Patent ID: 7505634
Filing Date: 2009-03-17
Classification: G16H

Abstract:
1. A radiographic image processing apparatus for generating a synthesized image by synthesizing a first radiographic image and a second radiographic image generated by radiation that has passed through the same object, comprising: acquisition means for acquiring patient information added to each of the first radiographic image and the second radiographic image; first display means for displaying the first radiographic image when it is instructed that the first radiographic image is used for the synthesis; determination means for determining, on the basis of the patient information acquired by said acquisition means, whether the synthesis is permitted or not when it is instructed that the second radiographic image is used for the synthesis after it is instructed that the first radiographic image is used for the synthesis; and second display means for displaying the second radiographic image synthesized with the first radiographic image when the determination means determines that the synthesis is permitted, and displaying an error message when the determination means determines that the synthesis is not permitted.