JP2009118889A - Medical image management system and medical image printing method - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a medical image management system for effectively utilizing a medical image in a database while preventing leakage of personal information. <P>SOLUTION: In the medical image management system, a terminal device 1 has control means 4 including use purpose setting means for a user such as a doctor diagnosing a subject to optionally set the purpose of the use when image data and personal data transmitted from a medical imaging apparatus 1 are stored in an image data storing means 5; determining means for determining whether the personal information added to the image data should be concealed or not according to the purpose of use set by the use purpose setting means; and means for copying the image data determined by the determining means to conceal the personal information and storing the copied image data as the data of a fictitious subject in a holder previously prepared in the image data storing means 5. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a medical image management system that centrally manages medical images captured by a medical image capturing apparatus, and a medical image printing method managed by the system.

With the advancement of medical technology in recent years, many medical images are photographed by medical image photographing devices such as CT, MRI, and X-ray fluoroscopic devices, and the obtained medical images are databased as image data, and image data storage means, etc. Have been accumulated.
Since personal information such as the subject's name, gender, date of birth, date of imaging, etc. is simultaneously added to these image data, the image data stored as a database can be used or output to a medium such as a film. When printing (printing), it is very important to manage so that personal information added to image data does not leak.

On the other hand, a system for managing a medical image taken during medical examination in a database has been proposed in, for example, Patent Document 1 and the like, and personal information is prevented from leaking when image data is printed on a medium such as a film. A method has been proposed in, for example, cited documents 2 and 3.
The medical image processing system described in Patent Document 1 determines whether or not additional imaging or additional examination is necessary before interpretation by a doctor, and when it is determined that additional imaging or additional examination is necessary. This makes it possible to make an objective and high-speed determination of what kind of type it is, and has the effect of being able to perform interpretation and diagnosis efficiently.

In the medical image diagnosis system described in Patent Document 2, personal information is printed on printed image data by inputting personal information as designated identification information when a medical image is printed on a film. In Patent Document 3, image identification information is recorded as a bar code on a frame portion of a film.
JP 2006-51198 A JP 2006-198043 A JP-A-6-68315

However, the medical image processing system described in Patent Document 1 has the following problems.
As described above, medical images taken at the time of medical care are stored in a database in a state where personal information of the subject is added to the image data.
Therefore, when the image data stored in the database is read from the image data storage means and displayed on the display means for interpretation or printed on a film medium, the medical image processing system described in Patent Document 1 At the same time, personal information is also displayed on the display means or printed on a medium, and no consideration has been given to leakage of personal information.
In addition, since medical images are usually taken for diagnostic purposes, they are often stored in a database for each examination or for each subject, recorded in the image data storage means, and managed in a unified manner.
For this reason, it is difficult to collect medical images of an unspecified number of subjects from a database for purposes other than diagnostic purposes, and it is difficult to use them. However, no consideration was given.

On the other hand, in the medical image diagnostic system described in Patent Document 2, when a medium with personal information added and a medium without personal information are stored in a mixed manner, the user visually checks the medium one by one to check whether there is personal information. Discrimination work is complicated because it must be discriminated, and no consideration has been given to leakage of personal information due to human error such as oversight.
The present invention has been made to remedy such a problem. A medical image management system capable of effectively using a medical image stored in a database while preventing leakage of personal information, and a medical image printing method managed by the system. Is intended to provide.

  The medical image management system of the present invention is a medical image in which image data of a subject photographed by a medical image photographing device is databased together with personal information of the subject, stored in image data storage means, and centrally managed by a terminal device In an image management system, when image data and personal information sent from a medical imaging device are stored in an image data storage means, a user such as a doctor who diagnoses a subject arbitrarily sets a purpose of use Use purpose setting means, determination means for determining whether or not the personal information added to the image data is concealed according to the purpose of use set by the use purpose setting means, and determination that the personal information is concealed by the determination means The terminal device is provided with a control means including a means for copying the image data and storing it as a fictitious subject in a holder created in advance in the image data storage means It is intended.

