Patent ID: 7869859

Claim:
A medical system, comprising: a main unit including a gantry in which an X-ray tube and an X-ray detector are provided; a display unit provided on the gantry and configured to display a name of a patient to be imaged; an input device provided on the gantry adjacent to the display unit and configured to receive input from the patient that confirms whether the name displayed on the display unit is accurate or not, and configured to transmit confirmation information indicating that the name displayed on the display unit is accurate when receiving the input from the patient; and a console unit remote from the main unit and including a processor configured to control imaging by the main unit and configured to postpone the imaging by the main unit until the console unit receives the confirmation information transmitted, in response to the input from the patient, from the input device provided on the gantry indicating that the name displayed on the display unit is accurate.