JP2000132628A - System and method for managing picture, picture controller, picture display, and storing medium - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain a system and method for managing picture, and a storing medium capable of improving the reliability by speedily moving picture data without imposing the burden on an operator. SOLUTION: In the case of including plural kinds of picture collecting devices, which are respectively provided singly or plurally, and being plurally provided with picture retaining devices -1 to -3 storing pictures collected by these picture collecting devices, the kind of a picture to automatically obtain corresponding to the kind of a received picture is previously stored in a picture retrieving rule managing table. When the devices -1 to -3 receive a picture, a necessary past picture is automatically retrieved and the past picture is transferred to the same picture display as the received picture on which the retrieval is based.

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DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

[0001] 1. Field of the Invention [0002] The present invention relates to an image management system having a plurality of types of image collection devices for collecting images, an image management method thereof, an image control device, an image display device, and a storage medium.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art With the recent development of computers, computerization has become widespread, for example, in the medical field. In particular, this trend is rapid in the field of diagnostic imaging, and the spread of various computerized tomography (CT) apparatuses, ultrasonic diagnostic apparatuses, diagnostic apparatuses using radioisotopes, and the like is remarkable.

Further, an X-ray imaging apparatus using a solid-state image pickup device or the like has been developed, and in the field of X-ray images, X-ray digital image reading and imaging using a computer has come to be performed. For example, in a mass screening system and a medical checkup, an X-ray imaging device
The radiography is performed, and the screening is performed with reference to the image taken by the subject in the past. In the medical checkup, not only X-ray images, but also images taken by CT and MR devices, images taken in the past for the same subject,
It is referred at the time of diagnosis.

[0004] The wave of digitization is gradually rushing even in such a group medical examination system and a medical checkup, and doctors interpret images using digital images displayed on a monitor. However, in mass screenings and medical checkups, it is necessary to refer to images taken in the past (past images) to refer to changes over time in lesions.
For that purpose, it is necessary to always be able to quickly refer to the past images. Further, in the case of re-referencing, a series of images taken by the same type of imaging device of the patient rather than all the past images of the patient are often required.

[0005] In response to such a request, for example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. Hei 10-23201 proposes the above-described image reading and transferring system. This image reading transfer system is not configured so that the image storage device itself that stores the captured image searches for the necessary past image,
In addition, the system is not configured to search among a plurality of image storage devices.

[0006]

In a system in which a plurality of various diagnostic devices exist and each diagnostic device is configured to transfer a captured image to a predetermined image storage device, Even when a plurality of images of a test unit are generated in each diagnostic device, it is necessary to quickly search for a past image in the image storage device and transfer the test image and the past image to the image display device. . Further, when it is necessary to transfer all the past images of the patient to the image display device, or only a series of images taken by the same type or limited type of diagnostic equipment of the patient need to be transferred. In some cases. However, in the above-described conventional techniques, there is a problem that it is not always possible to quickly acquire a past image, and a great burden is imposed on an operator in acquiring the image. Furthermore, if the image display device is not always online, and, for example, the image viewer wants to refer to the image at another place such as at home, a function of transferring the image to an offline medium is also required.

The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and an image management system and an image management system capable of quickly moving image data and improving reliability without imposing a burden on an operator. It is an object to provide a method, an image control device, an image display device, and a storage medium.

[0008]

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided an image management system comprising: an image collection device group including at least one image collection device of each type; An image control device for controlling movement, storage and display of collected image data collected by each image collection device included in the device group, and an image display device for displaying collected image data transferred from the image control means. In the image management system, the image control device receives the collected image data output from the image collection device group, and manages the collected image data based on image collection information of the received collected image data. Image registration means for registering in the database, image storage means for storing the received collected image data, using the image management database Image management means for managing the stored image data, wherein the image management means transfers the stored collected image data to a transfer destination set in advance as a transfer rule according to the contents of the image collection information. And searching for a series of past image data related to the registered collected image data based on the image collection information and transferring to the transfer destination, wherein the image display device includes the image control device. And receiving the collected image data and the past image data transferred from the PC and displaying the collected image data and the past image data.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the image management system according to the first aspect, the collected image data collected by each of the image collection devices included in the image collection device group is stored in a network or a portable recording medium. And transferred from the image collection device to the image control device via

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the image management system according to the first or second aspect, the stored collected image data and the read out past image data are stored in a network or a portable recording medium. The image display device is transferred to the image display device via the image control device.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the image management system according to any one of the first to third aspects, the image management means is configured to search for a specific type of image when retrieving the past image data. It is characterized in that only past image data generated from the collection device is to be searched.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the image management system according to any one of the first to fourth aspects, the image management system has a plurality of image control devices, and one of the image control devices is Searching and reading out the past image data related to the collected image data based on the image collection information having the received collected image data,
A search command is output to another image control device according to a predetermined search rule, and the other image control device searches for past image data related to the collected image data according to the search command, and the one image control device The retrieved past image data is transferred to a transfer destination set as a transfer rule based on the received image collection information of the received collected image data.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the image management system according to the fifth aspect, the plurality of image control devices are configured to refer to the same transfer rule as the transfer rule. And

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, there is provided an image management system comprising: an image collection device group including at least one image collection device of each type; and collected images collected by the image collection devices included in the image collection device group. In an image management system including an image control device that controls movement, storage, and display of data and an image display device that displays collected image data transferred from the image control means, the image control device includes the image collection device. Image registration means for receiving the collected image data output from the group, and registering the collected image data in an image management database based on the image collection information of the received collected image data, and the received collected image Image storage means for storing data; and an image management means for managing the stored image data using the image management database. The image management means transfers the stored collected image data to a transfer destination set in advance as a transfer rule according to the content of the image collection information, and responds to a search request from the outside. It is configured to search and transfer the stored collected image data,
The image display device receives and displays the collected image data transferred from the image control device, and the image control device sets in advance a search rule according to the content of image collection information included in the collected image data. The apparatus is configured to request the apparatus to search for past image data, and to display collected image data transferred from the image control apparatus in response to the search request as past image data.

An image management system according to an eighth aspect of the present invention is the image management system according to the seventh aspect, wherein the collected image data collected by each image collection device included in the image collection device group is stored in a network or a portable recording medium. And transferred from the image collection device to the image control device via

According to a ninth aspect of the present invention, in the image management system according to the seventh or eighth aspect, the stored collected image data is transferred from the image control device to the image display device via a network. It is characterized by that.

According to a tenth aspect of the present invention, in the image management system according to any one of the seventh to ninth aspects, when the image management means searches for the past image data, a specific image collection is performed. It is characterized in that only past image data generated from the apparatus is to be searched.

