Patent Document ID: 20120016269
Application ID: 12835384
Patent Status: 0

Claim One:
1. A computer-implemented method of registering information associated with a first data set to a second data set, the method comprising the steps: collecting a first data set of an anatomical structure with an imaging device; developing additional information for the first data set, wherein the additional information has a unique identifiable spatial relationship to the structure of the first data set; establishing a first arbitrary reference frame for the first data set, wherein the first reference frame is established without reference to any pre-selected landmark on the structure and the first reference frame has a unique spatial relationship to the first data set; collecting a second data set of the anatomical structure with an imaging device; establishing a second arbitrary reference frame for the second data set; transforming the first reference frame to the second reference by matching a unique spatial parameter of the first data set with the same unique spatial parameter of the second data set; and registering the additional information with the second data set.