Patent ID: 8915838
Filing Date: 2014-12-23
Classification: G16H

Abstract:
1. A medical apparatus comprising: an identification section which identifies the classification of a medical testing apparatus configured to be attachable to and detachable from an endoscope apparatus; a storage section which stores information, which corresponds to multiple Service Object Pairs (SOPs) specified in a Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM) standard, regarding processing to be executed according to the classification of the medical testing apparatus, wherein two or more SOPs having an order of priority are set according to the classification of the medical testing apparatus, and the respective SOPs are information for processing of a still image or a moving image obtained by the medical testing apparatus; and a control section which reads, on the basis of the classification of the medical testing apparatus obtained by the identification section, information corresponding to the classification from the information stored in the storage section and sets the read information as a Service Object Pair (SOP) class to be adopted according to the order of priority, and, in the case where the information corresponding to the classification does not exist, reads predetermined information from the information stored in the storage section, sets the read predetermined information as an SOP class to be adopted, generates an image processed so as to become compatible with the DICOM standard based on the set SOP class, and outputs data of the generated image compatible with the DICOM standard.