Medical image storage apparatus protecting personal information

摘要

A medical image storage apparatus includes a receiving unit, a table preparation unit, a first storage unit, a second storage unit, a protection unit, a recapturing unit and an output unit. The receiving unit is configured to receive medical image information resulting from a medical imaging apparatus. The table preparation unit is configured to prepare a table of a relationship between predetermined personal information concerning the medical image information and image information prepared by removing the predetermined personal information from the medical image information. The first storage unit is configured to store the predetermined personal information. The second storage unit is configured to store the image information. The protection unit is configured to make the table unavailable, e.g. by encryption or writing to an external memory unit. The recapturing unit is configured to recapture the table. The output unit is configured to read the predetermined personal information from the first storage unit and the image information from the second storage unit based on the recaptured table and to prepare and output the medical image information.