An image management system according to an eleventh aspect is the image management system according to the seventh to tenth aspects, wherein the image management system has a plurality of image display devices, and the plurality of image display devices have the same transfer rule. Is configured to be referred to.

According to a twelfth aspect of the present invention, there is provided an image management method comprising: an image collection device group including at least one image collection device of a plurality of types; and an image collection device collected by each image collection device included in the image collection device group. In an image management method of an image management system including an image control device that controls movement, storage, and display of image data, and an image display device that displays collected image data transferred from the image control means, Receiving the collected image data output from the image collection device group, registering the collected image data in an image management database based on the image collection information of the received collected image data, Data is stored, and the stored collected image data is stored in a transfer destination set in advance as a transfer rule according to the content of the image collection information. And transfer to the transfer destination by searching for a series of past image data related to the registered collected image data based on the image collection information, and in the image display device, from the image control device. It is characterized by receiving the transferred collected image data and past image data, and displaying the collected image data and the past image data.

According to a thirteenth aspect of the present invention, in the image management method according to the twelfth aspect, the collected image data collected by each of the image collection devices included in the image collection device group is transferred to a network or a portable recording medium. Transfer from the image collection device to the image control device via the control unit.

According to a fourteenth aspect of the present invention, in the image management method according to the eleventh or thirteenth aspect, the stored collected image data and the read out past image data are transferred to a network or a portable recording medium. And transferring to the image display device from the image control device via the image control device.

According to a fifteenth aspect of the present invention, in the image management method according to any one of the twelfth to fourteenth aspects, when searching for the past image data, the past image generated from a specific type of image collecting apparatus is searched. It is characterized in that only image data is to be searched.

According to a sixteenth aspect of the present invention, in the image management method according to any one of the twelfth to fifteenth aspects, the image management system includes a plurality of image control devices. Searching and reading past image data related to the collected image data based on the image collection information having the received collected image data, and outputting a search command to another image control device according to a predetermined search rule; The other image control device searches for past image data related to the collected image data according to the search command, and based on image collection information of the collected image data received by the one image control device, a transfer rule. The retrieved past image data is transferred to a transfer destination set as.

According to a seventeenth aspect of the present invention, in the image management method of the sixteenth aspect, the same transfer rule is referred to as the transfer rule.

According to a still further aspect of the present invention, there is provided an image management apparatus comprising: a group of image collecting apparatuses each including at least one image collecting apparatus of a plurality of types; In the image management method of an image management system including an image control device that controls movement, storage, and display of data, and an image display device that displays collected image data transferred from the image control unit, the image control device includes: Receiving the collected image data output from the image collection device group, registering the collected image data in an image management database based on the image collection information that the received collected image data has, and Is stored, and set in advance as a transfer rule according to the content of the image collection information using the image management database. While transferring the stored collected image data to the destination, searching and transferring the stored collected image data in response to an external search request, the image display device transferred from the image control device. While receiving and displaying the collected image data, requesting the image control device set in advance as a search rule in accordance with the content of the image collection information having the collected image data to search for past image data, Collected image data transferred from the image control device in response to a search request is displayed as past image data.

According to a nineteenth aspect of the present invention, in the image management method according to the eighteenth aspect, the collected image data collected by each image collection device included in the image collection device group is stored in a network or a portable recording medium. And transferred from the image collection device to the image control device via

[0027] According to a twentieth aspect of the present invention, in the image management method according to the twelfth aspect, the stored collected image data is transferred from the image control device to the image display device via a network. It is characterized by that.

According to a twenty-first aspect of the present invention, in the image management system according to any one of the seventh to ninth aspects, when the image management means searches for the past image data, a specific image collection is performed. It is characterized in that only past image data generated from the apparatus is to be searched.

According to a twenty-second aspect of the present invention, in the image management method according to any one of the eighteenth to twenty-first aspects, the image management system includes a plurality of image display devices, and the plurality of image display devices. Are referred to the same transfer rule.

According to a twenty-third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a storage medium comprising: a group of image collecting apparatuses each including at least one image collecting apparatus of a plurality of types; A program for executing an image management method applied to an image management system including an image control device for controlling movement, storage and display of data, and an image display device for displaying collected image data transferred from the image control means. A storage medium readable by a computer, wherein the program receives, in the image control device, collected image data output from the image collection device group, and stores an image of the received collected image data. Registering the collected image data in an image management database based on the collected information; Storing the image data, using the image management database to manage the stored image data, and storing the collected image data at a destination set in advance as a transfer rule according to the content of the image collection information. Transferring the image data, and searching for a series of past image data related to the registered collected image data based on the image collection information, and transferring the image data to the destination, and the image display device, Receiving collected image data and past image data transferred from the image control device;
Displaying the collected image data and the past image data.

The storage medium according to claim 24 is the storage medium according to claim 23.
In the storage medium described above, in the step of searching for the past image data and transferring to the transfer destination, only the past image data generated from a specific type of image collection device is to be searched.

The storage medium according to claim 25 is the storage medium according to claim 23.
25. The storage medium according to claim 24, wherein the image management system has a plurality of image control devices, and the program executes the program in one image control device based on image collection information of the received collected image data. Searching and reading past image data related to the image data, outputting a search command to another image control device according to a predetermined search rule, and, in the other image control device, the collected image according to the search command Searching for past image data related to the data, and searching for the transfer destination set as a transfer rule based on image collection information having the collected image data received by the one image control device. Transferring the past image data.

A storage medium according to claim 26, wherein a group of image collecting apparatuses each including at least one image collecting apparatus of a plurality of types, and collected image data collected by the image collecting apparatuses included in the group of image collecting apparatuses. A program for executing an image management method applied to an image management system including an image control device for controlling movement, storage and display of the image, and an image display device for displaying collected image data transferred from the image control means. A storage medium readable by a computer, wherein the program includes, in the image control device, a step of receiving collected image data output from the image collection device group; and an image having the received collected image data. Registering the collected image data in an image management database based on the collected information; A step of storing data; a step of managing the stored image data using the image management database; and a step of storing the stored image data in a transfer destination set in advance as a transfer rule according to the content of the image collection information. Transferring the image data, and searching and transferring the stored collected image data in response to a search request from the outside, and, in the image display device, transferring the collected image data transferred from the image control device. Receiving and displaying, and requesting the image control apparatus set in advance as a search rule according to the content of the image collection information having the collected image data to search for past image data,
Displaying collected image data transferred from the image control device in response to the search request as past image data.