With the above configuration, if you want to use the image data obtained by photographing the subject for another purpose at a later date, the user automatically hides personal information according to the purpose of use by setting the purpose of use, Since it is automatically stored in the image data storage means as a database, it is possible to easily and widely collect image data to be used as a case collection.
Also, when diagnosing a subject, when using the image data stored in the fictitious subject holder of the image data storage means as a case, the personal information is displayed because the image data is previously hidden. In addition, since personal information is not added to the image data even if the image data is output (printed) on a medium such as a film, leakage of the personal information can be surely prevented.

  The medical image management system of the present invention includes a main display means for displaying an image data management screen of an image data automatic collection management program incorporated in the control means on the terminal device, image data sent from the medical image photographing apparatus, and Sub-display means for displaying personal information is provided.

  With the above configuration, the image data and personal information sent from the medical imaging apparatus can be confirmed in real time by the sub display means, so that the diagnosis of the subject can be performed in a short time and the image data of the subject If you want to compare the image data of the subject and the fictitious subject on the main display means alternately or side by side, to accurately determine the subject's symptoms from the case image data Can do.

  In the medical image management system of the present invention, even image data obtained by photographing different subjects is stored in the same holder of the image storage means if the purpose of use is the same. .

  With this configuration, it is possible to efficiently collect image data having the same usage purpose.

  In the medical image management system of the present invention, when there is no desired usage purpose when setting the usage purpose, the holder of the new fictitious subject can store the image data by creating an arbitrary usage purpose by the terminal means. The image data created in the means and desired to be saved for the purpose of use is stored in the newly created holder of the fictitious subject.

  With the above configuration, the image data to be saved for the purpose of use created arbitrarily is stored in the newly created fictitious subject holder, so that the purpose of use is limited only to the purpose of use setting menu displayed on the purpose of use setting screen. It is not limited and can be divided and managed for each case.

  According to the medical image printing method of the present invention, image data captured by a medical image photographing apparatus and databased together with personal information of a subject and stored in an image data storage means is read from the image data storage means, and a film or the like. A method for printing on the medium of the medical image, the step of selecting whether or not to print by adding personal information to the image data read from the image data storage means, and if the personal information is not added, When generating a mark indicating that there is no personal information from the mark generating means, combining the image data with the image data by the image data combining means, and printing the image data combined by the image data combining means on the medium by the printing means, Simultaneously printing a mark on a portion of the medium.

  According to the method, it is possible to select whether or not to print personal information based on the judgment of the user who diagnoses the subject. When acquiring image data as a case from a case collection stored in a database in advance, select not to print personal information. By doing so, it is possible to refer to many cases, and at the same time, it is possible to prevent personal information from leaking when image data used as cases is printed and stored on a medium. .

  The medical image printing method of the present invention includes the step of transparently displaying the mark on the edge of the medium.

  When storing a plurality of media on which image data is printed by the above method, a portion on which a mark is printed even if a medium on which personal information is printed and a medium on which no personal information is printed are mixed Since it is transparent, it is easy to sort out media with personal information printed from media without personal information printed, or select only media with no personal information printed. Yes.

  The medical image printing method of the present invention includes a step of displaying a character string indicating the type of personal information as an image on a mark transparently displayed on the edge of the medium.

According to the above method, the presence or absence of personal information can be easily determined from the mark printed on the medium. Of course, the type of personal information is added to the medium on which the personal information is printed. It is easy to determine what kind of personal information is printed.
In addition, when taking out media with no personal information printed outside, even if you take out the media with personal information printed by mistake, you can see the character information on the mark attached to the media. Since the type can be identified instantly, leakage of personal information can be prevented.

  According to the medical image management system of the present invention, when the image data stored in the fictitious subject holder of the image data storage means is used as a case when diagnosing the subject, the image data is previously concealed with personal information. Therefore, personal information is not displayed, and even if image data is printed on a medium such as a film, personal information is not added to the image data, thus preventing personal information from leaking. can do.

  According to the medical image printing method of the present invention, when image data acquired as a case from a case collection stored in a database in advance is printed on a medium, a mark indicating that there is no personal information on the medium is printed. Since it is not printed, it is possible to prevent personal information from leaking.

