Patent ID: 7767981

Claim:
A medical system comprising: a radiation detecting cassette comprising a casing, a radiation conversion panel housed in said casing for detecting a radiation that has passed through a subject and converting the detected radiation into radiation image information, a memory housed in said casing for storing the radiation image information converted by said radiation conversion panel, a communication unit housed in said casing for transmitting at least said radiation image information to an external device, and a cassette controller housed in said casing; an image capturing apparatus for radiating the radiation to said subject; a host computer for exchanging information with said radiation detecting cassette and controlling said image capturing apparatus; and a display device for displaying information from said host computer; wherein said cassette controller comprises a capacity value transmitter for transmitting a capacity value of said radiation image information to said host computer before said radiation image information is transmitted, and an image information transmitter for transmitting said radiation image information; and said host computer comprises an indicator controller for controlling said display device to display an indicator, which represents said capacity value received from said radiation detecting cassette as an upper limit, and a bar image controller for controlling said display device to display a bar image, which moves toward the displayed indicator so as to have a length corresponding to the received capacity value of said radiation image information during a period of time in which said radiation image information is being received.