Patent ID: 8131345

Claim:
A method for displaying in an image combination device images of an object, comprising: storing, in said image combination device, second image data of an object from which said image combination device can generate second images of said object, said second image data obtained from a second imaging system; repeatedly transferring, from an ultrasound imaging detector of an ultrasound image detector system to said image combination device, first image data of said object; a user changing a zoom factor of said ultrasound imaging detector within an adjustable range for zoom factor of said ultrasound imaging detector from an old zoom factor to a new zoom factor; said ultrasound imaging detector responding to said user changing said zoom factor from said old zoom factor to said new zoom factor by transferring from said ultrasound imaging detector to said image combination device spatial dimension data defining spatial dimension of an image unit of said first image data corresponding to said new zoom factor; and determining, using said image combination device, spatial dimension data of said image unit for said first data corresponding to said old zoom factor and said new zoom factor, a new scale for display of said second images; and displaying, in said image combination device, a second image of said second image data displayed at said new scale.