Patent ID: 7894646

Claim:
A medical image diagnosis support device, comprising: a controller configured through a program of instructions, embodied in a non-transitory form in a computer readable medium, executable by the controller to include the following units: an organ region setting unit for setting organ regions in medical images obtained by a medical imaging device; a deformation calculating unit for calculating a deformation set of geometric parameters related to deformation from normal shapes of the organ regions set by the organ region setting unit in said medical images; a reference storing unit for storing a reference set of geometric parameters related to the normal shapes of the organ regions; a lesion detecting unit for detecting existence of at least one lesion in an organ region from amongst the organ regions set by the organ region setting unit based on comparing the reference set of geometric parameters stored by the reference storing unit with the deformation set of geometric parameters calculated by the deformation calculating unit; and an informing unit for providing at least visual information informing the existence of the lesion in the organ region detected by the lesion detecting unit, wherein the visual information includes a chart showing changes of geometric parameters as between the deformation set of geometric parameters of a deformed organ and the reference set of geometric parameters.