DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING EQUIPMENT FOR MEDICAL CARE, SECURITY MANAGEMENT METHOD THEREOF AND MAINTENANCE METHOD THEREOF

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To eliminate the possibility of causing malfunctions of specific functions of diagnostic imaging equipment for medical care via a network, and the risk of infringing on patient's privacy, and to allow for enjoying convenience. SOLUTION: Ultrasonic diagnostic equipment 1 has a service function of being able to be booted up from a service center via a network. This equipment 1 includes, for security management purposes, a security setting circuit 28 and a service permitting switch 5. The security setting circuit 28 has a function that restricts user's access privilege of operating the service function only to a prescribed account, and has a function of authenticating users. The service permitting switch 15 sets user's access privilege to boot up the service function, when the authenticated user's account is other than the account that is restricted by the security setting circuit 28, and has a function that permits or inhibits the access.