Image registration qualification

A method for qualifying image registration, comprising:

• receiving first imagery of a first modality;
• receiving second imagery of a second modality;
• registering, by a processor of a controller that executes instructions stored in a memory of the controller, the first imagery of the first modality to the second imagery of the second modality to obtain an image registration;
• subjecting the image registration to an automated analysis as a qualifying process including variably qualifying the image registration when the image registration passes the qualifying process and not qualifying the image registration when the image registration does not pass the qualifying process;
• and
• adjusting the image registration after not qualifying the image registration when the image registration does not pass the qualifying process, wherein the adjusting the image registration is based on input prompted from a user after not qualifying the image registration.

A system for qualifying image registration, comprising:

• a controller for qualifying image registration, comprising:
• a memory that stores instructions;
• and
• a processor that executes the instructions,
• wherein, when executed by the processor, the instructions cause the controller to execute a process comprising:
• receiving first imagery of a first modality;
• receiving second imagery of a second modality;
• registering the first imagery of the first modality to the second imagery of the second modality to obtain an image registration;
• subjecting the image registration to an automated analysis as a qualifying process including variably qualifying the image registration when the image registration passes the qualifying process and not qualifying the image registration when the image registration does not pass the qualifying process;
• and
• adjusting the image registration after not qualifying the image registration when the image registration does not pass the qualifying process, wherein the adjusting the image registration is based on input prompted from a user after not qualifying the image registration;
• an ultrasound probe that generates the second imagery of a second modality;
• and
• a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system that generates the first imagery of a first modality.