Patent ID: 8744149
Filing Date: 2014-06-03
Classification: G16H

Abstract:
1. A medical image processing apparatus comprising: a target viewpoint position determination means that determines a position which is designated by a user as a target viewpoint position in a first medical image having multiple viewpoints; a first information obtainment means that obtains, as first information, information about at least one of an anatomical structure and a lesion regarding first medical image from the first medical image; a second information obtainment means that determines an extraction target word by analyzing the first information, and obtains, as second information, the extraction target word from image reading report information including a finding with respect to at least one second medical image of the same examined person as the first medical image, each of the at least one second medical image having multiple viewpoints and having been obtained at different time from obtainment of the first medical image, the image reading report information being linked to an image of a viewpoint position at which the finding was prepared; and an image determination means that determines, based on the viewpoint position of the image linked to the image reading report information from which the second information has been obtained, an image of a corresponding viewpoint position, which corresponds to the target viewpoint position in the second medical image.