1. A method of generating an image of a coronary artery tree for a patient, the method comprising: acquiring data from the patient for a plurality of coronary artery segments of the coronary artery tree; generating a coronary artery tree image including the plurality of coronary artery segments; accessing a plurality of coronary artery tree patterns; comparing the coronary artery tree image to the plurality of coronary artery tree patterns; and automatically selecting one of the plurality of coronary artery tree patterns as the representative coronary artery tree image for the patient.