Medical image display apparatus and method

A medical image display method executed by a medical image display apparatus, the method comprising:

• causing a first display region on a display to display a plurality of modified medical images that are generated by reducing a length, in a predetermined direction of the first display region, of a plurality of medical images of substantially an identical region of a subject, wherein partial areas of the modified medical images overlap with each other in such a manner as to arrange the plurality of modified medical images in the predetermined direction;
• detecting, using the medical image display apparatus, a selection operation to select the at least two of the displayed modified medical images to be fused, from the plurality of modified medical images;
• and
• generating, using the medical image display apparatus, a fused image from the at least two medical images corresponding to the at least two selected modified medical images selected by the selection operation,
• wherein the causing step further comprises causing the fused image to be displayed in a second display region different from the first display region on the display.