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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 30, 2017
Fujitsu Limited, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroaki Takebe, Kawasaki, JP;
Yasutaka Moriwaki, Kawasaki, JP;
Masahiko Sugimura, Kawasaki, JP;
Susumu Endo, Kawasaki, JP;
Takayuki Baba, Kawasaki, JP;
Yusuke Uehara, Kawasaki, JP;
FUJITSU LIMITED, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
An image retrieval apparatus that retrieves a candidate medical image in diagnosis of diffuse lung disease based on a position of an abnormal shadow in an organ region in a target medical image, the apparatus includes a memory, and a processor coupled to the memory and configured to map the organ region in the target medical image to an image having a predetermined shape to make it identifiable whether the abnormal shadow is distributed over a first portion in the organ region or a second portion in the organ region, occurrence portions of the abnormal shadow within the first portion and the second portion are organizationally different, and calculate a position of the abnormal shadow after the mapping in the image having the predetermined shape.