An embodiment of a medical image management system according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings shown in FIGS. 1 to 5, and an embodiment of a medical image printing method managed by the system will be described with reference to FIGS. This will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a medical image management system, FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing an operation at the time of automatic image data collection, FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing a photographing screen displayed on a sub display means of a terminal device, and FIG. FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing an image data management screen displayed on the main display means of the terminal device.

The medical image management system shown in FIG. 1 has one or a plurality of terminal apparatuses 3 connected to a medical image photographing apparatus 1 such as a CT, MRI, or X-ray fluoroscopic apparatus via a communication line 2. .
The medical image photographing apparatus 1 photographs a subject to be diagnosed and acquires a medical image from the subject. The medical image of the subject photographed by the medical image photographing apparatus 1 is a communication line as image data. 2 to the terminal device 3.
The terminal device 3 includes a control unit 4 that executes an image data automatic collection management program incorporated in advance, and an image data storage unit 5 such as a hard disk that stores image data processed by the control unit 4 together with personal information of the subject. And a main display means 6 for displaying an image data management screen output when the control means 4 executes the program, a sub-display means 7 for displaying a photographed image sent from the medical image photographing apparatus 1, and the like. .

Next, a method for automatically collecting image data by the medical image management system will be described with reference to flowcharts shown in FIGS.
A user such as a doctor or a technician who operates the terminal device 3 causes a subject who collects image data to stand by at a predetermined position of the medical image photographing device 1, and in this state, image data is automatically displayed by the control unit 4 of the terminal device 3. When the acquisition program is executed and the start of imaging is instructed in step S1 of the flowchart shown in FIG. 2, the medical imaging apparatus 1 displays the imaging region, for example, the head, of the subject who is waiting at a predetermined position of the medical imaging apparatus 1. Photographing is performed, and image data of the subject is generated in step S2.
The image data generated by the medical image photographing device 1 is sent to the terminal device 3 via the communication line 2 and displayed on the sub display means 7 of the terminal device 3 as a photographing screen as shown in FIG. The diagnosis of the subject is performed in step S3 while looking at the photographing screen of the head, for example, displayed on the sub display means 7, and at that time, it is often desired to use the image data for other purposes at a later date. is there.

However, since the image data sent from the medical image photographing apparatus 1 includes personal information such as the name, age, sex, and disease name of the subject in addition to the photographing date and time and the photographing number, the image data If the user wants to use the data for other purposes, for example, as a collection of cases at a later date, it is necessary to prevent personal information recorded in the image data from leaking.
Therefore, when it is desired to use the image data for other purposes at a later date, when the terminal device 3 is operated to select other-purpose use at the time of diagnosis, it is determined at step S4 in the flowchart shown in FIG. In step S5, the usage purpose setting screen 7a shown in FIG. 3 is displayed as a sub-screen on the sub display means. For example, “use case” is selected from the usage purpose setting menu displayed on the usage purpose setting screen.

In the image data automatic collection program, a criterion for determining whether or not to hide personal information according to the purpose of use is set in advance, and when “use case” is selected in the purpose of use setting menu, the individual is selected in step S6. It is determined that the information is concealed, and the process proceeds to step S7 where image data is copied.
Thereafter, the process proceeds to step S8, where the personal information is concealed from the image data copied in step S7, and is stored as a fictitious subject image data in a holder created for each purpose of use in step S9.
That is, for example, when “use case” is selected in the use purpose setting menu, the system automatically determines whether to hide the personal information, and the image data in which the personal information is hidden is created as the image data of the fictitious subject according to the purpose of use. And stored in a centralized manner by a management program.
Further, even when image data obtained by photographing different subjects are used for the same purpose, they are stored in the same holder and centrally managed.

