Patent ID: 7873403

Claim:
A method for determining a three-dimensional form of an anatomical body from two-dimensional projection images, said method comprising: producing at least one projection image of the body; producing corresponding model projection images from a generic model of the body; comparing the at least one body projection image and the model projection images from the generic body model; adjusting the generic model to the body based on the comparing of the at least one body projection image and the model projection images; determining the three-dimensional form of the body from the adjusted generic model; wherein adjusting the generic model to the body includes comparing image contents of the at least one body projection image with the model projection images, and wherein comparing the image contents of the at least one body projection image and the model projection images includes comparing (i) outer contours of the projection images and (ii) depth information in the projection images, wherein depth information includes features in the interior of the outer contours of the projection images.