Patent ID: 6644851
Filing Date: 2003-11-11
Classification: G16H

Abstract:
A roentgenogram image capturing apparatus for capturing a roentgenogram image, comprising:a film projector having a front panel for holding a roentgenogram film of a predetermined part of patient's body thereon, for projecting said roentgenogram image of said roentgenogram film on said front panel; an image capturing unit disposed in face-to-face relationship with and spaced apart from at a predetermined distance said front panel of said film projector, for capturing the roentgenogram image projected on said front panel of said film projector to produce a digital image data on said roentgenogram image in accordance with a photography instruction; and an image processing unit for processing said digital image data, having: (a) transmitting means for sending said photography instruction to said image capturing unit and receiving said digital image data from said image capturing unit; (b) displaying means for displaying said roentgenogram image on a predetermined roentgenogram viewer screen on the basis of said digital image data; (c) a storage device capable of storing therein said digital image data on a plurality of said roentgenogram images; and (d) identifying means for identifying said digital image data on said plurality of said roentgenogram images with said patients by corresponding respective identifiers to sort said plurality of said digital image data by said patient to store the sorted digital image data in said storage device.