摘要 |
The present invention relates to a method for determining the region of the body in which an anatomical part of the body is situated, said method including the following steps: anatomical point data is provided which includes information concerning a spatial pattern of positions of patient landmarks of a part of a patient's body which corresponds to the anatomical part of the body; landmark data is provided which includes information concerning a spatial pattern of positions of model landmarks of a model of the anatomical part of a patient's body; wherein, assuming that the patient landmarks represent the same landmarks as the model landmarks, the region of the body in which the part of the patient's body is situated is determined on the basis of the landmark data and the anatomical point data. |