Patent ID: 6868181

Claim:
A method for the computer-aided determination of a measure of similarity between a first structure and at least one predetermined second structure, comprising the steps of: defining at least one base element for said first structure and said second structure; assigning surroundings-related information to each of said at least one base elements, said surroundings-related information characterizing a corresponding said base element; determining a measure of similarity, which describes a similarity between said first structure and said second structure, for said first structure and said second structure, said measure of similarity being determined in a manner dependent on said base elements and on said surroundings-related information assigned to said base elements; forming said surroundings-related information by further base elements and their geometrical arrangement relative to said at least one base element; grouping further base elements into a plurality of surroundings-related information types containing surroundings-related information features which are each assigned to a surroundings-related information type; sorting said surroundings-related information features assigned to a surroundings-related information type in a predeterminable manner in a list; and storing said sorted said surroundings-related information features.