Abstract: An image processing system having a server which applies image processing to a medical image sent by a subscriber via a generally available network, such as the “internet”, and sends the results of the image processing back to that subscriber or to another subscriber as instructed upon verification of the legitimacy of the instructions. In this manner, the processing load is reduced and medical images are made more readily and easily accessible.

Abstract: For the purpose of providing timely and efficient maintenance services even when a system includes machines that are not covered by maintenance services, in a system comprising a center server (202) for customer management and a client terminal (104) owned by a customer, communicatably connected to each other via a network (50), the client terminal (104) stores management information including lease contract information (S2) and issues an event to the center server (202) in accordance with the content of the collected management information (S14). The center server (202) analyzes the content of the event received from the client terminal (104) (S22) and makes a notice of the content of the analyzed event (S24).

Abstract: For the purpose of providing timely and efficient maintenance services even when a system includes machines that are not covered by maintenance services, in a system comprising a center server (202) for customer management and a client terminal (104) owned by a customer, communicatably connected to each other via a network (50), the client terminal (104) stores management information including lease contract information (S2) and issues an event to the center server (202) in accordance with the content of the collected management information (S14). The center server (202) analyzes the content of the event received from the client terminal (104) (S22) and makes a notice of the content of the analyzed event (S24).

Abstract: For the purpose of reducing image processing load and making medical images subjected to image processing easily available, an image processing server apparatus 500 applies image processing to a medical image (for example, MRI, CT, X-ray images) sent by an image-sending/receiving subscriber (for example, an A-hospital 51 or B-hospital 52) via a network 1, and sends the result of the image processing back to the image-sending/receiving subscriber; or applies image processing to a medical image sent by an image-sending subscriber (for example, a C-hospital 53), and sends the result of the image processing to an image-receiving subscriber (for example, any one or all of a D-hospital, E-hospital 55, an SR1-individual 61 and SR2-individual 62).