Patent ID: 9443329
Filing Date: 2016-09-13
CPC Classification: G06T

Claim Text:
1. A method of graphic visualization of ventricle wall motion, the method comprising: acquiring medical imaging data depicting at least one cardiac cycle, the medical imaging data including a plurality of image frames; identifying a ventricle wall outline in at least a portion of the plurality of image frames; determining an end systolic (ES) frame and an end diastolic (ED) frame belonging to a same cardiac cycle from among the identified ventricle wall outlines; copying the ventricle wall outline image from the ES frame and the ED frame; creating a superimposed composite image frame that includes the copied ventricle wall outline images; assigning a first color to the ES outline image and a second color to the ED outline image of the composite frame; and providing the composite frame for at least one of displaying, printing, and storing in memory.