Patent ID: 8165361

Claim:
A method for temporally aligning a plurality of cardiac image sequences, said method comprising: performing a locally linear embedding algorithm on a first set of cardiac image sequences and on a second set of cardiac image sequences, wherein said locally linear embedding algorithm yields a first set of motion patterns corresponding to said first set of cardiac image sequences and a second set of motion patterns corresponding to said second set of cardiac image sequences; mapping said first set of motion patterns to a first graphical representation and mapping said second set of motion patterns to a second graphical representation; determining whether the first set of cardiac image sequences and said second set of cardiac image sequences were generated from a similar point of view, wherein the similar point of view is a similar perspective; wherein if the first set of cardiac image sequences and said second set of cardiac image sequences were generated from a similar point of view, aligning said first graphical representation with said second graphical representation by minimizing the error between at least one point on said first graphical representation and at least one point on said second graphical representation; wherein if the first set of cardiac image sequences and said second set of cardiac image sequences were not generated from a similar point of view, aligning the first graphical representation with a first template, wherein said first template corresponds to the point of view of the first graphical representation and aligning the second graphical representation with a second template, wherein said second template corresponds to the point of view of the second graphical representation.