The storage medium according to claim 27 is the storage medium according to claim 26.
In the storage medium described above, in the step of requesting the past image data, only the past image data generated from a specific image collection device is set as a search request target.

According to a twenty-eighth aspect of the present invention, there is provided an image control apparatus for moving, storing, and transferring collected image data collected by each image collection device included in an image collection device group including at least one image collection device of each type. In an image control device that controls display, receiving the collected image data output from the image collection device group, and storing the collected image data in an image management database based on image collection information having the received collected image data. Image registration means for registering, image storage means for storing the received collected image data, image management means for managing the stored image data using the image management database, the image management means, And transferring the stored collected image data to a transfer destination set in advance as a transfer rule according to the content of the image collection information. Moni, characterized in that it is configured to move out to the transference destination by searching the series of past image data associated with the acquired image data the registration based on the image acquisition data.

According to a twenty-ninth aspect of the present invention, in the image control apparatus according to the twenty-eighth aspect, the collected image data collected by each of the image collection devices included in the image collection device group is stored in a network or a portable recording medium. And transferred from the image collection device to the image control device via

The image control apparatus according to claim 30 is the image control apparatus according to claim 28 or 29, wherein the stored collected image data and the read out past image data are transmitted over a network or a portable recording medium. The image is transferred from the image control device to the transfer destination via the image transfer device.

According to a thirty-first aspect of the present invention, in the image control apparatus according to any one of the twenty-eighth to thirty-ninth aspects, the image management means is configured to execute a specific type of image processing when searching for the past image data. It is characterized in that only past image data generated from the collection device is to be searched.

An image control device according to a thirty-second aspect is the image control device according to any one of the twenty-eighth to thirty-second aspects, wherein the image control device is connected to another image control device, and Searches and reads past image data related to the collected image data based on the image collection information that the received collected image data has, and transmits to the other connected image control devices according to a predetermined search rule. A search command is output, and the past image data related to the collected image data searched according to the search command from the other image control device is added to the image collection information having the collected image data received by the image control device. It is configured to transfer to a transfer destination set as a transfer rule based on the transfer rule.

In the image control device according to a thirty-third aspect, in the image control device according to the thirty-second aspect, the other connected image control device refers to a transfer rule of the image management means as the transfer rule. It is characterized by being constituted as follows.

According to a thirty-fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided an image display apparatus, comprising:
An image display device connected to an image control device for controlling storage, retrieval and display, and displaying the collected image data transferred from the image control device, wherein the receiving device receives the collected image data transferred from the image control device And a search request unit for requesting the image control apparatus to search for past image data set in advance as a search rule according to the content of image collection information of the collected image data,
Display means for displaying, as past image data, collected image data transferred from the image control device in response to the search request.

According to a thirty-fifth aspect of the present invention, in the image display apparatus according to the thirty-fourth aspect, the collected image data stored in the image control device is transmitted from the image control device to the image display device via a network. It is characterized by being transferred out.

According to a thirty-sixth aspect of the present invention, in the image display device according to the thirty-fourth or thirty-fifth aspect, when requesting a search for the past image data, only the past image data generated from a specific image collection device is used. It is a feature to be searched.

The image display device according to claim 37 is the image display device according to claim 36, wherein the image display device is connected to another image display device, and the other image display device is connected to the search request means. Is configured to refer to the transfer-out rule possessed by.

[0045]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. In the following description,
The image management system has a plurality of types of image collection devices, a plurality of image storage devices, and a plurality of image display devices, and is configured by including at least one image collection device of each type. It is assumed.

(First Embodiment) FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an entire image management system according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

In the figure, the image management system includes three X-ray digital imaging apparatuses 1 to 3 and two CT (comput
erized tomography) devices 4 and 5, one MR device 6, one ultrasonic diagnostic device (US) 7, three image storage devices 8 to 10, and three image display devices 11 to 13. It is composed of

Each image collection device transfers an image to an image storage device specified inside each device via a network. When a method via a portable recording medium is designated as the image transfer method, the image is transferred to a portable recording medium, for example, a magneto-optical disk (Magneto Optical, hereinafter referred to as MO).

Each of the image storage devices 8 to 10 has a management unit 8 a to 10 a for controlling the operation of the device and managing the image.
And image management database units 8b to 10b and image storage units 8c to 10c. The image storage device 8 further includes an operation regulation management unit 8d.

After receiving the image, each of the image storage devices 8 to 10 stores the image collection information included in the header of the collected image data, for example, the patient name, the patient ID, the image interpretation doctor name, the collection device type, and the collection device. Information such as an ID, a collection device name, a collector, a collection time, and an image file name is stored in the image management database units 8b to 10b, and the images collected by the image collection devices 1 to 7 are stored as described above. In the storage devices 8c to 10c.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of the image collection device management table. The image collection device management table includes a name of the image storage device, a type of the image collection device that has collected the images received by the image storage devices 8 to 10, a name of the image collection device, and a method of receiving the image from each of the image collection devices 1 to 7. This is a table showing (image collection method), and is stored in the operation rule management unit 8d in the image storage device 8 together with an image search rule management table described later.

As is apparent from FIG. 2, the image storage device 8
Manages two image acquisition types, that is, images acquired by an X-ray digital imaging apparatus and a CT apparatus (hereinafter, referred to as DR images and CT images). More specifically, the image storage device 8 includes the X-ray digital imaging device 1 (DR
-1), 2 (DR-2) and the DR image and CT image collected and generated by the CT device 4 (CT-1) are received, stored in the image storage recording device unit 8c, and managed. The image storage device 8 receives DR images online from the X-ray digital imaging devices 1 and 2. The CT image captured by the CT device 4 is stored offline in the MO, that is, in the case of the present embodiment, the MO device temporarily stores the captured CT image in the MO storage device 8. , The image storage device 8 can read the CT image stored in the MO.

The image storage device 9 includes three image acquisition types, that is, a DR image acquired by the X-ray digital imaging device 3 (DR-3), a CT image acquired by the CT device 5 (CT-2), And an image acquired by the MR device 6 (MR-1) (hereinafter, referred to as an MR image). The image storage device 9 includes the X-ray digital imaging device 3, C
DR collected and generated by the T device 5 and the MR device 6
The image, the CT image, and the MR image are received, stored in the image storage device 9c, and managed. The image storage device 9
The CT image and the MR image are received online from the X-ray digital imaging device 3 and the MR device 6. The CT image captured by the CT device 5 is temporarily stored in the MO by the MO device, and the MO in which the captured CT image is stored is set in the MO drive of the image storage device 9 so that the image storage device 9 Can read out the CT image stored in the MO.

