IP Library Patent Application 18410369
Patent Application
App. No. 18/410,369

MEDICAL LEARNING SYSTEM, MEDICAL LEARNING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM

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18/410,369
Abstract

A medical learning system according to an embodiment includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry acquires a first inference model that infers a treatment action of a target medical care provider based on a state of a patient. The processing circuitry acquires treatment progress data relating to a target patient. The processing circuitry generates a second inference model in conformity with the target patient by updating the first inference model based on the treatment progress data.

Claims (61)

1 . A medical learning system comprising processing circuitry configured to:

acquire a first inference model that infers a treatment action of a target medical care provider based on a state of a patient;

acquire treatment progress data relating to a target patient; and

generate a second inference model by updating the first inference model based on the treatment progress data relating to the target patient.

2 . The medical learning system of claim 1 , wherein

the first inference model is generated based on the treatment action data of the target medical care provider.

3 . The medical learning system of claim 2 , wherein

the treatment action data includes data relating to a treatment action taken by the target medical care provider for a predetermined state of the patient.

4 . The medical learning system of claim 2 , wherein

the first inference model is a policy model to which the state is input and which outputs the treatment action, the policy model being generated through behavior cloning or imitation learning based on state data of the patient and the treatment action data of the target medical care provider.

5 . The medical learning system of claim 1 , wherein

the treatment progress data is actually measured data relating to the target patient.

6 . The medical learning system of claim 1 , wherein

the processing circuitry is further configured to:

acquire a third inference model that infers a treatment progress of the target patient; and

acquire data inferred by the third inference model as the treatment progress data.

7 . The medical learning system of claim 1 , wherein

the processing circuitry generates the second inference model by training a policy model using the first inference model as an initial value through reinforcement learning based on the treatment progress data.

8 . The medical learning system of claim 7 , wherein

the treatment progress data is factual data relating to the target patient.

9 . The medical learning system of claim 7 , wherein

the processing circuitry is further configured to:

acquire a third inference model that infers treatment progress of the target patient; and

acquire counterfactual data inferred by the third inference model as the treatment progress data.

10 . The medical learning system of claim 1 , wherein

the processing circuitry further searches among a plurality of first inference models respectively corresponding to a plurality of medical care providers and a plurality of third inference models respectively corresponding to a plurality of patients for an optimal combination.

11 . The medical learning system of claim 1 , wherein

the target medical care provider includes a plurality of medical care providers,

the first inference model includes a first common layer that is common between the plurality of medical care providers, and a plurality of first individual layers respectively corresponding to the plurality of medical care providers,

the first common layer to which the state is input thus outputs a feature amount, and

each of the plurality of first individual layers to which the feature amount is input thus outputs a treatment action of the corresponding medical care provider.

12 . The medical learning system of claim 11 , wherein

the processing circuitry is further configured to:

acquire a third inference model that infers treatment progress of the target patient; and

acquire data inferred by the third inference model as the treatment progress data, wherein

the target patient includes a plurality of patients,

the third inference model includes a second common layer that is common between the plurality of patients, and a plurality of second individual layers respectively corresponding to the plurality of patients,

the second common layer to which the state and a diagnosis and treatment action are input thus outputs a feature amount, and

each of the second individual layers to which the feature amount is input thus outputs a treatment progress of the patient.

13 . The medical learning system of claim 12 , wherein

the processing circuitry further searches, among the plurality of first individual layers for an optimal first individual layer, for a specific second individual layer of the plurality of second individual layers, or the plurality of second individual layers for a second individual layer optimal for a specific first individual layer of the plurality of first individual layers.

14 . The medical learning system of claim 1 , wherein

the processing circuitry updates the second inference model based on the treatment progress data at a time point following a time point to which the treatment progress data used in a generation of the second inference model belong.

15 . The medical learning system of claim 1 , wherein

the processing circuitry manages the second inference model in a block chain.

16 . The medical learning system of claim 15 , wherein

at a time of inference using the second inference model, the processing circuitry adds the second inference model used in the inference and the treatment progress data to a block, with the second inference model and the treatment progress data being associated with each other.

17 . The medical learning system of claim 15 , wherein

the processing circuitry is configured to:

update the second inference model based on the treatment progress data relating to a time point following a time point to which the treatment progress data used in a generation of the second inference model belong.

add, at a time of updating the second inference model, the second inference model and the treatment progress data used in the updating, associating the model and the data with each other.

18 . The medical learning system of claim 1 , wherein

at least one of the target medical care provider or the target patient is a specific individual.

19 . A medical learning method comprising:

acquiring a first inference model that infers a treatment action of a target medical care provider based on a state of a patient;

acquiring treatment progress data relating to a target patient; and

generating a second inference model by updating the first inference model based on the treatment progress data relating to the target patient.

20 . A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing a program causing a computer to implement:

acquiring a first inference model that infers a treatment action of a target medical care provider based on a state of a patient;

acquiring treatment progress data relating to a target patient; and

generating a second inference model by updating the first inference model based on the treatment progress data relating to the target patient.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 1, 2026
From: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
To: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 075315/0598 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 11, 2024
From: KANO, YUSUKE; IKEDA, SATOSHI
To: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 066102/0122 →