FIG. 5 shows an example of the image data management screen displayed on the main display means 6, with the display column of the holder on the left side and the display screen of the image data stored in the selected holder on the right side. The
The holder displayed on the left side includes, for example, the holders of the subject A and the subject B, and the image data files A-1, A-2, B-1, B-2, etc. stored in the holder in a tree format. In addition to the above, there are a holder of the fictitious subject X and image data files A-1 (duplicate) and B-1 (duplicate). The duplicate image data A-1 and B-1 stored in the files A-1 and B-1 are displayed on the screen as shown in FIG. 5, but are stored in the holder of the fictitious subject X. Since the personal image concealment process has been applied to the image data, the personal information is not displayed on this display screen, and even if this screen is output (printed) to a medium such as a film, the personal information Is not added to the image data.

As described above, when the image data obtained by photographing the subject is to be used for other purposes at a later date, the personal information is automatically concealed according to the purpose of use, and the image data shown in FIG. The processing up to storage in the storage unit 5 has been described. Next, an operation in the case of using image data stored as a database in the image data storage unit 5 will be described.
For example, when diagnosing the subject A, when the medical image photographing apparatus 1 photographs the affected part of the subject A in step S1 of the flowchart shown in FIG. 2, image data of the subject A is generated in step S2. Since the image data is sent to the terminal means 3 operated by the user, for example, a doctor who operates the terminal means 3 interprets the radiographing screen shown in FIG. The person A is diagnosed, but when he / she wants to refer to image data such as cases stored in the image data storage means 5 in advance for diagnosis, he / she operates the input means of the terminal means 3 to input the purpose of use, The main display means 6 displays the image data management screen shown in FIG.

Then, the holder of the fictitious subject X is selected from the holder display field on the left side displayed on the management screen.
In the holder display column, image data files A-1 (duplicate), B for storing the purpose of use, for example, the purpose of use when the case is input, for example, the image data of the fictitious subject X stored in the holder of the case -1 (Duplicate) is displayed, so click the required file to display the image data stored in the file on the right display screen, and use it as a judgment material when diagnosing subject A Thus, when it is desired to compare with the image data of the subject A, the holder of the subject A is clicked, and the image data of the subject A and the fictitious subject X are alternately displayed or displayed side by side.
As a result, the symptom of the subject A can be accurately determined from the image data of the case, and when the image data of the fictitious subject X is displayed or the image data is printed on the medium, personal information is mainly used. Since it is not displayed on the display means 6 or printed on a medium, personal information can be reliably prevented from leaking.

In the above embodiment, the copied image information is stored in the holder created in advance according to the usage purpose selected in the usage purpose setting menu on the usage purpose setting screen. If there is no purpose of use, an arbitrary purpose of use can be created by the terminal means 3.
That is, when an arbitrary usage purpose is created by the terminal means 3, it is determined in step S21 of the flowchart shown in FIG. 4 that there is no usage purpose setting menu for the same usage purpose, and a new hypothetical subject holder is found in step S22. Created.
Since the image data to be saved for the purpose of use created arbitrarily is stored in the fictitious subject holder newly created in step S23, only the purpose of use setting menu displayed on the use purpose setting screen has the purpose of use. There is no limit.

On the other hand, in FIGS. 6 to 9, image data is automatically collected by the image data automatic collection management program, read out from a database stored in the image data storage means 14, and output (printed) to a medium 23 such as film or paper. In this case, an embodiment of a medical image printing method that prevents personal information from leaking will be described.
When the desired image data is read from the database stored in the image data storage means 14 and used for diagnosis or the like, when using the image data of the subject to be diagnosed, personal information is added to the image data. However, there is no particular problem, and it is possible to prevent human error such as misunderstanding of image data of other subjects. However, when image data is printed and stored on a medium 23 such as a film, if personal information is printed on the medium 23 together with the image data, the personal information may be leaked depending on the purpose of use.

