Patent ID: 8751267

Claim:
A medical image processing server connected with a plurality of terminals via a network, the server comprising: a storing unit configured to store medical image data; an access time obtaining unit configured to obtain an access start time at which each of the terminals accesses medical image data selected by each of the terminals; an update time obtaining unit configured to, if each of the terminals edits the medical image data and issues an update request for an edited version, obtain a last update time of the edited version; a determining unit configured to, if one of the terminals issues the update request, determine whether to update the medical image data with the edited version or copy the edited version, based on the access start time obtained by the terminal and the last update time obtained by another of the terminals, to thereby generate updated data being a substitute for an original of the medical image data or copied data independent of the original; and a data outputting unit configured to output the updated data and the copied data as data derived from the medical image data.