Patent ID: 8150110
Filing Date: 2012-04-03
Classification: G06T

Abstract:
1. A method carried out by a computer for providing consistent rendering of two or more diagnostic images obtained from substantially the same body tissue but taken at different times, according to a region of interest, the method comprising: obtaining image data as input code values for each of two or more diagnostic images; wherein each of the two or more diagnostic images (a) is an original image produced by a diagnostic imaging scan of a patient, (b) is different from any of the other diagnostic images, (c) is taken at different times, and (d) is of substantially the same body tissue of the patient; identifying at least one region of interest in each diagnostic image; identifying two points of from each region of interest; computing an output value of each of the two input points of interest based on an analysis of the two or more diagnostic images; and remapping the input code values for the region of interest to output code values for each of the two or more diagnostic images.