Landmark guides for registration of multi-modality medical images

A method to manage landmarks in medical images, the method comprising using a processor to perform:

• loading a plurality of three-dimensional images into a memory;
• specifying at least one landmark position on one image of the plurality of three-dimensional images in the memory, wherein specifying each of the at least one landmark position further comprises:
• receiving into the memory from a user an indication of a position on an image from a graphical user interface;
• if no position is defined on the image for a current landmark, then defining the position of the current landmark as the received position and displaying a visual indicator at the row of the image and in the column of the current landmark in a table on the graphical user interface, the table having one row of each of the plurality of three-dimensional images and having one column for each of the at least one landmark;
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• if a position is defined for the current landmark on the image, then creating a new landmark in the memory and displaying a visual indicator at the row of the image and in the column of the new landmark in a table on the graphical user interface;
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• updating relative positions of the plurality of three-dimensional images in the memory according to each of the at least one landmark position and a specified reference image and a registration image in response to the specification of at least one landmark position.