The image storage device 10 receives one image collection type, that is, an image (hereinafter, referred to as a US image) collected by the ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus 7 (US-1), and stores the image in the image storage device unit 10c. To store and manage. The image storage device 10 receives a US image online from the ultrasonic diagnostic device 7.

Each of the image storage devices 8 to 10 transfers the received collected image data via a network or a portable recording medium, based on a transfer destination restriction set in advance depending on the content of the image collection information. I do. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of an image transfer destination management table for managing this transfer restriction. In the present embodiment, the image transfer destination management table is stored in the operation rule management unit 8d inside the image storage device 8. When the transfer rule is changed due to the change of the operation rule, the same information is notified to the image storage devices 9 and 10 by changing the image transfer destination table in the image storage device 8, whereby Image storage device 8
19 to refer to the same image transfer destination management table.

In FIG. 3, "*" is a symbol meaning "all", and "!" Is a symbol meaning "other". That is, for example, “! Dr.A” means “other than Dr.A”.

The collection device type of the image collection information included in the header of the collected image data is "DR-1" or "DR-2".
Or, in the case of “DR-3”, according to the image transfer destination management table, regardless of the content of the image interpretation doctor name in the image collection information, the image display device 11 (viewer-1) is online connected to the DR, The image is transferred.

Further, if the collection device type of the image collection information is "C
In the case of "T-1" or "CT-2", the image display device 13 (viewer-3) according to the image transfer destination management table, regardless of the contents of the image interpretation doctor name in the image collection information.
The CT image is transferred to. However, this transfer is performed off-line from the image collection device management table shown in FIG.
That is, the processing is performed via the MO. That is, a CT image is temporarily stored in an internal hard disk (not shown) for MO transfer, and the CT image provided in the image storage device 8 or 9 is stored.
The MO is set in the O drive, the image is copied from the internal hard disk to the MO, and the image is displayed on the image display device 13.
Is configured to be read.

When the content of the image acquisition information collection device included in the header of the acquired image data is “MR-1”, the content differs depending on the content of the image interpretation doctor name in the image acquisition information. The MR image is transferred to the transfer destination. For example,
When the image interpretation doctor name of the image collection information is “Dr. A”, the MR image is online via the network to the image display device 11 (viewer-1) according to the image transfer destination management table of FIG. Be transferred out. If the image interpretation doctor name in the image collection information is not “Dr. A”,
Image display device 12 associated with “! Dr.A”
An MR image is transferred to (Viewer-2) online via a network.

When the content of the image acquisition information collection device included in the header of the acquired image data is “US-1”, the content differs depending on the content of the image interpretation doctor name in the image acquisition information. The MR image is transferred to the transfer destination. For example,
When the image interpretation doctor name of the image collection information is “Dr. B”, the MR image is online via the network to the image display device 12 (viewer-2) according to the image transfer destination management table of FIG. Be transferred out. If the image interpretation doctor name in the image collection information is not “Dr.B”,
Image display device 11 associated with “! Dr.B”
An MR image is transferred to (Viewer-1) online via a network.

Further, the image storage devices 8 to 10 have a function of retrieving collected image data based on the content of the image collection information included in the received image. In addition, the image storage devices 8 to 10 can issue a search command to each other image storage device based on the content of the image collection information included in the received image.

In the search for past images, it is possible to search only the most recent past image received for the patient or to search all past images according to a preset search rule. . It is also possible to limit the types of inspection devices.

The search rule is constituted by the image search rule management table shown in FIG. 4 and the image collection device management table shown in FIG. Also in these tables, like the image transfer destination management table, all the image storage devices 8 to 10 can refer to the same management table.

As shown in FIG. 4, the image collection device names in the image collection information included in the image received by any of the image storage devices are “DR-1,” “DR-2,” and “DR-
3), the past image generated by the X-ray digital imaging apparatuses 1 to 3 regardless of the image reading doctor name in the image acquisition information of the DR image It is a rule to search for images. In this case, referring to the image collection device management table shown in FIG. 2, since it is the image storage devices 8 and 9 that manage the DR images, the patient ID of the received image is assigned to both of them. The search command for the DR image is output.

If the image collection device name in the image collection information of the image received by any of the image storage devices is “CT
-1 "or" CT-2 ", CT irrespective of the image interpretation doctor name in the image acquisition information of the image.
With respect to the past images generated by the apparatuses 4, 5 and the X-ray digital imaging apparatuses 1 to 3, the rule is to search for the most recent past image of each of the patients. Referring to the image collection device management table shown in FIG. 2, since the CT images are managed by the image storage devices 8 and 9, the patient ID of the received image is assigned to both the image storage devices 8 and 9. A search command for searching for a CT image using the search command is output. At the same time, since it is the image storage devices 8 and 9 that manage the DR images, a DR image search command is output to both of them using the patient ID of the received CT image. .

The image collection device name in the image collection information of the image received by any of the image storage devices is “MR
-1 "and the image reading doctor name in the image acquisition information is" Dr. A ", a rule for searching all MR past images for the past image of the same patient as the received image. Has become. Referring to the image collection device management table shown in FIG. 2, since only the image storage device 9 manages the MR image, the patient ID of the received MR image is used for the image storage device 9. Then, a search for searching for an MR image is performed. In addition, the name of the image interpretation doctor in the image acquisition information of the received MR image is “Dr.A”.
Otherwise, the rule is to search for the most recent past image of the patient with respect to the DR past image of the same patient as the received MR image. In this case, since the image storage devices 8 and 9 manage the DR images,
For both, the patient I in the received MR image
D is used to output a DR image search command.

If the image collection device name in the image collection information included in the image received by any of the image storage devices is “US-1”, the image collection information included in the US image Regarding the US past image generated by the ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus 7, regardless of the name of the image interpreting doctor in the above, the rule is to search for the most recent past image of each patient. Referring to the image collection device management table shown in FIG. 2, the US image is managed by the image storage device 10.
Therefore, a US image search command is output to the image storage device 10 using the patient ID of the received image.

The image storage device 8, 9 or 10 which has output the search command waits for the search results by all the image storage devices, regardless of whether the device has output the search command or not, and obtains the search result. Select the best image that meets the search rules from the images. For example, a DR image is received by the image storage device 8, and the image collection device name of the image collection information of the DR image is “DR-1,” “DR-2,” or “DR-3,” and the search rule is If it is specified that the most recent past image be searched,
Wait until the search results of the image storage devices 8 and 9 are obtained,
A past image with the latest shooting date is selected from the obtained search results.

