Medical image display apparatus and medical image display system

A medical image display system comprising:

• a medical image display apparatus;
• and
• a medical image management apparatus, wherein
• the medical image display apparatus and the medical image management apparatus are interconnected via a network and configured to communicate with each other, and
• the medical image display apparatus comprises processing circuitry configured to
• acquire medical image data from the medical image management apparatus,
• determine whether a mouse cursor is superimposed on a display range of interpretation-target medical image data in a display screen of a display or not,
• display, when the mouse cursor is determined to be superimposed on the display range, both of the interpretation-target medical image data and at least one choice of comparative medical image data corresponding to interpretation-target medical image data, specified by a position of a mouse cursor, arranged in choices of display layout in a pop-up menu to be shown in an interpretation adjacent region where the specified interpretation-target medical image data is not superimposed and is adjacent to the specified interpretation-target medical image data,
• determine a display layout as selected via the mouse cursor among choices presented in the pop-up menu, and
• determine a choice of comparative medical image data arranged in the determined display layout as the comparative medical image data for comparison.

A medical image display method comprising:

• determining, by processing circuitry, whether a mouse cursor is superimposed on a display range of interpretation-target medical image data in a display screen of a display or not;
• displaying, by the processing circuitry, when the mouse cursor is determined to be superimposed on the display range, both of the interpretation-target medical image data and at least one choice of comparative medical image data corresponding to interpretation-target medical image data, specified by a position of a mouse cursor, arranged in choices of display layout in a pop-up menu to be shown in an interpretation adjacent region where the specified interpretation-target medical image data is not superimposed and is adjacent to the specified interpretation-target medical image data;
• determining, by the processing circuitry, a display layout as selected via the mouse cursor among choices presented in the pop-up menu;
• and
• determining, by the processing circuitry, a choice of comparative medical image data arranged in the determined display layout as the comparative medical image data for comparison.