Patent ID: 7804987

Claim:
A method for representation and preparation of at least one examination image of an examination subject that is produced with a medical imaging apparatus, comprising the steps of: transmitting the examination image from the imaging apparatus to a computer; in said computer, specifying a whole-body coordinate system with regard to the examination subject and including at least one item of subject-specific information, and electronically spatially arranging the examination image in the whole-body coordinate system dependent on the subject-specific information to obtain a spatially-arranged examination image; checking for consistency between said subject-specific information and said spatially arranged examination image by, in said computer, comparing at least one item of image information representing a feature depicted in the spatially arranged examination image with said at least one item of subject-specific information of the whole-body coordinate system, and thereby obtaining a comparison result that indicates whether an inconsistency exists between said item of image information and said at least one item of subject-specific information; and when said comparison result indicates said inconsistency, automatically updating the examination image in the computer dependent on the comparison result to remove said inconsistency, and electronically representing the updated examination image at an image reproduction device.