Patent ID: 8520918

Claim:
A computer implemented method for generating a medical diagnostic comparison image, based on multiple baseline medical diagnostic images, the method comprising: receiving a first baseline medical diagnostic image into a computer readable medium; creating a first baseline pixel matrix, wherein the first baseline pixel matrix represents an intensity of pixels in at least a portion of the first baseline medical diagnostic image; receiving a second baseline medical diagnostic image into the computer readable medium; creating a second baseline pixel matrix, wherein the second baseline pixel matrix represents an intensity of pixels in at least a portion of the second baseline medical diagnostic image; adjusting a rotation of at least one of the baseline pixel matrices relative to the other baseline pixel matrix; adjusting a magnification of at least one of the baseline pixel matrices relative to the other baseline pixel matrix; adjusting a displacement of at least one of the baseline pixel matrices relative to the other baseline pixel matrix; adjusting an intensity of at least a portion of one of the baseline pixel matrices relative to a corresponding portion of the other baseline pixel matrix; creating a comparison image with the first baseline pixel matrix providing a first color information and the second baseline pixel matrix providing a second color information, such that pixels in the comparison image, that correspond to pixels in the first baseline pixel matrix exceeding an intensity of corresponding pixels in the second baseline pixel matrix, have a hue of the first color, and pixels in the comparison image, that correspond to pixels in the second baseline pixel matrix exceeding an intensity of corresponding pixels in the first baseline pixel matrix, have a hue of the second color.