METHOD OF AND ARRANGEMENT FOR LINKING IMAGE COORDINATES TO COORDINATES OF REFERENCE MODEL

摘要

A method of linking image coordinates to coordinates in a reference model is disclosed. The method includes acquiring a 2½D or 3D input image representing a body of a living being and including at least two image boundaries of at least two parts within said body, acquiring a 3D reference model representative of a reference living being describing in a reference model coordinate system at least two reference boundaries of the at least two parts within said body, and overlaying the reference model and the input image. The method further includes adjusting at least a portion of one of the reference boundaries and/or at least one of the image boundaries such that this reference boundary and this image boundary substantially coincide, while the adjusted reference boundary does not intersect with the remaining reference boundaries and/or the adjusted image boundary does not intersect with the remaining image boundaries.