Patent Document ID: 20100239144
Application ID: 12709195
Patent Status: 0

Claim One:
1. A method for combining ultrasound image data and X-ray, MRI, or pre-implant plan image data of a material containing a plurality of markers, comprising: processing ultrasound, X-ray, or MRI images to construct a first volume, the first volume including data corresponding to at least a portion of the markers; processing X-ray images, MRI images, or pre-implant plan images to construct a second volume or to construct a three dimensional (3D) point set, the second volume or 3D point set including data corresponding to at least a portion of the markers; applying 3D intensity-based registration, or a derivative thereof, to align data corresponding to the markers in the first and second volumes or the first volume and the 3D point set, to produce a combined image.