Patent ID: 8369588

Claim:
A method for registering at least three image data records for an object which has an anatomy, the method comprising: ascertaining, by an image data record registration apparatus, for each of the image data records, an anatomical region covered by the image data record; calculating, by the image data record registration apparatus, degrees of overlap between the ascertained anatomical regions of the image data records, the degrees of overlap being indicative of an amount of the ascertained anatomical regions that are common between the image data records; determining, by the image data record registration apparatus, from the image data records, using the calculated degrees of overlap as a basis, a master image data record for which a total of the degrees of overlap with the other image data records is at a maximum, ignoring degrees of overlap which are below a lower threshold; and registering, by the image data record registration apparatus, the other image data records with the determined master image data record.