Further, when using the image data of another person from the database as a case when diagnosing the subject, there is a risk of personal information leaking from the image data.
Therefore, in the embodiment of the medical image printing method, when image data stored as a database in the image data storage unit 14 is read and printed on the medium 23, the personal information is erased and printed, and at the same time, the image data is printed. The presence / absence of personal information from the medium 23 can be easily determined by the mark 24.
FIG. 6 shows a system for storing a photographed image of a subject as image data in the image data storage means 14 and printing the stored image data on a medium 23 such as a film. The medical image of the subject imaged by the above is sent to the image processing unit 12 together with the personal information input by the input unit 11. The image data is stored in an image data storage unit 14 controlled by a control unit 13 provided in the image processing unit 12, and all personal information is stored in a subject information storage unit 15.
In addition to the image data synthesis unit 16 controlled by the control unit 13, the mark generation unit 17, and the character string generation unit 18, the image processing unit 12 uses the image data synthesized by the image data synthesis unit 16 as an image signal. An image data display means 19 for outputting to the display means 20 connected to the image processing means 12 is provided. The image data synthesized by the image data synthesizing unit 16 is output to the printing unit 21 connected to the image processing unit 12.

Next, a method for printing image data on a medium 23 such as a film using the printing system will be described with reference to a flowchart shown in FIG.
In the image data storage unit 14, image data is stored in the image data storage unit 14 as a database together with personal information by a method similar to the method described in the embodiment of the medical image management system. When diagnosing the subject, the image data of the subject is read from the image data storage means 14 and used. When printing the image data on the medium 23, the personal information of the image data read in step S21 of the flowchart shown in FIG. 7 and whether or not the personal information of the subject is erased and printed are input from the input means 11. . When erasing personal information, a mark 24 indicating that there is no personal information, a character string to be put in the mark 24, a print mode, and the like are input from the input unit 11.

The control means 13 of the image processing means 12 reads the image data of the subject from the image data storage means 14 in step S22 based on the information input from the input means 11.
The image data read from the image data storage unit 14 is displayed on the display unit 20 connected to the image processing unit 12 together with personal information. A user such as a doctor who diagnoses the subject determines whether the image data is necessary for diagnosis from the image data displayed on the display means 20 and personal information. When the user inputs that the image data is necessary and whether or not the personal information is printed and the personal information is not printed, the user confirms that the mark 24 indicating that there is no personal information is displayed.
Based on the information input from the input unit 11, the control unit 13 of the image processing unit 12 determines whether or not the personal information is erased (hidden) and printed in step S23. When erasing, the process proceeds to step S24. When printing (embedding) the personal information in the image data, the process proceeds to step S30. After the personal information is added to the image data, the process proceeds to step S31. The personal information is printed on the medium 23.

FIGS. 8A to 8E and FIGS. 9A to 9E show display examples (patterns) in which the personal information is not printed on the medium 23 as a mark 24. FIG. In this display example, a mark 24 indicating the presence / absence of personal information is printed on a part of a medium 23 on which a plurality of, for example, 16 pieces of image data 25 are printed.
The pattern shown in FIG. 8A is an example in which the characters “can be taken out” are printed as the mark 24a in the lower right of the medium 23, and FIG. 8B is an example in which a square mark 24b is printed in the lower right. (C) is an example in which a plurality of index marks 24c are printed at equal intervals in the vertical direction on the right edge of the medium 23. (d) is a mark 24d made of ruled lines along the side edge on the right edge of the medium 23. (E) shows an example in which a part of personal information, for example, a name and age are displayed with characters 24e in the lower right of the medium 23 together with a mark 24.

The pattern shown in FIG. 9A is an example in which a band-shaped mark 24f is printed along the lower edge of the lower portion of the medium 23, and FIG. 9B is an example of “openable” on the mark 24 formed in the lower right. "C" is printed on the lower side of the medium 23, a triangular mark 24h is printed on the belt-like mark 24 along the lower edge, and (d) is a frame shape around the medium 23. (E) shows an example in which a band-like mark 24 and a part of personal information, for example, a name and age are displayed in characters 24j along the lower edge of the medium 23, respectively. Show.
These marks 24 are set in advance in the mark generation means 17, and the character string generation means 18 responds to the personal information sent from the subject information storage means 15 or the character information input by the input means 11. It is supposed to occur.

