Patent ID: 7903859

Claim:
An image rendering method for multi-dimensional reconstruction and graphical representation of image data representing an interior of the body of a patient, said method comprising the steps of: obtaining image data of the interior of the body of a patient in a radiological initial examination using an initial imaging modality selected from the group consisting of computed tomography and magnetic resonance tomography, using patient-specific examination parameters to implement a procedure to acquire image data from the interior of the body of the patient with said initial imaging modality and to generate an image of the interior of the body of the patient, said patient-specific examination parameters allowing a supplicated repetition of said procedure; persistently electronically storing said patient-specific examination parameters; and electronically retrieving the persistently electronically stored examination parameters and using the retrieved parameters to implement a duplicate of said procedure including generation of a follow-up image of the interior of the patient, in an imaging modality-assisted follow-up examination selected from the group consisting of computed tomography-assisted follow-up examinations, positron emission tomography-computed tomography-assisted follow-up examinations, and magnetic resonance tomography-assisted follow-up examinations.