Similar case image search program, similar case image search apparatus, and similar case image search method

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PATENT NO 10964020
APP PUB NO 20190197688A1
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16291016

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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.

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FUJITSU LIMITEDKAWASAKI-SHI KANAGAWA 211-8588

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Baba, Takayuki Kawasaki, JP 82 573
Endo, Susumu Kawasaki, JP 66 763
Moriwaki, Yasutaka Kawasaki, JP 6 19
Sugimura, Masahiko Kawasaki, JP 29 224
Takebe, Hiroaki Kawasaki, JP 51 403
Uehara, Yusuke Kawasaki, JP 65 478

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