부산대학교 도서관

This invention provides a computational intelligence method and system that can be used interactively by a radiologist in a “concurrent read” model to aid diagnosis from medical images. In particular, the invention operates more like a very patient, indefatigable knowledge accumulating and communicating companion for the radiologist, rather than a second “expert” whose advice is sought after a normal review. The system works interactively with the radiologist during image reading, prompting areas to review in more detail, providing computer generated features and interpretation, and suggesting potential diagnoses for areas of suspicion that are identified either by the machine or the human. In addition, the human can obtain more information from the system—the radiologist can query as to why a particular region is highlighted, or why a particular diagnosis is postulated for an area. Conversely, the system learns from the human—the radiologist identifies areas that should be marked, and updates the computer's knowledge of what the diagnosis should be for that area.