Patent ID: 6542627
Filing Date: 2003-04-01
Classification: G16H,Y10S

Abstract:
A medical image output system, comprising:i) first storage means for storing medical image signals, each of which represents a medical image of a patient, ii) second storage means for storing photographic image signals, each of which represents a photographic image of a somatic feature of a patient, and/or photographic image signals, each of which represents a photographic image of a person associated with a patient, such that it is clear which photographic image signal corresponds to which medical image signal stored in the first storage means, and iii) output means for operating such that, in cases where the output means outputs a medical image signal representing a medical image of a certain patient from the first storage means, the output means also outputs the photographic image signal, which corresponds to the outputted medical image signal, from the second storage means.