Patent ID: 8254649
Filing Date: 2012-08-28
Classification: G16H

Abstract:
1. A medical image observation system, comprising: a report storage configured to store an interpretation report that at least includes patient-identifying information, examination-specifying information, and medical image-specifying information that specifies medical image data; a medical image storage configured to store the medical image data that includes image data and additional information regarding said image data that at least includes the patient-identifying information, the examination-specifying information, and the medical image-specifying information; a medical image data-specifying part configured to specify an interpretation report that includes patient-identifying information, based on said patient-identifying information specified by a display request for medical image data, and to specify the medical image data using the medical image-specifying information included in said specified interpretation report; a medical image data-reading part configured to read the medical image data from said medical image storage based on the additional information of said specified medical image data and the examination-specifying information specified by said display request; and a displaying part configured to display an image based on the image data included in said read medical image data, wherein said medical image storage is configured to receive, as a series, a plurality of sets of tomographic image data acquired along an arbitrary direction, and to store the plurality of sets of said tomographic image data so that the image-generating conditions that show the conditions under which said tomographic image data has been generated are included in said additional information, the image generating conditions including cross-sectional position information, directional information, and thickness information; and said medical image storage is configured to store said medical image data so that the image-generating conditions that show the conditions under which said image data has been generated are included in said additional information, said medical image data-reading part including said displaying part is configured to display the image based on the image data included in said new medical image data.