Patent ID: 8340376

Claim:
A method to determine a confidence in a displayed image data of an anatomy, comprising: obtaining image data of the anatomy including data regarding diffusion of a matter; executing a first instruction by a processor to determine a first seed portion and making a first estimate of an anatomical structure based upon the obtained image data by executing instructions with the processor to determine a first connection of multiple portions of the image data beginning with the first seed portion; executing a second instruction by the processor to determine a second seed portion and making a second estimate of the anatomical structure based upon the obtained image data by executing instructions to determine a second connection of multiple portions of the image data beginning with the second seed portion; wherein the second seed portion is different from the first seed portion for the first estimate, wherein the second seed portion is along a tract of the first estimate; and comparing the first estimate of the anatomical structure and the second estimate of the anatomical structure.