Title:
MEDICAL-IMAGE MANAGEMENT DEVICE, AND MEDICAL-IMAGE MANAGEMENT METHOD
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2015/008650
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
The purpose of the present invention is: to manage medical images stored in a medium; to reduce the total size of DICOMDIR files, i.e. management files, stored in the medium along with the medical images; and to improve responsiveness during data reading/writing. Accordingly, the present invention extracts regularities from management files of medical-image groups stored in a medium, and compresses the management files on the basis of the extracted regularities. More specifically, the present invention is characterized by being provided with: a medium input/output unit which stores medical images in the medium; a selection unit which receives a selection of a plurality of medical images stored in the medium; a management-file generation unit which generates a management file for managing the selected plurality of medical images; a regularity extraction unit which extracts a regularity from the management file; and a compression unit which compresses the management file on the basis of the regularity, and stores said management file in the medium.
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Inventors:
MINAGAWA KATSUYUKI (JP)
Application Number:
PCT/JP2014/068098
Publication Date:
January 22, 2015
Filing Date:
July 08, 2014
Export Citation:
Assignee:
HITACHI MEDICAL CORP (JP)
International Classes:
G16H10/60; G06F12/00
Foreign References:
| JP2003116842A | 2003-04-22 | |||
| JP2009230831A | 2009-10-08 | |||
| JP2011145883A | 2011-07-28 | |||
| JP2011010124A | 2011-01-13 | |||
| JP2009171221A | 2009-07-30 |
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