Patent Document ID: 9572548
Application ID: 14100055
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A system for collecting and manipulating a volume data set of an anatomical structure, the system comprising: an imaging device for obtaining a first volume data set of an anatomical structure of a patient and a second volume data set of the anatomical structure; and a computer comprising a processing unit and a memory unit, wherein the computer is configured to: calculate an inherent feature of the first volume data set and the second volume data set, wherein the inherent feature has a unique position and orientation in relation to the anatomical structure that can be identified from any reference position; assign a first arbitrary reference frame to the first volume data set and a second arbitrary reference frame to the second volume data set; correlate the inherent feature to the first arbitrary reference frame; associate additional spatial information with the first volume data set, wherein the additional spatial information has a unique spatial relationship correlated with the first arbitrary reference frame; register the first volume data set with the second volume data set based on the inherent feature; and correlate the additional spatial information to the second volume data set.