Integrated displays of multiparameter and multimodality images

Two specific approaches to integrated displays of multiparameter and multimodality tomographic images are proposed and illustrated. Such integration enables the radiologist to see the combined information that these displays only crudely afford when viewed individually. With color coding, the gray-scale values of the pixels in the separate images control the color values of corresponding pixels in a single color picture. With geometric coding, the gray-scale values from the separate images control the geometry of a graphic icon at corresponding locations in the combined image. These techniques are applies to create integrated displays of two-parameter magnetic resonance images of two medical cases