Patent ID: 6453059
Filing Date: 2002-09-17
Classification: G06T,Y10S

Abstract:
An image transfer system comprising:an image transfer control means which transfers image information input thereinto from at least one image input system to at least one of a plurality of destination image handling systems selected based on a kind of image information to be processed, an entry means in which destination image handling systems for image information are entered in advance, based on the kind of the image information to be processed, and an image kind input means which inputs into the image transfer control means type information indicating the kind of the image information input to the image transfer control means, wherein the image transfer control means, when the image information is received, reads from the entry means which of the plurality of destination image handling systems corresponding to the type information received from the image kind input means should receive the image information and automatically transfers the image information to a corresponding one of said at least one of the plurality of destination image handling systems, wherein the kind of image information designates at least one of a machine source of an image, a diagnostic purpose of the image, and a body part which is the subject matter of the image.