Patent ID: 8463012

Claim:
A system for automatically processing different medical image sequences facilitating comparison of the sequences in adjacent respective display areas for use in Angiography or another medical procedure, comprising: an imaging system for storing first and second sets of data at different stages of a treatment procedure representing corresponding first and second image sequences individually comprising a plurality of temporally sequential individual images of vessels of a portion of patient anatomy, said sequential individual images encompassing introduction of a contrast agent into patient vessels; an image data processor for, identifying first and second mask images of said first and second image sequences respectively as images preceding introduction of contrast agent, determining a translational shift between said first and second mask images and transforming data representing individual images of at least one of the first image sequence and the second image sequence in response to the determined translational shift to reduce mis-alignment of said individual images of said first image sequence relative to said individual images of said second image sequence; and a display for presenting first and second image sequences corrected for mis-alignment, in substantially adjacent display areas to facilitate user comparison.