patient or in the arm radiographic image of the patient A method of providing information necessary for diagnosing a patient's growth stage to generate the diagnostic chart by arranging the patient's growth curve. delete According to claim 1,
displaying a question and a reference image matching the response when it is determined to display as an additional question; and
receiving a response to the matched question;
further comprising,
The step of determining the growth stage,
A method of providing information necessary for diagnosing a growth stage of a patient to determine a growth stage of the patient based on a response to the matched question. A computer-readable recording medium in which a program for executing the method of any one of claims 1, 3, 4, and 6 is recorded. a display for displaying a radiographic image of the patient's arm, a question for determining the patient's SMI, and a reference image corresponding to the question;
an interface for receiving a response to the question determined by referring to the reference image; and
a processor to determine a growth stage of the patient based on the response
including,
The display is
indicating the growth stage of the patient,
The reference video is
In order to determine the answer to the question, the region to be checked by the user in the arm and arm radiographic image is displayed differently from other regions,
The location of the area to be checked by the user according to the question is an image that is different from each other,
The processor is
An apparatus for diagnosing a growth stage of a patient for displaying an additional question or determining an SMI stage corresponding to the question as a growth stage of the patient according to whether the response is positive or negative to the question. delete 9. The method of claim 8,
The processor is
identifying the patient's growth curve corresponding to the patient's growth stage, and generating a diagnostic chart comprising the patient's growth stage and the patient's growth curve;
The display is
A device for diagnosing the growth stage of a patient displaying the diagnosis chart. 11. The method of claim 10,
The processor is
displaying the growth stage of the patient within a certain distance in the arm radiographic image of the patient or in the arm radiographic image of the patient, and within a certain distance in the arm radiographic image of the patient or in the arm radiographic image of the patient A device for diagnosing a patient's growth stage to generate the diagnostic chart by arranging the patient's growth curve. delete 9. The method of claim 8,
The display is
If it is decided to mark as an additional question, display a question and a reference image matching the response;
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receiving a response to the matched question,
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A device for diagnosing a growth stage of a patient to determine a growth stage of the patient based on a response to the matched question.

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