Patent ID: 7460699

Claim:
A method for processing images to determine image characteristics, the method comprising: segmenting one or more first images to create one or more segmentation contours corresponding to the first images; registering the segmented first images to one or more second images, wherein the first images and the second images have substantially the same position and phase; transferring the segmentation contours from the first images to second images; and fitting the transferred segmentation contours in the second images, wherein the first images comprise one or more Cine MR (Magnetic Resonance) images and the second images comprise one or more DEMR (Delayed Enhancement Magnetic Resonance) viability images, and wherein the step of registering comprises registering one or more Cine MR images surrounding the viability image to create at least one deformation field, and interpolating at least one of the segmentation contours to a phase of the viability image using the deformation field to create a prior model.