Post operative implantation site monitoring and medical device performance

A system for imaging a body of a patient of an implantable medical device (IMD), the system comprising:

• a memory configured to store one or more frames of image data, the one or more frames representing at least a first set of images;
• and
• one or more processors in communication with the memory, the one or more processors configured to:
• identify the first set of images that represent a particular location of the body in which at least one component of the IMD coincides;
• determine, from the first set of images, a projection of alteration characteristics of the particular location of the body projected over time;
• identify a second set of images that represent the particular location of the body at a progression interval relative to the first set of images;
• determine, from the second set of images, a second set of alteration characteristics;
• compare the second set of alteration characteristics to the projection;
• and
• identify, based at least in part on the comparison, a potential abnormality at the particular location of the body.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon instructions that, when executed, cause one or more processors to at least:

• identify a first set of images that represent a particular location of a body of a patient in which at least one component of an implantable medical device (IMD) coincides;
• determine, from the first set of images, a projection of alteration characteristics of the particular location of the body projected over time;
• identify a second set of images that represent the particular location of the body;
• determine, from the second set of images, a second set of alteration characteristics;
• compare the second set of alteration characteristics to the projection;
• and
• identify, based at least in part on the comparison, a potential abnormality at the particular location of the body.