Report creation support device

1 . A device, comprising:

processing circuitry configured to

when receiving an input selecting a reading order related to a first medical image in which a site of a patient is captured by a first modality, specify a predetermined region of the first medical image as a region of interest, and identify a second medical image corresponding to the specified region of interest from among second medical images in which the site of the patient is captured by a second modality different from the first modality; and

attach the first medical image and the identified second medical image to a predetermined region of a reading report created for the reading order, wherein

the processing circuitry is further configured to

specify the region of interest based on a body mark associated with the first medical image,

identify the second medical image corresponding to the specified region of interest,

identify a first past image, which is an image of the site of the patient that was captured in the past by the first modality and associated with a same body mark as the body mark associated with the first medical image, and identify a second past image identified in the past as a second medical image corresponding to the first past image, and

display the first and second images and emphasize, in a first manner, a region presumed to have a lesion in the first and second medical images when a size of a tumor is identified as being larger than that in the past, and emphasize in a second manner different from the first manner, the region presumed to have a lesion in the first and second medical images when the size of the tumor is identified as being smaller than that in the past.

2 . The device of claim 1 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to attach the first medical image in which the specified region of interest is presented identifiably and the identified second medical image to the predetermined region of the reading report.

3 . The device of claim 1 , wherein the first modality is a mammography imaging device, the first medical image is a mammogram image, the second modality is a diagnostic ultrasound device, and the second medical image is an ultrasound image, and

the processing circuitry is further configured to:

specify a position of a lesion candidate indicated by a body mark associated with the mammogram image as the region of interest; and

identify an ultrasound image of when the specified region of interest is scanned by the diagnostic ultrasound device.

4 . The device of claim 1 , wherein the first modality is a diagnostic ultrasound device, the first medical image is an ultrasound image, the second modality is a mammography imaging device, and the second medical image is a mammogram image, and

the processing circuitry is further configured to:

specify a position of an ultrasound probe indicated by a body mark associated with the ultrasound image as the region of interest; and

identify a mammogram image that identifiably represents a scan region of when the specified region of interest is scanned by the diagnostic ultrasound device.

5 . The device of claim 1 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to attach the identified first past image and second past image to a predetermined region of the reading report.

6 . The device of claim 1 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to:

identify a past reading report created for the identified first past image and second past image; and

display the past reading report on a display.

7 . The device of claim 1 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to:

identify a presence/absence of a similar image, which is an image of a different patient different from the patient and to which a same body mark as the body mark associated with the first medical image is associated; and

when the similar image is present, display a list of similar images on the display.

8 . The device of claim 3 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to emphasize, on a schema image schematically showing left and right breasts, a site including a position of a candidate lesion indicated by the body mark associated with the mammogram image, identifiably from other sites.

9 . A device, comprising:

processing circuitry configured to

when receiving an input selecting a reading order related to a first medical image in which a patient's site of a patient is captured by a first modality, identify, based on position information associated with the first medical image and indicating a correspondence between the first medical image and a spatial position of the patient, a second medical image corresponding to the spatial position of the patient from among second medical images in which the site of the patient is captured by a second modality which is different from the first modality, and

attach the first medical image and the identified second medical image to a predetermined region of a reading report created for the reading order,

wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to

specify the spatial position of the patient based on a body mark associated with the first medical image,

identify the second medical image corresponding to the specified spatial position of the patient,

identify a first past image, which is an image of the site of the patient that was captured in the past by the first modality and associated with a same body mark as the body mark associated with the first medical image, and identify a second past image identified in the past as a second medical image corresponding to the first past image; and

display the first and second images and emphasize, in a first manner, a region presumed to have a lesion in the first and second medical images when a size of a tumor is identified as being larger than that in the past, and emphasize in a second manner different from the first manner, the region presumed to have a lesion in the first and second medical images when the size of the tumor is identified as being smaller than that in the past.