A system for facilitating the detection of an immobilized contrast agent
in medical imaging applications is proposed. The system includes means
for providing a sequence of a total number of input images obtained at
corresponding acquisition instants by imaging a body-part of a patient
subjected to an administration of a contrast agent capable of circulating
within the patient and of being substantially immobilized on a biological
target, each input image including a plurality of input values each one
indicative of a response to an interrogation signal of a corresponding
portion of the body-part possibly including said contrast agent, and
means for reducing a contribution of the circulating contrast agent
within the body-part in at least one selected input image; the means for
reducing includes means for creating a filtered image corresponding to
each selected input image by replacing a set of input values of the
selected input image with a set of corresponding filtered values, each
filtered value being representative of the lowest response of the
corresponding portion of the body-part in a set of multiple input images
including the selected input image, the set of multiple input images
consisting of a number of input images lower than the total number.