Examination assisting method, examination assisting apparatus, and computer-readable recording medium
A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium stores therein an examination assisting program that causes a computer to execute a process including: performing a site detecting process that uses an object detection technique on each of a plurality of ultrasound examination images taken of an examined subject by performing a scan on the examined subject; and displaying a site detection map in which a detection result of each of a plurality of sites included in the examined subject is kept in correspondence with the scan, on a basis of detection results from the site detecting process.
1. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing therein an examination assisting program that causes a computer to execute a process comprising:
detecting a site in an examined subject, using an object detection technique, wherein a plurality of sites are included in a structure of the examined subject and the examined subject is determined to be included in each of a plurality of ultrasound examination images taken by performing a scan on the examined subject, the detected site being represented by a probability of a position of the site in the examined subject; and
displaying a site detection map that includes a first axis thereof that indicates each of the sites, a second axis thereof that indicates each of the ultrasound examination images and the probability of each of the sites for each of the ultrasound examination images,
wherein, displaying includes highlighting a first site included in the sites on the site detection map on condition that the probability of the first site is lower than a predetermined value for first ultrasound examination images that are included in the plurality of ultrasound examination images and are consecutive over a time period equal to or longer than a predetermined length of time.
2. The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium according to claim 1 , wherein, displaying includes highlighting an ultrasound examination image among the ultrasound examination images indicated on the site detection map wherein the probability of each of the sites for the ultrasound examination image is indicated as undetected.
3. The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium according to claim 1 , wherein on the site detection map, the sites for each of the ultrasound examination images are displayed in different display formats in accordance with respective probabilities of the sites.
4. The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium according to claim 1 , wherein, when a site among the sites for an ultrasound examination image among the ultrasound examination images is designated on the site detection map, the displaying includes displaying the ultrasound examination image.
5. The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium according to claim 1 , wherein, when the probability of each of the sites for ultrasound examination images that are highlighted included in the plurality of ultrasound examination images and are consecutive on the site detection map is indicated as undetected, the displaying includes displaying information indicating that the scan is defective.
6. The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium according to claim 1 , wherein the scan is a scan performed in a one direction over the examined subject.
7. The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium according to claim 1 , wherein the scan is one selected from among: a slide scan, a rotation scan, a fan-shaped scan, a pendulum scan, and a combination of any of these scans.
8. An examination assisting method implemented by a computer to perform processes of:
detecting a site in an examined subject, using an object detection technique, wherein a plurality of sites are included in a structure of the examined subject and the examined subject is determined to be included in each of a plurality of ultrasound examination images taken by performing a scan on the examined subject, the detected site being represented by a probability of a position of the site in the examined subject, by a processor; and
displaying a site detection map that includes a first axis thereof that indicates each of the sites, a second axis thereof that indicates each of the ultrasound examination images and the probability of each of the sites for each of the ultrasound examination images,
wherein, displaying includes highlighting a first site included in the sites on the site detection map on condition that the probability of the first site is lower than a predetermined value for first ultrasound examination images that are included in the plurality of ultrasound examination images and are consecutive over a time period equal to or longer than a predetermined length of time.
9. The examination assisting method according to claim 8 , further comprising indicating that the scan is defective on condition that the probability of each of the sites for ultrasound examination images are highlighted.
10. The examination assisting method according to claim 8 , further comprising, on the site detection map, displaying sites for an ultrasound examination image in different display formats in accordance with respective probabilities of each site.
11. An examination assisting apparatus comprising:
a processor configured to:
detect a site in an examined subject, using an object detection technique, wherein a plurality of sites are included in a structure of the examined subject and the examined subject is determined to be included in each of a plurality of ultrasound examination images taken by performing a scan on the examined subject, the detected site being represented by a probability of a position of the site in the examined subject; and
display a site detection map that includes a first axis thereof that indicates each of the sites, a second axis thereof that indicates each of the ultrasound examination images and the probability of each of the sites for each of the ultrasound examination images, including highlighting a first site included in the sites on the site detection map on condition that the probability of the first site is lower than a predetermined value for first ultrasound examination images that are included in the plurality of ultrasound examination images and are consecutive over a time period equal to or longer than a predetermined length of time.
12. The examination assisting apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein, when the processor is configured to indicate that the scan is defective on condition that the probability of each of the sites for the ultrasound examination images are highlighted.
13. The examination assisting apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein on the site detection map, sites for an ultrasound examination image are displayed in different display formats in accordance with respective probabilities of each site.