Patent ID: 8140481
Filing Date: 2012-03-20
Classification: G06F,G16H

Abstract:
1. A medical image filing system comprising: a primary storage device primarily storing medical image data; an image recording unit recording all the medical image data received from a medical image apparatus to the primary storage device; a secondary storage device secondarily storing the medical image data; an image secondary condition setting unit presetting a condition to secondarily store the medical image data to the secondary storage device based on a thickness of a slice thickness of the medical image data having a slice thickness larger than a predetermined value; and an image secondary storage determining unit configured to determine whether the medical image data stored in the primary storage device by the image recording unit satisfies the condition of a thickness of a slice thickness of the medical image data being larger than the predetermined value for storage in the secondary storage device, wherein the medical image data with the thinner-slice-thickness and a processed image data created on the basis of the medical image data with the thinner-slice-thickness are stored in the primary storage device, the image secondary storage determining unit further controls storage of the processed image data in the secondary storage device and non-storage of the medical image data with the thinner-slice-thickness.