PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To support a medical examination based on images so as to reduce an examiners burden.SOLUTION: Determination results of a plurality of determinations related to a medical abnormality which appears in an image are inputted, and the input history thereof is recorded (steps Sa1-Sa3, Sa5, and Sa8). When an examination result is inputted, a determination result which is necessary for deriving the examination result but not contained in the input history, if present, is presented to a user (steps Sa6, and Sa10-Sa13).COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT【課題】検査者の負担を軽減するべく画像に基づく医学的検査を支援する。【解決手段】画像に現れた医学的異常に関する複数の判断の判断結果を入力し、その入力履歴を記録して行く(ステップSa1~Sa3,Sa5,Sa8)。検査結果が入力された場合に、その検査結果を導出するために必要でありながら入力履歴に含まれない判断結果が有るならば、それをユーザに提示する(ステップSa6,Sa10~Sa13)。【選択図】図3