Patent Document ID: 20070047791
Application ID: 11504488
Patent Status: 0

Claim One:
1. A method for evaluating a cinematographic image series of a heart during a heart cycle thereof, comprising the steps of: acquiring a cinematographic image series of a heart beating through a heart cycle with an image acquisition unit using an image acquisition modality that causes healthy heart muscle tissue to be represented in said image series in a manner differentiatable from damaged heart muscle tissue, said image series being comprised of a plurality of individual images; processing at least two of said individual images by executing a pattern recognition algorithm in a data processing unit, to detect, in each individual image, at least one region selected from the group consisting of a region of healthy heart muscle and a region of damaged heart muscle and, within the detected region, automatically electronically measuring at least one descriptive quantity describing a geometric property of said region; automatically electronically detecting a dynamic change of said descriptive quantity from different individual images in said image series; and automatically electronically generating medically-relevant information based on said dynamic change of said descriptive quantity and making said medically-relevant information available in a humanly perceptible form.