Patent ID: 8290303

Claim:
A method for volume based registration of images, the method comprising: receiving a first image data set and at least one other image data set; identifying a first image slice in the at least one other image data set corresponding to the first image data set; selecting a first point of interest in at least one of the first image data set or the first image slice in the at least one other image data set based on a received user input; selecting a second point of interest in the other of the first image data set or the first image slice in the at least one other image data set based on a received user input, wherein the second point of interest corresponds to the first point of interest; translating one of the first image data set, the first image slice, or both, in at least one of a first direction, a second direction or a third direction to align the first point of interest with the second point of interest; and updating registration of the first image data set and the at least one other image data set.