Medical image filing apparatus
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1. A medical image filing apparatus, comprising:
- means for storing case images, clinical images taken in clinical diagnoses, case indexes including retrieval data for said case images, and clinical indexes including retrieval data for said clinical images;
means for inputting retrieval data corresponding to a desired one of said clinical images;
means for retrieving at least one image corresponding to said inputted retrieval data out of all the images stored in said storing means;
means for displaying retrieved images; and
means for controlling said storing means, inputting means, retrieving means and displaying means in such a manner that one or more clinical images are first retrieved on the basis of inputted retrieval data and displayed on said displaying means and one or more case images are subsequently automatically retrieved on the basis of retrieval data corresponding to that of the clinical image displayed on said displaying means, thereby permitting retrieval and display of related clincal and case images for comparative diagnostic purposes.
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In a medical image filing apparatus having a store unit, a keyboard, a retrieval device, a display unit and a CPU, case images of various diseases are stored in the store unit together with clinical images, and case indexes corresponding to respective case images and clinical indexes corresponding to respective clinical images are also stored in the store unit. Therefore, the retrieval operation of the case images as well as the clinical images can be effected in an easy and swift manner, and thus it is possible to effect an accurate diagnosis for a patient.
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1. A medical image filing apparatus, comprising:
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means for storing case images, clinical images taken in clinical diagnoses, case indexes including retrieval data for said case images, and clinical indexes including retrieval data for said clinical images; means for inputting retrieval data corresponding to a desired one of said clinical images; means for retrieving at least one image corresponding to said inputted retrieval data out of all the images stored in said storing means; means for displaying retrieved images; and means for controlling said storing means, inputting means, retrieving means and displaying means in such a manner that one or more clinical images are first retrieved on the basis of inputted retrieval data and displayed on said displaying means and one or more case images are subsequently automatically retrieved on the basis of retrieval data corresponding to that of the clinical image displayed on said displaying means, thereby permitting retrieval and display of related clincal and case images for comparative diagnostic purposes. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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