Patent ID: 8727989

Claim:
An automatic diagnosis support apparatus comprising: an extraction unit configured to extract a plurality of parameters associated with a predetermined object by using medical information associated with the object which is acquired by a medical image diagnosis apparatus and to extract the plurality of parameters for each disease associated with a disable-bodied person by using medical information associated with the disable-bodied person and acquired in advance; a calculation unit configured to calculate a ruler associated with each disease case by executing an MT system using the plurality of parameters for each disease associated with the disable-bodied person as item factors and to calculate distances for each disease, the distances being acquired between the object and state spaces of the disable-bodied person associated with said each disease by executing the MT system using the plurality of parameters associated with the object as item factors; a determination unit configured to determine a disease type of the object by using the ruler associated with said each disease case and the distances between the object and the state spaces of the disable-bodied person associated with said each disease; a support information generating unit configured to generate diagnosis support information based on the determination result; and a display unit configured to display the diagnosis support information in a predetermined form.