Method for controlling information terminal, and recording medium

1. A method for controlling an information terminal for connection to a case search system that searches for a medical image with reference to a medical image database having medical images registered therein, the information terminal including a display and a computer, the method comprising:

causing the computer of the information terminal to receive, from the case search system, a plurality of similar medical images each having a predetermined similarity to a target medical image that is a medical image to be interpreted, each of the plurality of similar medical images being a medical image contained in an electronic medical book and having additional information, the additional information of each of the plurality of similar medical images including a disease name corresponding to the similar medical image and a number of a page of the electronic medical book which contains the similar medical image, the page of the electronic medical book which contains the similar medical image describing diagnostic information related to the similar medical image and used to identify the disease name;

causing the computer of the information terminal to display a display screen including a first display area and a second display area on the display, the first display area displaying the received plurality of similar medical images, the second display area displaying one or more disease names, each having additional information, the additional information of each of the one or more disease names displayed in the second display area including a number of a page of the electronic medical book which contains differential items corresponding to the disease name;

causing the computer of the information terminal to, in a case where a user's selection detected for the first time after the display screen has been displayed is a selection of a similar medical image among the plurality of similar medical images displayed in the first display area, display, on the display screen, a page of the electronic medical book which contains the selected similar medical image; and

causing the computer of the information terminal to, in a case where a user's selection detected for the first time after the display screen has been displayed is a selection of a disease name among the one or more disease names displayed in the second display area, display, on the display screen, a page of the electronic medical book which contains the differential items corresponding to the selected disease name, wherein

the target medical image is a medical image of a lung,

each of the plurality of similar medical images is a medical image of a lung and has a corresponding region of interest indicating a lesion in the similar medical image,

the display screen includes

first distribution information for selection of a similar medical image in which the corresponding region of interest belongs to a first range indicating that a size of the corresponding region of interest is wide relative to a lung area,

second distribution information for selection of a similar medical image in which the corresponding region of interest belongs to a second range lower than the first range, the second range indicating that a size of the corresponding region of interest is a portion of the lung area, and

third distribution information for selection of a similar medical image in which the corresponding region of interest includes a pleura, and

in response to detection of a selection of distribution information from among the first distribution information, the second distribution information, and the third distribution information, a similar medical image corresponding to the selected distribution information is selected and displayed in the first display area.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein

the first display area includes a plurality of individual areas, each displaying one of the received plurality of similar medical images,

in response to detection of a selection of the first distribution information, a similar medical image corresponding to the first distribution information is displayed at an initial display size in the corresponding one of the plurality of individual areas,

in response to detection of a selection of the second distribution information, a similar medical image corresponding to the second distribution information is enlarged and displayed in the corresponding one of the plurality of individual areas and is thus centered on the corresponding region of interest in the similar medical image corresponding to the second distribution information, and

in response to detection of a selection of the third distribution information, a similar medical image corresponding to the third distribution information is enlarged and displayed in the corresponding one of the plurality of individual areas and is thus centered on the corresponding region of interest in the similar medical image corresponding to the third distribution information, in such a manner that the corresponding region of interest includes the pleura.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein

the first distribution information is information indicating a distribution that belongs to a category of bilateral, multiple, diffuse, or hematogenous,

the second distribution information is information indicating a distribution that belongs to a category of segmental or bronchial, and

the third distribution information is information indicating a distribution that belongs to a category of subpleural.