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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 30, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 04, 2019
Fujitsu Limited, Kawasaki, JP;
Yasutaka Moriwaki, Kawasaki, JP;
Masahiko Sugimura, Kawasaki, JP;
Susumu Endo, Kawasaki, JP;
Hiroaki Takebe, Kawasaki, JP;
Takayuki Baba, Kawasaki, JP;
Yusuke Uehara, Kawasaki, JP;
FUJITSU LIMITED, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
A similar case image search method performed by a computer, the method includes: extracting a lung field area from a medical image and identifying a contour of the lung field area including a chest wall and a mediastinum; identifying a position at which the chest wall and the mediastinum are internally divided and dividing the lung field area into a central area and a peripheral area based on a shape of the lung field area; counting the number of pixels indicating lesions in each of the divided central area and peripheral area; and identifying a similar case image corresponding to similarity level of the number of pixels indicating lesions by referring to a storage unit that stores the number of pixels indicating lesions in each of the areas.