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AssigneeFUJIFILM Corporation
InventorsTakeshi Ohkubo, Hideyuki Sakaida
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Volume data (32) including slice images (30) captured by a CT apparatus (12) is transferred to an image server (14). A CPU (40) of the image server (14) allows a region recognizing section (46) to recognize a region of each slice image (30) included in the volume data (32). The recognized region is recorded in a tag area (36) of each slice image (30) as region information (36c). The CPU (40) references the region information (36c) of each slice image (30) and judges if the volume data (32) includes regions or not. If the CPU (40) judges that the volume data (32) includes regions, an image compressing section (47) selects a common compression mode and compresses each slice image (30) in a common compression mode at a compression ratio.
An image compression method for selecting one of a site-specific compression mode using a compression format and/or a compression ratio corresponding to an anatomical site and a common compression mode using a common compression format, and/or a common compression ratio regardless of said anatomical site and performing compression to an image group constituted of more than one medical image shot with a modality, said compression method comprising:
An image compression device for selecting one of a site-specific compression mode using a compression format and/or a compression ratio corresponding to an anatomical site and a common compression mode using a common compression format and/or a common compression ratio regardless of said anatomical site and performing compression to an image group constituted of more than one medical image shot with a modality, said compression device comprising:
A medical network system constituted of a server and a terminal connected to said server through a network, said server having a storage means for storing an image group constituted of more than one medical image shot with a modality, said server selecting one of a site-specific compression mode using a compression format and/or a compression ratio corresponding to an anatomical site and a common compression mode using a common compression format and/or a common compression ratio regardless of said anatomical site and performing compression to said image group, said image group being read out from said server to said terminal upon request from a user, said medical network system comprising:
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