METHOD OF COMPOSING MEDICAL DIGITAL IMAGE

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To compose a plurality of medical digital images in one page. SOLUTION: A combination medical digital image 115 is composed by the method consisting of the following processes; a process of supplying a plurality of medical digital images 101, 103 and 105, a process of supplying corresponding medical examination data 102, 104 and 106, a process of detecting exposure regions 107, 108, and 109 for determining the dimension and position of the exposure region in each medical digital image, a process of extracting the exposure regions 110, 111, and 112 for forming an exposure region sub-image for each exposure region, a process of adapting the image layout standard 113 for using medical examination data, comparing the data with an image pasting (hanging) protocol standard table and providing layout data, and a process of page composition 114 for combining exposure region sub-images with each other based on the layout data.