The mark 24 generated by the mark generating unit 17 is combined with the image data by the image data combining unit 16 and printed on the medium 23 such as a film by the printing unit 21, but is transparent when printed on the medium 23. The mark 24 is displayed in white with the highest luminance so that
The character string generated by the character string generating unit 18 is displayed in black with the lowest luminance so that light does not pass through when printed on the medium 23.

On the other hand, if it is determined in step S23 in the flowchart shown in FIG. 7 that personal information is erased and the process proceeds to step S24, a mark 24 is generated by the mark generating means 17 based on the input information by the input means 11 and output to the image data synthesizing means 16. In step S25, it is determined whether or not a character is to be inserted on the mark 24 based on the information input from the input unit 11. If it is to be inserted, the process proceeds to step S27. If not, the process proceeds to step S29.
In step S27, a character string is created based on the personal information sent from the subject information storage means 15 and the character information input by the input means 11, and the mark 24 and the character string are synthesized in step S28. Proceed to S29.
In step S29, the image data synthesizing unit 16 synthesizes the mark 24 generated by the mark generating unit 17 and the character string generated by the character string generating unit 18 with the image data, and then outputs them to the printing unit 21.
In step S31, the image data 25 and the mark 24 are printed on the medium 23 such as a film by the printing unit 21 in accordance with a preselected pattern.

As described above, in the image data 25 printed on the medium 23, it is possible to select whether or not the personal information is printed based on the judgment of the user who diagnoses the subject, and the image data is stored as a case from a case collection stored in a database in advance. When acquiring, by selecting not to print personal information, many cases can be referred to, and at the same time, when image data used as cases is printed and stored on the medium 23, the personal information Can be prevented in advance.
The medium 23 on which the normal image data 25 is printed is often stored in a state where a plurality of sheets are stacked. However, even if the medium 23 on which the personal information is printed and the medium 23 on which the personal information is not printed are mixed, the mark 24 is displayed. Since the printed part is transparent, the medium 23 on which the personal information is printed is selected from the media 23 on which the personal information is not printed, or only the medium 23 on which the personal information is not printed. Work such as sorting can be easily performed.
Further, when a character string is printed on the mark 24, it can be read from above the medium on which the character string is superimposed. 24, even when a user other than the user who inserted the character string uses the medium 23, there is no medium 23 in which there is no personal information or only a part of the personal information, for example, the name and age. It becomes possible to sort easily.

On the other hand, FIGS. 10 to 12 show a modified example of the medical image printing method in which personal information is prevented from leaking. Next, this will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.
Since the difference from the above embodiment is step S45 and step S46, only the difference will be described, and the description of the same part will be omitted.
In this modified example, when personal information is not printed, a transparent mark 24 is added to the medium 23. When personal information is printed, characters indicating the type of personal information are displayed on the transparent mark as an image. If it is determined in step S44 of the flowchart shown in FIG. 10 that the personal information is to be deleted, the process proceeds to step S48, and when the mark 24 and the image data are combined, the personal information is displayed on the mark 24. A character indicating presence is not added, but if it is determined in step S44 that personal information is to be printed, the process proceeds to step S45, and the image data sent from the image data storage means 14 to the image data composition means 16 is added to the image data. The personal information of the subject sent from the examiner information storage means 15 is synthesized, and the process proceeds to step S47.

In step S 47, the character string generation unit 18 generates a character string representing the type of personal information of the subject sent from the personal information storage unit 15 as an image, and supplies the image to the mark generation unit 17.
As a result, after the mark 24 and the character string converted into an image are combined in step S47, the mark 24 is combined with the image data in step S48, and the image data and the mark 24 are printed on the medium 24 by the printing unit 21 in step S49. The
FIG. 11 shows a print example of the image data 25 and the mark 24 printed on the medium 24. A band-like mark 24 is printed transparently on the lower right of the medium 24, and for example, name, age, sex, etc. Personal information is printed as an image 24k.
FIG. 12 shows an example of an output image displayed on the display unit 20 of the printing system when image data is printed on the medium 24 by the printing unit 21, and the position of the mark 24 displayed on the medium 23, A character string or the like to be printed is displayed on the mark 24. By checking a check box 27 displaying personal information protection, an operation such as deleting and printing personal information can be easily performed on the screen. It has become.