When the search result is selected, an image transfer instruction is output only to the past image obtained as the selected result to the image storage device that manages the past image. At this time, the transfer destination to which the image is transferred is the same as the transfer destination to which the received image based on this search was transferred. The image transfer method is based on the method shown in the image transfer destination management table in FIG.

As described above, when the images are received by the image storage devices 8 to 10, the past images required by a rule predetermined according to the type of the images are automatically searched, and the collected images and A past image is transferred to the same image display device. As in the case of a CT image, FIG.
If the offline transfer is defined in the image collection device management table of “1”, M
After inserting O and moving the past image, a request for image transfer from the image display device can be used to receive a required image.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, a plurality of types of image collection devices are provided, each image collection device is singly or plurally provided, and an image storage for storing images collected by these image collection devices is provided. When a plurality of devices are provided, the type of image to be automatically acquired is specified in advance in accordance with the type of the received image, so that a necessary past image is automatically searched by receiving one image. ,
The past image is transferred to the same image display device as the received image from which the search was made. Therefore, the image can be moved quickly without increasing the burden on the operator, and the reliability of the movement can be improved. Particularly, since the operation rule needs to be changed only by changing the table managed by one image storage device, the effect on reliability is great. As the reliability is improved, the work efficiency can be improved, and the economic effect of the present invention is extremely large.

(Second Embodiment) Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.

In the present embodiment, a search function for obtaining a past image based on the contents of the image collection information of the received image is provided not by the image storage devices 8 to 10, but by the image display devices 11 to 13.
This is different from the above-described first embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the image management system according to this embodiment. In FIG.
The same components as those in FIG. 1 of the embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals. As shown in the figure, in the present embodiment, the image display device 11 has an operation rule management unit 11a.

The image display units 11 to 13 send a retrieval command to a plurality of image storage devices 8 to 10 in order to obtain past images based on the contents of the image collection information included in the received collected images. At the time of search, a search for a past image is performed using data in the collected image as a key.

As in the first embodiment, the search rules in the present embodiment include the image search rule management table shown in FIG. 4 and the image collection device management table shown in FIG. These tables are stored by the operation rule management unit 11a of the image display device 11, and when the transfer rule is changed by the change of the operation rule, the image search rule management table and the image collection device inside the image display device 11 are changed. By changing the management table, the information after the change is notified to the image display devices 12 and 13. Therefore, all the image display devices can refer to the same image transfer destination management table and the like.

As shown in FIG. 4, the image collection device names in the image collection information of the image received by any one of the image display devices are “DR-1,” “DR-2,” and “DR-
3), the past image generated by the X-ray digital imaging apparatuses 1 to 3 regardless of the image reading doctor name in the image acquisition information of the DR image It is a rule to search for images. In this case, referring to the image collection device management table shown in FIG. 2, since the image storage devices 8 and 9 manage the DR image, the image display device 11 sends the image storage devices 8 and 9 Patient I in the received image
A search command for a DR image is output using D.

The image collection device name in the image collection information of the image received by any of the image display devices is “CT”.
-1 "or" CT-2 ", CT irrespective of the image interpretation doctor name in the image acquisition information of the image.
With respect to the past images generated by the apparatuses 4, 5 and the X-ray digital imaging apparatuses 1 to 3, the rule is to search for the most recent past image of each of the patients. Referring to the image collection device management table shown in FIG. 2, the image storage devices 8 and 9 manage the CT images. A search command for searching for a CT image is output using the patient ID of the user. At the same time, since it is the image storage devices 8 and 9 that manage the DR images, the image display device sends the DR images to the image storage devices 8 and 9 using the patient ID of the received CT image. A search instruction is output.

If the image collection device name in the image collection information of the image received by any of the image display devices is “MR
-1 "and the image reading doctor name in the image acquisition information is" Dr. A ", a rule for searching all MR past images for the past image of the same patient as the received image. Has become. Referring to the image collection device management table shown in FIG. 2, since only the image storage device 9 manages the MR image, the image storage device 9 has the received MR image from the image display device. An MR image search command is output using the patient ID. If the image interpretation doctor name in the image acquisition information of the received MR image is other than “Dr. A”, the most recent DR past image of the same patient as the received MR image is obtained. Is a rule for searching for past images. In this case, since the image storage devices 8 and 9 manage the DR images, the image display device switches the image storage devices 8 and 9 from each other.
, A DR image search command is output using the patient ID of the received MR image.

If the image collection device name in the image collection information included in the image received by any one of the image display devices is “US-1”, the image collection information included in the US image Regarding the US past image generated by the ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus 7, regardless of the name of the image interpreting doctor in the above, the rule is to search for the most recent past image of each patient. Referring to the image collection device management table shown in FIG. 2, the US image is managed by the image storage device 10.
Therefore, the US image search command is output from the image display device to the image storage device 10 using the patient ID of the received image.

The image display device that has output the search command waits for search results from all the image storage devices that have output the search command, and selects an optimal image that meets the search rules from the search results. For example, a DR image is received by the image display device 11, and the image collection device name of the image collection information of the DR image is “DR-1,” “DR-2,” or “D.
R-3 "and the search rule specifies that the most recent past image should be searched, a search command is output to the image storage devices 8 and 9, and the obtained search results , The past image with the latest shooting date is selected.

When the search result is selected, an image extraction command is output to the image storage device that manages the past image indicated by the selected result. The image storage device that has received the image extraction instruction transfers the selected past image to the image display device that has output the instruction. The image transfer method is based on the method shown in the image transfer destination management table in FIG.

As described above, when an image is received by the image display devices 11 to 13, a past image required by a rule predetermined according to the type of the image is automatically searched, and the image display device Can receive a collected image and a past image required by a predetermined rule.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, the image display devices 11 to 13 define the image type to be automatically acquired in advance in correspondence with the type of the received image, so that one image can be received. Then, the necessary past image is automatically searched, and the past image is extracted by the same image display device as the received image from which the search is based. Therefore, the image can be moved quickly without increasing the burden on the operator, and the reliability of the movement can be improved. Particularly, since the operation rule needs to be changed only by changing the table managed by one image display device, the effect on reliability is great. As the reliability is improved, the work efficiency can be improved, and the economic effect of the present invention is extremely large.

The image retrieval function in the first and second embodiments is executed by a computer constituting the image storage devices 8 to 10 or the image display devices 11 to 13 by a program installed from the outside. Is also good. And in that case, the search function is CD-R
The present invention is applicable to a case where information is supplied by loading an information group including a program into a system from an information storage medium such as an OM, a flash memory, or an FD, or from an external storage medium via a network. is there.

