Medical image capture apparatus for sharing setting information, program for controlling the same, and system

A system comprising first and second medical image capture apparatuses for capturing medical images of objects to be imaged, said first and second medical image capture apparatuses being connected with each other via a network,

• said first medical image capture apparatus comprising first memory and a first processor,
• said second medical image capture apparatus comprising second memory and a second processor, wherein:
• in said first memory are stored:
• first data including first setting information set in said first medical image capture apparatus, said first setting information including first intrinsic information intrinsic to said first medical image capture apparatus, and first shared information shared with said second medical image capture apparatus;
• and backup data for said first intrinsic information,
• in said second memory is stored second data including second setting information set in said second medical image capture apparatus, said second setting information including:
• second intrinsic information intrinsic to said second medical image capture apparatus and different from said first intrinsic information;
• and second shared information shared with said first shared information,
• said second processor outputs said second data to said network, and
• said first processor
• rewrites said first data stored in said first memory into said second data input via said network,
• reads said first intrinsic information in said backup data, and
• rewrites said second intrinsic information into which said first intrinsic information has been rewritten, into said first intrinsic information in said backup data.

A method of controlling a medical image capture apparatus for capturing a medical image of an object to be imaged, said apparatus comprising memory and a processor, and being connected with another medical image capture apparatus via a network, wherein:

• in said memory are stored:
• first data including first setting information set in said medical image capture apparatus, said first setting information including first intrinsic information intrinsic to said medical image capture apparatus, and first shared information shared with said other medical image capture apparatus;
• and backup data for said first intrinsic information,
• in said other medical image capture apparatus is stored second data including second setting information set in said other medical image capture apparatus, said second setting information including:
• second intrinsic information intrinsic to said other medical image capture apparatus and different from said first intrinsic information;
• and second shared information shared with said medical image capture apparatus, and
• the method comprising controlling, with said processor, to:
• once said second data is input via said network, rewrite said first data stored in said memory into said second data,
• read said first intrinsic information in said backup data, and
• rewrite said second intrinsic information into which said first intrinsic information has been rewritten, into said first intrinsic information in said backup data.