Patent ID: 8254719

Claim:
A method, comprising: using a distortion compensator to perform the steps of: obtaining at least one image information that can be distorted at least partially resulting from an at least a portion of at least one distorting feature, wherein the at least the portion of the at least one distorting feature can be characterized based at least in part on a distortion characterizing imaging information whose characterizing can vary, at least in part, based on an at least one relative orientation of the at least the portion of the at least one distorting feature relative to the at least one image information; determining the at least one relative orientation of the at least the portion of the at least one distorting feature relative to an area to be imaged; and obtaining at least some input compensating information at least partially based on the distortion characterizing imaging information that when applied to an imaging modality used to obtain the at least one image information can limit distortions to the at least one image information resulting from the at least the portion of the at least one distorting feature, wherein the obtaining the at least some input compensating information is based at least in part on the at least one relative orientation of the at least the portion of the at least one distorting feature relative to the at least one image information.