{"schema_version":"1.0","canonical_url":"https://patentable.app/patents/US-8494242","patent":{"patent_number":"US-8494242","title":"Medical image management apparatus and method, and recording medium","assignee":null,"inventors":[],"filing_date":"2010-04-14T00:00:00.000Z","publication_date":"2013-07-23T00:00:00.000Z","cpc_codes":["G16H"],"num_claims":20,"abstract":"A medical-image management apparatus includes: an information obtainment means that obtains information representing a region of a subject represented in a three-dimensional image constructed based on a plurality of slice images captured by a medical-image imaging apparatus, the plurality of slice images being adjacent to each other in a predetermined direction; a reconstruction means that reconstructs, based on the information obtained by the information obtainment means, a plurality of slice images from the three-dimensional image, the plurality of slice images being adjacent to each other in a direction that has been correlated with the region in advance; a recording means that records the plurality of slice images reconstructed by the reconstruction means; and a distribution control means that sequentially distributes, in response to a distribution request for the three-dimensional image input from an external terminal, the plurality of reconstructed slice images from the recording means to the external terminal."},"analysis":{"summary":null,"layman_explanation":null,"technical_analysis":null,"business_analysis":null,"faqs":null,"topics":[],"tech_cluster":null},"seo":{"title":"Medical image management apparatus and method, and recording medium","description":"A medical-image management apparatus includes: an information obtainment means that obtains information representing a region of a subject represented in a three-dimensional image constructed based on","keywords":[]},"attribution":{"source":"Patentable","source_url":"https://patentable.app","canonical_url":"https://patentable.app/patents/US-8494242","license":"CC-BY-4.0-like","license_terms":"AI-generated analysis on this page (summary, layman_explanation, technical_analysis, business_analysis, faqs) may be reused with attribution and a visible link back to the canonical URL above. Patent abstracts, claims, and bibliographic data are USPTO public domain.","required_link":"https://patentable.app/patents/US-8494242","citation_suggestion":"Patentable. \"Medical image management apparatus and method, and recording medium\" (US-8494242). https://patentable.app/patents/US-8494242","copyright_holder":"Nomic Interactive Technology LLC"},"links":{"html":"https://patentable.app/patents/US-8494242","json":"https://patentable.app/api/llm-context/US-8494242","site":"https://patentable.app","llms_txt":"https://patentable.app/llms.txt"},"generated_at":"2026-05-31T17:59:02.204Z"}