IP Library Granted Patent US 12670995
Granted Patent B2
US 12670995 · App. 18/579,921 · Granted Jun 30, 2026

Information processing apparatus, clinical diagnosis system, and program

Inventors: Ryota Akikawa (Tokyo, JP); Manabu Andou (Tokyo, JP); Katsuyuki Okeya (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: HITACHI HIGH-TECH CORPORATION
G16H50/30G16H50/20
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12670995
App. No.
18/579,921
Filed
Jan 17, 2024
Granted
Jun 30, 2026
Kind
B2
Art Unit
3687
USPC
705/2
Abstract

An object of the present invention is to provide an information processing apparatus in which an overview of examinations required until confirmation of a disease can be grasped. An information processing apparatus according to the present invention includes: an information acquisition unit that acquires patient information; an examination planning unit that specifies an examination item to be executed based on the patient information acquired by the information acquisition unit; and an output unit that outputs the examination item specified by the examination planning unit, in which the output unit outputs a plurality of examination items required until a disease can be confirmed or denied together with execution timings.

Claims (35)

1 . An information processing apparatus comprising:

a program storage unit storing at least one program;

a learning model storage unit storing at least one learning model;

a processor that executes the at least one program, and

an output unit that outputs a result of the execution by the processor, wherein the processor acquires and pre-processes patient information and inputs the pre-processed patient information into the learning model,

the processor specifies an examination item to be executed for the patient based on information calculated by the learning model,

the learning model includes:

a first learning model that receives the pre-processed patient information as an input and outputs a disease probability and an examination priority;

a second learning model that receives the pre-processed patient information, the disease probability, and the examination priority as inputs and outputs an examination recommendation score; and

a third learning model that receives the pre-processed patient information and the examination item to be executed determined based on the examination recommendation score as inputs and outputs an estimated examination result that is an examination result estimated when the examination item to be executed is executed assuming that the target patient has a specific disease,

the output unit displays a timing at which each of a plurality of examination items required until a disease can be confirmed or denied is executed in a time series on a first display screen,

the output unit displays the plurality of examination items in a tree diagram, displays a branching probability in each of branched portions of the tree diagram, and displays a confirmed disease in a portion corresponding to each of ends of the tree diagram, and

the output unit displays a display format switch button for switching between the first screen and a second screen that, when a specific disease is selected, the output unit displays examination items required until confirmation of the selected specific disease in a manner that is distinguished from examination items required until confirmation of other diseases.

2 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the output unit displays an assumed examination result in each of the branched portions of the tree diagram.

3 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the output unit displays a disease having a high priority based on the pre-processed patient information, and displays examination items required until confirmation of the disease in a time series in preference to examination items required until confirmation of other diseases.

4 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the processor is further configured to calculate a disease probability for each of a plurality of diseases based on the pre-processed patient information,

the storage unit stores a first threshold that is preset for each of the plurality of diseases and is a reference for confirmation of a disease,

the processor is further configured to:

specify a recommended examination item to be subsequently executed based on a current disease probability;

calculate an assumed disease probability that is expected after an examination depending on an examination result assuming that the recommended examination item is executed; and

when the assumed disease probability is lower than the first threshold, specify an additional examination item to be additionally executed, and

the output unit displays the recommended examination item and the additional examination item in a time series.

5 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein

the storage unit also stores a second threshold that is a threshold lower than the first threshold, is preset for each of the diseases, and is a reference for denial of a disease, and

the processor is further configured to specify the recommended examination item or the additional examination item until the assumed disease probability is equal to the first threshold or higher for all of diseases for which the current disease probability is equal to the second threshold or higher.

6 . A clinical diagnosis system comprising:

the information processing apparatus according to claim 1 ; and

a medical information server that is connected to the information processing apparatus and executes reservation management of an examination, wherein

the output unit displays an examination candidate date specified based on an examination device availability or the number of patients received from the medical information server.

7 . A clinical diagnosis system comprising:

the information processing apparatus according to claim 1 ; and

a medical information server that is connected to the information processing apparatus and executes reservation management of an examination, wherein

the medical information server reserves the examination item at a timing indicated by the output unit.