Examples of a storage medium for supplying the program code include a floppy disk, hard disk, optical disk, magneto-optical disk, CD-ROM, and CD.
-R, a magnetic tape, a nonvolatile memory card, a ROM, or the like can be used.

The functions of the above-described embodiments are implemented when the computer executes the readout program codes, and the OS or the like running on the computer is actually executed based on the instructions of the program codes. It goes without saying that a part or all of the above processing is performed, and the function of the above-described embodiment is realized by the processing.

Further, after the program code read from the storage medium is written into a memory provided in a function expansion board inserted into the computer or a function expansion unit connected to the computer, the program code is read based on the instruction of the program code. Needless to say, a CPU or the like provided in the function expansion board or the function expansion unit performs part or all of the actual processing, and the processing realizes the functions of the above-described embodiments.

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As described above, according to the image management system of claim 1, the image management system of claim 5, the image management method of claim 12, or the image management method of claim 16, Receiving the collected image data output from the image collection device group, registering the collected image data in an image management database based on the image collection information of the received collected image data, Save the data, transfer the stored collected image data to a transfer destination set in advance as a transfer rule according to the content of the image collection information, and register the registered collected image data based on the image collection information. A series of past image data related to is retrieved and transferred to the transfer destination, and the image display device is transferred from the image control device. Since the collected image data and the past image data are received and the collected image data and the past image data are displayed, the image can be moved quickly without burdening the operator, and the reliability of the movement can be improved. Is obtained.

According to the image management system of the fourth aspect or the image management method of the fifteenth aspect, when searching for past image data, only past image data generated from a specific type of image collection device is to be searched. As a result, in addition to the above-described effect, an effect is obtained that the search for past image data can be performed more quickly.

According to the image management system of the sixth aspect or the image management method of the seventeenth aspect, a plurality of image control devices refer to the same transfer rule. 1 that manages transfer rules
Since it is sufficient to change the transfer rule at each location, the effect is obtained that the reliability can be further improved.

According to the image management system of the seventh aspect or the image management method of the eighteenth aspect, in the image control device,
Receiving the collected image data output from the image collection device group, registering the collected image data in an image management database based on the image collection information that the received collected image data has, and Using the image management database, transfer the stored collected image data to a transfer destination set in advance as a transfer rule according to the content of the image collection information, and respond to a search request from the outside. The retrieved collected image data is retrieved and transferred, and in the image display device, the collected image data transferred from the image control device is received and displayed. Requesting the image control device set as a search rule according to the content of the past to search for past image data, Since the collected image data transferred from the image control device is displayed as past image data in response to the request, the image can be moved quickly without burdening the operator, and the movement of the image can be performed. The effect that the reliability can be improved can be obtained.

According to the image management system of the present invention, when searching for the past image data, only the past image data generated from a specific image collecting apparatus is to be searched. Therefore, in addition to the above-described effects, an effect is obtained that the search for the past image data can be performed more quickly.

According to the image management system of claim 11 or the image management method of claim 22, the same transfer rule is referred to in a plurality of image display devices. Since it is sufficient to change the transfer rule at one place where the transfer rule is managed, the effect that the reliability can be further improved can be obtained.

According to the storage medium of the twenty-third aspect, an image collection device group including at least one or more image collection devices of each type, and images collected by each image collection device included in the image collection device group. Executes an image management method applied to an image management system including an image control device for controlling movement, storage and display of collected image data, and an image display device for displaying collected image data transferred from the image control means. A storage medium readable by a computer storing a program, wherein the program receives the collected image data output from the image collection device group in the image control device, and stores the received collected image data in the image control device. Registering the acquired image data in an image management database based on the image acquisition information having the image acquisition information; Storing the image data, managing the stored image data using the image management database, and storing the image data in a destination set in advance as a transfer rule according to the content of the image collection information. Transferring the collected image data, and searching for a series of past image data related to the registered collected image data based on the image collection information and transferring to the transfer destination,
In the image display device, a burden is placed on an operator by including a step of receiving collected image data and past image data transferred from the image control device, and a step of displaying the collected image data and the past image data. Therefore, it is possible to provide an image management system and a management method thereof that can quickly move an image and improve the reliability of the movement without applying any cost.

According to the storage medium of the twenty-sixth aspect, an image collection device group including at least one or more image collection devices of each type and a collection collected by the image collection devices included in the image collection device group. A program for executing an image management method applied to an image management system including an image control device for controlling movement, storage and display of image data, and an image display device for displaying collected image data transferred from the image control means A storage medium readable by a computer storing the collected image data, wherein the program receives, in the image control device, collected image data output from the image collection device group; and Registering the collected image data in an image management database based on the image collection information having; And the step of storing a current image data,
Managing the stored image data using the image management database, and transferring the stored collected image data to a destination set in advance as a transfer rule according to the content of the image collection information; Searching and transferring the stored collected image data in response to a search request from the outside, and receiving and displaying the collected image data transferred from the image control device in the image display device. Requesting a search for past image data to the image control device, which is set in advance as a search rule according to the content of image collection information of the collected image data, and controlling the image control in response to the search request And displaying the collected image data transferred from the device as past image data, without burdening the operator. Immediately upon the movement, also the effect is obtained that it becomes possible to provide an image management system and its management method to improve the reliability of the movement.

According to the image control apparatus of claim 28 or claim 32, the collected images collected by the respective image collecting apparatuses included in the image collecting apparatus group including at least one or more types of image collecting apparatuses. In an image control device for controlling the movement, storage and display of data, receiving the collected image data output from the image collection device group, the collected image based on the image collection information of the received collected image data Image registration means for registering data in an image management database, image storage means for storing the received collected image data, and image management means for managing the stored image data using the image management database The image management means may store the stored information in a destination set in advance as a transfer rule according to the content of the image collection information. Since the image data is transferred and a series of past image data related to the registered collected image data is searched based on the image collection information, the image data is transferred to the transfer destination. The effect is that the image can be moved quickly without imposing a burden on the user, and the reliability of the movement can be improved.

According to the image control device of the present invention, the image management means searches only the past image data generated from a specific type of image collection device when searching for the past image data. Therefore, in addition to the effect of the above-mentioned claim 28, an effect is obtained that retrieval of past image data can be performed more quickly.

According to the image control device of the present invention, the other connected image control device is configured to refer to the transfer rule of the image management means as the transfer rule. For example, when the transfer rule is changed, the transfer rule may be changed at one place that manages the transfer rule (that is, the image control device), so that the reliability can be further improved. can get.

