Image storage apparatus
OwnerAkira GOTOinventor
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Abstract
A medical image storage apparatus includes a first image storage unit that stores medical image information including a plurality of medical images having predetermined array information, an image specifying unit that specifies a key image from the plurality of medical images on the basis of key image information showing a key image in the medical image information, and that specifies a predetermined number of medical images on the basis of the key image information and the array information, and an image storage and management unit that deletes a medical image excluding the specified medical images of the medical image information from the first image storage unit or compresses the medical image at a higher compression rate than the key image.
Claims9
A medical image storage apparatus comprising:
- a first image storage unit that stores medical image information including a plurality of medical images having predetermined array information;
- an image specifying unit that specifies a key image from the plurality of medical images on the basis of key image information showing a key image in the medical image information, and that specifies a predetermined number of medical images on the basis of the key image information and the array information;
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- an image storage and management unit that deletes a medical image excluding the specified medical images of the medical image information from the first image storage unit or compresses the medical image at a higher compression rate than the key image.
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