IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, METHOD AND PROGRAM

• US 20120300997A1
• Filed: 05/24/2012
• Published: 11/29/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 05/26/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fujifilm Corporation (Fujifilm Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Fujifilm Corporation (Fujifilm Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: LI, Yuanzhong
• Granted Patent: US 8,934,687 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 382/128
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 30/40 for processing medical images, e.g. editing

Abstract

Examination information of a subject is selected, and a body part of the subject, which is a body part of interest in the examination information, is obtained from the selected examination information. Then, the presence or absence of further examination information relating to the obtained body part is determined, and a display device is caused to display an indication of the presence or absence of further examination information together with the selected examination information.

Claims

1. An image processing device comprising:

a selecting unit for selecting examination information of a subject;

a body part obtaining unit for obtaining a body part of the subject, which is a body part of interest in the examination information, from the selected examination information;

a related information determining unit for determining presence or absence of further examination information relating to the obtained body part; and

a display controlling unit for causing a display device to display an indication of the presence or absence of further examination information together with the selected examination information.

2. The image processing device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the body part comprises one of head, neck, chest, abdomen, pelvis, legs and combined body parts including at least two adjacent body parts among head, neck, chest, abdomen, pelvis and legs.

3. The image processing device as claimed in claim 2, wherein, if there is the further examination information, the display controlling unit displays on the display device an indicator for allowing display of the further examination information.

4. The image processing device as claimed in claim 1, wherein, if the examination information relates to two or more body parts, the body part obtaining unit obtains a body part relating to the examination information displayed on the display device among the two or more body parts, and the display controlling unit changes the displayed indication of the presence or absence of the further examination information relating to the selected body part according to the selected body part.

5. The image processing device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the examination information is an image showing a cross section of a three-dimensional image of the subject, and the further examination information is pathological examination information or endoscopic examination information.

6. The image processing device as claimed in claim 5, wherein the body part obtaining unit obtains the body part by performing body part recognition on the selected image.

7. The image processing device as claimed in claim 5, wherein the related information determining unit determines the presence or absence of the pathological examination information or the endoscopic examination information of the subject based on a pathological examination report included in the pathological examination information or an endoscopic examination report included in the endoscopic examination information.

8. The image processing device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the examination information is pathological examination information or endoscopic examination information of the subject, and the further examination information is an image showing a cross section of a three-dimensional image of the subject.

9. The image processing device as claimed in claim 8, wherein the body part obtaining unit obtains the body part based on a pathological examination report included in the selected pathological examination information or an endoscopic examination report included in the selected endoscopic examination information.

10. An image processing method comprising:

selecting examination information of a subject;

obtaining a body part of the subject, which is a body part of interest in the examination information, from the selected examination information;

determining presence or absence of further examination information relating to the obtained body part; and

causing a display device to display an indication of the presence or absence of further examination information together with the selected examination information.

11. A non-transitory storage medium containing an image processing program for causing a computer to function as:

a selecting unit for selecting examination information of a subject;

a body part obtaining unit for obtaining a body part of the subject, which is a body part of interest in the examination information, from the selected examination information;

a related information determining unit for determining presence or absence of further examination information relating to the obtained body part; and

a display controlling unit for causing a display device to display an indication of the presence or absence of further examination information together with the selected examination information.