Patent ID: 7050614
Filing Date: 2006-05-23
Classification: G06T

Abstract:
1. A method for presenting images of a region of a subject obtained in a chronological sequence, each image being composed of a plurality of picture elements and each picture element having a value allocated thereto representing an appearance of that picture element in the image, comprising the steps of: comparing respective values allocated to respective picture elements at identical locations in two of said images to identify a change of said value between said two of said images; entering said change in a change log for said picture element relative to a time scale, and determining a point in time in said time scale at which said change is entered dependent on said two of said images allocating markings having different densities respectively to changes entered at different points in time in said change log; allocating a marking to said picture element dependent on the entry in said change log; and superimposing said marking at the location of said picture element in a selected image of said region.