Patent ID: 8805627

Claim:
A method, comprising: identifying a reference model image region in anatomic model data and a corresponding reference propagation region in an organic specimen, wherein the anatomic model data correspond to at least part of the organic specimen; transmitting at least one reference ultrasound incident wave into the organic specimen and receiving thereby reference ultrasound data from resultant ultrasound reflected waves from specimen features in the organic specimen, wherein positional awareness of each ultrasound reflected wave relative to the organic specimen is maintained and wherein the reference model image region in the anatomic model data and the corresponding reference propagation region in the organic specimen are identified using paired equivalent specimen features in the anatomic model data and in the reference ultrasound data; transmitting at least one additional ultrasound incident wave into the organic specimen and receiving thereby additional ultrasound data from resultant ultrasound reflected waves from one or more specimen features, wherein positional awareness is maintained between the reference propagation region and a propagation region of the additional ultrasound data; creating an ultrasound image using the additional ultrasound data; and creating a model image for a model image region corresponding to the propagation region of the additional ultrasound data using the anatomic model data.