Patent ID: 7437256
Filing Date: 2008-10-14
Classification: A61B,G01R,G06T

Abstract:
1. A method for monitoring a system in which a fluid flows, and which is characterized by a change in the system with time in space comprising the steps of: A. monitoring a preselected area or volume of a system in which a fluid flows, and which is characterized by a change in the system with time in space to collect data at a plurality of time points correlated to a system event; B. said collected data being values indicative of a system parameter to be measured that varies with time as a function of system wash-in behavior and system wash-out behavior; C. processing said collected data by D. preparing at least one color coded map based on at least one of color hue, color intensity and color hue/color intensity from the outputs of the colorized discrete locations of the system in two or three dimensions.