Patent ID: 8391572
Filing Date: 2013-03-05
Classification: A61B,G06K,G06T,G16H

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for aiding photographing of a medical image, comprising: an image acquiring device configured to acquire a medical image obtained by radiation-photographing of a part including a diagnosis target region of a test subject; a positioning evaluating device configured to analyze the acquired medical image and evaluate positioning of the test subject at a time of the radiation-photographing; a positioning cautions creating device configured to create positioning cautions based on an evaluation result by the positioning evaluating device; a positioning cautions presenting device configured to present the positioning cautions created by the positioning cautions creating device; a positioning cautions storing device configured to store test subject identification information for identifying the test subject corresponding to the medical image and positioning cautions created for the medical image by the positioning cautions creating device by linking the test subject identification information and the positioning cautions with each other; and a test subject identification information input device configured to input the test subject identification information, wherein when the test subject identification information of the test subject to be photographed is input by the test subject identification information input device, the positioning cautions presenting device reads the positioning cautions stored by being linked with the input test subject identification information from the positioning cautions storing device, and presents the read positioning cautions.