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1. An image data-forming apparatus that generates display image data from pathological image data, the display image data being generated for a viewer having a function of displaying a part of a pathological image and changing the display target part according to an operation by a user,
the image data-forming apparatus comprising: an image data buffer unit that can temporarily store a part of the pathological image data; an image data output unit that generates display image data from the pathological image data, and that uses data stored in the image data buffer unit when data required for generating the display image data is stored in the image data buffer unit; and a buffering control unit that implements control of storing data on a part of the pathological image in the image data buffer unit, wherein the pathological image data includes data on a plurality of annotations attached to certain positions in the pathological image, and the buffering control unit controls buffering based on information on the pathological diagnosis linked to each of the plurality of annotations. |
