Patent ID: 11928828
Assignee: BRAINLAB AG
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  A | IPC A  G

Claim 6:
7. The method according to claim 1, wherein the confidence assignment data is determined by:
determining preliminary confidence assignment data based on the atlas data and the planning image data;
wherein the preliminary confidence assignment data describes an assignment of the confidence values for elements of the external surface described by the atlas data to the corresponding elements of the external surface described by the current surface scan; and
wherein the registration data is determined by:
establishing the spatial relationship between the external surface described by the planning image data and the external surface described by the current surface data; and
applying the confidence values to the spatial relationship for the respective element of the external surface to which the confidence value is assigned and for which the spatial relationship has been or is being established, whereby the spatial relationship is weighted for that element by the confidence value assigned to that element.