Patent ID: 8837794

Claim:
A medical image display apparatus, comprising: a display protocol storing section, for storing display protocols, which are defined by image processing conditions for generating medical images for display from input medical image data and/or display conditions of the medical images for display being correlated with information regarding anatomical structures and/or information regarding diseases; an extracting section, for extracting information regarding anatomical structures and/or information regarding diseases from within medical opinions regarding observation target images included in image observation report information regarding the input medical image data; a display protocol determining section, for determining display protocols for the medical images for display by selecting display protocols from among those stored in the display protocol storing section, based on the extracted information regarding anatomical structures and/or information regarding diseases; an image processing/display control section, for generating the medical images for display from the input medical image data and controlling display of the medical images for display, based on the determined display protocols; and an image observation report viewing section, for viewing the image observation report; wherein: when the input of an operation to display the medical images for display is received while viewing the image observation report, the extracting section, the display protocol determining section, and the image processing/display control section are booted up.