Patent ID: 8233750

Claim:
An image management system comprising: a storage configured to store enhanced image data containing a plurality of medical image data in one file; a display device configured to display the medical image data contained in the enhanced image data, and display a screen for creating an interpretation report; a generator configured to generate link data containing image specification information specifying medical image data to link within the enhanced image data, in response to a linking operation by the display device; a link processor configured to include the link data generated by the generator into data of the interpretation report; a specification processor configured to specify medical image data indicated by the image specification information in the enhanced image data, from the enhanced image data stored in the storage, based on the link data, in response to an operation of requesting a linked medical image; an output part configured to output the specified medical image data to a requesting destination of the linked medical image; wherein the generator includes existing location information representing an existing location within the enhanced image data of medical image data to link, into the link data, as the image specification information; and the specification processor specifies medical image data existing in a location represented by the existing location information included in the link data, from the enhanced image data stored in the storage.