Patent ID: 6928314

Claim:
A method for operating, in a dual display mode, a digital computer system of the type having a processor and a screen display, to provide diagnostic images of a tubular structure of a human body at a series of viewpoints along the structure, comprising: receiving a first image data set representative of a portion of the body including at least the tubular structure and generated by a medical imaging device with the tubular structure in a first position; receiving a second image data set representative of a portion of the body including at least the tubular structure and generated by a medical imaging device with the tubular structure in a second position which is different than the first position; generating from the first image data set, at each of the viewpoints, a first position image of the body including at least the tubular structure in the first position; generating from the second image data set, at each of the viewpoints, a second position image of the body including at least the tubular structure in the second position; and simultaneously displaying or the screen display in a dual view mode the corresponding: a) first position images of the body, and b) second position images of the body, at the viewpoints.