Patent ID: 8830308

Claim:
An image management apparatus, comprising: an acquiring unit configured to acquire image data corresponding to a series of medical images; an image processing unit configured to calculate feature data of each medical image included in the series of medical images; a storage unit configured to store operation information related to a predetermined operation to be performed with respect to a screen on which a medical image is displayed and reference feature data defining a nature of the feature data of the medical image subjected to the predetermined operation; an operation unit configured to receive input of an operation signal corresponding to operations by a user; a display operation information setting unit configured to compare the feature data calculated by the image processing unit with the reference feature data stored in the storage unit, and, when the reference feature data having a correspondence to the feature data exist, to set, as information related to a display operation executed when the series of medical images are displayed on a screen, the information related to the predetermined operation associated with the reference feature data having the correspondence; a control unit configured to execute the display operation in accordance with the information related to the predetermined operation set by the display operation information setting unit when image data included in the series of medical images are played back; and an operation information generating unit configured to, by associating the reference feature data of the medical image subjected to the predetermined operation, with a content of the operation received by the operation unit and a parameter related to the operation, generate new operation information, when input of the predetermined operation is received by the operation unit.