According to the image display device of the present invention, the image display device is connected to an image control device for controlling movement, storage, retrieval and display of collected image data collected by a plurality of types of image collection devices. In an image display device that displays the transferred collected image data, a receiving unit that receives the transferred collected image data from the image control device,
Search request means for requesting the image control apparatus to search for past image data in advance as a search rule according to the content of the image collection information of the collected image data, and the image in response to the search request Display means for displaying the collected image data transferred from the control device as past image data, so that the image display device can quickly move the image without burdening the operator, and The effect is that the reliability of the device can be improved.

According to the image display device of the present invention, when a search for the past image data is requested, only the past image data generated from a specific image collection device is to be searched. The effect obtained by the image display device of item 34 is obtained, and further, the effect that search for past image data can be performed more quickly is obtained.

According to the image display device of the present invention, the image display device is connected to another image display device, and the other image display device refers to the transfer rule of the search request means. Since the transfer rule is changed, for example, when the transfer rule is changed, the transfer rule may be changed at one location that manages the transfer rule (that is, the image display device), so that the reliability is further improved. There is an effect that improvement can be achieved.

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FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of an entire image management system according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of an image collection device management table.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of an image transfer destination management table.

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of an image search rule management table.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of an entire image management system according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

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 1-3 X-ray digital imaging device (image acquisition device) 4, 5 CT device (image acquisition device) 6 MR device (image acquisition device) 7 Ultrasound diagnostic device (image acquisition device) 8-10 Image storage device (image control) Apparatus) 11 to 13 Image display apparatus 8a to 10a Management unit (image management unit) 8c to 10c Storage unit for image storage (image storage unit)

