Mammography system and method for managing information

A mammography system comprising:

• a mammography apparatus for radiographing a mamma image of a patient by irradiating radiations and for reading the mamma image as digital data;
• and
• a controller for obtaining the mamma image, the controller connected to the mammography apparatus,
• wherein the mammography apparatus comprises a communication section for relating radiography performance information to the read mamma image, the radiography performance information including first key information for relating the radiography performance information and radiographing order information, and for transmitting the related radiography performance information and the related mamma image, to the controller, and
• the controller comprises:
• a storage section for storing the radiographing order information including second key information for relating the radiography performance information and the radiographing order information;
• and
• a controlling section for relating the mamma image, the radiographing order information and the radiography performance information to one another based on the first key information included in the radiography performance information transmitted from the mammography apparatus and the second key information included in the stored radiographing order information.

A method for managing information in a mammography system comprising a mammography apparatus for radiographing a mamma image by irradiating radiations and for recording the mamma image in a cassette, a reading apparatus for reading the mamma image from the cassette, and a controller for obtaining the read mamma image by controlling the reading apparatus, the controller being connected to the mammography apparatus and the reading apparatus, the method comprising:

• transmitting radiography performance information including first key information from the mammography apparatus to the controller, the first key information for relating the radiography performance information and radiographing order information to each other;
• storing the radiographing order information including second key information in a storage section of the controller, the second key information for relating the radiography performance information and the radiographing order information;
• and
• relating the radiography performance information and the radiographing order information to each other based on the first key information included in the radiography performance information transmitted from the mammography apparatus and the second key information included in the stored radiographing order information, in the controller.

A method for managing information in a mammography system comprising a mammography apparatus for radiographing a mamma image of a patient by irradiating radiations and for reading the mamma image as digital data, and a controller for obtaining the read mamma image from the mammography apparatus, the controller being connected to the mammography apparatus, the method comprising:

• transmitting radiography performance information including first key information and the read mamma image so as to relate the radiography performance information and the mamma image to each other, from the mammography apparatus to the controller, the first key information for relating the radiography performance information and radiographing order information to each other;
• storing the radiographing order information including second key information in a storage section of the controller, the second key information for relating the radiography performance information and the radiographing order information;
• and
• relating the mamma image, the radiographing order information and the radiography performance information to one another based on the first key information included in the radiography performance information transmitted from the mammography apparatus and the second key information included in the radiographing order information, in the controller.

A method for managing information in a mammography system comprising a mammography apparatus for radiographing a mamma image of a patient by irradiating radiations and for recording the mamma image in a cassette, a reading apparatus for reading the mamma image from the cassette, and a controller for storing radiographing order information including second key information for relating radiography performance information and the radiographing order information and for obtaining the read mamma image by controlling the reading apparatus, when a plurality of mamma images corresponding to one patient are radiographed by using a plurality of cassettes, at each time of radiographing one of the plurality of mamma images in the mammography apparatus, the method comprising:

• transmitting the radiography performance information including first key information, from the mammography apparatus to the controller, the first key information for relating the radiography performance information and radiographing order information to each other;
• and
• relating the obtained mamma image, the radiographing order information and the radiography performance information to one another based on the first key information included in the radiography performance information transmitted from the mammography apparatus and the second key information included in the radiographing order information, in the controller.