Patent ID: 7570790

Claim:
An apparatus having an image processing function, comprising: first acquisition means for acquiring, from a data server, a first portion of data as a data stream obtained from image data that has been sequentially converted and encoded; decoding means for decoding the data acquired by said first acquisition means and obtaining a two-dimensional image; analysis means for analyzing the two-dimensional image obtained by said decoding means by providing a medical diagnostic support and determining a region of interest within the two-dimensional image; and second acquisition means for acquiring, from the data server, a second portion of data as a data stream obtained from the image data based on the region of interest determined by said analysis means, wherein a degree of resolution of the image data acquired by said first acquisition means is lower than that of an original image and its spatial resolution and density resolution are determined based on a type of diagnosis, wherein a degree of resolution of the image data acquired by said second acquisition means is higher than that of the image data acquired by said first acquisition means, wherein said second acquisition means specifies a tile region or a code block for the region of interest, and instructs the data server to expedite transfer of the data stream of the specified tile region or code block, and wherein the region of interest is a region deemed to be tested positive based on results of the medical diagnostic support provided by said analysis means.