Patent ID: 7315755

Claim:
A protocol/medical image registration system comprising: a vendor terminal managed by a vendor; a protocol management server connected to said vendor terminal, wherein if an operator instructs new registration or update of a medical image and a protocol executed by a medical imaging system to generate the medical image, said vendor terminal transmits a new registration request including the new registration or an update request including the update via a network to said protocol management server; in response to the registration request, said protocol management server newly registers or updates the protocol and medical image, which are sent from said vendor terminal, by recording data in a database; and a user terminal configured to receive a determination whether to download the protocol from said protocol management server based on multiple levels of usefulness that are displayed by said user terminal and that include a grade value of the protocol received from a grader, the grader determining the grade value representative of a use value of the protocol based on a comprehensive assessment of the medical image, wherein the grade value is used to determine a monetary reward rewarding a provider of the protocol, wherein said protocol management sewer is configured to deny, to a user, a download of the protocol configured to generate an echo to generate the medical image, wherein said protocol management server is configured to deny the download of the protocol based on a legal condition established in a geographical region including said user terminal.