In the modification described above, the presence / absence of personal information can be easily determined from the mark 24 printed on the medium 23 as in the above-described embodiment, and of course the personal information is printed on the medium 24 on which the personal information is printed. Since the type is added on the mark 24, it is possible to easily determine what type of personal information is printed on the medium 24.
Further, when taking out the medium 23 on which the personal information is not printed out, even if the medium 23 on which the personal information is printed is taken out by mistake, the character string on the mark 24 attached to the medium 23 is viewed. In addition, since the type of personal information can be determined instantaneously, leakage of personal information can be prevented in advance, and measures such as correcting the portion of personal information can be easily performed later.

1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a medical image management system according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is a flowchart which shows the effect | action of the medical image management system which becomes embodiment of this invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows the display screen at the time of operation | movement of the medical image management system which becomes embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the effect | action of the medical image management system which becomes embodiment of this invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows the management screen at the time of operation | movement of the medical image management system which becomes embodiment of this invention. It is a schematic block diagram which shows the printing system for enforcing the medical image printing method which becomes embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the medical image printing method which becomes embodiment of this invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows the example of a mark display printed on the medium by the medical image printing method which becomes embodiment of this invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows the example of a mark display printed on the medium by the medical image printing method which becomes embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the modification of the medical image printing method which becomes embodiment of this invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows the example of a mark display printed on the medium by the modification of the medical image printing method which becomes embodiment of this invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows the print output screen of the medical image printing method which becomes embodiment of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Medical imaging device 3 Terminal device 4 Control means 5 Image data storage means 6 Main display means 7 Sub display means 10 Medical image imaging device 12 Image processing means 13 Control means 14 Image data storage means 16 Image data synthesizing means 17 Mark generation means 18 Character string generating means 20 Display means 21 Printing means

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  A medical image management system in which image data of a subject photographed by a medical image photographing device is databased together with the personal information of the subject and stored in an image data storage unit, and is centrally managed by a terminal device, Purpose of use in which a user such as a doctor who diagnoses the subject arbitrarily sets the purpose of use when the image data and the personal information sent from the medical imaging device are stored in the image data storage means A setting unit; a determination unit that determines whether or not to hide the personal information added to the image data according to the usage purpose set by the usage purpose setting unit; and a determination that the personal information is hidden by the determination unit A control means comprising: a means for replicating the image data thus prepared and storing it as a fictitious subject in a holder prepared in advance in the image data storage means. Medical image management system, characterized in that provided in the terminal device.   On the terminal device, main display means for displaying an image data management screen of an image data automatic collection management program incorporated in the control means, and the image data and personal information sent from the medical image photographing apparatus are displayed. The medical image management system according to claim 1, further comprising sub display means for performing the above operation.   3. The medical image according to claim 1, wherein image data obtained by photographing different subjects are stored in the same holder of the image storage means when the purpose of use is the same. Management system.   If there is no desired usage purpose when setting the usage purpose, a new fictitious subject holder is created in the image data storage means by creating an arbitrary usage purpose by the terminal means. 4. The medical image management system according to claim 1, wherein the created image data to be saved for the purpose of use is stored in a newly created fictitious subject holder.   A medical image for reading the image data captured by the medical image capturing apparatus and stored in the image data storage means in the database together with the personal information of the subject from the image data storage means and printing it on a medium such as a film A printing method, the step of selecting whether or not to print by adding personal information to the image data read from the image data storage means, and a mark indicating no personal information if no personal information is added Is generated from the mark generating means, and is combined with the image data by the image data combining means, and when the image data combined by the image data combining means is printed on the medium by the printing means, a part of the medium is And a step of printing the mark at the same time.   The medical image printing method according to claim 5, further comprising a step of transparently displaying the mark on an edge of the medium.   The medical image printing method according to claim 6, further comprising a step of displaying a character string indicating the type of personal information as an image on a mark transparently displayed on an edge of the medium.

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