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[Claims] 1. An image collection device group including at least one image collection device of each type and moving, storing, and storing and collecting image data collected by each image collection device included in the image collection device group. An image management system comprising: an image control device for controlling display; and an image display device for displaying collected image data transferred from the image control means, wherein the image control device is configured to collect image data output from the image collection device group. Image registration means for receiving image data and registering the collected image data in an image management database based on image collection information of the received collected image data, and image storage for storing the received collected image data Means for managing the stored image data using the image management database. Transfers the stored collected image data to a transfer destination set in advance as a transfer rule according to the content of the image collection information, and associates the stored collected image data with the registered collected image data based on the image collection information. The image display device is configured to search for a series of past image data and transfer to the transfer destination, the image display device receives the transferred image data and the past image data transferred from the image control device, and acquires the collected image data. And an image management system configured to display the past image data. 2. A method in which collected image data collected by each image collection device included in the image collection device group is transferred from the image collection device to the image control device via a network or a portable recording medium. The image management system according to claim 1, wherein: 3. The stored collected image data and the read past image data are transferred from the image control device to the image display device via a network or a portable recording medium. The image management system according to claim 1. 4. The image management unit according to claim 1, wherein when searching for the past image data, only the past image data generated from a specific type of image collecting apparatus is to be searched. The image management system according to claim 1. 5. The image management system has a plurality of image controllers, and one image controller is based on image acquisition information included in the received acquired image data, and a past image related to the acquired image data is provided. Searching and reading data, and outputting a search command to another image control device according to a predetermined search rule, wherein the other image control device searches for past image data related to the collected image data according to the search command. Transferring the searched past image data to a transfer destination set as a transfer rule based on image collection information of the collected image data received by the one image control device. Item 5. The image management system according to any one of Items 1 to 4. 6. The image management system according to claim 5, wherein the plurality of image control devices are configured to refer to the same transfer rule as the transfer rule. 7. An image collection device group including at least one image collection device of each type and moving, storing, and displaying collected image data collected by the image collection devices included in the image collection device group. An image management system comprising: an image control device for controlling the image acquisition device; and an image display device for displaying the collected image data transferred from the image control means, wherein the image control device comprises: Image registration means for receiving data and registering the collected image data in an image management database based on image collection information of the received collected image data, and image storage means for storing the received collected image data And image management means for managing the stored image data using the image management database, the image management means Transferring the stored collected image data to a transfer destination set in advance as a transfer rule according to the content of the image collection information, and searching for the stored collected image data in response to a search request from the outside. The image display device receives and displays the collected image data transferred from the image control device, and searches in advance according to the content of the image collection information of the collected image data. It is configured to request the image control device set as a search for past image data, and display collected image data transferred from the image control device in response to the search request as past image data. An image management system characterized in that: 8. Collected image data collected by each image collecting device included in the image collecting device group is transferred from the image collecting device to the image control device via a network or a portable recording medium. The image management system according to claim 7, wherein: 9. The image management system according to claim 7, wherein the stored collected image data is transferred from the image control device to the image display device via a network. 10. The image management unit according to claim 7, wherein when searching for the past image data, only the past image data generated from a specific image collection device is to be searched. 2. The image management system according to claim 1. 11. The image management system according to claim 7, wherein the image management system has a plurality of image display devices, and the plurality of image display devices are configured to refer to the same transfer rule. Image management system. 12. A group of image collecting apparatuses each including at least one image collecting apparatus of a plurality of types, and moving, storing, and storing and collecting image data collected by each image collecting apparatus included in the group of image collecting apparatuses. An image management method for an image management system, comprising: an image control device that controls display; and an image display device that displays collected image data transferred from the image control unit. Receiving the output collected image data, registering the collected image data in an image management database based on the image collection information having the received collected image data, storing the received collected image data, Transferring the stored collected image data to a transfer destination set as a transfer rule according to the content of the image collection information, A series of past image data related to the registered collected image data is searched based on the image collection information and transferred to the transfer destination. In the image display device, the collected image data transferred from the image control device. Receiving the past image data and displaying the collected image data and the past image data. 13. The image collecting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the collected image data collected by each image collecting device included in the image collecting device group is transferred from the image collecting device to the image control device via a network or a portable recording medium. Claim 12
Image management method described. 14. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the stored collected image data and the read past image data are transferred from the image control device to the image display device via a network or a portable recording medium. Item 11 or 13
Image management method described. 15. The method according to claim 12, wherein when searching for the past image data, only the past image data generated from a specific type of image collecting apparatus is to be searched.
15. The image management method according to any one of items 14 to 14. 16. The image management system has a plurality of image control devices, and in one image control device, a past image related to the collected image data based on image collection information of the received collected image data. Searching and reading data, outputting a search command to another image control device according to a predetermined search rule, and searching the past image data related to the collected image data in the another image control device according to the search command. Transferring the searched past image data to a transfer destination set as a transfer rule based on image collection information of the collected image data received by the one image control device. Item 16. The image management method according to any one of Items 12 to 15. 17. The image management method according to claim 16, wherein the same transfer rule is referred to as the transfer rule. 18. An image collection device group including at least one image collection device of each type and moving, storing, and displaying collected image data collected by the image collection devices included in the image collection device group. An image management method for an image management system, comprising: an image control device for controlling the image control device; and an image display device for displaying the collected image data transferred from the image control means. Receiving the collected image data, registering the collected image data in an image management database based on image collection information of the received collected image data, storing the received collected image data, Using a database, the stored collection information is stored in a transfer destination set in advance as a transfer rule according to the content of the image collection information. With transferring the image data, searching and transferring the stored collected image data in response to a search request from the outside, the image display device receives the collected image data transferred from the image control device, Display and request a search for past image data to the image control device, which is set in advance as a search rule according to the content of the image collection information of the collected image data, and responds to the search request. An image management method characterized by displaying collected image data transferred from a control device as past image data. 19. The method according to claim 19, wherein the collected image data collected by each image collection device included in the image collection device group is transferred from the image collection device to the image control device via a network or a portable recording medium. Claim 1.
8. The image management method according to item 8. 20. The image processing apparatus according to claim 18, wherein the stored collected image data is transferred from the image control device to the image display device via a network.
9. The image management method according to item 9. 21. The image processing apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the image management unit searches only the past image data generated from a specific image collection device when searching for the past image data. 2. The image management system according to claim 1. 22. The image management system according to claim 18, wherein the image management system has a plurality of image display devices, and the same transfer rule is referred to in the plurality of image display devices.
2. The image management method according to claim 1. 23. An image collection device group including at least one image collection device of each type and moving, storing, and storing and collecting image data collected by each image collection device included in the image collection device group. A computer storing a program for executing an image management method applied to an image management system including an image control device for controlling display and an image display device for displaying collected image data transferred from the image control means. A storage medium, wherein the program receives the collected image data output from the image collection device group in the image control device, and executes the program based on the image collection information of the received collected image data. Registering the collected image data in an image management database;
A step of storing the received collected image data, a step of managing the stored image data using the image management database, and a transfer destination set in advance as a transfer rule according to the content of the image collection information Transferring the stored collected image data to, and transferring to the destination by searching for a series of past image data related to the registered collected image data based on the image collection information, In an image display device, a storage medium comprising a step of receiving collected image data and past image data transferred from the image control device, and a step of displaying the collected image data and the past image data. 24. The method according to claim 23, wherein in the step of searching for the past image data and transferring to the transfer destination, only past image data generated from a specific type of image collection device is to be searched. Storage media. 25. The image management system includes a plurality of image control devices, and the program is configured such that, in one image control device, based on the image collection information of the received collected image data, Retrieving and reading related past image data, outputting a search command to another image control device according to a predetermined search rule, and, in the other image control device, relating to the collected image data according to the search command. Searching for past image data to be performed, and searching for past image data for a transfer destination set as a transfer rule based on image collection information of the collected image data received by the one image control device. 25. The storage medium according to claim 23, further comprising a step of transferring out. 26. An image collection device group including at least one image collection device of each type and moving, storing, and displaying collected image data collected by the image collection devices included in the image collection device group. And a computer that stores a program that executes an image management method applied to an image management system that includes an image control device that controls the image processing and an image display device that displays the collected image data transferred from the image control unit. A storage medium, wherein the program receives, in the image control device, a step of receiving collected image data output from the image collection device group, and based on image collection information of the received collected image data. A step of registering the collected image data in the image management database; and a step of storing the received collected image data. Managing the stored image data using the image management database; and transferring the stored collected image data to a destination set in advance as a transfer rule according to the content of the image collection information. A step of searching and transferring the stored collected image data in response to a search request from the outside, and receiving and displaying the collected image data transferred from the image control device in the image display device. Requesting a search for past image data to the image control device, which is set in advance as a search rule according to the content of image collection information of the collected image data, and responding to the search request. Displaying the collected image data transferred from the image control device as past image data. 27. The storage medium according to claim 26, wherein in the step of requesting the past image data, only the past image data generated from a specific image collection device is set as a search request target. 28. An image control apparatus for controlling movement, storage and display of collected image data collected by each image collecting apparatus included in an image collecting apparatus group including at least one image collecting apparatus of each type. In, receiving the collected image data output from the image collection device group,
An image registration unit that registers the collected image data in an image management database based on image collection information of the received collected image data, an image storage unit that stores the received collected image data, and the image management database Image management means for managing the stored image data using the image collection means, wherein the image management means is configured to store the collected image data at a transfer destination set in advance as a transfer rule according to the content of the image collection information. While transferring the data,
An image control device configured to search for a series of past image data related to the registered collected image data based on the image collection information and to transfer to the transfer destination. 29. Collected image data collected by each image collection device included in the image collection device group is transferred from the image collection device to the image control device via a network or a portable recording medium. Claim 2
9. The image control device according to 8. 30. The stored collected image data and the read past image data are transferred from the image control device to the transfer destination via a network or a portable recording medium. Item 30. The image control device according to item 28 or 29. 31. The image management device according to claim 28, wherein when searching for the past image data, only the past image data generated from a specific type of image collecting apparatus is to be searched. The image control device according to claim 1. 32. The image control device is connected to another image control device, and the image management unit is configured to, based on image collection information of the received collected image data, generate a past image related to the collected image data. Search and read image data, output a search command to the other connected image control device according to a predetermined search rule, and output the search image from the other image control device to the collected image data searched according to the search command. The related past image data is configured to be transferred to a transfer destination set as a transfer rule based on image collection information included in the collected image data received by the image control device. The image control device according to any one of claims 28 to 31. 33. The image control apparatus according to claim 32, wherein said another image control apparatus is configured to refer to a transfer rule of said image management means as said transfer rule. . 34. Connected to an image control device for controlling movement, storage, retrieval and display of collected image data collected by a plurality of types of image collecting devices, and displaying the collected image data transferred from the image control means. In the image display device, a receiving unit that receives the collected image data transferred from the image control device, and the image control device that is set in advance as a search rule according to the content of the image collection information that the collected image data has A search request unit for requesting a search for past image data, and a display unit for displaying, as past image data, collected image data transferred from the image control apparatus in response to the search request. Image display device. 35. The image display device according to claim 34, wherein the collected image data stored in the image control device is transferred from the image control device to the image display device via a network. 36. The image display device according to claim 34, wherein when requesting a search for the past image data, only the past image data generated from a specific image collection device is to be searched. . 37. The image display device is connected to another image display device, and the other image display device is configured to refer to a transfer rule of the search request unit. Item 37. The image display device according to Item 36.