Method and system for automatically producing a temporally processed image

A system for automatically producing a temporally processed image, the system comprising:

• a storage unit which stores thereon a plurality of radiographic images, said plurality of radiographic images being taken at different points of time;
• means for capturing a new radiographic image;
• first production means for automatically producing, in response to the capture of the new radiographic image, information specifying a predetermined number of pairs of the radiographic images, wherein the specified predetermined number of pairs of the radiographic images includes the newly captured radiographic image;
• and
• second production means for automatically producing a specified number of temporally processed images according to the information produced by the first production means;
• wherein a first ID is attached to each radiographic image in the storage unit as a first attribute information, the first ID uniquely identifying each radiographic image stored in the storage unit;
• wherein a second ID is attached to each existing temporally processed image stored in the storage unit as a second attribute information, the second ID uniquely identifying each temporally processed image stored in the storage unit;
• wherein the second ID comprises a pair of the first IDs corresponding to a respective pair of the radiographic images stored in the storage unit;
• wherein a third ID is defined for each temporally processed image which is intended to be produced according to the predetermined number of pairs of the radiographic images stored in the storage unit;
• wherein the third ID comprises a pair of the first IDs corresponding to a respective pair of the radiographic images stored in the storage unit;
• and
• wherein overlapped production of a same temporally processed image stored in the storage unit is prevented by not producing a temporally processed image when the pair of the first IDs of the third ID of the temporally processed image which is intended to be produced overlaps the pair of the first IDs of one of the second IDs of the existing temporally processed images stored in the storage unit.