Patent ID: 8542900
Filing Date: 2013-09-24
Classification: A61B,A61F,G06K,G06T,G16H

Abstract:
1. A method for imaging a portion of a body of a subject that undergoes a motion cycle, the method comprising: acquiring a plurality of image frames of the portion of the subject's body; and enhancing the image frames with respect to a first given feature of the image frames, by: image tracking the image frames with respect to the first given feature; identifying a second given feature in each of the image frames; in response to the identifying, reducing visibility of the second given feature in the image frames; and displaying, as a stream of image frames, the image frames that (a) have been image tracked with respect to the first given feature, and (b) have had reduced therein the visibility of the second given feature, wherein as a result of the motion cycle of the portion of the subject's body, the first given feature moves by an amount that is different from an amount of movement of the second given feature as a result of the motion cycle of the portion of the subject's body, and wherein identifying the second feature comprises identifying the second feature using a filter selected from the group consisting of a spatial filter and a temporal filter.