Patent ID: 8612024

Claim:
A method comprising: representing a three-dimensional (3D) anatomical region of a patient in a 3D environment on a display; representing a 3D stimulation field within the 3D anatomical region; identifying a physical location of an implanted electrical stimulation lead in the patient; representing the implanted electrical stimulation lead as a lead icon in the 3D environment; positioning the lead icon relative to the 3D anatomical region of the patient in the 3D environment based on the identified physical location of the implanted electrical stimulation lead in the patient; receiving stimulation field input from a user via at least one of the display or a pointing device on the representation of the anatomical region, wherein receiving stimulation field input comprises receiving input that selects a predefined stimulation field as the 3D stimulation field and places the 3D stimulation field at a location within the 3D anatomical region, and wherein the stimulation field input defines the 3D stimulation field in the 3D environment; and subsequent to receiving stimulation field input that defines the 3D stimulation field in the 3D environment, determining, by a programming device, electrical stimulation parameters based upon the defined 3D stimulation field and a location of at least one electrode on the implanted stimulation lead.