Patent ID: 7519907

Claim:
A computer-implemented process for creating a composite image, comprising using a computer to perform the following process actions: inputting an image stack comprising a stack of non-layered, separate original images, each original image taken at a distinct separate time from the same point of view, wherein the pixel position of each original image in the image stack is defined in a three dimensional coordinate system, and wherein two dimensions describe the dimensions of each image in the image stack, and the third dimension describes the time an image was captured; applying one or more filters to the image stack to create one or more new 2D intermediate images; selecting one of the original images in the image stack or an intermediate image as a source image; and selecting pixels from the source image to be added to a composite image to create a final composite image, wherein a transfer of pixels from said source image to said composite image is based on a one-to-one correspondence regardless of whether pixel transfer is initiated from the source image or the composite image.