Patent ID: 8150127

Claim:
A system for automatically synchronizing display of adjacent different medical image sequences of an anatomical portion derived for use in Angiography or another medical procedure, comprising: an imaging system for acquiring 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; a display for presenting said first and second image sequences in substantially adjacent display areas to facilitate user comparison; a contrast agent detector for automatically analyzing said first and second image sequences to identify a first image frame, in both the first image sequence and the second image sequence, indicating presence of a contrast agent; and a display processor for automatically synchronizing presentation of the first image sequence and the second image sequence in said substantially adjacent display areas in response to identification of said first image frame and relative to introduction of contrast agent by adjacently presenting in a single image a plurality of temporally sequential individual images of vessels of a portion of patient anatomy of both said first image sequence and said second image sequence with corresponding individual images of the sequences being adjacent and synchronized and aligned relative to introduction of contrast agent to support comparison and encompassing introduction of a contrast agent into patient vessels.