Patent Document ID: 20050025365
Application ID: 10860564
Patent Status: 0

Claim One:
1. An image interpretation aiding method for aiding comparative image reading between two observation images that are not adjacent to each other in three or more images arranged in temporal order representing a change in a state of a subject, the image interpretation aiding method comprising the steps of: determining one of the three or more images used as a reference image; generating a first aligned image by transforming a position of the subject in one of the observation images through alignment processing for aligning the subject in the observation image to the subject in a first transitional image that is adjacent to the observation image and located between the observation image and the reference image; repeating generation of an (n+1)th aligned image where n is a natural number starting from 1 by transforming a position of the subject in an nth aligned image through alignment processing for aligning the subject in the nth aligned image to the subject in an (n+1) th transitional image that is adjacent to an nth transitional image and located between the nth transitional image and the reference image, until the reference image becomes the (n+1)th transitional image; generating a first aligned image from the other observation image in the same manner and for repeating generation of an (n+1)th aligned image from an nth aligned image in the same manner until the reference image becomes an (n+1)th transitional image; whereby two final aligned images are generated having the subject in the two observation images aligned to the subject in the reference image.