PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To display support information for improving the objectivity and reliability of an image remark decided by a doctor.SOLUTION: This image diagnosis support apparatus includes: image remark obtaining means for obtaining from a user the kind and evaluation value of an image remark related to a predetermined three-dimensional region of a three-dimensional image as a diagnosis object characteristic value calculating means for calculating a characteristic value to be comparable to the evaluation value of the image remark based on image characteristics from each of a plurality of sectional images included in the predetermined three-dimensional region representative characteristic value calculating means for calculating a representative characteristic value representing the predetermined three-dimensional region from the plurality of characteristic values calculated from each of the plurality of sectional images representative sectional image obtaining means for obtaining the sectional image for which the representative characteristic value has been calculated as a representative sectional image, from the plurality of sectional images comparing means for comparing the evaluation value of the image remark with the representative characteristic value and display means for displaying the representative sectional image only when a significant different is found in the comparison result of the comparing means.COPYRIGHT: (C)2014,JPO&INPIT【課題】 医師が決定する画像所見の客観性と信頼性を高めるための支援情報を表示する。【解決手段】 画像診断支援装置は、診断対象となる3次元画像の所定の3次元領域に関する画像所見の種類と評価値をユーザから取得する画像所見取得手段と、前記所定の3次元領域に含まれる複数の断面画像のそれぞれから画像特徴に基づいて前記画像所見の評価値と比較可能な特性値を算出する特性値算出手段と、前記複数の断面画像それぞれから算出した複数の特性値から前記所定の3次元領域を代表する代表特性値を算出する代表特性値算出手段と、前記代表特性値が算出された断面画像を代表断面画像として前記複数の断面画像から取得する代表断面画像取得手段と、前記画像所見の評価値と前記代表特性値とを比較する比較手段と、前記比較手段の比較結果に有意差がある場合にのみ前記代表断面画像を表示する表示手段とを備える。【選択図】 図1
