US 7,596,255 B2
Image navigation system and method
Prakash Parayil Mathew, Mukwonago, Wis. (US); and Yaseen Samara, Palo Alto, Calif. (US)
Assigned to GE Medical Systems Information Technologies, Inc., Milwaukee, Wis. (US)
Filed on Nov. 26, 2003, as Appl. No. 10/723,221.
Prior Publication US 2005/0111761 A1, May 26, 2005
Int. Cl. G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/00 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 382—130  [382/128; 382/131; 715/974] 27 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for processing image data comprising:
comparing with a processor image data representative of a plurality of medical images, wherein the plurality of medical images represent spatially adjacent subject matter;
calculating with a processor a level of change of the image data from one image to the next in the plurality of medical images; and
presenting a viewer with the calculated levels of change of the image data for the plurality of medical images.