Patent ID: 8918481

Claim:
A medical image display system, comprising: a server that provides medical image display data and display/clinical applications; and a terminal device that can access the server by way of a network, wherein the server is configured to: process the medical image display data so that pieces of image display information of a plurality of types, comprising medical image information, which includes annotation information, annex information, still image information, and moving image information, and interface information for user operation, are arranged synthetically combined in a multilayered manner as image layers; divide the multilayered medical image display data into the pieces of the image display information of the plurality of types for display on the terminal device, and manage the divided image display information; and transmit the pieces of image display information of the plurality of types to the terminal device from the server, assigning a communication protocol of a plurality of communication protocols of different types to each of the image layers, the communication protocols including a first type free of an acknowledgement of arrival of transmitted data to a communication partner, and a second type that includes the acknowledgement of the arrival of the transmitted data to the communication partner; and the terminal device is configured to: synthetically combine, in a multilayered manner as the image layers, and display the pieces of image display information of the plurality of types transmitted from the server; and generate operator information by utilizing the interface information for user operation displayed on the terminal device, and transmit the operator information to the server by way of the network; and wherein the server comprises: a division section configured to divide the medical image display data at least into the annotation information, the still image information, the moving image information, and the annex information, which includes patient information; and a communication section configured to transmit at least the annex information by an SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) protocol.