Patent ID: 8793143
Filing Date: 2014-07-29
Classification: G16H

Abstract:
1. A report check apparatus comprising: an input unit which inputs data of a diagnostic reading report of a medical image as a check target, the diagnostic reading report including a test purpose field and an impression field; a check unit which checks whether the impression field of the input diagnostic reading report contains a semantic error related to diagnostic reading; and (1) the check unit executing checks, utilizing a processor, to determine wherein the test purpose field of the input diagnostic reading report includes at least one word corresponding to the comparison with a previous diagnostic report, (2) when the check unit determines (2d) the input diagnostic report has no contents described in the previous diagnostic report, the check unit adds an error indicating insufficient comparison with the previous diagnostic reading report to the check result displayed to the user; responsive to determining that the test purpose field of the input diagnostic reading report does not include the at least one word corresponding to the comparison with a previous diagnostic report, the check unit completes check execution and the apparatus continues normal operations; and a display unit which displays a check result by the check unit to a user.