| CPC G16H 30/40 (2018.01) [G06T 7/0014 (2013.01); G16H 50/20 (2018.01); G06T 2207/20081 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30096 (2013.01)] | 6 Claims |

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5. A diagnosis support method comprising:
receiving an input retrieval word;
retrieving, from a plurality of medical images, each including a lesion region and associated with a key finding that is a key to specify a diagnosis name of the lesion region, a medical image associated with a key finding corresponding to the retrieval word;
classifying a retrieved medical image group according to a degree of similarity of images; and
detecting a lesion candidate region in an examination image on the basis of the degree of similarity derived by using pattern matching between the examination image and a representative image of the classified medical image group, wherein the representative image of the classified medical image group is generated from the plurality of medical images including lesion region.
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