A medical imaging system is provided that detects any change in relative position
between the patient and the imaging device and corrects the image data for any
motion that occurs. The medical imaging system includes: an imaging device for
capturing two or more image data sets representative of a patient; a tracking subsystem
for capturing patient position data that is indicative of the position of the patient
and device position data that is indicative of the position of the imaging device;
an image subtraction subsystem for performing a digital subtraction operation between
at least two image data sets; and a motion correction subsystem configured to detect
a change in the relative position between the patient and the imaging device and,
upon detecting a change in the relative position, compensate in at least one of
the first image data set and the second image data set for the change in relative
position prior to performing the digital subtraction operation.