Patent Document ID: 6088488
Application ID: 09062417
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A method for acquiring high-quality images of a desired structure having periodic motion in a series of images comprising the steps of: a) displaying the series of images to accept user-supplied input identifying a selected image containing the desired structure as a reference image R; b) identifying a region of interest ROI1 in reference image R encompassing the desired structure; c) cross-correlating ROI1 with each of the other images from the series of images to result in a series of cross-correlation images; d) defining a second region of interest ROI2 centered in each cross-correlation image; e) identifying images as "usable" images, which have a peak within ROI2 of their cross-correlation image more than a predetermined distance away from an edge of ROI2; f) processing only the "usable" images, to result in a higher quality processed image.