Patent ID: 8816959

Claim:
A method for monitoring a target in a medical display in a medical imaging apparatus, said method comprising: receiving signals from the medical imaging apparatus corresponding to an area of interest of a patient; extracting raw data from the received signals; processing the extracted raw data to display a dual mode image on a medical display of the medical imaging apparatus; setting a location for an object of interest during a scanning session as the signals are received and displaying a first marker/cursor in a first image of the dual mode image based on the setting of the location, the location set by a user during the scanning session; determining a corresponding location of the marker/cursor in a second image of the dual mode image; displaying a second marker/cursor in the second image of the dual mode image at the corresponding location simultaneously with the displaying of the first marker/cursor in the first image; and moving the location of the first marker/cursor or second marker/cursor away from the displayed object of interest to another display location after the scanning session.