Registration of scanned objects obtained from different orientations

A method for registering scans of a biological organ, the method comprising:

• obtaining a first scan with the biological organ in a first position;
• obtaining a second scan with the biological organ in a second position;
• extracting anatomical landmarks from within each of the first scan and the second scan;
• flattening the first scan and the second scan;
• detecting feature points of each of the flattened first scan and the flattened second scan;
• matching corresponding feature points from the flattened first scan and the flattened second scan;
• and
• performing a harmonic map registration using the matched corresponding feature points.

A system for registering scans of an object, the system comprising:

• a scanner that obtains a first scan of the object from a first perspective and obtains a second scan of the object from a second perspective;
• a memory for storing the first scan and the second scan;
• and
• a processor that extracts landmarks from within each of the first scan and the second scan, flattens the first scan and the second scan, detects feature points from each of the flattened first scan and the flattened second scan, matches corresponding feature points of each of the plurality of flattened scans from the flattened first scan and the flattened second scan, and performs a harmonic map registration using the matched corresponding feature points.